The United States has always prided itself as a country that protects freedom of speech. However, there is mounting evidence that when it comes to freedom of speech on social media platforms, the government of the United States of America is bending the rules in its favor to suppress narratives that it does not like.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has accused the US government of pushing all social media platforms to work with the US government to censor content. According to Musk every social media company is engaged in heavy censorship with significant involvement, and at times, explicit direction, of the government.
Musk was referring to internal Twitter communications published by journalist Matt Taibbi with his approval.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has revealed that all social media platforms work with the US government to censor content.
“Social media platforms censor content for the US”
“Social media platforms censor content for the US”
Elon Musk has revealed that all social media platforms work with the US government to censor content.
The files show the FBI acting as doorman to a vast program of social media surveillance and censorship encompassing agencies across the federal government. Elon Musk released the documents following his purchase of Twitter.
According to Taibbi, in addition to Twitter, the US government was in contact with virtually every major tech firm, which included Facebook, Microsoft, Verizon, Reddit, and even Pinterest.
According to the document, CIA agents nearly always sat in meetings of these firms with the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force.
An investigation has shed light on the complicity of social media giant Twitter in US military propaganda in the West Asia region
Twitter propaganda tool of US Central Command
Twitter propaganda tool of US Central Command
An investigation has shed light on the complicity of social media giant Twitter in the propaganda of the US military in the West Asia region.
The firm reportedly colluded with the FBI to remove content the agency wanted hidden, assisted the US military's online influence campaigns and censored, "anti Ukraine narratives" on behalf of multiple US intelligence agencies.
A lot of people have questions. How involved is the government in monitoring and censoring the speech of ordinary people?
What we've seen so far already and we have definite conclusive proof of is that there are lots and lots of reports where we see Twitter executives saying things like DHS flagged this, the FBI flagged this and then they had … a whole thread where they decided what to do about it.
Do we remove it? Do we put a label on it? So there's tons of that stuff, where they're clearly getting communications from the FBI.....more below
Volker Turk has warned that efforts to advance reparatory justice are facing resistance in “certain quarters,” and urged countries to back Africa’s push.
Reparatory justice for historical crimes, including colonialism, enslavement, and the trade in enslaved Africans, is crucial to dismantling systemic racism, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said.
Speaking at the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent on Tuesday, Turk linked present-day discrimination against people from the continent to the enduring legacy of colonialism and enslavement.
”Racism and dehumanizing rhetoric continue to permeate public institutions, communities, and online platforms,” he said, according to the UN Press Service. Turk noted that “digital technologies, including AI, are reproducing and amplifying existing biases against people of African descent.”
The remarks come weeks after the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest...
The US VP had to defend President Trump’s Gaza policy at a rally on a Georgia college campus.
US Vice President J.D. Vance was forced to defend Washington’s policy in Gaza after he was booed and heckled at a key MAGA event on Wednesday.
Co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is a conservative student group that has long been seen as a strong support base of President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement but is now showing apparent cracks.
Less than 15 minutes into a TPUSA event at the University of Georgia on Wednesday, Vance was interrupted by hecklers over US policy in Gaza, with one audience member shouting, “Jesus Christ does not support genocide!” As he attempted to respond, others shouted, “You’re killing children!” and “You’re bombing children!”
Vance replied by referring to Trump’s achievements as president, including securing a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, something he said the previous administration of Joe Biden failed to do.
“I ...
Sergey Shoigu has cautioned Finland and the Baltic states against allowing Kiev to use their airspace for attacks on Russia.
Russia would have the right to retaliate if Finland and the Baltic states are deliberately allowing Ukrainian drones to pass through their airspace, Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said on Thursday.
“Recently, there has been an increase in Ukrainian drone strikes against Russia via Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia,” Shoigu told journalists. “As a result, civilians are suffering and significant damage is being caused to civilian infrastructure.”
Either Western air defenses are proving ineffective, or these four countries “deliberately provide their airspace, thereby becoming open accomplices in aggression against Russia,” he added. In the latter case, Moscow has the right to self-defense in response to an “armed attack” under Article 51 of the UN Charter, the security chief stressed.
In recent weeks, Kiev has intensified drone strikes on ...
