https://brownstone.org/articles/censorship-masquerades-and-disinformation-control/
Censorship Masquerades and Disinformation Control
BY Andrew LowenthalANDREW LOWENTHAL MARCH 19, 2023 LAW, MEDIA 4
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Twitter Files #19 have dropped. I am happy to have assisted Matt Taibbi
and team to put that release together, along with release #18.
The Files show widespread censorship masquerading as
anti-disinformation and intense collusion between government agencies, >NGOs, academia, Big Tech, media, philanthropy, the intelligence
community, and more.
Tinfoil hat stuff? The Twitter Files show it is real.
They uncover a level of corruption that is hard to grasp, much of it
among the anti-disinformation and digital rights fields where I have
worked for almost 20 years.
To say this is disappointing would be an incredible understatement. A
180 on what I understood to be our values.
Twitter Files #18 and #19 focus on the Virality Project, an
anti-vaccine misinformation effort led by Stanford and bringing
together elite academia, NGOs, government, and experts in AI and social
media monitoring, with six of the biggest social media companies on the >planet. They went far beyond their misinformation remit. Twitter Files
show the Virality Project pushed platforms to censor stories of true
vaccine side effects.
Partnered in the effort were Facebook/Instagram, Google/YouTube, TikTok, >Pinterest, Medium, and Twitter.
Reporting side effects of the now-pulled Johnson & Johnson vaccine would
have been labelled misinformation under Virality Project decrees. Had >Kerryn Phelps (the first female president of the Australian Medical >Association) taken to Twitter to describe her and her wifes vaccine >injuries, these too would have been labelled misinformation. German
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach would have also been censored last week
for admitting that as a result of the vaccines there are severe >disabilities, and some of them will be permanent. (Video)
Rather than listening out for safety signals to protect the public,
leaders in the anti-disinformation field ran cover to protect Big
Pharma, smearing and censoring critics. The moral depravity is
astounding and quite possibly criminal.
The Virality Project however is just part of a broader cultural shift
that reverses long standing liberal/left commitments to free expression
and allows censorship in the name of protection and safety. However in >suppressing stories of true vaccine side effects the Virality Project
put people in danger. Rather than keeping people safe they exposed us to
the depredations of Big Pharma.
The centrality of censorship ideology to the digital rights field is >illustrated in former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern opening >RightsCon 2022, the sectors biggest civil society event. EngageMedia >co-organised RightsCon in 2015 when I was Executive Director. Ardern
claims that weapons of war and disinformation are one and the same.
RightsCon 2022 also heavily promoted US Secretary of State Anthony
Blinken. Blinken oversees the State Departments Global Engagement
Center, one of the most egregious US government promoters of >anti-disinformation as censorship. (See Twitter Files #17)
Western leaders who advocate for censorship in the name of
disinformation severely undermine those fighting authoritarian regimes >around the world. Those regimes frequently evoke the threat of fake
news to justify their crackdowns.
Is disinformation an actual problem? Yes, though it is overstated and
the anti-disinformation field is making it worse, not better. It is
also contributing to increasing polarisation.
I encourage you to read both releases in full and hold what you have
been told about Elon Musk just for a moment. Musk is neither hero nor
demon. The Twitter Files however are a critical catalyst to challenge
the new censorship regime we now live under and reinvigorate the
movement for free expression.
(Note that I am a paid consultant for Matt Taibbi and have no relation >whatsoever to Musk).
If you can walk and chew gum youll know that uncovering liberal/left >corruption doesnt imply support for the reactionary right.
Free speech and expression protect us from the most powerful actors on
the planet; corporations, the State, and a growing plethora of
international bodies. Ultimately we need radically decentralised social
media that is more immune to their capture. Our safety depends on it.
Many have come before me, however far too few have been willing to
challenge this ethical fall from grace. The good news is that its not
too late.
Republished from the authors Substack
Michael Ejercito wrote:
https://brownstone.org/articles/censorship-masquerades-and-disinformation-control/
Censorship Masquerades and Disinformation Control
BY Andrew LowenthalANDREW LOWENTHAL MARCH 19, 2023 LAW, MEDIA 4
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Twitter Files #19 have dropped. I am happy to have assisted Matt Taibbi
and team to put that release together, along with release #18.
The Files show widespread censorship masquerading as
“anti-disinformation” and intense collusion between government agencies, >> NGOs, academia, Big Tech, media, philanthropy, the intelligence
community, and more.
Tinfoil hat stuff? The Twitter Files show it is real.
They uncover a level of corruption that is hard to grasp, much of it
among the ‘anti-disinformation’ and digital rights fields where I have >> worked for almost 20 years.
To say this is disappointing would be an incredible understatement. A
180 on what I understood to be our values.
