A couple was ambushed, arrested and detained for 13 hours with no explanation before they learned that the evidence against them consisted of a stack of papers that contained detailed screenshots of posts from their social media accounts. (TFTP) The owners of a tactical supply company were violently arrested and then detained for hours with Read More…
Tag: Social Media
Google And Corporate News Giants Forge New Alliance To Defeat Independent Journalism
The “new media” monopolists of Silicon Valley and the once-dominant traditional print media have clearly agreed that the “fake news” frenzy is a convenient pretext to step up their censorship of the internet through new algorithms, allowing them to boost their profit margins and silence opposition through a new framework of “algorithmic censorship.” MOUNTAIN VIEW, Read More…
As YouTube Ignores Child Exploitation, They Announce Ban On Millions Of Gun Videos
Content creators are being reminded of the power in alternative platforms such as Steemit and DTube after YouTube announced that it is updating its policies and banning thousands of gun videos. (TFTP) YouTube has announced that it is banning videos that show users how to manufacture or modify firearms, adding to its ban on videos Read More…
The Weaponization Of Social Media
It didn’t take long from the birth of the world wide web for the public to start using this new medium to transmit, collect and analyze information in ways never before imagined. The first message boards and clunky “web 1.0” websites soon gave way to “the blogosphere.” The arrival of social media was the next Read More…
Mueller Indicts 13 Russians, 3 Companies For Interfering In US Election
Shortly after noon on Friday, U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller announced an indictment of 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities, accusing them of interfering in the 2016 presidential election and operating fake social media accounts. In the indictment announced on Friday – the first criminal case to accuse Russians of seeking to influence the outcome of Read More…
Is Facebook Using Your Phone’s Camera And Microphone To Spy On You?
Do you ever feel like you’re being watched when there’s nobody else around? Decades ago, if the answer to that question was ‘yes’, doctors might’ve advised you to see what they called a headshrinker. But technological progress has a funny way of turning situations on their head. For example, at the turn of the 20th Read More…