Web Censorship and Political Bias

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Nothing changes. Everybody knows. Congress is a joke. They sold us out a long time ago. You'd have to make change profitable.

 

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We Can Fix Big Tech

 

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We Can Fix Big Tech

I agree with the video. We all know what's going on. To make a long story short....
VOTE or Die

 

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[Tyler Durden]

Oh no....I guess he'll have to resort to 4chan

Twitter bans account of former KKK leader David Duke

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Death of Free Speech in the US: How a terrifying revolution sweeping newsrooms sees journalists who deviate from the new liberal orthodoxy hounded out - while 62 per cent of ordinary Americans are too frightened to speak their mind

You might never have come across Bon Appetit, a glossy monthly magazine which serves up a cosy mix of gourmet recipes, wine reviews and lifestyle tips to its 1.5 million readers.

It is hard to imagine a less controversial publication, or one that's more quintessentially American with its aspirational blend of self-improvement and conspicuous consumption – and it has been attracting record digital subscriptions thanks to lockdown tips for banana bread and avocado toast.

But popularity counted for nothing when a picture appeared online showing its editor of ten years, Adam Rapoport, dressed as a Puerto Rican at a Halloween fancy dress party. At a stroke he was out, branded a racist.

Then, in a grovelling mea culpa, he confessed: 'From an extremely ill-conceived Halloween costume 16 years ago to my blind spots as an editor, I've not championed an inclusive vision.' He added he was stepping down 'to reflect on the work that I need to do as a human being and to allow Bon Appetit to get to a better place.'

Never mind his successful record as an editor. Or that the picture was taken in 2004, a full six years before he joined the magazine. Or that Mr Rapoport denies applying make-up. Or that he is actually married to the Puerto Rican woman pictured alongside him in the photograph.

But nothing can be taken for granted amid the toxic maelstrom now sweeping through American journalism, from the lofty heights of the New York Times to the least consequential website. They're calling it The Great Awokening and it endangers not just thousands of experienced, hard-working reporters and editors but the future of the industry they work for. It even threatens American democracy itself.

This is a country where freedom of speech and religion are guaranteed under the First Amendment. But it is also a nation where the statues of Washington and Jefferson, the great architects of the Republic, the guarantors of the liberties that woke warriors take for granted, have been pulled to the ground and smeared with graffiti.

America brought popular journalism and the true scrutiny of power to the world, yet never have the country's newsrooms been so threatened – or so cowed – as today. So great is the pressure to conform to messages put forward by movements such as Black Lives Matter and #MeToo that any deviation leads to instant vilification online. And, ultimately, the chopping block.

Revolution sweeping newsrooms sees journalists who deviate from liberal orthodoxy hounded out | Daily Mail Online

 

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Death of Free Speech in the US: How a terrifying revolution sweeping newsrooms sees journalists who deviate from the new liberal orthodoxy hounded out - while 62 per cent of ordinary Americans are too frightened to speak their mind

You might never have come across Bon Appetit, a glossy monthly magazine which serves up a cosy mix of gourmet recipes, wine reviews and lifestyle tips to its 1.5 million readers.

It is hard to imagine a less controversial publication, or one that's more quintessentially American with its aspirational blend of self-improvement and conspicuous consumption – and it has been attracting record digital subscriptions thanks to lockdown tips for banana bread and avocado toast.

But popularity counted for nothing when a picture appeared online showing its editor of ten years, Adam Rapoport, dressed as a Puerto Rican at a Halloween fancy dress party. At a stroke he was out, branded a racist.

Then, in a grovelling mea culpa, he confessed: 'From an extremely ill-conceived Halloween costume 16 years ago to my blind spots as an editor, I've not championed an inclusive vision.' He added he was stepping down 'to reflect on the work that I need to do as a human being and to allow Bon Appetit to get to a better place.'

Never mind his successful record as an editor. Or that the picture was taken in 2004, a full six years before he joined the magazine. Or that Mr Rapoport denies applying make-up. Or that he is actually married to the Puerto Rican woman pictured alongside him in the photograph.

But nothing can be taken for granted amid the toxic maelstrom now sweeping through American journalism, from the lofty heights of the New York Times to the least consequential website. They're calling it The Great Awokening and it endangers not just thousands of experienced, hard-working reporters and editors but the future of the industry they work for. It even threatens American democracy itself.

This is a country where freedom of speech and religion are guaranteed under the First Amendment. But it is also a nation where the statues of Washington and Jefferson, the great architects of the Republic, the guarantors of the liberties that woke warriors take for granted, have been pulled to the ground and smeared with graffiti.

America brought popular journalism and the true scrutiny of power to the world, yet never have the country's newsrooms been so threatened – or so cowed – as today. So great is the pressure to conform to messages put forward by movements such as Black Lives Matter and #MeToo that any deviation leads to instant vilification online. And, ultimately, the chopping block.

Revolution sweeping newsrooms sees journalists who deviate from liberal orthodoxy hounded out | Daily Mail Online

And Northam is still Gov. of VA....

