People respond to Labour's free broadband announcement in the best possible way
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2019-11-15
With campaigning for the upcoming general election in full swing, Labour has announced a ground-breaking new policy: free broadband for all. | Considering how much we use the internet now, the policy clearly appeals to a lot of people: | pic.twitter.com/4zKLMbnF5N | — kay burley and her empty chair stan account (@bicknaker) November 14…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/15/people-respond-to-labours-free-broadband-announcement-in-the-best-possible-way/

Noel Ignatiev: Remembering a Comrade and a Friend
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
For all of the opprobrium Facebook deserves, it is still essential for building ties on the left when there are so few opportunities for networking in real space as opposed to cyberspace. Just checking now, it seems that I became a FB friend with Noel Ignatiev sometime in 2015. It was worth it to me…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/noel-ignatiev-remembering-a-comrade-and-a-friend/

'Crucial source of intelligence': Indian Army urges officers to wipe Facebook accounts & avoid WhatsApp over security gaps
rt.com | 2019-11-15
The Indian Army has warned its officers to stay away from Facebook and WhatsApp, arguing the popular US-based social media platforms are vulnerable to hacks and a "crucial source" for hostile intelligence-gathering. | An army advisory strongly encourages soldiers, especially those holding "sensitive posts," to avoid WhatsApp for any official communications and to consider deactivating their Facebook accounts, following a military assessment finished last month which flagged a number of…
rt.com/news/473501-indian-army-whatsapp-facebook/

The Truthiest Reality of Global Warming
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
An omniscient individual on my electronic social media splattergram expressed skepticism that the 0.04% of the atmosphere made up of CO2 could possibly have any responsibility for causing global warming, now also known as climate change. It seems clear to me now that with each passing day more people will stumble upon this startling insight,…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/the-truthiest-reality-of-global-warming/

Catapulting Hong Kong into democracy? Media glorifies ANARCHY & 'novel, defensive' anti-police weapons of protesters
rt.com | 2019-11-14
As anti-China protesters transform Hong Kong universities into "weapons factories" and arm themselves with petrol bombs, mainstream media is increasingly impressed by their ingenious and "novel" methods of taking on riot police. | Universities across Hong Kong are shuttering their doors and foreign students fleeing the chaos, as protesters hurl bricks, fire javelins, construct "watchtowers" and start fires on campuses, insisting that they have "no choice" but to resort to the most violent methods. | pic.twitter.com/WKPPXvO0Wl
rt.com/news/473491-hong-kong-weapons-arsenal-catapult/

Argentina: Congress Rejects the Coup d'Etat in Bolivia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-14
Both chambers of the Argentine parliament on Wednesday passed resolutions to condemn the coup d'etat against Bolivia's President Evo Morales. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Over 4000 Twitter Accounts Created to Legitimize Coup | In the Senate, both the Left and the Right presented draft resolutions to condemn the ongoing political events in the neighboring Andean cou…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Congress-Rejects-the-Coup-dEtat-in-Bolivia-20191114-0001.html

Social Media Censorship Reaches New Heights as Twitter Permanently Bans Dissent
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-14
| | It's an open secret. The deep state is wo…
mintpressnews.com/social-media-censorship-twitter-permanently-bans-dissent/262807/

Social Media Censorship Reaches New Heights as Twitter Permanently Bans Dissent
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-14
| | It's an open secret. The deep state is wo…
mintpressnews.com/social-media-censorship-twitter-permanently-bans-dissent/262807/

Facebook Logo Redux
Paul Mavrides | thenation.com | 2019-11-14
Keeping a stiff Zucker lip.
thenation.com/article/facebook-logo-redux/

Demand Justice Announces Ads Shaming Facebook for Sponsoring Federalist Society Dinner Honoring Brett Kavanaugh
commondreams.org | 2019-11-14
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/11/14/demand-justice-announces-ads-shaming-facebook-sponsoring-federalist-society?cd-origin=rss

Russia-bashers eat their own? Ukrainian ex-minister accuses Bellingcat of being infiltrated by…Kremlin agents?
rt.com | 2019-11-14
A website obsessed with blaming Russia for everything — using Google Earth to support its airtight theories — has been infiltrated by Russian agents, according to a Ukrainian MP and former minister. But does it even make sense? | Our strange saga begins with a very level-headed Facebook post penned by Ukraine's former minister of veterans affairs and current member of parliament, Iryna Friz, who expressed deep displeasure with a recent Bellingcat 'investigation' revealing that Ukraine's Ministry of Veterans Affairs had ties to far-right figures (oh no, who could have guessed?). | In her post, Friz…
rt.com/news/473450-bellingcat-ukraine-fsb-infiltrated/

Angela Rayner only needed one tweet to wipe the floor with Nigel Farage
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-11-14
Nigel Farage has been hitting the media and hitting the streets to launch his election campaign. He has always been keen to promote himself as a 'man of the people' — an image not supported by his background. | But after he made a geographical mistake in a tweet — s…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/14/angela-rayner-only-needed-one-tweet-to-wipe-the-floor-with-nigel-farage/

