As many as one million people cut off their broadband in the last year as the cost-of-living crisis left them unable to afford it, a survey suggests.
One million cut broadband access amid cost-of-living crisis – survey
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UK Online Safety law threatens Big Tech bosses with jail
UK Online Safety law threatens Big Tech bosses with jail
Meanwhile Cash noted that a similar bill is currently being considered by lawmakers in Ireland. “There will be prison for those senior managers who fail to comply with enforcement requirements. I have been speaking to Irish lawyers and they say it is really effective and that is where we are,” he added.
EU parliamentarian calls to sanction Vanessa Beeley and all observers of Donbass referendums
MEP Nathalie Loiseau of France is lobbying for individual sanctions on all observers of the Russian-organized referendums in the Donbass region. She has singled out journalist Vanessa Beeley not only for her coverage of the vote, but for her reporting on the foreign-back war against Syria’s government.
EU parliamentarian calls to sanction Vanessa Beeley and all observers of Donbass referendums
Paul Mason’s covert intelligence-linked plot to destroy The Grayzone exposed
Paul Mason’s covert intelligence-linked plot to destroy The Grayzone exposed
H/T: Paul Mason Says Bellingcat Launders Information For Western Intelligence (YouTube video)
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Paul Mason’s hit piece on Jacques Baud and anyone questioning the mainstream narrative (just as he said that he would in one of his “leaked emails”). He also whitewashes the Neo-Nazis: Empower the people to win the war on disinformation
UN reacts to UK’s censorship
While UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has condemned Russia’s military offensive against Ukraine, his office has not supported all of the west’s retaliatory measures. In a briefing on Tuesday, Dujarric said that Guterres does not support proposals by US lawmakers to exclude Russia from the UN Human Rights Council, and that such a move would set “a dangerous precedent.”
World Economic Forum makes censorship pledge to “tackle harmful content and conduct online”
By Tom Parker | Reclaim the Net | June 29, 2021
The World Economic Forum, an international group that works to “shape global, regional and industry agendas,” has formed a new “Global Coalition for Digital Safety” that’s made up of Big Tech executives and government officials and intends to come up with new “innovations” to police “harmful content and conduct online.”
World Economic Forum makes censorship pledge to “tackle harmful content and conduct online”
Cold war rhetoric and the politics of empty gestures
Cold war rhetoric and the politics of empty gestures
Interesting:
Indeed, so tightly is the BBC controlled by the British state that since its earliest days its staff have been directly vetted by the British security service — MI5.
This co-ordination of the BBC with military intelligence was organised from a special office inside the BBC’s headquarters.
There was a formal procedure that all staff should be vetted by MI5 except “personnel such as charwomen [cleaners].”
The BBC agreed not to reveal the role of the British Security Services or the existence of the vetting itself.
Britain’s ban on China’s global television network is a hostile and misguided move that will lead to retaliation from Beijing
By Tom Fowdy | RT | February 4, 2021
The UK communications regulator Ofcom has revoked the license of China Global Television Network (CGTN), banning it from broadcasting in the country. The channel, which was due to set up its new European headquarters in London, is accused of being editorially controlled by the country’s ruling Communist Party and thus violating broadcasting rules.
Britain’s ban on China’s global television network is a hostile and misguided move that will lead to retaliation from Beijing
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