“A New System” – Inside the Davos Summit 2023
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AUDIO: Behind the Twitter Files Hype
In this episode, James Corbett joins Whitney Webb of Unlimited Hangout to discuss the Twitter Files phenomenon and how the hype around it is being utilized for more than meets the eye.
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What to Expect from the Government in 2023? More of the Same
“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.”
Montesquieu, Enlightenment philosopher
For those wondering what to expect from the government in 2023, it looks like we’re going to be in for more of the same
Where Have the Voices for Liberty Gone?
In early 2020, when American liberals wailed in unison that the First Amendment’s guarantee of the right of free assembly was a prescription for national suicide – and not one significant American civil rights organization protested.
Still, almost three years later, I am dumbfounded by how rapidly a nation that
Morris: Twitter's Jim Baker Had to Be Taught that Donald Trump's 'Optimism' Was Not 'Misinformation' to Be Censored
Fed and former Deputy Counsel at Twitter, Jim Baker, had to be taught during his stint at the social media giant that “optimism” is not misinformation, according to the latest tranche of Twitter Files, reported by journalist David Zweig.
The former cop turned joyless big tech censor flagged a tweet
Belarus: New Laws Target Critics in Exile
(Vilnius, December 22, 2022) – Belarusian parliament passed legislative amendments to a 2002 citizenship law that could be used to target members of the political opposition, activists, and other critics in exile, Human Rights Watch said today.
The draft law, if endorsed by the president, would allow the president to strip
Russian Forces Forcibly Disappear Ukrainian Activist
(Kyiv, December 22) – Russian forces forcibly disappeared Iryna Horobtsova, a resident of Kherson, Ukraine, in May 2022, and are understood to have unlawfully transferred her to Russian-occupied Crimea, where they are holding her incommunicado, Human Rights Watch said today. Horobtsova, 37, is an IT expert. Her family says that she
The Year of the Gaslighter
Well, it has been quite a year, 2022.
DISCUSS: Mass shootings, “conspiracy theories” & free speech
This past month has seen an influx of news stories, all somehow featuring the supposed negative effects of “online misinformation”, “hate speech” and/or “conspiracy theories”.
In New Zealand a few days ago, one couple had their baby placed in the care of a hospital after refusing to approve a
Hong Kong: Media Tycoon Trial a Travesty
(New York) – The authorities in Hong Kong should immediately drop the baseless charges against Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy media tycoon, and unconditionally release him and his six co-defendants, Human Rights Watch said today. Lai’s trial is scheduled to resume on December 13, 2022. Hong Kong authorities have called on
Swimming with Sharks
So, Elon Musk’s new free-speech Twitter appears to be going extremely well.
Sudan: Pact Omits Key Justice Reforms
(Nairobi) – Sudan’s political actors and international partners should ensure that progress on human rights and accountability for serious human rights violations are central to any new transition, Human Rights Watch said today. This includes an end to the violent crackdown against peaceful protesters, releasing arbitrarily detained protesters, and taking
Twitter Files: Executives Met with Federal Agencies Amid Hunter Biden Laptop Scandal, Allowed FBI to Report Tweets
Elon Musk’s Twitter released another batch of internal discussions on Friday, which revealed that executives at the social media company had met with federal agencies amid the Hunter Biden laptop story, and that the FBI reported tweets it didn’t like to workers at the company. On Friday night,
Russia: Harsh Sentence For Opposition Politician
(New York) – A Moscow court on December 9, 2022, sentenced a Russian opposition politician to eight and a half years in prison with an additional four-year ban on use of the internet, in continued efforts to dismantle and decapitate Russia’s peaceful political opposition and silence any criticism of the
'Visibility Filtering:' Twitter Files Reveals Shadowbanning, Other Tools Used to Censor Conservatives
A new Twitter Files investigation has revealed the many tools that company executives employed to blacklist and shadowban conservative voices.