By Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter, 10/23/23
Consortium News sued the United States government and NewsGuard Technologies for allegedly defaming the independent media organization and violating the organization’s First Amendment rights.
The Dissenter: Consortium News Sues NewsGuard, US Government For Alleged Defamation
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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News suspended on TikTok, The Grayzone’s fundraising campaign frozen by GoFundme, and now The Cradle’s Facebook page is unpublished.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
The Censorship Industrial Complex strikes again

It’s not going to stop until we’re all silenced
Anti-imperialist website Mint Press News has had its TikTok account deleted without warning or explanation. This comes after it had previously between de-platformed from PayPal and had its money withheld, with apparent involvement from the US and British governments.
The Censorship Industrial Complex strikes again
Shadowy Tech Goons Want to Build a New City in California. What Could Go Wrong?
A bunch of Silicon Valley tycoons think they’re going to build a utopia in northern California. We’ve heard this one before.
Shadowy Tech Goons Want to Build a New City in California. What Could Go Wrong?
Related:
The Silicon Valley Elite Who Want to Build a City From Scratch
Honolulu Civil Beat Publisher Bankrolls Shadowy Anti-Musk Group
Omidyar money behind organizations pushing corporate boycott of Twitter
Civil Beat Publisher Bankrolls Shadowy Anti-Musk Group
Related:
NGOs, “Unions”, & Media Outlets in the Service of Imperialism
US government bailout of Silicon Valley and banks is $300B gift to rich oligarchs
The US Federal Reserve printed $300 billion in a week to save collapsing banks and bail out Silicon Valley oligarchs. 93% of Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits were uninsured, over the FDIC limit of $250,000, but the government still paid them. 56% of SVB’s loans went to venture capitalist and private equity firms.
US government bailout of Silicon Valley and banks is $300B gift to rich oligarchs
Twitter Files: GEC, New Knowledge, and State-Sponsored Blacklists
Americans have been paying taxes to disenfranchise themselves, as government agencies and subcontractors undertake a massive digital blacklisting project
Twitter Files: GEC, New Knowledge, and State-Sponsored Blacklists
Related:
2013 – The NDAA Legalized The Use Of Propaganda On The US Public
UPDATE: ‘Do not exaggerate importance of America’s equivalent to Wagner Group PMC’ says Russia
RUSSIA’S Press Secretary to the President, Dmitry Peskov, spoke on Thursday, February 2, about the news that the Mozart Group, America’s answer to Russia’s Wagner Group – Putin’s network of mercenaries and de facto private army – was apparently ‘leaving’ Ukraine and said not to exaggerate the PMC’s significance.
UPDATE: ‘Do not exaggerate importance of America’s equivalent to Wagner Group PMC’ says Russia
Related:
Hard Drinking and Murky Finances: How an American Veterans Group Imploded in Ukraine
U.S. Veterans in Ukraine Are Fighting Each Other in Court
U.S. Veterans in Ukraine Are Fighting Each Other in Court (archived)
H/T:
YouTube: Interview With the Head of the Mozart Group and Connoisseur of Fine Whiskey Andrew Milburn (Rumble)
He looks like he needs a drink! He keeps squirming! *snicker*
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