Tunisia Hollows Out its Media Landscape Ahead of Elections When veteran journalist Elyes Gharbi announced on June 28 that he was leaving the “Midi Show” on Tunisia’s leading radio station, Mosaïque FM, after nine years, he did not explain why.
South Sudan’s Authorities Show Their Aversion to Criticism Yet Again Last week, authorities in Jonglei state detained a photojournalist with the state-run South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation for participating in protests about the cost of living and nonpayment of civil servant salaries. Media reported that police and National Security Service (NSS) agents took Aleu Anyieth from his home in Bor, the
Iran: Security Forces Rape, Torture, Detainees (Beirut) – Iran's security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing widespread protests in 2022 and 2023, Human Rights Watch said today.
Scottish Leader Says Criticism of Hate Speech Law Only From 'Right Wing' Humza Yousaf, the far-left first minister of Scotland, has attempted to brand the outpouring of opposition against his government’s new draconian speech restrictions as being concocted by the “right wing”. On Monday, the controversial Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act came into force, criminalising offensive statements — even those
South Africa publishes regulations to control speech online ahead of elections The South African Film and Publication Board (“FPB”) published regulations last week which are ostensibly aimed at tackling misinformation and disinformation through internet platforms, including social media, during the upcoming elections. Let’s not lose touch…Your Government and Big Tech are actively trying to censor the information reported by
Climate-Con and the Media-Censorship Complex – Part 1 The gauntlet has been cast by the media-censorship complex.
Ireland: Sinn Féin drops its support for “hate speech” bill The largest opposition party in the Republic of Ireland, Sinn Féin, has changed its stance on proposed hate speech laws, which signals a political shift in the country and means the bill is unlikely to be passed this side of a general election. Let’s not lose touch…Your Government
Why Do People Claim They Own “The Science™”? In a truly remarkable article, seemingly packed with anti-scientific claims masquerading as scientific rigour, Dr Jonathan N.
The Gaza Ministry of Health casualty numbers are not real; here’s the evidence A week ago, Time magazine published an article ‘The Science Is Clear.
Decision Day: “In Democracies This is Called Journalism” – A Major Piece by former Assange Associate Holger Stark. Back in January what has been call a “major German piece” on Assange was written by one of his former associates, Holger Stark who was with SPIEGEL magazine back in the 2000s and was involved in the publication of WikiLeaks. “The essence of a democracy is to allow criticism, even
This Week in the New Normal #86 Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. Neuralink “Telepathy” Elon Musk’s Neuralink AI company released a video this week of their first patient playing chess
Candace Owens Declares She Refuses to be Silenced by the Powerful Group that People Are Not Allowed to Talk About. After aggressive pressure from Zionist rabbis and other staunch supporters of Israel, it was announced last Friday morning that popular commentator Candace Owens and her host company – the Daily Wire had “ended their relationship.” The announcement came from Daily Wire co-CEO Jeremy Boreing with a simple tweet on X stating,
The Ministry of AI Truth Remember HAL, the homicidal Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey? Well, if you haven’t had the pleasure yet, let me introduce you to Gemini, Google’s “multimodal large language model.” Gemini hasn’t killed anyone yet — as far as I know, the liquidation
Indonesia Officially Adopts Indonesian Term for ‘Jesus Christ’ This year, for the first time since 1953, Christians in Indonesia will finally be able to officially use Indonesian terminology for Jesus Christ, Yesus Kristus, when they celebrate the major Christian holidays of Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Christmas. In a victory for freedom of religion and belief, the government
Egypt: Rights Group and its Director Threatened and Smeared (Washington DC) – The Egyptian authorities and affiliated groups have responded to recent reporting by the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, an Egyptian human rights group with a focus on Egypt’s militarized North Sinai, with a smear campaign and threats against the group and its director, Ahmed Salem, 18 civil