Daily Archives: October 26, 2020

2020-10-26: News Headlines

Alan Macleod (2020-10-26). Obama-Era Officials Call for More Government Control of Your Facebook Feed. mintpressnews.com Writing in the 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…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-10-26). Who is Behind "Fake News"? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images. globalresearch.ca 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.

Yasmina Allouche (2020-10-26). Campaign launched on social media to boycott French goods across MENA. middleeasteye.net 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' | 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…

RT (2020-10-26). What happened to redemption? Sarah Silverman says cancel culture turns people 'to the DARK SIDE,' gets cancelled (again). rt.com Comedian Sarah Silverman has come out swinging against 'cancel culture' for supposedly denying people "redemption" and leading them into the embrace of "the dark side," earning herself both praise and scorn on social media. | Silverman gave her take on the 'cancel culture' phenomenon in a segment on her podcast at the weekend. | "When you take someone, you found a tweet they wrote seven years ago … you expose it and you say, 'This person should be no more. Banish them forever.' They're going to find some place where they are accepted," Silverman mused. | That place, she added, "is the motherf**king dark side…

Wilson Belshaw (2020-10-26). If you 'love' politics, there's something wrong with you. Let me explain what. thecanary.co 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…

WSWS (2020-10-26). COVID-19 "long-hauler" phenomenon presents in children and teens as schools reopen against expert advice. wsws.org New data is surfacing that suggests children can be saddled with chronic and debilitating post-viral illness after even mild cases of COVID-19.

commondreams (2020-10-26). Facebook Demands End to NYU Program That Has Exposed Social Media Giant's Failures to Uphold Commitments to Safeguard Democracy. commondreams.org ______________________________…

RT (2020-10-25). 'Hazmat'-clad entomologists DESTROY first confirmed 'murder hornet' nest in the US (PHOTOS, VIDEO). rt.com The first-ever nest of invasive Asian giant hornets discovered on US soil has been successfully removed by pest control specialists during a large-scale operation involving futuristic equipment — and a vacuum cleaner. | On Sunday, Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) said it dismantled the nest that had been discovered near Blaine earlier this week. | "The WSDA Pest Program vacuumed numerous specimens out of the nest located in a tree cavity," the department said in a short statement posted on Facebook, promising to provide a further update on Monday. | | Washington State Department of Agr…

Grant Smith (2020-10-25). Thursday 10/29: Censorship, Entanglement & Corruption: The Israel Lobby 2021 Agenda. indybay.org Webinar with participation through Zoom and YouTube. 9AM California time, Noon EDT.

sputniknews (2020-10-25). Twitter Bans Users Posting Links to Site Claiming to Show Hunter Biden's Alleged Sex and Drug Pics. sputniknews.com Taiwanese website GTV published what it claimed were photos of Hunter Biden nude, masturbating, having sex with young women and using drugs on Sunday. Twitter users attempting share the links quickly found them removed for breaching 'community standards'.

Christine MacDonald (2020-10-25). Exxon Spends Millions on Facebook To Keep the Fossil Fuel Industry Alive. zcomm.org Aided by a right-wing political consulting firm, the company is rallying supporters to fight for oil and gas interests at every level of government…

Sophia Purdy-Moore (2020-10-24). Children in 'crack dens' and 'brothels'? A Tory MP accidentally exposed the state of Britain's care system. thecanary.co In a now deleted tweet, Conservative MP for Mansfield He went on to

_____ (2020-10-24). Biden And Liberal Censorship. popularresistance.org We can thank liberals for turning social media platforms into the biggest champions of censorship in the country. Frustrated in the wake of the 2016 election debacle, they rushed to cover up for their own failures and used Russia as their scapegoat. Russiagate began even while the campaign was still in progress, as Hillary Clinton tried unsuccessfully to label Donald Trump a "Putin puppet" and worked with surveillance state insiders to make their tall tale appear real. | The country has never recovered from this scheme. The Democrats repeated incessantly that foreign interference lost them the election.

Alan Macleod (2020-10-23). Report: Facebook "Complicit" in Role as "World's Engine for Anti-Muslim Violence" mintpressnews.com A new study conducted across nine countries revealed that Facebook played a leading role in facilitating anti-Muslim violence by providing a platform for Islamophobic groups to organize and refusing to stop them when their activities were brought to its attention.

Staff (2020-10-23). Who is 'the least racist person in the room'? therealnews.com Burn It Down with Kim Brown — airing live on 10/23/2020. As YouTube restricts embedding for new channels, please click over to the YouTube link below. | Trump and Biden traded blows over each other's character, and what they would do for the country. Our panel discusses the final 2020 presidential debate, along with the recent developments in the fight against voter suppression.

