India first democracy to ban encrypted messaging apps on massive scale.
Only days before Press Freedom Day, India banned apps for secure communication because of "terrorists" use.
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The Criminalization of Dissent (Revisited)
Greetings from Thoughtcriminal 231Js1736/23!
That’s my official Thoughtcrime Case Number, which my attorney needs to reference in all our official correspondence with the New Normal Thoughtpolice.
I think I’m going to silk-screen it on a T-shirt and wear it on my first day in Moabit Criminal Court,
Banks Told They Must Protect Free Speech After Nigel Farage Debanked
The UK Treasury Department is set to introduce rules to prohibit banks from dropping customers over their political views in response to a growing controversy exposed when Brexit leader Nigel Farage said last week that he might be forced to leave the country after being blacklisted by several lenders.
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Cambodia: Past Vote Irregularities Foreshadow July Election
(Bangkok) – Cambodia commune election results in 2022 showed numerous and significant irregularities that raise concerns for the July 23, 2023 national elections, Human Rights Watch said today.
Iran: New Charges Against Journalists
(Beirut) – Iranian authorities have brought vague “propaganda” and “national security” charges against three journalists, Human Rights Watch said today.
Fear and Loathing in the City of Westminster
Our descent into City Airport was like the drop-ship scene in the movie Aliens.
The UN Human Rights Council Should Address the Rapidly Growing Human Rights Crisis in Tunisia
The Human Rights Council should urgently address the deterioration of the human rights situation in Tunisia, four human rights organizations said today as the 53rd Council’s session is underway.
EU Officials Put Elon Musk's Twitter Through 'Exercise' on Fighting 'Disinformation'
Twitter may be close to bending the knee to the European Union’s stringent new laws on fake news, Russian propaganda, and online crime.
“A Global Digital Compact” – UN promoting censorship, social credit & much more
Late last month the office of the United Nation’s Secretary General published a policy document on aims for the future of the internet.
A follow-up to the 2021 report “Our Common Agenda”, the new report’s title says it all really, “A Global Digital Compact”. That’s the goal,
Belarus: Free Rights Defender
(Vilnius, June 22, 2023) – Human Rights Watch joined 15 other organizations on June 22, 2023, in urging the Belarus government to withdraw charges and immediately free the human rights defender Anastasia Loika. A Belarus court sentenced her on June 20 to seven years in prison for contributing to a report
Deconstructing Marianna in Conspiracyland – Part 1
Rejected artwork for the BBC podcast.
In the introduction to this exposé of “Marianna in Conspiracyland” we discussed the evidence which proves that the BBC is a state broadcaster. It is not “independent,” as it falsely claims; its “reporting” spreads disinformation on behalf of the government and, as we shall
'Free Speech Absolutist' Elon Musk Suspends Accounts of Prominent Tesla Critic Aaron Greenspan
In a move that has raised eyebrows in the tech and legal communities, Twitter has suspended the accounts of Aaron Greenspan, a well-known critic of Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk.
Deconstructing Marianna in Conspiracyland – Introduction
Rejected artwork for the BBC podcast.
The BBC’s “Marianna in Conspiracyland” podcast series is presented by Marianna Spring, the BBC’s specialist disinformation and social media correspondent. Over the course of 10 podcast episodes, mixing fact with fiction and exploiting applied psychology, “Conspiracyland” is a disinformation and propaganda campaign
New Normal Germany Blues
The first rule of New Normal Germany is “You Do Not Compare New Normal Germany to Nazi Germany!”
I did that on the cover of my bestselling book, The Rise of the New Normal Reich, so the State Prosecutor’s office in Berlin has launched a criminal investigation of me
Political satirist CJ Hopkins facing criminal prosecution
The Berlin Prosecutor’s Office has charged political satirist (and frequent OffG contributor) CJ Hopkins with:
“disseminating propaganda, the contents of which are intended to further the aims of a former National Socialist organization,”
The charge relates to CJ’s promotion of his 2022 book The Rise of the New