When summing up 2020 – a difficult year with the Covid-19 pandemic and an escalation in the confrontation between Beijing and Washington – prominent Chinese political scientist Yuan Peng wrote: “It no longer matters what is true or false – what matters is who controls the discourse.” The expert was referring …
Read More »‘Information terrorism’ is being conducted in Australia, according to new book that targets powerful Israeli lobby
Australia is not where you would expect an information battle to be waged between Israel and Palestine. But a new book by one of Australia’s leading journalists, John Lyons, titled ‘Dateline Jerusalem: Journalism’s Toughest Assignment’, alleges that a veritable content massacre has occurred. “The Israel lobby in Australia is the …
Read More »The real Germany is only in Munich: useful information for travelers
There is an opinion among experienced tourists that after visiting Munich, you can confidently say that you have seen the whole of Germany. Note that we are not talking about the capital, which, like most other countries, is filled with visitors and various entertainments designed to impress or earn more …
Read More »Sudan facing full military coup, Information Ministry warns, as military arrest prime minister, raid radio and TV stations
On Monday morning, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was detained by security forces and taken to an unknown location, according to a Facebook post by the country’s Information Ministry. The update came just hours after Dubai-based Al-Hadath TV reported that troops had besieged the home of the prime minister and …
Read More »UK competition watchdog slaps Facebook with £50 million fine for information breach
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) contended that Facebook consciously failed to provide the British regulator with all the information required. In a statement, the regulator said that Facebook’s decision not to comply with its demands were seemingly “deliberate” as the tech giant had been given multiple warnings already. The …
Read More »Most Americans don’t trust Biden and US government on Covid-19 information – poll
Biden has retained the trust of a minority, with 45% saying they either trust the Democrat a great deal or a fair amount. The survey was taken among more than 1,100 adults and has a margin of error of 3.2% points. The president has continued pushing vaccines onto the American …
Read More »Twitter must register company in Nigeria to resume operations – information minister
The minister told journalists on Wednesday that Twitter has reached out to the government for talks after Nigerian telecom firms were ordered to suspend access to the platform on Friday. The ban was announced a few days after the social media company removed a tweet by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari …
Read More »‘Outdated information’ may have skewed efficacy data from AstraZeneca Covid vaccine trial, US govt health institute claims
On Monday, the pharmaceutical giant released promising interim results from its US study, which showed its drug to have 79% efficacy in stopping symptomatic Covid-19 and to be 100% effective at preventing severe cases and hospitalization. The firm also said that the results showed that the drug does not cause …
Read More »Parler hacker says RELAX, not ALL private information was compromised
Until it was denied web hosting by Amazon and effectively removed from the internet on Monday, Parler was growing in popularity among US conservatives and right-wingers, many of whom migrated to the site after being banned from Twitter. Amazon pulled the plug in light of what it called a “steady …
Read More »Trump’s blanket ban from social media proves the information war is over. If you’re reading this, you’ve lost.
Twitter permanently banned the president from its platform on Friday, following in the footsteps of Facebook, Snapchat, Twitch, and other platforms that used Wednesday’s riot at the Capitol as an excuse to do what much of Silicon Valley has wanted to do for years. But it wasn’t Trump’s on-platform conduct …
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