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Freedom of speech amounts to freedom of thought. Speech carries thought; to control human communication is to control the spread of ideas. Censorship aims to control the thoughts people think in their heads. Speech control is mind control. As @caitoz says: medium.com/@caityjohnston…
'Outrage porn' @caitoz calls it, an article "packed full of extensively sourced information about the way Silicon Valley tech giants are collaborating with western governments to censor speech." Image
What would they do without #COVID19? @caitoz refers to a piece @_whitneywebb has just written about its use as a wedge creating the space in which the US can paradoxically do what we lambast the Chinese for doing: apply AI to do mass surveillance of all: thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/techn… Image
We also have the language of war, a marker for damage to thought. The 'Chindits' are out (upto 20k people), the 77th Brigade, slashing away at thick vegetation & helping the official 'fake news unit' get the 'right' wrong news onto our screens (@ukcolumn): ukcolumn.org/article/britis… Image
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