I don’t really want to defend Zuckerberg, or the machine for surveillance and monetization of private information he has built under the guise of a social network. For hundreds of millions of people across the world, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – all of which his company owns – are the …
Read More »Swedish cartoonist who became target for assassins after ridiculing Prophet Mohammed killed in car crash
The 2007 drawings of Muhammad placed Vilks at the center of a global debate regarding freedom of speech and respect for religious beliefs. Extremists tried to kill him for blasphemy, which is why he was under police protection. The cartoonist and his police escort were traveling in an unmarked police …
Read More »Ex-CIA chief’s call to prosecute sources who outed alleged plot to target Assange ‘CONFIRMS’ story, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief says
During an appearance on journalist Megyn Kelly’s podcast aired on Wednesday, Pompeo was asked to respond to the explosive Yahoo News story – which was based on inputs from some 30 former US intelligence and national security officials with knowledge of the agency’s efforts against WikiLeaks. “I can’t say much …
Read More »Several rockets target Kabul airport, US military activite missile defense to repel attack – reports
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Read More »Anti-vaxx protesters in London target Google, accuse tech firm of censorship (VIDEO)
A crowd of protesters pressed up against the doors of Google’s office at London’s King’s Cross on Monday. The demonstrators chanted “we are the 99 percent,” while one shouted into a megaphone “they are not giving you the right information!” Piers Corbyn, a prominent anti-vaxxer and brother of former Labour …
Read More »‘Foreign agents’: As Russia & Ukraine target press outlets, Western media’s selective coverage exposes bias behind its concerns
Without such a media, the accepted wisdom goes, capable of bringing errors to light and wrongdoers to account, to provide a forum to discuss solutions to national problems, a state will likely start to stagnate. Whether such a press truly exists in the Western world is a matter of dispute. …
Read More »Collective punishment: Rioters in Turkish capital target Syrian refugees after teen is stabbed to death (VIDEO)
Emirhan Yalcin, 18, was killed in an altercation between Turks and Syrians in the neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon. As night fell on Ankara, an angry mob descended on Altindag, targeting the Syrian refugee community: smashing and looting shops, overturning cars, and throwing bricks and rocks through windows of homes. At …
Read More »Big Tech companies to target right-wing militias & ‘attacker manifestos’ through same database used to identify terrorists
The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) has primarily focused on videos and images released by terrorist groups identified by the United Nations, including the Taliban. The group will be expanding the scope of material they target in the coming months, according to a report from Reuters. New material …
Read More »As Biden misses July 4 vaccination target, poll reveals how jabs become another demarcation in polarized America
The poll, which was released on Sunday, found that 86% of Democrats have received at least one Covid-19 dose, while only 45% of Republicans have done so. A further 7% of Democrat respondents said they’re likely to be vaccinated against the virus, suggesting as many as 93% will eventually get …
Read More »Rise of the killer robot: An autonomous drone hunted down a human target in Libya last year & no one is talking about it
When I was studying international human rights law at university almost a decade ago, I recall our lecturer stating that experts anticipate military enthusiasts to have fully developed killer robot technology within the next 20 years. Those predictions seem to be fairly accurate thus far, as recent developments suggest we …
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