The State Department has confirmed that American citizen Gonzalo Lira is being held in a Ukrainian prison over charges related to his speech and views on the war in Ukraine.
State Department Confirms US Citizen Gonzalo Lira Is Detained in Ukraine
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Ukraine Suspends Transgender Spokesperson After Fight With Republican
Ukraine’s military announced on Wednesday that it has suspended a U.S.-born spokesperson while an investigation is being conducted about recent comments she made.
Ukraine Suspends Transgender Spokesperson After Fight With Republican
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MO Republicans reenact Fahrenheit 451 [with cardboard boxes]
MO State Senators Eigel (R) and Schroer (R) burned the “liberal agenda” with flamethrowers in effigy this weekend. Today, Eigel, who is running for governor, vowed to burn books: “Those woke pornographic books … I’ll burn those too – on the front lawn of the gov’s mansion.”
These Republicans weren’t burning books with their flamethrowers
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Revealed: how US immigration uses fake social media profiles across investigations
Records from the Department of Homeland Security show it sought to expand undercover operations online despite pushback from Facebook
Revealed: how US immigration uses fake social media profiles across investigations
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Meanwhile, social media surveillance continues uninterrupted. The documents show CBP is still allowed to create fake profiles to passively monitor public Facebook posts. ICE can go a bit further. It has been given explicit permission to create fake accounts to engage in undercover investigations as long as the tactics used online are somewhat analogous to undercover activities carried out in the real world.
Irony: Vivek Ramaswamy flip-flops on TikTok
The 38-year-old called the social media app “digital fentanyl” days ago. Now he’s on the platform.
Vivek Ramaswamy flip-flops on TikTok
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GOP 2024 hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy proposes raising the voting age to 25
Ramaswamy: Teens Would Choose TikTok Over Voting Rights
Vivek Ramaswamy would ban anyone under 16 from having social media accounts and believes members of Gen Z would choose TikTok over voting rights if forced to decide.
The 26th Amendment: “Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote”
So, About that Global Pandemic Treaty…
Last week, First Lady Jill Biden reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 despite being double vaxxed and boosted.
So, About that Global Pandemic Treaty…
You Can’t Wish Away The 1st Amendment To Mandate Age Verification
So, we’ve been talking a lot about age verification of late, as governments around the world have all (with the exception of Australia?!?) seemed to settle on that as a solution to “the problem” of the internet (exactly what that problem is they cannot quite identify, but they’re pretty sure there is one). Of course, as we’ve explained time and time again, age verification creates all sorts of problems, including undermining both privacy and speech rights.
You Can’t Wish Away The 1st Amendment To Mandate Age Verification
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The Moral Panic Over Internet Porn Can’t Overrule the First Amendment
DHS Awards $20 Million To Program That Flags Americans As Potential “Extremists” For Their Online Speech
An overt way of policing speech?
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded 34 grants to as many organizations, worth a total of $20 million, whose role will be to undergo training in order to flag potential online “extremist” speech of Americans.
DHS Awards $20 Million To Program That Flags Americans As Potential “Extremists” For Their Online Speech
American Spokesperson for Ukraine Sarah Ashton Cirillo Threatens to Assassinate Americans Over Ukraine War Dissent
“English speaking spokesperson for the Ukrainian military: Ukraine will hunt down ‘Russian propagandists’ around the world.”
American Spokesperson for Ukraine Sarah Ashton Cirillo Threatens to Assassinate Americans Over Ukraine War Dissent
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SMART ePANTS: Is the CIA in Your Underwear?
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is throwing $22 million in taxpayer money at developing clothing that records audio, video, and location data.
U.S. Spy Agency Dreams of All-Seeing “SMART ePANTS”
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