(2021-10-30). Campaign for censorship of Facebook content intensifies following January 6 disclosures. wsws.org A series of leaked Facebook documents addressing internal company responses to the January 6 insurrection in Washington D.C. are being used to further a bipartisan campaign for government control of social media content.
(2021-10-29). Karen Dolan on Build Back Better, Tim Karr on Changing Facebook. fair.org 
This week on CounterSpin: An early October survey showed that while 60% of those polled knew that the Build Back Better legislative package was "$3.5 trillion," only 10% had any sense of what was in it. That is many things, but preeminently a failure of news media—the demonstrably harmful effect of months of reporting …
(2021-10-29). 'Meta as in METAstasizing': Democrats Dunk on Facebook Following Rebrand. sputniknews.com Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday that his company would be renamed 'Meta', ostensibly to bring the tech giant into line with its 'metaverse' concept — a vision of a futuristic online world accessible to users through virtual and augmented reality technologies.
(2021-10-29). Turkey Deports 7 Syrian Refugees For "Provocatively Eating Bananas" On Video, Mocking Economic Crisis. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Turkey announced it would deport seven Syrian migrants accused of making "provocative" social media posts about eating bananas. | This is yet another attempt to shift focus from the deepening economic and political crisis towards arbitrary nonsense. | One of the most popular
(2021-10-29). Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude Jr: I Don't Know How America Will Survive. Greed, Racism And Selfishness Are Hollowing It Out. moguldom.com Respected Princeton University Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. isn't too optimistic about the current state of the U.S or its future. "I don't know how this country is going to survive. Greed, racism, and selfishness are hollowing it out," Glaude tweeted Thursday. Glaude is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at …
(2021-10-29). Biden Is Considering Payments Of $450,000 Per Person To Those Impacted By Trump's Zero-Tolerance Border Policies. moguldom.com Black Twitter users have questions about an unconfirmed report that the Biden administration is in talks to offer money to immigrant families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration. Tweets reflect frustration that immigrant families, most of whom crossed into the U.S. illegally, may be compensated while H.R. 40, a proposed, …
(2021-10-29). GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Suspended from Twitter after Posting Bounty on a Critic. itsgoingdown.org 
Support: CashApp/Venmo: $vishalsinghfilms A failed candidate for governor of California was suspended from Twitter for making "violent threats" after posting a $2,500 bounty; specifically asking for the name and address of a critic from Twitter. Anthony Trimino ran a failed campaign for governor of California during the recall special election this year. As a Republican…
(2021-10-29). CNE President Meets with Head of EU Election Observation Mission. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, October 28, the president of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), Pedro Calzadilla, received Isabel Santos, head of the Election Observation Mission (EOM) of the European Union (EU), and Xabier Melián, Santos' attaché in the presidency of the team that will survey municipal and regional elections scheduled for November 21. | The meeting was reported by the electoral authority through its Twitter account, @cneesvzla, where it was explained that the meeting was the first point on Santos' agenda to define the details regarding the deployment of the mission during the upcoming electoral proces…
(2021-10-29). Zelensky hails Turkish-Ukrainian strategic partnership. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Zelensky: "Turkish-Ukrainian relations have great potential" Zelensky: Ukraine—Turkey relations have great potential "Turkish-Ukrainian relations have great potential," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter…. "Congratulations to my friend Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish people on the 98th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey. I highly appreciate the strategic partnership of our states…," …
(2021-10-29). Impossible to predict when COVID-19 will become seasonal disease — expert. tass.com Alexander Gorelov also noted that there was no antiviral treatment in the world that could regulate the infection process…