RT (2020-10-23). Twitter locks socialist for urging people to 'kill' late anti-communist McCarthy IN THEIR HEADS. rt.com Metaphorically telling people to get rid of their censorship instinct got one prominent Twitter user censored herself, after the platform decided that went against their harassment rules for wishing someone "physical harm." | "Boomers need to kill the Joseph McCarthy that's still alive in their heads! He is dead but he still censors the thinking of many Boomers!" is what the user, who goes by the name Esha, tweeted on Thursday. She was addressing the generation of Americans born right after the Second World War, and referring to the Wisconsin senator who infamously claimed the US government was infiltrated by…

RT (2020-10-23). 'You know you're guilty': PewDiePie fans aren't buying YouTube's SHADOWBAN denial after top creator's videos vanish from search. rt.com YouTube is trying to ease controversy over allegations that it shadowbanned its second-most-popular content creator, PewDiePie, but his fans said the company's explanation didn't match up with what they saw on the platform. | Pressed for answers as to why PewDiePie subscribers weren't receiving notifications of his new videos and weren't able to find his channel or content in searches, the video-sharing platform tweeted on Thursday that "YouTube doesn't shadowban channels. It's possible the video was flagged by our systems as potentially violative and needs to be reviewed first before it shows up in search, et…

Yasmina Allouche (2020-10-23). Algeria: Minister tells people to leave if they disagree with constitutional amendments. middleeasteye.net Algeria: Minister tells people to leave if they disagree with constitutional amendments | Algerians describe Sid Ali Khaldi's words as 'serious' and 'undermining national unity' ahead of next month's referendum | Fri, 10/23/2020 – 12: 20 | The hashtag 'I don't like the situation' began trending following Khaldi's comments (YouTube/Screengrab) | The Algerian minister of youth and sport has…

Beau Peters (2020-10-23). Early Voting, Long Lines, and Voter Suppression. dissidentvoice.org November 3rd, Election Day in America, is rapidly approaching. However, early in-person voting has started in several states across the country and there are some concerning issues already coming to light this election year. Videos by voters have been circulating on social media sites such as Twitter, showing extremely long lines and long waiting periods. …

RT (2020-10-23). Then they came for the LEFT? Facebook 'mistakenly' deletes account of biologist & Big Tech critic Bret Weinstein. rt.com Facebook has been accused of trying to silence biology professor Bret Weinstein, after his account was deleted without explanation. Following an internet outcry, it restored his account, claiming it had been removed in error. | Weinstein, who rose to national prominence when he opposed a 2017 event at Washington's Evergreen State College banning white people from campus for one day, said on Thursday on Twitter that he had been "evicted" from Facebook. "No explanation, no appeal." | I have been evicted from Facebook. No explanation. No appeal. I have downloaded "my information" and see nothing that explains it.

RT (2020-10-23). Federal judge blocks new DOJ effort to ban WeChat downloads from US app stores, citing users' First Amendment rights. rt.com A US federal judge has denied a government request to blacklist the Chinese-owned WeChat program from app stores, arguing that the sweeping ban is far too broad and would violate the speech rights of users. | Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler shot down the Justice Department's renewed attempt to prohibit the app in a

Rocco Galati (2020-10-23). Video: Rocco Galati Rocks Toronto's Freedom Rally. globalresearch.ca Watch the video below where Rocco Galati, Constitutional Lawyer, spoke at Toronto Freedom Rally on October 17, 2020. | "What I quickly learned in the past month and a half is that mainstream media and social media are really no different. …

RT (2020-10-22). FDA formally approves pricey antiviral Remdesivir as Covid-19 treatment. rt.com The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gilead Sciences' expensive antiviral drug Remdesivir to treat Covid-19, expanding its earlier emergency use authorization and guaranteeing huge profits for the company. | Remdesivir has become the first and only drug to be officially approved in the US for treating infection with the novel coronavirus after the FDA issued its decision on Thursday. The move expands on a May emergency use authorization, which allowed doctors to use it to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients. | Gilead has issued a statement confirming the drug will be used for Covid-19 patien…

Nora Fernandez (2020-10-22). An End to the Fog. Understanding the World We Live In… globalresearch.ca Understanding the world we live in seems more confusing than ever, and, advanced technology is part of the problem, presenting information not always reliable and bringing to the front real and fake conspiracies. Our attention, often hostage of social media, …

Fight Back (2020-10-22). Tallahassee: Candidate from for Superintendent of Leon County Schools. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On Saturday, October 10, the Progressive Parent Teacher Student Alliance (PPTSA), a subcommittee of Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC) hosted an online candidate forum for Superintendent of Leon County Schools, with the aim of giving the viewing public an opportunity to learn where the candidates stand in relation to the progressive platform put forth by TCAC. | The event was hosted on Zoom and broadcast on Facebook Live. Although TCAC put on the forum, moderator Dawn Orocio opened the event by clarifying, "TCAC does not endorse candidates but we encourage candidates to endorse our p…

