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Just heard @d1gi cited by Parkland, FL's Rep @RepTedDeutch in today's #TechHearings about vast quantities of conspiracy theorist video on YouTube in the context of gun violence disinfo. Also Facebook gets hammered about InfoWars and how many strikes it will take to get banned.
Congressman @RepCicilline's remarks and questions in today's #TechHearing focused on misguided priorities of committee because the narrative of algorithmic bias on social media as censorship is itself disinformation. Evidence contradicts this conservative victim-hood narrative.
Congressman @tedlieu re-articulates the ridiculousness of this episode of #TechHearings because it's stupid to discuss speech regulation on private companies in Congress. Something like: "Only thing worse than an Alex Jones video is the premise behind this hearing."
Just like I never thought I'd see the day where Republicans would align with Russia, I never thought I would see Republicans broach blasting open the First Amendment by flirting with the notion of restrictions on the speech of private enterprises. But here we are. #TechHearings
Oh snap @RepJeffries asks Facebook about role of @Heritage in studying the (myth) of bias and Bickert does a "I'll get back to you on that one" just like her boss. Is any company better at keeping the tough questions out of focus? #TechHearings
"Have you heard of GDPR?"
"What is fake news? What is the definition of fake news?"
"SNOOOPS is a left-leaning organization by the way."
Some choice bullshwank being discussed here today in today's episode of #TechHearings
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Criminal prosecution of Cambridge Analytica (SCL Elections Ltd) begins in UK tomorrow. It’s a crime to defy an order from the Information Commissioner’s Office. They refuse to disclose a complete US voter file despite a legal order from their regulator. ico.org.uk/media/action-w…
Meanwhile in the USA, our closest counterpart is the FTC and it is shutdown. Its Facebook Cambridge Analytica investigation is delayed. The FTC vs D-Link trial is now also delayed to the summer. #ShutdownStories
For the record, I won’t be attending the trial tomorrow, but I will share news as it comes in. I’m not the plaintiff/complainant here. This is the ICO vs SCL, the UK regulator simply upholding the Data Protection Act of 1998. Not sure if we’ll see Nix or Wheatland cross-examined.
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Brexit movie premiering on UK TV now (HBO in the US later this month). Apparently, it’s a fictionalization first and foremost. #UncivilWar
Imagine casting Robert Mercer
HBO audiences in America would need an understanding of the British campaign finance law scandal that taints Brexit to spot it in this Easter Egg.
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First President to engage in memetic warfare while holding a million federal employees and contractors hostage.
Trolling is Trump doctrine, leveraging Kremlin and DARPA methods.
The GoT wall meme is an intricately layered “in-group” cultural signifier. At the core it’s Trumpists vs everyone else, Us vs Them anti-immigration, those who get Game of Thrones reference vs those who don’t, those who spread meme to endorse it vs those who spread meme in dissent
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In just fifteen minutes a full day of #techhearings begins. This morning Jack Dorsey, Sheryl Sandberg, and an empty chair (representing Google) will testify before the Senate Intel Committee. Later today Jack Dorsey will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
I'll be live-tweeting both #techhearings today. If you'd like to follow along here are some handy resources to help you get the most out of them, starting with the post I wrote previewing today's hearings for @mmfa. mediamatters.org/blog/2018/09/0…
This morning's #techhearing is on social media companies' responses to foreign influence operations. Expect it to be a more subdued affair with less partisan theater and more on-topic questions. @MarkWarner & @SenatorBurr tend to keep things on track & nonpartisan.
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We've been listening to the right, the NRA, to Fox News angrily scream for decades.
And we let it go.
Or took the high road.
What's great about people like @Emma4Change, @davidhogg111 and the #Parkland students... is they are voicing THEIR anger.
/1
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They won't be shouted down by Wayne or Tucker or Rick or internet trolls and they're not going to pretend they're not pissed off.
That was OUR mistake.
WE assumed dead kids would make people step back and be civil.
The generation born after Columbine has had #Enough. /2
Somebody needs to be screaming back, and I'm glad it's students who want a safer future.
Let them lead.
Let them lead LOUDLY.
Let them lead by example.
That's what's freaking the gun lobby out right now.
The usual tactics aren't working.
#MarchForOurLives /3
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2/24
Stanislav Lunev.
THE BRIDGE.
Payback for today.
Q

Payback angle becoming more and more clear. 2/24 - Parkland stand-down bombshell. Note message - WE CAN MAKE YOU EAT THE BLAME.

These people are RUTHLESS.
Warning call was made and NOT ANSWERED.

miamiherald.com/news/local/com…
This will ultimately depend on one of two things to exceed a conspiracy THEORY: (1) the Q people actually HAVE on 2/24/18 some kind of intercepted preliminary knowledge, or (2) enough evidence materializes by looking at all the right places. To test, assume endpoint, FIND PATH.
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Remington to file bankruptcy.
Sturm Ruger cut 700 jobs last year..
Gun sales dropped over $600 million in 2017.

World's largest asset manager BlackRock puts gunmakers on notice after #Parkland school shooting: no more business as usual
#BoycottNRA
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And just in: insurer Chubb says will stop underwriting NRA insurance for gun owners
(h/t @MichaelSkolnik) #BoycottNRA
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.@LifeLock owner @Symantec and insurer @MetLife end ties with the NRA,
#BoycottNRA
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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I can. Their response feels contrived, whether natural or not. A lot of these kids instantly took to the media (or social media) to aggressively push for gun control when other school shootings haven’t instantly produced verified media stars and reactions. It warrants suspicion.
You’re not a ‘conspiracy theorist’ for noticing strange occurrences after #Parkland. The fake survivor accounts, @davidhogg111 boasting about viral online fame on YouTube, the clip of him appearing to forget rehearsed lines, marches being organized before funerals... Suspect.
It’s okay to ask questions. Don’t ever let the left tell you different.
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Here's a post-#Parkland checklist you can use after any mass shooting. The horror is terribly real, the tragedy overwhelming, and the frustration palpable, but we can make progress if we push hard in the right directions. Read on.
1st and foremost, remember the victims. Celebrate their lives, not their deaths. Here's a place to start: time.com/5160564/florid…
2nd, help the survivors and the victims' families. Here's another place to start: nbcnews.com/better/busines…
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