The PS5, Social Media and Mass Censorship — What Can Be Done?
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-28
Like an aging oil field the freedom that the Internet offered to the common man across the planet is drying up. "Deplatforming" has become a mainstream expression for describing the growing number of individuals and organizations who have lost their ability to use big social media because of their beliefs. Facebook is now acting like a Ministry of Truth putting up warnings/blocking for posts which its administration feels are fake or harmful. Which would sound reasonable if there wa…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/28/the-ps5-social-media-and-mass-censorship-what-can-be-done/
Concord D2 Residents Can Vote Out Caviar Carlyn
Concord Author | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
In the lead up to the election during the economic and Covid crisises, Carlyn Obringer is promoting caviar on Twitter and Facebook. Caviar Carlyn is out of touch when it comes to the struggles that so many Concord residents are facing.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/27/18837911.php
Protests Rise in Philly After Police Murder Black Man Amid Mental Health Crisis
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-27
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–West Philly saw a quickly escalating situation develop on 4 p.m. Monday afternoon and dragging into the evening and overnight. In a graphic and disturbing video circulating on social media, two white Philadelphia Police (PPD) officers are seen repeatedly shooting a Black man in front of his mother from several feet away as he walked while holding a knife. Neither of the two officers in the video seemed to attempt to use their taser, and they appeared to hav…
truthout.org/articles/protests-rise-in-philly-after-police-murder-black-man-amid-mental-health-crisis/
Yemen: Houthi minister of youth 'assassinated' in Sanaa
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-27
Yemen: Houthi minister of youth 'assassinated' in Sanaa | The Houthis denounce the attack as 'a criminal act' by the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen | MEE and agencies | Tue, 10/27/2020 – 10: 38 | Yemeni politician Hassan Mohamed Zaid, 66, was killed in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday (Twitter) | Yemen's Houthi movement announced on Tuesday that Hassan Zaid, its minister of youth and sports affairs, was g…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-houthi-minister-youth-assassinated-sanaa
Schools & clubs closing in Bulgaria amid record Covid-19 surge as health minister warns of 'severe winter months'
rt.com | 2020-10-27
Bulgaria will close its clubs and order high school and university students to study remotely for two weeks as of October 29 in a bid to curb rising coronavirus infection rates, the country's health minister said on Tuesday. | "We have to defuse Covid-19 spread…and if we continue to neglect the [preventative] measures, at some point it may be too late," Health Minister Kostadin Angelov said in a Facebook post on Tuesday. | "We are facing severe winter months — we are entering the flu season and the risk that th…
rt.com/news/504732-bulgaria-covid-restrictions-increased/
Facebook deploying teams with advanced censorship tools in advance of the US election
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
Citing concerns over election-related "chaos" and "violence," Facebook is preparing–in collaboration with the US intelligence state–advanced software tools for implementing a censorship regime during November 3 and its aftermath.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/27/cens-o27.html
You voted. Great! Now the real political work begins
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-27
Can we burn down the system at the ballot box? We explore different methods beyond voting to make systemic change with our guests, Ricci Sergienko of the People's City Council of Los Angeles, and Green Party VP nominee Angela Walker. | Burn It Down is our new show — and on a new YouTube channel. Don't forget to subscribe!
therealnews.com/you-voted-great-now-the-real-work
Concord D2 Residents Can Vote Out Caviar Carlyn
Concord Author | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
In the lead up to the election during the economic and Covid crisises, Carlyn Obringer is promoting caviar on Twitter and Facebook. Caviar Carlyn is out of touch when it comes to the struggles that so many Concord residents are facing.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/27/18837911.php
IAM Local 1855 wins a better contract after strike in Appleton, WI
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-27
Appleton, WI – On the morning of October 24, the following message was posted on the social media accounts of IAM Local 1855: "After a week-long strike IAMAW Members employed at AstenJohnson in Appleton overwhelmingly accepted a greatly improved contract offer this morning. This offer included locking in insurance plan design and premiums for the next two years among other positive changes. Their solidarity and persistence paid off big. Congratulations to the members of Local 1855 and a special thank you to the Teamsters Local 662 for honoring our picket line." | The machinists at AstenJohnson were on strike to d…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/10/26/iam-local-1855-wins-better-contract-after-strike-appleton-wi
IAM Local 1855 wins a better contract after strike in Appleton, WI
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-27
Appleton, WI – On the morning of October 24, the following message was posted on the social media accounts of IAM Local 1855: "After a week-long strike IAMAW Members employed at AstenJohnson in Appleton overwhelmingly accepted a greatly improved contract offer this morning. This offer included locking in insurance plan design and premiums for the next two years among other positive changes. Their solidarity and persistence paid off big. Congratulations to the members of Local 1855 and a special thank you to the Teamsters Local 662 for honoring our picket line." | The machinists at AstenJohnson were on strike to d…
fightbacknews.org/2020/10/26/iam-local-1855-wins-better-contract-after-strike-appleton-wi
Macron's anti-Islam remarks give rise to France boycott campaign in Egypt
Amr Emam | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-27
Macron's anti-Islam remarks give rise to France boycott campaign in Egypt | Calls for boycotting French goods find support and opposition in Egypt, one of France's main strategic allies in the region | Amr Emam | Tue, 10/27/2020 – 11: 44 | Workers at an Egyptian supermarket chain remove French products from shelves, 24 October 2020 (Facebook) | A major supermarket chain in Egypt has taken French goods off its shelves in res…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-france-boycott-macron-anti-islam-remarks
Obama-Era Officials Call for More Government Control of Your Facebook Feed
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-10-26
Writing in the Washington Post, senior Obama-era official Samantha Power has called on social media giant Facebook to do more to crush what she calls conspiracy theories and disinformation circulating on its platform. | Describing it as being "overrun with foreign disinformation," Power demanded Mark Zuckerberg "take far more drastic steps" to "detox" the company's algorithm. The former United States ambassador to the Unite…
mintpressnews.com/obama-era-officials-call-for-more-government-control-of-your-facebook-feed/272300/
Obama-Era Officials Call for More Government Control of Your Facebook Feed
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-26
Facebook content is already partially curated by government-linked think tanks, but for Samantha Power and others, that is simply not enough. | MPN– Writing in the Washington Post, senior Obama-era official Samantha Power has called on social media giant Facebook to do more to crush what she calls conspiracy theories and disinformation circulating on its platform. | Describing it as being "overrun with foreign disinfor…
thealtworld.com/alan_macleod/obama-era-officials-call-for-more-government-control-of-your-facebook-feed
Who is Behind "Fake News"? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-26
The mainstream corporate media is desperate. They want to suppress independent and alternative online media, which they categorize as "fake news". Readers on social media are warned not to go onto certain sites. Our analysis confirms that the mainstream media are routinely involved in distorting the facts and turning realities upside down.
