Sheryl Sandberg and Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company's Business
ProPublica | zcomm.org | 2021-03-05
As Turkey launched a military offensive against Kurdish minorities in neighboring Syria in early 2018, Facebook's top executives faced a political dilemma…
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Failing Upward: Pentagon's more and more Expensive Boondoggles (that don't even work)
William J. Astore | juancole.com | 2021-03-05
( Tomdispatch.com) — Cancel culture is a common, almost viral, term in political and social discourse these days. Basically, somebody expresses views considered to be outrageous or vile or racist or otherwise insensitive and inappropriate. In response, that person is "canceled," perhaps losing a job or otherwise sidelined and silenced. In being deplatformed by Twitter, …
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Turkey 'neutralizes' 5 YPG/PKK terrorists in N.Syria
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-05
Turkish security forces have "neutralized" five YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Friday.Commandos neutralized the terrorists attempting to infiltrate and disrupt order and security in the Operation Euphrates Shield zone, the ministry said on Twitter.Since 2016, Turkey has launched a trio of successful anti-terror operations across its border in northern Syria to prevent the formation of a terror corridor and enable the peaceful settlement of residents: Euphrates Shield (2016), Olive Branch (2018), and Peace Spring (2019).Turkish authorities use the term "neutralize" to i…
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Myanmar protests continue amid blackouts as YouTube bans junta channels
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-05
Yangon, Myanmar, Mar 5 (efe-epa).- Cities in Myanmar suffered blackouts Friday amid a new day of protests against the military coup, as YouTube banned several channels controlled by the junta. The electricity cuts began in Yangon, the country's largest city, at about 1: 00pm local time (6: 30 GMT) and were repeated in other cities in the …
laprensalatina.com/myanmar-protests-continue-amid-blackouts-as-youtube-bans-junta-channels/

Digital colonialism: The evolution of American empire
Michael Kwet | zcomm.org | 2021-03-05
American "Big Tech" corporations are gaining massive profits through their control over business, labor, social media and entertainment in the Global South…
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