2020-10-26: Social Media Postees

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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/

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

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

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…
therealnews.com/social-media-coordinator

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

What happened to redemption? Sarah Silverman says cancel culture turns people 'to the DARK SIDE,' gets cancelled (again)
rt.com | 2020-10-26
Comedian Sarah Silverman has come out swinging against 'cancel culture' for supposedly denying people "redemption" and leading them into the embrace of "the dark side," earning herself both praise and scorn on social media. | Silverman gave her take on the 'cancel culture' phenomenon in a segment on her podcast at the weekend. | "When you take someone, you found a tweet they wrote seven years ago … you expose it and you say, 'This person should be no more. Banish them forever.' They're going to find some place where they are accepted," Silverman mused. | That place, she added, "is the motherf**king dark side…
rt.com/usa/504605-sarah-silverman-cancel-culture-redemption/

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/

Thursday 10/29: Censorship, Entanglement & Corruption: The Israel Lobby 2021 Agenda
Grant Smith | indybay.org | 2020-10-25
Webinar with participation through Zoom and YouTube. 9AM California time, Noon EDT.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/24/18837840.php

'Hazmat'-clad entomologists DESTROY first confirmed 'murder hornet' nest in the US (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-10-25
The first-ever nest of invasive Asian giant hornets discovered on US soil has been successfully removed by pest control specialists during a large-scale operation involving futuristic equipment — and a vacuum cleaner. | On Sunday, Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) said it dismantled the nest that had been discovered near Blaine earlier this week. | "The WSDA Pest Program vacuumed numerous specimens out of the nest located in a tree cavity," the department said in a short statement posted on Facebook, promising to provide a further update on Monday. | | Washington State Department of Agr…
rt.com/usa/504532-murder-hornets-destroyed-washington-state/

Twitter Bans Users Posting Links to Site Claiming to Show Hunter Biden's Alleged Sex and Drug Pics
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-25
Taiwanese website GTV published what it claimed were photos of Hunter Biden nude, masturbating, having sex with young women and using drugs on Sunday. Twitter users attempting share the links quickly found them removed for breaching 'community standards'.
sputniknews.com/viral/202010251080876141-twitter-bans-users-posting-links-to-site-claiming-to-show-hunter-bidens-sex-and-drug-pics/

Exxon Spends Millions on Facebook To Keep the Fossil Fuel Industry Alive
Christine MacDonald | zcomm.org | 2020-10-25
Aided by a right-wing political consulting firm, the company is rallying supporters to fight for oil and gas interests at every level of government…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/exxon-spends-millions-on-facebook-to-keep-the-fossil-fuel-industry-alive/

Biden And Liberal Censorship
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-24
We can thank liberals for turning social media platforms into the biggest champions of censorship in the country. Frustrated in the wake of the 2016 election debacle, they rushed to cover up for their own failures and used Russia as their scapegoat. Russiagate began even while the campaign was still in progress, as Hillary Clinton tried unsuccessfully to label Donald Trump a "Putin puppet" and worked with surveillance state insiders to make their tall tale appear real. | The country has never recovered from this scheme. The Democrats repeated incessantly that foreign interference lost them the election.
popularresistance.org/biden-and-liberal-censorship/

Thursday 10/29: Censorship, Entanglement & Corruption: The Israel Lobby 2021 Agenda
Grant Smith | indybay.org | 2020-10-24
Webinar with participation through Zoom and YouTube. 9AM California time, Noon EDT.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/24/18837840.php

Children in 'crack dens' and 'brothels'? A Tory MP accidentally exposed the state of Britain's care system
Sophia Purdy-Moore | thecanary.co | 2020-10-24
In a now deleted tweet, Conservative MP for Mansfield Ben Bradley said that in his constituency, "One kid lives in a crack den, another in a brothel". | He went on to say that free school meal vouchers effectively lined the pockets of drug dealers and pimps. This tweet was part of a defensive thread explaining why he was one of over 300 Conservative MPs who voted against proposals to provide disadvantaged children in…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/10/24/children-in-crack-dens-and-brothels-a-tory-mp-accidentally-exposed-the-state-of-britains-care-system/

"Vote Him Away #3
Roy Zimmerman | zcomm.org | 2020-10-24
The Liar Tweets Tonight…
zcomm.org/zvideo/vote-him-away-3-the-liar-tweets-tonight/

Report: Facebook "Complicit" in Role as "World's Engine for Anti-Muslim Violence"
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-10-23
A new study conducted across nine countries revealed that Facebook played a leading role in facilitating anti-Muslim violence by providing a platform for Islamophobic groups to organize and refusing to stop them when their activities were brought to its attention.
mintpressnews.com/study-facebook-complicit-anti-muslim-violence-islamophobia/272256/

