Censorship in America
Questioning the dominant narrative in America receives repercussions.
Matt Taibbi: Conversation With Russell Brand, Who Isn’t “Right Wing”
Talking media, politics, censorship and other topics with the brilliant, irreverent, and increasingly influential British comic
Greenwald: The Pressure Campaign on Spotify to Remove Joe Rogan Reveals the Religion of Liberals: Censorship
All factions, at certain points, succumb to the impulse to censor. But for the Democratic Party's liberal adherents, silencing their adversaries has become their primary project.
Matt Taibbi: The Folly of Pandemic Censorship
As the latest anti-Substack campaign shows, more and more people are forgetting why free speech works
Why Palestine is Burning Like Never Before
The dialogue phenomenon tries to cover up the fact that millions of Palestinians are displaced and that despair is all that life has to offer them. But it provides no…
Democrats and Media Do Not Want to Weaken Facebook, Just Commandeer Its Power to Censor
"Whistleblower" Frances Haugen is a vital media and political asset because she advances their quest for greater control over online political discourse.
Meet The Censored: Ivermectin Critic David Fuller
If Internet algorithms can't tell the difference between criticism and advocacy, what's safe to report? Why one filmmaker believes "YouTube is unfit for the purpose for hosting journalism."
Meet the Censored: Paul Jay
When contacted by press, YouTube admirably reversed bans and content removals involving a Canadian broadcaster. But the episode reveals the limits of algorithmic censorship.
Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) on Reining In Big Tech and Why Many House Members Refuse
As House Republicans vocally denounce Big Tech in media appearances, many also use their power to impede legislative reform.
Congress Demands Tech CEOs Censor the Internet in Despotic Hearing
The repressive objective of the Democratic-controlled Congress is to transfer the power to police and censor political discourse from these tech giants to themselves.
Chris Hedges: Bandaging the Corpse
Biden's bailout will not alter the structural inequities and other fundamental underpinnings of America's death spiral.
Is Harvard Denying Cornel West Tenure Over His Palestine Views?
"I would bear any burden or pay any cost in order to stay in contact with the precious humanity of any oppressed people," says the eminent Black philosopher.
The Journalistic Censorship Industry Suffers Well-Deserved Blows
The NYT's Taylor Lorenz falsely accuses a tech investor of using a slur after spending months trying to infiltrate and monitor a new app that allows free conversation.
Glenn Greenwald on the Biden Administration and Expanding Censorship
On this week’s “On Contact,” Chris Hedges talks to Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald about the incoming Biden administration and what it will mean for a country in crisis, ravaged…