Trump's Drug Deal Goes to Congress: Impeachment, Day One
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-14
Trump's primary defense as argued by his tools in Congress and through his own tweets seems to be "I know I am but what are you?" He isn't denying his misdeeds and abuses of power, just arguing that he can do whatever he wants because he's president and that every other politician does the same thing so what's the problem? It's not really much of a defense, but in the puerile world that is US politics and especially Trumpist politics, he could get away with it. Any explanation that Trump demanded what he did from Zelensky is because he is a businessman only serves to verify my understanding of Trump's businesses[…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/14/trumps-drug-deal-goes-to-congress-impeachment-day-one/

The tweet that shows just how cynical Rachel Riley's 'war on antisemitism' has become
Kerry-anne Mendoza | thecanary.co | 2019-11-14
Rachel Riley does the numbers on Countdown. But she's also appointed herself witchfinder general in a campaign to silence critics of Apartheid Israel with false accusations of antisemitism. (Full disclosure: she has dedicated a lot of that time smearing The Canary.) This is why we were somewhat shocked to find her promoting the views of an alleged antisemite. Why? Because…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/14/the-tweet-that-shows-just-how-cynical-rachel-rileys-war-on-antisemitism-has-become/

'I'd say he won, no doubt': Artem Lobov delivers verdict on Jason Knight's bathroom brawl ahead of bare-knuckle rematch
rt.com | 2019-11-14
Artem Lobov has declared rival Jason Knight the winner of a bathroom brawl that caused a sensation on social media ahead of their much-anticipated rematch in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on Saturday. | Fans are hoping for a classic to mirror their first encounter when American Knight aims for revenge against Russian-born Lobov, who enters as strong favorite having won their initial, bloody contest on the thinnest of judging margins earlier this year. | The second contest between the pair is being hyped as the most exciting fight since the championship launched in 2018, not least because its organizer…
rt.com/sport/473477-artem-lobov-jason-knight-bareknuckle/

'Shame on Facebook': Ad Campaign Condemns Company's Sponsorship of Federalist Society Dinner Honoring Brett Kavanaugh
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-14
The progressive advocacy group Demand Justice launched an ad campaign on Thursday targeting Facebook employees and decrying the company's sponsorship of the Federalist Society's planned dinner honoring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/kavanaugh_0_0_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/14/shame-facebook-ad-campaign-condemns-companys-sponsorship-federalist-society-dinner?cd-origin=rss

Code Pink founder raided by DC police on dubious Venezuelan embassy 'assault' charges (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-11-13
Police have tried to detain Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin without a warrant on belated and mysterious charges of 'assaulting' a Democratic congresswoman during this summer's siege of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington. | Benjamin was accused of assaulting Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Florida) — months after the alleged incident — when over a dozen officers surrounded her home on Wednesday in Washington, DC. | In footage she posted to Facebook, Benjamin strenuously denies the accusations, explaining that she was the one assaulted — pushed and pulled by right-wing Venezuelans ("b…
rt.com/usa/473371-medea-benjamin-detained-venezuela-assault/

Code Pink founder raided by DC police on dubious charges of 'assault' at anti-Maduro 'Venezuela freedom' event (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-11-13
Police have tried to detain Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin without a warrant on mysterious charges of 'assaulting' a Democratic congresswoman at an anti-Maduro press event in support of the "freedom for the Venezuelan people." | Benjamin was accused of assaulting Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Florida) when over a dozen officers surrounded her home on Wednesday in Washington, DC. | In footage she posted to Facebook, Benjamin strenuously denies the accusations, explaining that she was the one assaulted — pushed and pulled by right-wing Venezuelans ("big guys") supporting the US-backed oppositi…
rt.com/usa/473371-medea-benjamin-detained-venezuela-assault/

Venezuela Confirms Recovery of Its Embassy in Brazil
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-13
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza confirmed Wednesday that irregular groups that violently entered Venezuela'sembassy located in Brasilia, Brazil's capital, left the premises peacefully thanks to authorities and social pressure. | RELATED: | Trespassers Forcibly Enter Venezuelan Embassy in Brasilia | Through his Twitter account, the diplomat expressed his gratitude to the Brazilian social movements that went to the location to defend the diplomatic headquarters and achieve…
telesurenglish.net/news/venezuela-confirms-recovery-of-its-embassy-in-brazil-20191113-0019.html

Bolivia: Over 4000 Twitter Accounts Created to Legitimize Coup
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-13
It ¥s becoming more and more clear the role of social media as yet another political party able to legitimize or remove any Government, especially through social networks. A few days after the consummated coup against Bolivian President Evo Morales, there have been more than 4500 new Twitter accounts created, without almost any followers, with the hashtag #BoliviaNoHayGolpe installed. | RELATED: | 'OAS Is a Tool of the US Empire': Bolivia's Evo Morales | Luciano Galup, director of th…
telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-created-over-four-thousand-accounts-to-legitimize-coup-20191113-0011.html