 

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Pompeo warns TikTok users' personal info could be going 'directly to the Chinese Communist Party'

 

[Electric Orange]

Death of Free Speech in the US: How a terrifying revolution sweeping newsrooms sees journalists who deviate from the new liberal orthodoxy hounded out - while 62 per cent of ordinary Americans are too frightened to speak their mind

You might never have come across Bon Appetit, a glossy monthly magazine which serves up a cosy mix of gourmet recipes, wine reviews and lifestyle tips to its 1.5 million readers.

It is hard to imagine a less controversial publication, or one that's more quintessentially American with its aspirational blend of self-improvement and conspicuous consumption – and it has been attracting record digital subscriptions thanks to lockdown tips for banana bread and avocado toast.

But popularity counted for nothing when a picture appeared online showing its editor of ten years, Adam Rapoport, dressed as a Puerto Rican at a Halloween fancy dress party. At a stroke he was out, branded a racist.

Then, in a grovelling mea culpa, he confessed: 'From an extremely ill-conceived Halloween costume 16 years ago to my blind spots as an editor, I've not championed an inclusive vision.' He added he was stepping down 'to reflect on the work that I need to do as a human being and to allow Bon Appetit to get to a better place.'

Never mind his successful record as an editor. Or that the picture was taken in 2004, a full six years before he joined the magazine. Or that Mr Rapoport denies applying make-up. Or that he is actually married to the Puerto Rican woman pictured alongside him in the photograph.

But nothing can be taken for granted amid the toxic maelstrom now sweeping through American journalism, from the lofty heights of the New York Times to the least consequential website. They're calling it The Great Awokening and it endangers not just thousands of experienced, hard-working reporters and editors but the future of the industry they work for. It even threatens American democracy itself.

This is a country where freedom of speech and religion are guaranteed under the First Amendment. But it is also a nation where the statues of Washington and Jefferson, the great architects of the Republic, the guarantors of the liberties that woke warriors take for granted, have been pulled to the ground and smeared with graffiti.

America brought popular journalism and the true scrutiny of power to the world, yet never have the country's newsrooms been so threatened – or so cowed – as today. So great is the pressure to conform to messages put forward by movements such as Black Lives Matter and #MeToo that any deviation leads to instant vilification online. And, ultimately, the chopping block.

Revolution sweeping newsrooms sees journalists who deviate from liberal orthodoxy hounded out | Daily Mail Online

They're talking about letting the ACLU decide who counts as a journalist in Portland.

 

[Electric Orange]

Pompeo warns TikTok users' personal info could be going 'directly to the Chinese Communist Party'

Well it certainly could be

 

[BowlBrother85]

Twitter has done another audit of Donald Trump's followers and uncovered that 70.2% of Trump's 83,932,105 followers (or 58,932,105 of them) are "fake followers". Twitter defines a fake follower as accounts that are unreachable and will not see the account's tweets (either because they're spam, bots, propaganda, etc. or because they're no longer active on Twitter). This is only noteworthy because of how much Trump has boasted in the past over his "huuuuge" number of followers on Twitter... and how he has whined whenever Twitter has deleted his "fake followers" - and then used this purge as a primary example of their alleged bias against him. Trump will whine about anything... even the loss of fake followers. This notion of "web censorship and political bias" is completely fake. This is just another means for Trump and his minions to whine.

 

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I think we should protest the house and senate

 

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Not happy with being held accountable to the public gets called out by Greenwald. LOL!

 

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Some reporter not happy with being held accountable to the public gets called out by Greenwald. LOL!

There's a reason the comments section keeps disappearing as a feature on news sites.

 

[utvolpj]

Twitter has done another audit of Donald Trump's followers and uncovered that 70.2% of Trump's 83,932,105 followers (or 58,932,105 of them) are "fake followers". Twitter defines a fake follower as accounts that are unreachable and will not see the account's tweets (either because they're spam, bots, propaganda, etc. or because they're no longer active on Twitter). This is only noteworthy because of how much Trump has boasted in the past over his "huuuuge" number of followers on Twitter... and how he has whined whenever Twitter has deleted his "fake followers" - and then used this purge as a primary example of their alleged bias against him. Trump will whine about anything... even the loss of fake followers. This notion of "web censorship and political bias" is completely fake. This is just another means for Trump and his minions to whine.

I would imagine this means most accounts with a large # of followers have the same. There's a whole industry behind creating fake followers. If twitter is truly concerned about this issue they would check more than just Trump

 

[Stew Cook]

I would imagine this means most accounts with a large # of followers have the same. There's a whole industry behind creating fake followers. If twitter is truly concerned about this issue they would check more than just Trump

Let me ask you PJ. I'm not sure how much VN cares about users having multiple accounts, and wouldn't expect you to expose any methods, or even if you know much more than I do.

But, I'm guessing these "fake followers" or "trolls for hire" etc. utilize VPNs, and some use a unique VPN per account. Maybe you have an idea how Twitter or other social media would go about weeding them out? I can only imagine latency or something along those lines, but I'm not even sure how that could provide any solid "proof".

Something that I've observed is that the followers and followed are closely matched on the ones that I perceive fit the "fake account" profile, at least on Twitter. Seems like a hell of a task, at any rate.

 

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