The ADL has been trying to liaise with the FBI by offering ADL investigators as informants, offering to exchange files to “avoid duplication of investigation” and “train” FBI and law enforcement personnel since the 1940s.
What have been the negative consequences for human rights activists?
IRmep presents findings from years of Freedom of Information Act filings at a number of relevant Washington, DC locations.
ADL files FBI “Civil Rights Threat” conflating white nationalists with pro-Palestinian charities
FOIA documents: Israel Lobby Archive
ADL’s penetration of the FBI & negative consequences for human rights activism
Tag: First Amendment
If You Don’t Want EU Style Censorship To Take Over The Internet, Support Section 230
from the the-eu-approach-is-dangerous dept
Fri, Jan 6th 2023 10:41am – Mike MasnickLast summer, I mocked the EU a bit for setting up a new office in Silicon Valley, and sending an official here to “liaise with Silicon Valley companies affected by EU tech regulation,” noting how it felt weird to have EU internet police setting up shop in Silicon Valley. Given that, I was a bit surprised that the new office invited me to “moderate” a panel discussion last month about the Digital Services Act (DSA), a bill I have regularly criticized and which I think is going to be dangerous for free speech on the internet.
If You Don’t Want EU Style Censorship To Take Over The Internet, Support Section 230
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The U.S. Regime Made Me A Non-Person
This is what happens to anyone who happens to report the types of things that America’s billionaires want to be hidden from the public.
The U.S. Regime Made Me A Non-Person
Honored that Eric Zeusse mentioned my ‘blog’ but upset by the censorship of all that are reporting the truth!
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Trump tech advisor reportedly urged Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft to “combat misinformation”
Internal Twitter documents claim the Trump admin wanted tech companies to combat “misinformation that could stoke panic buying and behaviors.”
Trump tech advisor reportedly urged Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft to “combat misinformation”
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REPORT: Trump And Biden Admins Pressured Twitter To Suppress Critics Of COVID Narrative
The pressure campaign from the White House reportedly began during the Trump administration and continued into the Biden administration, according to Zweig. Both administrations “directly pressed Twitter executives to moderate the platform’s pandemic content according to their wishes,” Zweig said.
Cryptocurrency News: US Regulators Should ‘Maybe’ Ban Crypto + Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2022
Banking Committee Chair: US Regulators Should ‘Maybe’ Ban Crypto
The senator [Sherrod Brown] also pointed to numerous incidents to back up his claims, not just the recent collapse of FTX but also issues such as “the threat to national security from Korean cyber criminals to drug trafficking and human trafficking and financing of terrorism and all the things that can come out of crypto.”
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Senator Elizabeth Warren unveiled a new bill governing cryptocurrencies earlier this month, dubbed the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act.
Warren’s bill would look to force crypto asset providers to offer audited financial statements and impose bank-like capital requirements more in line with what is expected of traditional financial institutions. The act would also give the SEC increased powers to regulate the asset class.
Get ready for the Digital Dollar!
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Read More »Netanyahu Says US Must ‘Reaffirm’ Alliance With Saudi Arabia + More [Abraham Accords]
Netanyahu Says US Must ‘Reaffirm’ Alliance With Saudi Arabia
The incoming prime minister said that he wants to build on the Abraham Accords, which his former government signed in 2020 to establish diplomatic ties with Bahrain and the UAE. Netanyahu said it’s “up to the leadership of Saudi Arabia if they want to partake in this effort.”
Saudi officials recently reaffirmed that they seek a Palestinian state as a precondition for normalizing with Israel. But in order to form a coalition government, Netanyahu gave Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich, an ultranationalist settler, sweeping powers over the West Bank.
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Read More »Congress Is About To Make This Post Telling You When To Celebrate SCOTUS Justice Birthdays Illegal
The US Supreme Court has a big year ahead with lots of weighty matters to consider in 2023. But the seriousness of their job doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate each justice’s special day! If you would like to know when to fill your heart with warm birthday wishes for your favorite justice, here are all their birthdays in this handy convenient form.
Congress Is About To Make This Post Telling You When To Celebrate SCOTUS Justice Birthdays Illegal
We Found the Guys Behind the Hunter Biden Porn That Elon Musk Won’t Shut Up About
On the evening of October 24, 2020, a guy who goes by the name Wenyang tweeted a picture of Hunter Biden. Hunter was facing a mirror in what looked like a hotel room, with his penis exposed.
We Found the Guys Behind the Hunter Biden Porn That Elon Musk Won’t Shut Up About
Congress’ Best Idea to Save Local Journalism Would Actually Hurt It + Some Temporary Good News
Congress’ Best Idea to Save Local Journalism Would Actually Hurt It
Meta reported $114.93 million in ad revenue in 2021, whereas Google reported $209 billion. But determining how much of that publishers should get is difficult—and the JCPA doesn’t even try. One version of the JCPA proposed platforms and publishers negotiate an agreed-to payment, and if they couldn’t come to a consensus, they’d enter forced-arbitration with no formula for what is fair. But whether the money would end up being vast or a modest bump to the bottom line, not every publication stands to benefit if the JCPA becomes law. While the JCPA’s alliances allow for partnerships, exclusionary elements of the JCPA would encourage big brands to unite selectively at the expense of smaller ones and shut out niche independent journalistic outlets altogether.
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JCPA Update: The Dangerous Link Tax That Still Won’t Save Local Journalism
The original text of the JCPA already authorized print media companies to form one or several cartels and collectively bargain with the largest online platforms—defined in terms that single out Facebook and Google. Although the bill hinted at these news cartels being able to demand payment for merely linking to their content, or hosting snippets like the results you get from Google News, the mechanism by which they would be paid was left vague. However, the fact that the bill allowed news companies to withhold content strongly suggested a claim to some sort of property right, or ancillary copyright, that the targeted platforms would owe for hosting links and snippets.
Some Temporary Good News: None Of The Really Bad Internet Bills Seem To Have Made It Into The NDAA
This would also hurt independent media and bloggers (you would have to pay a ‘link tax’ to corporate media for linking to their articles—see below image)! So far, it hasn’t passed (it was attached to the NDAA) but there’s still the omnibus spending bill and the next session of Congress!
When it comes to foreign policy, Hakeem Jeffries will bring more of the same
Despite his trail-blazing role as the first Black leader of a major party’s caucus, Jeffries’ foreign-policy views don’t veer from the status quo.
When it comes to foreign policy, Hakeem Jeffries will bring more of the same
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