News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
The U.K. Government is set to spend £600,000 ($755,000) on social media surveillance to identify “harmful disinformation and misinformation narratives”.
The EU has issued its first list of platforms that will be subject to 'content moderation' requirements. Surprisingly, they include Amazon, Apple and Wikipedia. What censorship does the EU have planned for them?
“Who’s to say that something is misinformation?” Musk asked the BBC interviewer. Good question. But it seems Musk's answer is the European Union, as he continues to be a member of its 'Disinformation Task-force'.
The war on 'disinformation' begun under Obama has become a free-for-all, a "blank cheque" to censor anything, and it's driving America crazy, says Jacob Siegel.
The CDC published inaccurate data about the COVID-19 pandemic that exaggerated the threat to the public on at least 20 occasions, a new paper has found.
In a brilliant piece for UnHerd, Kathleen Stock takes aim at the BBC's 'disinformation' correspondent Marianna Spring, accusing her of disseminating 'disinformation' in her own right.
Michael Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi, thanks to their access to the Twitter Files, have exposed America's 'Censorship-Industrial Complex'. Needless to say, the U.K. has its own version that's every bit as sinister.
A new BBC Panorama episode from Marianna Spring blames Elon Musk for a tripling in abusive messages on Twitter. But there are clearly other reasons that might explain the data besides the influence of Mr Musk.
No mention was made in the Twitter Files of the previous regime's removal of content at the request of EU officials. Why? Because it's the price of doing business in the EU.
The Foreign Office is funding a company that aims to demonetise right-of-centre news publishers like the American Spectator because it claims they publish 'disinformation', defined as using terms like 'illegal alien'.
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