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Every serious press freedom organization in the world is calling for Assange's release, and yet the government absolutely refuses to comment—because they know nothing they say can justify such a clear act of political repression. twitter.com/RSF_inter/stat…
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The media is beginning to write with noticeably more skepticism about @Apple's plan to transform your iPhone into a spyPhone. Keep pushing! mediaite.com/news/edward-sn…
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Somebody leaked the transcript of Biden's 23 July call with the Afghan President:
Biden: "...Things are not going well in terms of the fight against the Taliban, and there is a need, WHETHER IT IS TRUE OR NOT, to project a different picture."
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"A free press can be good or bad, but without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad."
As someone called worse things by bigger names, lawsuits against newspapers over hurt feelings—and even false claims—are not the answer. Won't fix people, but will harm rights. twitter.com/greg_price11/s…
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Starting to look like pattern behavior.
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Why is "Civil War" trending? Are they bombarding Fort Sumter? Is there a massacre on Pratt Street? Is the infantry advancing on Gettysburg?
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Amazon announces Spyware-as-a-Service: theverge.com/2020/9/9/21429…
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After Israel destroys offices of *more than a dozen* press outlets in Gaza, CPJ issues statement expressing concern "that the Israel Defense Forces are deliberately targeting media facilities in order to disrupt coverage of the human suffering in Gaza."
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Harassing people over small political donations does not pass the public interest test. Did a ghoulish corporation or nefarious billionaire funnel $1,000,000 to protestors? Sure, expose them.
But chasing down grandma over her pocket money is a reprehensible violation of privacy. twitter.com/esaagar/status…
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Twitter polls are extremely, extremely scientific. I'm pretty sure they teach that in school.
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Imagine the government hacking your phone, stealing some old photo of you in a swimming pool, and then leaking it alongside a lie that it was taken by some horrible boss they want people to think you're screwing.
Sound crazy? Read the story: twitter.com/FreedomofPress…
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Jack is one of the only folks willing to speak a hard truth: a site that answers one censorship demand inevitably finds itself facing millions. It will never be free.
Censorship might help your business, but it hurts society. The moderation problem requires a different answer. twitter.com/jack/status/16…
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Hat tip to @BankerWeimar, whose ongoing "Do you think the CIA still does this?" memes sent me looking for old interviews of all the former employees the CIA sued into silence.
twitter.com/BankerWeimar/s…
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Genuine sympathy for Biden looking at this line on the teleprompter and being like "I'm sorry, what? 'The dark forces that thirst for power?' I thought we fired that speechwriter." twitter.com/DailyCaller/st…
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90+ policy and rights groups around the world wrote @tim_cook today to warn @Apple that releasing its new, universally-condemned #spyPhone update "will have laid the foundation for censorship, surveillance and persecution on a global basis."
Source:
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It took years — eight years and counting in exile — for me to realize that I was missing the point: we talk about conspiracy theories in order to avoid talking about conspiracy practices, which are often too daunting, too threatening, too total.
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I talked about this back in early 2020 and was dismissed as paranoid—as is our tradition when someone points to the predictable outcome of a dangerous but popular new trend. Stopping this will be harder, now.
You can watch the original interview here:
youtube.com/watch?v=yMMoEJ… twitter.com/AP/status/1606…
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for those concerned by recent Supreme Court decisions, remember that under our enlightened system this same cosseted cohort will only be stamping out these mad decrees for the rest of their natural lives, and elite life spans are increasing—so progress is merely a century away!
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biden stumbling last night through a line about "DARK FORCES THAT THIRST FOR POWER" indicates that the white house is still letting the speechwriter responsible for that deranged red-stage debacle touch the teleprompter. shows a real commitment to 0% unemployment, honestly.
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Laura Poitras, the Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist who was the first to work on the top secret NSA mass surveillance story, has been fired by @theintercept in retaliation for speaking to the media about their mishandling of the Reality Winner case. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/medi…
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Don't use biometrics for anti-fraud.
In fact, don't use biometrics for anything.
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is this real twitter.com/MichaelToole/s…
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