Twitter Files #18 and #19 focus on the Virality Project, an
“anti-vaccine misinformation” effort led by Stanford and bringing
together elite academia, NGOs, government, and experts in AI and social
media monitoring, with six of the biggest social media companies on the
planet. They went far beyond their “misinformation” remit. Twitter Files >> show the Virality Project pushed platforms to censor “stories of true
vaccine side effects.”
Partnered in the effort were Facebook/Instagram, Google/YouTube, TikTok,
Pinterest, Medium, and Twitter.
Reporting side effects of the now-pulled Johnson & Johnson vaccine would
have been labelled “misinformation” under Virality Project decrees. Had >> Kerryn Phelps (the first female president of the Australian Medical
Association) taken to Twitter to describe her and her wife’s vaccine
injuries, these too would have been labelled misinformation. German
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach would have also been censored last week
for admitting that as a result of the vaccines “there are severe
disabilities, and some of them will be permanent.” (Video)
Rather than listening out for safety signals to protect the public,
leaders in the “anti-disinformation” field ran cover to protect Big
Pharma, smearing and censoring critics. The moral depravity is
astounding and quite possibly criminal.
The Virality Project however is just part of a broader cultural shift
that reverses long standing liberal/left commitments to free expression
and allows censorship in the name of protection and safety. However in
suppressing “stories of true vaccine side effects” the Virality Project >> put people in danger. Rather than keeping people safe they exposed us to
the depredations of Big Pharma.
The centrality of censorship ideology to the digital rights field is
illustrated in former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern opening
RightsCon 2022, the sector’s biggest civil society event. EngageMedia
co-organised RightsCon in 2015 when I was Executive Director. Ardern
claims that “weapons of war” and “disinformation” are one and the same.
RightsCon 2022 also heavily promoted US Secretary of State Anthony
Blinken. Blinken oversees the State Department’s Global Engagement
Center, one of the most egregious US government promoters of
“anti-disinformation” as censorship. (See Twitter Files #17)
Western leaders who advocate for censorship in the name of
“disinformation” severely undermine those fighting authoritarian regimes >> around the world. Those regimes frequently evoke the threat of “fake
news” to justify their crackdowns.
Is disinformation an actual problem? Yes, though it is overstated and
the “anti-disinformation” field is making it worse, not better. It is
also contributing to increasing polarisation.
I encourage you to read both releases in full and hold what you have
been told about Elon Musk just for a moment. Musk is neither hero nor
demon. The Twitter Files however are a critical catalyst to challenge
the new censorship regime we now live under and reinvigorate the
movement for free expression.
(Note that I am a paid consultant for Matt Taibbi and have no relation
whatsoever to Musk).
If you can walk and chew gum you’ll know that uncovering liberal/left
corruption doesn’t imply support for the reactionary right.
Free speech and expression protect us from the most powerful actors on
the planet; corporations, the State, and a growing plethora of
international bodies. Ultimately we need radically decentralised social
media that is more immune to their capture. Our safety depends on it.
Many have come before me, however far too few have been willing to
challenge this ethical fall from grace. The good news is that it’s not
too late.
Republished from the author’s Substack
In the interim, the only *healthy* way to eradicate the COVID-19
virus, thereby saving lives, in the US & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) finding out at any given moment,
including even while on-line, who among us are unwittingly contagious
(i.e pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic) in order to http://WDJW.great-site.net/ConvinceItForward (John 15:12) for them to
call their doctor and self-quarantine per their doctor in hopes of
stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the best while
preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations
and others like the Omicron, Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu &
Delta lineage mutations combining via slip-RNA-replication to form
hybrids like http://tinyurl.com/Deltamicron that may render current
COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://tinyurl.com/RapidOmicronTest
) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
Michael Ejercito wrote:
https://brownstone.org/articles/censorship-masquerades-and-disinformation-control/
Censorship Masquerades and Disinformation Control
BY Andrew LowenthalANDREW LOWENTHAL MARCH 19, 2023 LAW, MEDIA 4
MINUTE READ
SHARE | PRINT | EMAIL
Twitter Files #19 have dropped. I am happy to have assisted Matt Taibbi
and team to put that release together, along with release #18.
The Files show widespread censorship masquerading as
anti-disinformation and intense collusion between government agencies, >>> NGOs, academia, Big Tech, media, philanthropy, the intelligence
community, and more.
Tinfoil hat stuff? The Twitter Files show it is real.
They uncover a level of corruption that is hard to grasp, much of it
among the anti-disinformation and digital rights fields where I have
worked for almost 20 years.
To say this is disappointing would be an incredible understatement. A
180 on what I understood to be our values.
