WATCH: The Weaponisation of Social Media
Now openly admitted, governments and militaries around the world employ armies of keyboard warriors to spread propaganda and disrupt their online opposition. Their goal? To shape public discourse around...
The Guardian, “Russian bots” and the dehumanisation of dissent
Kit Knightly
Heather Stewart, The Guardian's chief stenographer political editor, has copied and pasted a press release written a new article all about "Russian bots". The trouble is she doesn't...
Google’s New Search Engine Bias is No Accident
by Jonathan Cook, October 1, 2017, via Dissident Voice Alternet has gone public with concerns about the way Google and Facebook have limited traffic to its website and, more generally,...
The problem with modern "journalism" summed up in one story
by Kit That a protest Facebook/twitter account focusing on the mistreatment of black people by American police was actually a fake account run by Russians to make the US...
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...
Guardian "Facebook fact-check " on 9/11 – every bit as poor as you would expect
Catte Black The Guardian is no better at telling the truth about the nature of the 9/11 debate than about Syria, Ukraine or indeed anything. Its recent bid at...
