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Category Archives: Censorship
How Twitter is attempting to shape the Democratic primary
Nomiki Konst writes: In 2010, when the countries of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya shut down the Internet during their revolutions, democracies around the globe publicly condemned their governments. Today, as North Korea, China and Iran continue to block access to … Continue reading
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Williams College cancels “Uncomfortable Learning” talk by controversial author John Derbyshire
REPORT: WILLIAMSTOWN — The president of Williams College has ordered the cancellation of a student-organized speaking engagement by an author characterized by many as a white supremacist. In a letter to the college community on Thursday, Adam Falk said the … Continue reading
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Man Arrested in Scotland for Facebook Posts About Refugees
The ADL will be happy. From Breitbart: Police have arrested a 40-year old man in Scotland over a number of allegedly “offensive” Facebook posts about refugees. Police in Scotland said that a man had been held under the Communications Act, … Continue reading
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Twitter’s Jihad Against Conservatives
From Breitbart: umours that Twitter has begun ‘shadowbanning’ politically inconvenient users have been confirmed by a source inside the company, who spoke exclusively to Breitbart Tech. His claim was corroborated by a senior editor at a major publisher. According to … Continue reading
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Israel eyes world coalition to force social media platforms to block incitement
Hey, Jews needed free speech protection when we were driving our way to the top of the heap, but now that we’ve arrived, who really needs free speech? Sounds dangerous. I’m not sure the goyim can be trusted with free … Continue reading
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Free Speech & Jewish Law
From New Jersey Jewish News: Moderator Andrew Napolitano, a New Jersey Superior Court Judge from 1987 to 1995 and the current senior judicial analyst at Fox News Channel, kicked off a broad discussion of First Amendment controversies with a question … Continue reading
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Facebook begins Europe-wide campaign against extremist posts
The ADL and the Simon Wiesenthal Center will be happy with this. REUTERS: Facebook Inc (FB.O) began a Europe-wide campaign on Monday to thwart extremist posts on social media, after German politicians in particular raised concerns about a rise in … Continue reading
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Law chiefs give Crown Court judge permission to rule at SHARIA court set up by hardline cleric who led demonstration against Charlie Hebdo
Daily Mail: Judge Shamim Qureshi is a highly respected jurist at Bristol Crown Court He is also the leading legal figure at the Sharia Muslim Arbitration Tribunal Judicial authorities granted Judge Qureshi permission to sit on the MAT The MAT … Continue reading
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Imprisoned For Speech
It’s shocking that this man has been years in prison simply for matters of speech. From Wikipedia: Simon Guy Sheppard[1] (born 1957) is a British political activist from Hull, England, who runs a number of websites promoting his far right, … Continue reading
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The Advantage Of A Written First-Amendment
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Proto-Victorianism starts with John Wesley’s Methodist revival. Methodists were encouraged to stop drinking and whoring, and lead productive, Ned Flanders-ish lives. Young Methodists were often thoroughly embarrassed by their foul-mouthed, hard-drinking grandparents of the Ben … Continue reading
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