A recent purge by Facebook and Twitter of a host of independent media sites has pushed thousands of people out of work and has killed one of the most effective forms of expressing political dissent. On Thursday last week, Facebook purged more than 800 pages and accounts, accusing them of engaging in “inauthentic behaviour” and violating Read More…
Censorship
Internet Censorship Just Took An Unprecedented Leap Forward, And Hardly Anyone Noticed
While most indie media was focused on debating the way people talk about Kanye West and the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an unprecedented escalation in internet censorship took place which threatens everything we all care about. It received frighteningly little attention. After a massive purge of hundreds of politically oriented pages and personal accounts for Read More…
Social Media Purge, Google Censorship Docs Leaked, ISIS Gets Chlorine & Yemen Maternity Ward Bombed
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWelcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (10/12/18). The worst atrocities of our time, are carried out with the wholehearted support Read More…
Leaked Google Document Advises To “Police Tone Instead Of Content” In The “Shift Towards Censorship”
Another Google document has found its way into the public domain, this time through Breitbart. The news publication reports that an 85-page briefing entitled “The Good Censor,” advises tech companies to “police tone instead of content” and to not “take sides” when censoring users. This must be why Activist Post remains censored on YouTube and the wrongful suspension still hasn’t been Read More…
Facebook, Twitter Purge More Dissident Media Pages In Latest Escalation
Facebook has purged more dissident political media pages today, this time under the pretense of protecting its users from “inauthentic activity”. In a statement co-authored by Facebook Head of Cybersecurity Nathaniel Gleicher (who also happens to be the former White House National Security Council Director of Cybersecurity Policy), the massive social media platform explained that it has removed “559 Pages and Read More…
Anti-Defamation League, Facebook, Google & Youtube Appoint Themselves As Official Internet Censor
If you are reading this, that means that articles that speak against the activities of the Anti-Defamation League are not being automatically scrubbed from the internet. Yet. In a foreboding sign that the free expression of opinion on the internet is too much of a threat to the powerful elite of our society, the Anti-Defamation League is leading the Read More…