globalresearch.ca/who-is-behind-fake-news-mainstream-media-use-fake-videos-and-images/5557580
Social Media Coordinator
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-26
Two Month Contract: Social Media Coordinator (35 hours/week) | The Real News Network is seeking a temporary contractor/freelancer to assist us during the holidays. Optimum start date is Nov. 10, 2020; end date is January 10, 2021. There is some flexibility around start/end dates. | This assignment is 35 hours/week. Contractor should expect to work some evenings, weekends and holidays — but the majority of hours will take place during the hours of 10-6pm, M-F, Eastern. | Required skills and experience | 1. At least one year of social media and communications work in a media, nonprofit or political context.
therealnews.com/social-media-coordinator
Watchdog Fights Back as Facebook Attempts to Shut Down Research Exposing 'Political Disinformation' in Ad Practices
Kenny Stancil, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-26
"Rather than combat the rampant disinformation and hate on its platform, Facebook has decided to go after the people who are helping voters understand who is trying to influence their votes." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/facebook_5.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/10/26/watchdog-fights-back-facebook-attempts-shut-down-research-exposing-political?cd-origin=rss
Twitter, Facebook Chose Poorly in Blocking Access to Hunter Biden Email Story
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-26
Facebook reduced the presence of the New York Post's Hunter Biden email story in users' feeds until fact-checkers had looked into the matter, while Twitter initially stopped it from being posted, shared or sent via direct message.
sputniknews.com/radio_the_critical_hour/202010261080884919-twitter-facebook-chose-poorly-in-blocking-access-to-hunter-biden-email-story/
Facebook Demands End to NYU Program That Has Exposed Social Media Giant's Failures to Uphold Commitments to Safeguard Democracy
commondreams.org | 2020-10-26
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/10/26/facebook-demands-end-nyu-program-has-exposed-social-media-giants-failures-uphold?cd-origin=rss
Campaign launched on social media to boycott French goods across MENA
Yasmina Allouche | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-26
Campaign launched on social media to boycott French goods across MENA | The French Foreign Ministry has declared that 'calls for a boycott are baseless' and demanded it end 'immediately' | Yasmina Allouche | Mon, 10/26/2020 – 12: 09 | A list of French brands to boycott was circulated on Twitter, with users encouraged to avoid buying products like Lancà¥me, Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Gi…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/french-boycott-middle-east-social-media-campaign
If you 'love' politics, there's something wrong with you. Let me explain what
Wilson Belshaw | thecanary.co | 2020-10-26
Politics watching has hit the sort of highs you only see when things are going very, very badly. While engagement is a good thing, there is one group that's suffering — namely the weirdoes and pundits who treat politics like some drab combination of Game of Thrones and the snooker.For them, the constant reminder that parliamentary drama has real life consequences harshes their buzz. It doesn't harsh it as much as it harshes the lives of those who experience said consequences, but still, it has made their Twitter interactions some 27% more disagreeable.The question is who are these people and what's wrong wit…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/10/26/if-you-love-politics-theres-something-wrong-with-you-let-me-explain-what/
COVID-19 "long-hauler" phenomenon presents in children and teens as schools reopen against expert advice
wsws.org | 2020-10-26
New data is surfacing that suggests children can be saddled with chronic and debilitating post-viral illness after even mild cases of COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/26/long-o26.html
Social Media Coordinator
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-26
Two Month Contract: Social Media Coordinator (35 hours/week) | The Real News Network is seeking a temporary contractor/freelancer to assist us during the holidays. Optimum start date is Nov. 10, 2020; end date is January 10, 2021. There is some flexibility around start/end dates. | This assignment is 35 hours/week. Contractor should expect to work some evenings, weekends and holidays — but the majority of hours will take place during the hours of 10-6pm, M-F. | Required skills and experience | 1. At least one year of social media and communications work in a media, nonprofit or political context. (Graduat…
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US Appeals Court Upholds Injunction Blocking WeChat Ban
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-26
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a US Department of Justice (DoJ) request to overturn a September 20 ruling that found the federal government's ban on WeChat violates free speech.
sputniknews.com/us/202010261080885310-us-appeals-court-upholds-injunction-blocking-wechat-ban/