“People hold opinions I don’t share, we should stop them.”
Kit Knightly Sixty percent of us believe in “conspiracy theories”, and we shouldn’t. At least according to Hugo Drochon, Professor of Politics at Nottingham University. He doesn’t raise the...
Small Blue Bird Scares Centrist Hack
Ducksoap Guardian columnist Rafael Behr is fearful. He is frightened by little blue birds pecking at the media bubble. He is absolutely terrified of the success of twitter as...
How Social Media Platforms Suppress Key Truths
by Eric Zuesse On April 23rd, the great independent investigative journalist, Craig Murray — a former British diplomat — headlined at his blog, “Condemned By Their Own Words”, and...
Online Freedom: Are We Past the Point of No Return?
by Carla, therightsideoftruth.com, via The Sleuth Journal Internet freedom is on the decline. It has been ever since companies began centralizing control over where users congregate, and things have...
"Is free-speech really worth all this hassle?" – Gaby Hinsliff
Kit Knightly I’ve never written a response to a Gaby Hinsliff column before. I’ve never felt the need. In much the same way that I’ve never written an online...
Google now threatening Alt-News web-sites
Eric Zuesse I just happened to notice at one of my publishers, RINF, “Google’s Censorship Of Independent News – Rinf Becomes Latest Victim”, and the owner, Mick Meaney, described...
Does Owen Jones really believe the internet is hurting democracy?
by BlackCatte Over at the Guardian’s shiny new “the web we want” section there’s a veritable onslaught of the “problem – reaction -solution” method of manipulating public opinion. Several...
