NYT hypes China threat: They’re reading the internet

NYT hypes China threat: They’re reading the internet

That Beijing is mining publicly available information is not new or surprising but fear mongering about it in Washington is good for business.

The Times was passing on findings from an analysis by threat intelligence company Recorded Future, which says a Chinese open-source intel company has been mining publicly available information from the Office of Net Assessment, a Pentagon think tank, and the U.S. Naval War College.

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Exclusive: Google, CIA Invest in ‘Future’ of Web Monitoring

The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real time — and says it uses that information to predict the future. The company is called Recorded Future, and it scours tens of thousands of websites, blogs and Twitter accounts to find the relationships between people, […]

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Ukraine’s security service initiates criminal proceedings against air defense “leakers”

Ukraine’s security service has registered criminal proceedings against six “bloggers” in Kyiv who it alleges took photos and videos showing the country’s air defense systems at work during Tuesday’s Russian missile strike and posted them on social media.

Ukraine’s security service initiates criminal proceedings against air defense leakers

Video Did Russia destroy a US Patriot Air Defense in Kyiv? DEBUNKED! via Ukraine War Awareness

H/T: Emil Cosman

Recommended video: Kinzhal damaged US Patriot system | Storm Shadow Missile | Russia Ukraine conflict update

No concern, at all, about freedom of speech! If this had happened in Russia, this is how corporate media would cover it.

US vs. Gonzalo Lira

Lambert here: As before, Lira hold dual Chilean-American citizenship. So Yves remarks:

I suggest Lira followers call their Chilean Embassy or Consulate to demand that Lira either be allowed his freedom or transported safely out of Ukraine.

Worth noting that Lira seems to be part of a more general enforcement of “Their Democracy”:

I love it that “glorification” can be a crime in Ukraine. We should do that!

US vs. Gonzalo Lira
Source: Twitter.

Ukraine Jails US Commentator Gonzalo Lira for Speaking Uncomfortable Facts (odysse) via The New Atlas

Related:

Source.

Detaining Gonzalo Lira: Another blow to the freedom of press in Ukraine

Chilean journalist, Gonzalo Lira, arrested in Ukraine

German journalist in Donbass could face prison at home

Samizdat | June 29, 2022

Alina Lipp, an independent German journalist and blogger is facing a criminal probe at home over her “endorsement” of Russia’s “illegal aggressive war” against Ukraine. Lipp has told Russian media she only does what any journalist would do – document what is happening around her.

German journalist in Donbass could face prison at home

Previously:

German Government JAILING Journalists!

Freelance journalist, Anne-Laure Bonnel, is latest to be censored

Includes some more information.

Announcement: ‘OrthodoxCat’ Blog Deleted

I deleted it because I have no longer have any enthusiasm for it. I once had an enthusiasm for studying the Orthodox Church and beliefs, but I have drifted away from that. I just don’t see myself as a religious person.

‘LibertyCat’ is still up, but it’s mainly for vaping nicotine, CBD use, gun rights, and Wisconsin updates. My politics have slowly changed, and I no longer see the Libertarian beliefs as being compatible with mine.

Basically, this is your invitation to unfollow me, if you haven’t already.

Spies Like US | Roads Less Traveled

Oh, well.  At least I can hold my head up and say I didn’t deliberately sacrifice my vote for nothing more than the ephemeral dreams of a “global economy” and the “American exceptionalism” that the Hildebeast (Clinton) was incessantly touting, and which Trump consistently opposed.  That is why I chose Trump.  That, and the idea that countries actually do have borders that should not be open to every Guatemalan fruit picker who wants to suck the life out of the welfare teat.   At the very least, though, I did not want to have our country incinerated due to the hubris of a lunatic Commander in Chief.
— Read on lesstraveledroad.com/2018/11/04/spies-like-us-2/

It was a nice dream, while it lasted. Found this blog through Saker’s site. It looks interesting. I know; I use that word often.