A Dutch journalist has said that Germany is a “total dictatorship” now. The sad truth is that if anyone is living under the thumb of any government, they are a slave and experiencing a “total dictatorship.”
Dutch Journalist: Germany is Now A “Total Dictatorship”
Tag: Freedom of Speech
Thursday Night Purge: Elon Musk’s Twitter Bans Tons Of High Profile Journalists
Well. Just after finishing that last post about Twitter banning the official Mastodon account on Twitter for tweeting about the ElonJet tracking account existing on Mastodon, it seems that whatever brakes or controls were in place at the new “free speech absolutist” Twitter have really come off. In quick succession, a whole bunch of high profile reporter accounts were suspended, including Aaron Rupar (who famously covers and quotes videos of high profile politicians), Drew Harwell from the Washington Post, Ryan Mac from the NY Times, Donie Sullivan from CNN, and Matt Binder from Mashable.
Thursday Night Purge: Elon Musk’s Twitter Bans Tons Of High Profile Journalists
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Twitter abruptly suspends more than half a dozen journalists
Only the plurality of information can prevent war
By Thierry Meyssan
Everywhere in the world, we observe a multiplicity of media, but no pluralism among them. All refer to the same sources which convey the same vision of the facts. However, we all know that if the facts exist in a unique way, the way we perceive them is multiple. Already in the 80’s, UNESCO had highlighted “information imperialism”; this way of imposing a single perception and denying all the others. Today, this domination is manifested with the News Checkers. The only way to free ourselves from this system is not to create new media, but new news agencies.
Only the plurality of information can prevent war
The Emperor Elonicus
Everyone is going to hate this column. Musk worshipers are going to hate it because I’m going to blaspheme against Elon Musk. Musk demonizers are going to hate it because I am not going to blaspheme against him enough. Everyone else is going to hate it because they’re sick to the gills of hearing about Musk, and Musk’s destruction of Twitter, or his salvation of Twitter, and censorship, and “hate speech,” and all that stuff.
The Emperor Elonicus
EARN IT Act Will Make The Internet Worse For Everyone By Undermining Privacy And Security
To save the children, we must destroy everything. That’s the reality of the EARN IT Act. I mean, you can get some sort of sense of what you’re in store for just by reading the actual words behind the extremely labored acronym: Eliminating Abuse and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act. Whew. It’s a mouthful. And, given the name, it seems like this would be Congress putting funding towards supporting moderation efforts that target abusive content.
EARN IT Act Will Make The Internet Worse For Everyone By Undermining Privacy And Security
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DeSantis and Future Foreign Policy Disasters + His Military Secrets
With his refusal to go along with lockdowns and mask mandates during the pandemic, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis emerged as a hero to many in libertarian circles. But as his name is now consistently put forward as a prospective or even likely 2024 Republican Presidential candidate, those who view him favorably should take a sober second look. On foreign policy in particular, DeSantis promises to continue the disastrous policies of his predecessors, which have made us uniformly less free, less safe, and much poorer.
DeSantis and Future Foreign Policy Disasters
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YouTube: Ron DeSantis’s Military Secrets: Torture & War Crimes
Protests across France against gender-based violence
Five years after the emergence of the #MeToo movement, nearly 90 associations, unions or left-wing parties have called for a “tidal wave in the street to shout [their] anger”
Protests across France against gender-based violence
Bad News For The Internet: Congress Looking To Sneak In Dangerous ‘Save The Kids!’ Internet Bill Into Year-End Omnibus
Over the last week or so, I keep hearing about a big push among activists and lawmakers to try to get the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) into the year-end “must pass” omnibus bill. Earlier this week, one of the main parents pushing for the bill went on Jake Tapper’s show on CNN and stumped for it. And, the latest report from Axios confirms that lawmakers are looking to include it in the lameduck omnibus, or possibly the NDAA (despite it having absolutely nothing to do with defense spending).
Bad News For The Internet: Congress Looking To Sneak In Dangerous ‘Save The Kids!’ Internet Bill Into Year-End Omnibus
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KOSA Would Let the Government Control What Young People See Online
Anti-Mafia author Saviano on trial for calling Italy PM Giorgia Meloni a ‘bastard’
Roberto Saviano, Italy’s best-known anti-Mafia author and a leading human rights campaigner, went on trial for libel on Tuesday for calling Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a “bastard.”
Anti-Mafia author Saviano on trial for calling Italy PM Giorgia Meloni a ‘bastard’
Germany, Freedom of Speech: With house searches against Facebook likes
Can a Like be punishable? The district court of Meiningen affirmed this question for the first time and even justified house searches. The questionable verdict thus allows law enforcement agencies to use bazookas to shoot at sparrows – and pushes the boundaries of freedom of expression. A comment.
With house searches against likes (original in German)
H/T: Steve Lehto
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