Social networking sites, mostly Meta-owned, have deleted thousands of pro-Palestinian posts since the outbreak of Israel’s brutal war in Gaza, in response to Tel Aviv’s request to do so.
Over 90% of pro-Palestinian content deleted since Oct. 7 on social media following Israel’s request
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Nikki Haley Reinvigorates The GOP’s Breathless TikTok Hysteria… For The Children
We’ve noted many times how the GOP’s obsession with TikTok is stupid, performative, and utterly hollow. For example, the party desperately wants to ban TikTok for “privacy reasons,” yet consistently opposes passing privacy laws, or regulating data brokers that traffic in far more data — at a far greater international scale — than TikTok executives could ever dream of.
Nikki Haley Reinvigorates The GOP’s Breathless TikTok Hysteria… For The Children
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‘Free Speech’ Fans Call for Censoring TikTok as Chinese Plot to Make Israel Look Bad
Axios (10/31/23) reported that in a two-week period, TikTok saw “nearly four times the number of views to TikTok posts using the hashtag #StandwithPalestine globally compared to posts using the hashtag #StandwithIsrael.” As a result, the conservative outrage machine kicked into high gear.
‘Free Speech’ Fans Call for Censoring TikTok as Chinese Plot to Make Israel Look Bad
Biden Admin Awards Over $4 Million In Grants To Programs That Target “Misinformation” + Notes
Biden Admin Awards Over $4 Million In Grants To Programs That Target “Misinformation”
The State Department has awarded the following five grants since September 1:
An $18,000 grant to the Albanian-based non-governmental organization (NGO) the Institute for Democracy, Media, and Culture* to ensure a “whole-of-society response to cyber incidents and misinformation.” The associated program began on September 1, 2023.
A $14,500 grant to Paraguay’s American Cultural Center [Centro Cultural Paraguayo Americano] that will be used to implement workshops that “seek to combat misinformation and promote responsible digital citizenship.” The associated program began on September 1, 2023.
A $15,000 grant to the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Udayana University to “raise digital literacy among selected amcors communities, journalists, and social media influencers to combat misinformation, pre-2024 general election.” The associated program is due to start on October 1, 2023.
A $50,000 grant to New York University to complete the implementation of a speaker series that supports “countering misinformation.” The associated program is due to start on October 1, 2023.
A $50,000 grant to the non-profit Digital Rights Nepal*** “to create a sustainable network of youth to promote digital rights, safer internet use and a collective resilience towards misinformation and disinformation.” The associated program is due to start on October 2, 2023.
***Digital rights are the new Internet Freedom (think Arab Spring).
Skeptical Notes:
Read More »Critics renew calls for a TikTok ban, claiming platform has an anti-Israel bias
The perceived performance of pro-Palestinian content on the platform depends on how you parse TikTok’s data.
Critics renew calls for a TikTok ban, claiming platform has an anti-Israel bias
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Israel losing media war on Tik Tok; Palestinian civilian casualties continue to mount:
However, Tik-Tok has become the latest battle ground for the conflict between Israel and Palestine, with potentially dangerous consequences for the side that fails to influence the most hearts and minds on an international scale.
Instagram sorry for translation error that put “terrorist” in Palestinian bios
Meta’s issues handling pro-Palestine content are systemic, expert says.
Instagram sorry for translation error that put “terrorist” in Palestinian bios
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Social Media Users Accuse Facebook and Instagram of Suppressing Pro-Palestinian Posts
Pro-Palestinian creators use secret spellings, code words to evade social media algorithms
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.
Developing: A bad month for Resistance media just got much worse
Mint Press News suspended on TikTok, The Grayzone’s fundraising campaign frozen by GoFundme, and now The Cradle’s Facebook page is unpublished. Independent journalism is losing a war and few people seem to notice.
Developing: A bad month for Resistance media just got much worse
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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Senators Warren & Graham Want To Create New Online Speech Police Commission
The regulation will continue until internet freedom improves, apparently. Last year we wrote about Senator Michael Bennet pushing a terrible “Digital Platform Commission” to be the new internet speech police, and now we have the bipartisan free speech hating duo of Senators Elizabeth Warren and Lindsey Graham with their proposal for a Digital Consumer Protection Commission.
Senators Warren & Graham Want To Create New Online Speech Police Commission
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