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Aug 25, 2019 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
In the past few years, the media has deployed its resources against:

- anonymous Redditors
- meme makers
- a forklift driver
- conservatives in tech
- high school kids wearing MAGA hats

The same journalists who were OK with that are now mad because "it's only OK when we do it."
The NYT complains that investigating its journalists doesn't count as "scrutinizing people in positions of power."

"People in positions of power" like high school kids, forklift drivers, and random Reddit users?
The NYT uses a strawman, saying reporters are being investigated because of "coverage critical of the president."

No. It's because the media is happy to use its power against ordinary, private citizens who oppose its agenda. They aren't journalists anymore - they're inquisitors.

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Mar 14
EXCLUSIVE: USAID supports censorship of GAMING SITES.

A USAID "disinformation" primer obtained by @America1stLegal claims "gaming sites" have become hubs for "problematic information."

USAID also characterizes "satire and parody" as misinformation.
foundationforfreedomonline.com/usaid-internal…
USAID: "problematic information regularly originates from networks of alternative sites" including gaming sites, Reddit, Discord, and 4chan.

These alternative networks create a "populist expertise" offering "interpretations of the world that differ from mainstream sources." Image
Elsewhere, USAID describes "satire and parody" as a type of misinformation, with "no intention to cause harm but has potential to fool." Image
Read 6 tweets
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Feb 23
The rot at Google has been apparent for a while.

An anon Google employee, speaking to me in 2017:

“the diversity gospel has been woven into nearly everything the company does.”
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“Pro-censorship voices have the management’s ear. The anti-censorship people are afraid of retaliation.”

“Our leadership (Sundar in particular) is weak, so he capitulates to the meanest bullies on the block.” Image
“Several have been have been driven out of the company or fired outright for sharing a dissenting view. Others have had their promotions denied or suffered other forms of deniable retaliation.” Image
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Feb 9
"Trusted Messengers"

A head of 2024, the censorship industry is adopting a more targeted approach, focused on key demographics.

Central to their plans is the cultivation of "trusted messengers" who can overcome so-called disinformation spreading in particular communities.
foundationforfreedomonline.com/grassroots-cen…
"Trusted Messenger" is a marketing term, describing a person or institution with public trust. It's popular among NGOs and government agencies trying to win people over to their agenda.

During COVID, the government sought out "trusted messengers" to overcome vaccine skepticism. Image
Going into 2024, the censorship industry sees a new role for "trusted messengers."

Not just spreading narratives, but countering "disinformation," including reporting it to online censors.

This is part of the "Civic Listening" project (aka spying).
foundationforfreedomonline.com/civic-listenin…
Read 8 tweets
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Feb 2
'Civic Listening': Political Informants, Rebranded

Paranoid that someone is spying on your based groupchats? You should be..

Government-funded online censors are cultivating a network of informants to monitor "disinformation" on private messaging apps🧵
foundationforfreedomonline.com/civic-listenin…
Every modern regime that has tried to police the opinions of its citizens has ended up fostering networks of informants, aka snitches.

At its height, the GDR's Stasi had 1 informer for every 50 citizens.

But that's just a German thing, right? It couldn't happen here...Image
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The problem is, even if you have officials dedicated to censorship (Euro countries still do), they can't monitor everyone's conversations. You need people to voluntarily snitch on each other.

Western censors want to solve the same problem faced by the Stasi, Gestapo, and KGB.
Read 13 tweets
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Jun 10, 2023
Britain is often incorrectly accused of being woker than the U.S., but the NHS has now banned puberty blockers for kids faster than a few red states.

Critical race theory is another invention of the American left that has totally failed to take off in Britain.

There are some… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Britain’s education Deep State was actually quite opposed to the spread of American-style wokeness at one prestigious school: amp.theguardian.com/education/2022…
The best explanation is that the British establishment has an allergic reaction to what it perceives as extremism from any quarter. This is why the success of a continental-style right wing populist movement is just as unlikely as American-style wokeness taking off.
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Jun 1, 2023
"Net Zero" is coming to the video games industry. But what is Net Zero and why should you care?

The subheading of this CNET article carries the core concept.

"What will games have to give up?"

Spreading into every industry, Net Zero makes the same demand.

Sacrifice.
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"Net Zero" is everywhere, but it always makes the same demand: lower your standards!

Lower-quality protein: bugs instead of steak.

Lower-quality stoves: electric instead of gas.

And now, lower-quality video games.
breitbart.com/tech/2023/05/3…
Air travel is a major example.

France recently banned short-haul passenger flights, forcing people to drive or take the train instead.

Only for commercial airlines, of course. Private jets can still do short-haul trips in France.

This is a pattern.
breitbart.com/europe/2022/12…
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