Twitter Files #18 and #19 focus on the Virality Project, an
anti-vaccine misinformation effort led by Stanford and bringing
together elite academia, NGOs, government, and experts in AI and social
media monitoring, with six of the biggest social media companies on the
planet. They went far beyond their misinformation remit. Twitter Files >>> show the Virality Project pushed platforms to censor stories of true
vaccine side effects.
Partnered in the effort were Facebook/Instagram, Google/YouTube, TikTok, >>> Pinterest, Medium, and Twitter.
Reporting side effects of the now-pulled Johnson & Johnson vaccine would >>> have been labelled misinformation under Virality Project decrees. Had
Kerryn Phelps (the first female president of the Australian Medical
Association) taken to Twitter to describe her and her wifes vaccine
injuries, these too would have been labelled misinformation. German
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach would have also been censored last week
for admitting that as a result of the vaccines there are severe
disabilities, and some of them will be permanent. (Video)
Rather than listening out for safety signals to protect the public,
leaders in the anti-disinformation field ran cover to protect Big
Pharma, smearing and censoring critics. The moral depravity is
astounding and quite possibly criminal.
The Virality Project however is just part of a broader cultural shift
that reverses long standing liberal/left commitments to free expression
and allows censorship in the name of protection and safety. However in
suppressing stories of true vaccine side effects the Virality Project
put people in danger. Rather than keeping people safe they exposed us to >>> the depredations of Big Pharma.
The centrality of censorship ideology to the digital rights field is
illustrated in former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern opening
RightsCon 2022, the sectors biggest civil society event. EngageMedia
co-organised RightsCon in 2015 when I was Executive Director. Ardern
claims that weapons of war and disinformation are one and the same.
RightsCon 2022 also heavily promoted US Secretary of State Anthony
Blinken. Blinken oversees the State Departments Global Engagement
Center, one of the most egregious US government promoters of
anti-disinformation as censorship. (See Twitter Files #17)
Western leaders who advocate for censorship in the name of
disinformation severely undermine those fighting authoritarian regimes >>> around the world. Those regimes frequently evoke the threat of fake
news to justify their crackdowns.
Is disinformation an actual problem? Yes, though it is overstated and
the anti-disinformation field is making it worse, not better. It is
also contributing to increasing polarisation.
I encourage you to read both releases in full and hold what you have
been told about Elon Musk just for a moment. Musk is neither hero nor
demon. The Twitter Files however are a critical catalyst to challenge
the new censorship regime we now live under and reinvigorate the
movement for free expression.
(Note that I am a paid consultant for Matt Taibbi and have no relation
whatsoever to Musk).
If you can walk and chew gum youll know that uncovering liberal/left
corruption doesnt imply support for the reactionary right.
Free speech and expression protect us from the most powerful actors on
the planet; corporations, the State, and a growing plethora of
international bodies. Ultimately we need radically decentralised social
media that is more immune to their capture. Our safety depends on it.
Many have come before me, however far too few have been willing to
challenge this ethical fall from grace. The good news is that its not
too late.
Republished from the authors Substack
In the interim, the only *healthy* way to eradicate the COVID-19
virus, thereby saving lives, in the US & elsewhere is by rapidly (
http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) finding out at any given moment,
including even while on-line, who among us are unwittingly contagious
(i.e pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic) in order to
http://WDJW.great-site.net/ConvinceItForward (John 15:12) for them to
call their doctor and self-quarantine per their doctor in hopes of
stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the best while
preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations
and others like the Omicron, Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu &
Delta lineage mutations combining via slip-RNA-replication to form
hybrids like http://tinyurl.com/Deltamicron that may render current
COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://tinyurl.com/RapidOmicronTest
) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
I am wonderfully hungry!
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
Subject: The LORD says "Blessed are you who hunger now ..."
Shame on andrew, look at his red face.
He is trying to pull a fast one. His scripture bit is found among these:
'14 Bible verses about Spiritual Hunger'
Psalms
81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: >open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Proverbs
13:25 The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, But the stomach of >the wicked is in need.
Joel
2:26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of
the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my
people shall never be ashamed.
Psalms
107 For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Acts
14:17 "Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by >giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying
your hearts with food and gladness."
someone eternally condemned & ever more cursed by GOD perseverated:
HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
Subject: a very very very simple definition of sin ...
Does andrew's "definition" agree with scripture? Let's see in 1 John:
John wrote this to christians. The greek grammer (sic) speaks of an ongoing >> status. He includes himself in that status.
1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is
not in us.
1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, >> and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is >> not in us.
Gook #2 HeartDoc Andrew wrote:
< FLUSH INANE GOOK CHATTER>
I am wonderfully hungry!
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://tinyurl.com/RapidOmicronTest
) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
Michael
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