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An ongoing study first reported by Bloomberg reveals the extent to which major American telecom companies are throttling video content on apps such as YouTube and Netflix on mobile phones in the wake of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealing national net neutrality protections last December.
‘Massive Victory for the Whole Internet’ as California Passes Nation’s Strongest Net Neutrality Bill
In a major victory for the open internet that could have ripple effects throughout the United States, the California Senate thwarted aggressive lobbying by the telecom industry and passed the strongest, most comprehensive net neutrality bill in the nation.
As Google works to crush an internal staff revolt over its reported plan to launch a censored version of its search engine in China, a coalition of 14 of the world’s most prominent human rights groups sent an open letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday calling the tech giant’s project “an alarming capitulation” on human rights and demanding that it cancel any effort to provide censored services.
The circus never stops, and no matter who cries fake news against whom, the fact remains that we have entered the post-truth, post-credibility, post-sanity, post-free speech world.
As Facebook continues to grapple with the revelations of private user data being leaked to Cambridge Analytica, and taking part in the suspicious deplatforming of Alex Jones (and many other alt-news fan pages), the social media giant has taken a double-digit hit on key metrics.
Facebook recently announced it had partnered with the Atlantic Council in an effort to combat “fake news” on its platform. An offshoot of NATO, the Council’s board of directors is a who’s who of neo-conservative hawks, including Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Henry Kissinger and James Baker; CIA directors like Robert Gates, Leon Panetta and Michael Hayden; retired generals like Wesley Clark and David Petraeus; as well as senior tech executives. Forty-five percent of Americans get their news from Facebook. When an organization like the Atlantic Council decides what news we see and do not see, that is tantamount to state censorship.
By Joseph Jankowski Facebook is now rating the trustworthiness of its users as a part of the effort to tackle “fake news.” The new trustworthiness score, which was first reported in the Washington Post, will work on a scale of zero to 1 and is one of thousands of new behavioral tools Facebook uses to monitor its […]
The current “cracking down” on “fake news” coming from giants like Facebook or Youtube, is nothing more than blatant censorship of views that are challenging the official narrative. The current trend is quite disturbing, but fortunately, a lot of users of the social media giant are aware of their censorship and started raising their concerns all over Facebook.
For the second time this year, Facebook has suspended teleSUR English’s page, claiming the left-leaning Latin American news network violated the social media platform’s terms of service without any further explanation—a move that provoked outrage and concern among journalists, free speech advocates, and Big Tech critics. (NOTE: Facebook has also removed many, many other alternative news sites – including CLN – without explanation!)
Good news, the fate of the world has not changed during my week of freedom from reading Trump news or watching Trump related media.
In this video, Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange gives you the latest breaking news on what will happen next after the Alex Jones Infowars social media ban. Luke goes over the response from The Young Turks, Jimmy dore, vox and a lot more to highlight the argument that a private company could do what they want. Luke also discusses calls to censor Candace Owens Joe Rogan and others.
Alex Jones banned, the Mind Unleashed disappears, and hundreds of other alt-news fan pages (including ConsciousLifeNews) removed… Is Facebook’s continued purge of dissenting voices on its platform going to lead to the demise of the company? Ben Swann gives it a Reality Check.
Some members of Congress, who clearly don’t like the spirit of the First Amendment, are working with Internet gatekeepers at Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Apple (now a trillion-dollar corporation) to try to prevent you from accessing information they haven’t approved.
Apparently not satisfied with access to its users’ call history, text messaging data, and online conversations, Facebook has reportedly asked major Wall Street firms like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo to hand over their customers’ sensitive financial data as part of the social media giant’s ongoing attempt to become “a platform where people buy and sell goods and services.”
When you’re trying to manifest your dream life, you may want to take into consideration these 5 key points for success. I’ve also peppered this article with a little help from the wise teachings of Paulo Coelho and his masterpiece, ‘The Alchemist’.
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