(2023-06-07). Facebook and Instagram Threaten to Block News Stories in California If AB-886 Passes. indybay.org Update June 1: A bill that would force Big Tech companies to pay news agencies for using their content passed its first big test in the California state legislature. Meta, based in Menlo Park, has threatened to block news articles in California if AB-886 passes into law.
(2023-06-07). Leaks reveal FBI helps Ukraine censor Twitter users and obtain their info. thegrayzone.com The FBI aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to ban Twitter users and collect their data, new leaks show. Twitter declined to censor journalists targeted by Ukraine, including The Grayzone's Aaron Maté. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to censor social media users and obtain their personal information, leaked emails reveal. In March 2022, an FBI Special Agent sent Twitter a list of accounts on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Ukraine's main intelligence …
(2023-06-07). President Petro Denounces Peru-Style Lawfare Against Him. orinocotribune.com Colombian President Gustavo Petro reported that there are attempts to prevent him from participating in the shortlist to elect the new attorney general to take office in February 2024. This is another step in advancing a coup d'état in the making similar to the one against Peruvian President Pedro Castillo. | Petro's denunciation comes in response to a tweet from former prosecutor Vivian Morales, who suggested that the Colombian president should "declare himself barred from being part of the shortlist that should elect the new prosecutor." | To appoint the attorney general of Colombia, the president must define t…
(2023-06-07). Close Guantanamo Monthly Vigils. popularresistance.org Monthly vigils — or even weekly vigils — for the closure of Guantánamo were a noticeable feature of the London protest scene for many years, while British prisoners were still held there, although, with the release of Shaker Aamer, the prison's last British resident, in October 2015, it became impossible to sustain the impetus, and the Trump years, of course, were bleak for protestors, because Trump had tweeted, even before he took office, that "there must be no more releases from Gitmo," and he was largely true to his word, releasing only one man in his nearly 1,500 days in office.
(2023-06-07). Iraqi Army, PMU Kill ISIS Baghdad Governor, Three Other Terrorists In Joint Operation. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | ISIS's so-called northern Baghdad governor was killed along with three other terrorists in a joint operation by the Iraqi military and the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), the Iraqi capital operations command announced on June 7. | The operation took place in the district of Tarmiyah, which is located some 50 kilometers to the north of Baghadad. ISIS maintains an active presence in Tarmiyah. From the district, the terrorist group's cell…
(2023-06-07). Twitter Files Extra: How the World's 'No-Kidding Decision Makers' Got Organized. scheerpost.com 
(2023-06-07). Smoke From Wildfires In Canada Reaches US East Coast. telesurenglish.net The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported Wednesday that smoke from wildfires in Canada has reached the U.S. East Coast, causing poor air quality indices. | RELATED: | "Air quality has plummeted over much of the Northeast as smoke from wildfires in Canada moves southward. Poor air quality can be dangerous," NOAA's National Weather Service said via Twitter. | The agency warned the population to check the air quality…
(2023-06-07). Smoke From Wildfires In Canada Reaches US East Coast. telesurenglish.net The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported Wednesday that smoke from wildfires in Canada has reached the U.S. East Coast, causing poor air quality indices. | RELATED: | "Air quality has plummeted over much of the Northeast as smoke from wildfires in Canada moves southward. Poor air quality can be dangerous," NOAA's National Weather Service said via Twitter. | The agency warned the population to check the air quality…