Categories Asia & Pacific ‘Sour grapes’: Chinese media boss mocks Washington Post’s ‘jealousy’ over Beijing’s strict Covid-control practices Posted on Posted onOctober 30, 2021October 30, 2021By Editor The editor-in-chief of The Global Times, a Chinese state-run publication, has taunted the US and The Washington Post after the American paper highlighted China’s small Covid-19 outbreak and criticized its strict countermeasures. … Read More >‘Sour grapes’: Chinese media boss mocks Washington Post’s ‘jealousy’ over Beijing’s strict Covid-control practices
Categories Russia You might like this! Facebook & Twitter recommendation algorithms could be deactivated under new plans from Russian lawmakers Posted on Posted onOctober 17, 2021October 17, 2021By Editor A new bill to be put before Russia’s parliament could reportedly enable the government to regulate and restrict algorithms that recommend content and accounts which Moscow officials say promote social discord or break local laws. … Read More >You might like this! Facebook & Twitter recommendation algorithms could be deactivated under new plans from Russian lawmakers
Categories Russia ‘Everyone’s sick & tired of Big Tech’ & ‘blatant’ American interference in Russian elections, ex-President Medvedev tells RT Posted on Posted onSeptember 29, 2021September 29, 2021By Editor There was widespread and blatant interference in the recent Russian election, ranging from targeted recommendations and censorship by Silicon Valley to overt cyberattacks on servers coming from the US, Dmitry Medvedev has told RT. … Read More >‘Everyone’s sick & tired of Big Tech’ & ‘blatant’ American interference in Russian elections, ex-President Medvedev tells RT
Categories Russia Russia’s parliament threatens to increase fines for American tech giants after Google fails to comply with country’s internet laws Posted on Posted onSeptember 17, 2021September 17, 2021By Editor Russia’s State Duma has threatened to increase penalties for IT companies if they continue to ignore the injunctions of the country’s media watchdog Roskomnadzor. In recent weeks, Google, Facebook and Twitter have all been fined. … Read More >Russia’s parliament threatens to increase fines for American tech giants after Google fails to comply with country’s internet laws
Categories Russia Putin doesn’t have online accounts & thinks there are better uses of his time than posting on Twitter or Facebook, Kremlin says Posted on Posted onSeptember 7, 2021September 7, 2021By Editor Russia’s President Vladimir Putin isn’t active online because he doesn’t have enough time to post, scroll and click, the Kremlin has revealed, saying he has rejected the idea of having an aide manage public profiles on his behalf. … Read More >Putin doesn’t have online accounts & thinks there are better uses of his time than posting on Twitter or Facebook, Kremlin says
Categories Russia Russia fines US tech giants Facebook, Twitter & WhatsApp nearly half million dollars over refusal to stop sending user data abroad Posted on Posted onAugust 26, 2021August 26, 2021By Editor Three of the world’s largest internet companies have been hit with hefty financial penalties after a Russian court ruled they had fallen foul of rules requiring them to process users’ private data exclusively within the country. … Read More >Russia fines US tech giants Facebook, Twitter & WhatsApp nearly half million dollars over refusal to stop sending user data abroad
Categories World ‘Ban me like Trump!’ Serbian president dares Twitter, as media labeled ‘govt collaborators’ invoke Nazi censorship & NATO bombing Posted on Posted onAugust 23, 2021August 23, 2021By Editor A dozen Serbian media outlets labeled “state-affiliated” by Twitter protested the platform’s action as censorship, while the country’s president said the social media company may as well ban him just like ex-POTUS Donald Trump. … Read More >‘Ban me like Trump!’ Serbian president dares Twitter, as media labeled ‘govt collaborators’ invoke Nazi censorship & NATO bombing
Categories Op-ed Banning American conservatives from social media and not the Taliban proves we don’t know who the bad guys are any more Posted on Posted onAugust 16, 2021August 16, 2021By Editor Where is the sense in banning Donald Trump from Twitter on the grounds of ‘inciting violence’ yet allowing the Taliban to carry on tweeting as they storm the presidential palace in Kabul? … Read More >Banning American conservatives from social media and not the Taliban proves we don’t know who the bad guys are any more
Categories Shows On Contact: The fight to free knowledge Posted on Posted onAugust 6, 2021August 6, 2021By Editor On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses censorship and new digital media with Peter B. Kaufman, author and program manager at MIT Learning Center. … Read More >On Contact: The fight to free knowledge
Categories Journalism & Mass media Twitter partners with UK govt-backed, CIA-linked Reuters to censor alternative views Posted on Posted onAugust 5, 2021August 5, 2021By Editor Twitter is collaborating with Reuters, a CIA-linked media outlet that also participates in a covert UK information warfare program, to censor “misinformation” on social media. … Read More >Twitter partners with UK govt-backed, CIA-linked Reuters to censor alternative views
