Meta’s Broken Promises
Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook
Musk’s Lawsuit Is About Destroying Free Speech
The point of this lawsuit is to intimidate anyone who speaks out against antisemitism, white supremacy and other forms of bigotry.
Worries from a Major Auto Dealer About All Electric Cars
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org John (Jack) Fitzgerald is no ordinary auto dealer. He communicates with consumer advocates. He started in the dealership business in 1956 and presently has 25…
Technology, Power and Truth
From the Invention of Writing to AI.
Get Real, Congress: Censoring Search Results or Recommendations Is Still Censorship
By Jason Kelley / Electronic Frontier Foundation For the past two years, Congress has been trying to revise the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) to address criticisms from EFF, human…
The AI Conundrum: The Peace Movement’s Next Big Challenge
By Tom Valovic / Mass Peace Action It’s hard to watch or read the news these days without bumping into the latest breathless glorification of artificial intelligence. For those of…
Glenn Greenwald: “GoFundMe is a Fraudulent Company”
Interview with Max Blumenthal begins at 54:15.
Young People Should Oppose the Kids Online Safety Act
By Jason Kelley / Electronic Frontier Foundation Next week, Congress plans to move a bill forward that is opposed by dozens of organizations, digital rights protectors, LGBTQ+ activists, and human…
Patrick Lawrence: The ‘Disinformation Industry’ Lands in Court
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost What kind of a week was last week in the theater of war wherein battles rage over illegal censorship, illegal attacks on freedom…
What Reddit Got Wrong
By Rory Mir / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) After weeks of burning through users’ goodwill, Reddit is facing a moderator strike and an exodus of its most important users. It’s…
Ralph Nader: Technology Needs Assessments by Congress Municipalities and Local Civic Groups
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org The pace of for-profit technological innovations is accelerating, but to what end beyond corporate sales? The gap between marketing new high-tech products and assessing their…
Snowden Warns Today’s Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like ‘Child’s Play’
"We trusted the government not to screw us," said Edward Snowden. "But they did. We trusted the tech companies not to take advantage of us. But they did. That is…
Twitter Files Extra: How the World’s ‘No-Kidding Decision Makers’ Got Organized
The Atlantic Council is hosting its 360/0S Summit at RightsCon this week, and Twitter Files documents tell us more about how this VIP-room-within-a-VIP-room was formed.
The End of Community College?
In the wake of the pandemic, we must demand a new deal for the community college that fulfills its democratic potential.
Chris Hedges: The Democratic Party’s Crucifixion of Matt Taibbi
Extensive government blacklists, revealed by the Twitter Files, are used to censor left-wing and right-wing critics. This censorship apparatus has been turned on the reporter who exposed them.