Venice Mayor Blames Climate Crisis for Historic Flooding
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-13
Mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro expressed that the six feet of water that has flooded the city since Tuesday is not just "bad weather" but a climate emergency. | RELATED: | How Taricaya Turtles Try To Save the Amazon | The record water level, the highest in 50 years, led Brugnaro to ask Italy's government for assistance and to declare a state of emergency in the city after at least two people were reported dead in the flooding. | "These are the effects of climate change," the mayor tweeted. | Th…
telesurenglish.net/news/venice-mayor-blames-climate-crisis-for-historic-flooding–20191113-0022.html

Facebook: Child Abuse, Suicide, Terrorism, Drugs
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-13
Facebook removed 3.2 billion fake accounts between April and September so far this year, along with millions of posts depicting child abuse and suicide, according to its latest content moderation report released on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Activists To Pressure Facebook After Twitter Bans Political Ads | Reuters informed that these numbers double last year's 1.55 billion accounts taken down in the same period. Also world's biggest social network disclosed for the first time how…
telesurenglish.net/news/facebook-child-abuse-suicide-terrorism-drugs-20191113-0013.html

Marco Rubio blames 'Putin's disinformation' for coverage of Bolivia coup that he doesn't like
rt.com | 2019-11-12
Eager to find some way to implicate Russia in Bolivia's political crisis and control of the US narrative, Republican senator Marco Rubio branded any skeptical coverage of events as an example of how "Putin uses disinformation." | Rubio, an early and avid supporter of protests that ousted former Bolivian President Evo Morales this week, tweeted that those wishing to understand Russian disinformation should "study current coverage" of Bolivia. | In Rubio's world, Russia has created "fake news" on Bolivia and is spreading it via a "vast network of outlets" and "social media actors" before it is "echoed in mainstr…
rt.com/usa/473270-marco-rubio-bolivia-russia/

Israel is silencing the last voices trying to prevent abuse of Palestinians
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-11
It has been a week of appalling abuses committed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank — little different from the other 2,670 weeks endured by Palestinians since the occupation began in 1967. The difference this past week was that several entirely unexceptional human rights violations that had been caught on film went viral on …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/israel-is-silencing-the-last-voices-trying-to-prevent-abuse-of-palestinians/

Evo Morales slams coup plotters for keeping up violence
teleSUR Desk | mronline.org | 2019-11-11
"Mesa and Camacho, discriminators and conspirators, will go down in history as racists and coup plotters," Morales said in a tweet early Monday morning. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/11/evo-morales-slams-coup-plotters-for-keeping-up-violence/

A Facebook Ban on Political Ads Would Be a Major Blow to the Left. Just Look at AOC's Campaign
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-11-08
AOC fueled her rise, and the rise of a movement, by deftly combining on-the-ground organizing with sophisticated targeting on Facebook.
theintercept.com/2019/11/08/facebook-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-political-ads/

Former British Ambassador to Syria: UK Complicit in Trump's Syria Oil Grab
Peter Ford | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-07
The cat is out of the bag. The UK is potentially complicit in a war crime. With typical insouciance the U.S. military dropped this bombshell by tweet and apparently without realizing the implications for U.S. partners: | We are repositioning @CJTFOIR forces to Deir ez Zor #Syria to continue partnering w/ #SDF to defeat ISIS remnants, protect critical infrastructure, & deny ISIS access to revenue sources…
mintpressnews.com/peter-ford-former-british-ambassador-syria-uk-complicit-trumps-syria-oil-grab/262693/

Ex-Twitter Workers Charged with Spying for Saudis as Part of Kingdom's Growing Crackdown on Dissent
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-07
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two former Twitter employees with helping Saudi Arabia spy on thousands of the kingdom's critics. Ali Alzabarah and Ahmad Abouammo are accused of giving the Saudi government detailed information about users, including telephone numbers and email addresses linked to the accounts, as well as internet protocol addresses that could be used to identify a user's location. The charges are being filed just over a year after the brutal murder of Saudi journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Turkey. A new report by Human Rights Watch fin…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/7/former_twitter_employees_charged_with_spying

Media Conceal Chile's State Criminality, Delegitimize Bolivian Democracy
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2019-11-05
Chilean protester beaten by government forces (Twitter, 10/21/19) | Chile's anti-neoliberal rebellion is entering its third week, and the brutal crackdown continues. Hard-right President Sebastian Piñera and his generals have effectively decreed the country's oligarch-dominated democracy out of existence by sending soldiers into the streets to kill, maim and torture their own people. | And, for the most part, the Western corporate media blackout persists unabated. | October 25's historic 1.2 million–person march in Santiago–the…
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