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Facebook’s disinformation problem is harder than it looks, by Matthew Ingram
“finding the right line between disinformation control, public-health awareness, and outright censorship is not an easy task.”
Glenn Greenwald: Big Tech, Journalists Attack Powerless, Cuomo’s Special COVID Privileges
“The repressive objective of the Democratic-controlled Congress is to transfer the power to police and censor political discourse from these tech giants to themselves.”
Shredding journalistic credibility: Matt Taibbi on Chris Hedges On Contact
Marginalizing the news as propaganda for Democrats or Republicans. Igniting a 2020 firestorm. Includes traditional news sources and social media.
DN! The End of Big Tech? Calls Grow to Break Up Facebook, Amazon for “Mob-Like” Behavior, Monopoly Power
… if you’re adding a quarter of a trillion dollars in market capitalization across just four companies in a low-growth economy or an economy that is in decline, it means every other publicly traded company is likely losing revenues to these companies. So in sum, what is now good for Big Tech seems to be […]
On the Media: Facebook Censorship, “You Are the Product,” and the Global Internet and Copyright Directive
THE COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE IS SET TO RESHAPE THE INTERNET GLOBALLY
Facebook codifies its censorship regime
The technology giants, unbeknownst to their users, are blocking “alternative” news sources and promoting “trusted” news outlets…
Facebook is a tyranny – and our government isn’t built to stop it
The greatest tyranny yet would be the merging of corporate monopoly and governmental power to create the most invasive surveillance state in history.
Facebook’s ‘Secret’ File on You Is Bigger Than You Think — Here’s How to View It
Whigham urges people to download their file so they can see the extent to which their privacy is being violated by what he calls “surveillance capitalism.”
UK Column News | Syria, Facebook British Style (Video)
UK perspectrives on the US and Sytia, chemical weapons, Facebook and phychologiccal warfare through social media
Glenn Greenwald Calls Out Facebook for Working With Israeli Government on Censorship Plan
Facebook officials, Greenwald revealed, have laid out plans with the Israeli government on how to block material that they feel “incites violence.” This news comes at a time when the Israeli government is pushing legislation that would censor social media content from platforms its members consider disagreeable.
Henry Giroux: Selfie Culture at the Intersection of the Corporate and the Surveillance States
Giroux: The critique of the flight from privacy fails to address how the growth of the surveillance state and its appropriation of all spheres of private life are connected to the rise of the punishing state, the militarization of American society, secret prisons, state-sanctioned torture, a growing culture of violence, the criminalization of social problems, the depoliticization of public memory, and one of the largest prison systems in the world, all of which “are only the most concrete, condensed manifestations of a diffuse security regime in which we are all interned and enlisted.”
Snowden: iPhones Have Secret Spyware That Lets Govt’s Monitor Unsuspecting Users
The NSA whistleblower’s lawyer says the secret software can be remotely activated to watch the user. By Andrew Griffin / The Independent Alternet.org January 21, 2015 The iPhone has secret spyware that lets governments watch users without their knowledge, according to Edward Snowden. The NSA whistleblower doesn’t use a phone because of the secret software, […]
David Swanson: Everything Wrong With Liberalism in One Image Found on FaceBook
Moving away from militarism requires identifing with humanity, not a nation. “We” must begin to mean humanity. By David Swanson (about the author) OpEdNews.com October 21, 2014 (image by http://warisacrime.org) Here’s a fairly typical image of a sort that constantly clogs up my FaceBook page. I take it to be the full and open expression of […]
Microsoft and More Leave ALEC, 80 Corporations Out
ALECexposed, a project of CMD: Microsoft has left ALEC, but big technology companies Google, eBay, Facebook, and Yahoo reportedly still fund and remain engaged with ALEC. A number of energy companies have also left ALEC at the request of Greenpeace. Posted by REBEKAH WILCE PRWatch.org August 21, 2014 Microsoft, the $86.8 billion-a-year technology company, is no […]
de Boer, The Dish: Where Online Social Liberalism Lost The Script
“Suppose you’re a young college student inclined towards liberal or left-wing ideas. And suppose, like a lot of such college students, you enjoy Stephen Colbert and find him a political inspiration. Now imagine that, during the #CancelColbert fiasco, you defended Colbert on Twitter. If your defense was noticed by the people who police that forum, […]
Bruce Dixon: Top 10 Reasons Why Corporate Social Media is Not Your Friend, and Dark Social Media Is
With a billion users, Facebook is far and away the largest player in the world of corporate social media, so all these criticisms apply to Facebook. But many also apply to Twitter, Pinterest and their little brothers as well. Bruce A. Dixon BAR.com June 17, 2014 by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon For […]
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft reveal how many accounts are snooped by gov’t
A little more detail on government’s 0-999 info grabs from big tech companies. by Joe Mullin arstechnica.com Feb 3 2014 Tada! Several major tech companies finally pulled some NSA statistics from their collective hats. Flickr user: Jenn and Tony Bot NSA LEAKS New Snowden docs show Canadian spies tracked thousands of travelers How to stop the […]
Evergreene Digest: Jim Hightower | The Absurdly Dangerous Militarization of America’s Police
Police departments across the U.S. have a growing collection of toys used by the army. Are the good people of Bastrop facing some imminent terrorist threat that warrants military equipment? Swat-Team Nation Jim Hightower, Other Words <http://otherwords.org> Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from […]
Upworthy: How the Media Failed Women in 2013
Published on Dec 3, 2013 Upworthy.com There was a lot to celebrate this year for women in the media. But some things aren’t changing fast enough… Join the campaign: http://bit.ly/ChangeMedia Miss Representation Subscribe or “Follow” us on Rise Up Times.wordpress.com. Rise Up Times is also on FACEBOOK! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog […]
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