Report: Facebook "Complicit" in Role as "World's Engine for Anti-Muslim Violence"
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-23
A new study conducted across nine countries revealed that Facebook played a leading role in facilitating anti-Muslim violence by providing a platform for Islamophobic groups to organize and refusing to stop them when their activities were brought to its attention. | MPN– Facebook has been described as "the world's engine for anti-Muslim violence" in a new report on Islamophobia. Entitled "Complicit: the human cost of facebook's disregard for Muslim life," the report was written by Muslim Advoca…
thealtworld.com/alan_macleod/report-facebook-complicit-in-role-as-worlds-engine-for-anti-muslim-violence

Twitter locks socialist for urging people to 'kill' late anti-communist McCarthy IN THEIR HEADS
rt.com | 2020-10-23
Metaphorically telling people to get rid of their censorship instinct got one prominent Twitter user censored herself, after the platform decided that went against their harassment rules for wishing someone "physical harm." | "Boomers need to kill the Joseph McCarthy that's still alive in their heads! He is dead but he still censors the thinking of many Boomers!" is what the user, who goes by the name Esha, tweeted on Thursday. She was addressing the generation of Americans born right after the Second World War, and referring to the Wisconsin senator who infamously claimed the US government was infiltrated by…
rt.com/usa/504316-mccarthy-metaphor-twitter-jail/

Algeria: Minister tells people to leave if they disagree with constitutional amendments
Yasmina Allouche | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-23
Algeria: Minister tells people to leave if they disagree with constitutional amendments | Algerians describe Sid Ali Khaldi's words as 'serious' and 'undermining national unity' ahead of next month's referendum | Yasmina Allouche | Fri, 10/23/2020 – 12: 20 | The hashtag 'I don't like the situation' began trending following Khaldi's comments (YouTube/Screengrab) | The Algerian minister of youth and sport has…
www.middleeasteye.net/algeria-constitution-amendments-minister-disagree-change-country

Early Voting, Long Lines, and Voter Suppression
Beau Peters | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-23
November 3rd, Election Day in America, is rapidly approaching. However, early in-person voting has started in several states across the country and there are some concerning issues already coming to light this election year. Videos by voters have been circulating on social media sites such as Twitter, showing extremely long lines and long waiting periods. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/early-voting-long-lines-and-voter-suppression/

Who is 'the least racist person in the room'?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-23
Burn It Down with Kim Brown — airing live on 10/23/2020. As YouTube restricts embedding for new channels, please click over to the YouTube link below. | youtu.be/Q4t9NRqRWX4 | Trump and Biden traded blows over each other's character, and what they would do for the country. Our panel discusses the final 2020 presidential debate, along with the recent developments in the fight against voter suppression.
therealnews.com/the-least-racist-person-in-the-room

'You know you're guilty': PewDiePie fans aren't buying YouTube's SHADOWBAN denial after top creator's videos vanish from search
rt.com | 2020-10-23
YouTube is trying to ease controversy over allegations that it shadowbanned its second-most-popular content creator, PewDiePie, but his fans said the company's explanation didn't match up with what they saw on the platform. | Pressed for answers as to why PewDiePie subscribers weren't receiving notifications of his new videos and weren't able to find his channel or content in searches, the video-sharing platform tweeted on Thursday that "YouTube doesn't shadowban channels. It's possible the video was flagged by our systems as potentially violative and needs to be reviewed first before it shows up in search, et…
rt.com/news/504427-pewdiepie-youtube-shadowban-denial/

Federal judge blocks new DOJ effort to ban WeChat downloads from US app stores, citing users' First Amendment rights
rt.com | 2020-10-23
A US federal judge has denied a government request to blacklist the Chinese-owned WeChat program from app stores, arguing that the sweeping ban is far too broad and would violate the speech rights of users. | Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler shot down the Justice Department's renewed attempt to prohibit the app in a ruling on Friday, upholding a previous decision on the grounds that the ban is "not narrowl…
rt.com/usa/504438-judge-blocks-wechat-ban/

Then they came for the LEFT? Facebook 'mistakenly' deletes account of biologist & Big Tech critic Bret Weinstein
rt.com | 2020-10-23
Facebook has been accused of trying to silence biology professor Bret Weinstein, after his account was deleted without explanation. Following an internet outcry, it restored his account, claiming it had been removed in error. | Weinstein, who rose to national prominence when he opposed a 2017 event at Washington's Evergreen State College banning white people from campus for one day, said on Thursday on Twitter that he had been "evicted" from Facebook. "No explanation, no appeal." | I have been evicted from Facebook. No explanation. No appeal. I have downloaded "my information" and see nothing that explains it.
rt.com/usa/504317-facebook-deletes-bret-weinstein/