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Prof James Alexander takes a look at the online tools and games developed by regime psychologists ostensibly to help identify 'misinformation' but really, he thinks, to train the next generation of Thought Police.
A "Citizens Council" backed by the German Government has submitted recommendations to the Ministry of the Interior calling, among other things, for the potential criminalisation of "disinformation".
Trump's claim about pet-eating migrants certainly shocked the world, and J.D. Vance has admitted pushing the story despite it being unproven to raise Springfield's plight. The liberal media fell for it, says Steven Tucker.
G20 ministers met in Brazil last week to discuss "misinformation", just as the country ramps up the censorship in an escalating 'war' with Elon Musk's X, leaving no doubt over which side they're on.
Australia's new misinformation bill, crafted by those who squashed the Hunter Biden laptop story, threatens free speech, says Andrew Lowenthal. Social media will be the truth police, and the chill is real.
The French state regulator has hit popular Right-of-centre broadcaster CNews with a €20,000 fine for climate 'misinformation'. So long, Enlightenment, says Chris Morrison. Welcome to the authoritarian new dark age.
The U.S. Government invited the U.K. Counter Disinformation Unit to a high level meeting in summer 2021 to gain tips on how to censor the public, new documents reveal.
A 'disinformation portal' launched by the Australian Labour Party has reportedly been swamped with reports of the party's own misleading advertising, including posters of nuclear power stations next to Sydney Opera House.
Mark Zuckerberg has said Facebook and Instagram were wrong to censor posts about Covid during the pandemic and that the company should have fought pressure from the Biden administration.
Now that it's in power, Labour is prosecuting its "war on disinformation" with authoritarian relish. But what about all the disinformation being disseminated by the Government itself? asks Steven Tucker.
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