Last summer, a surprising bit of polling emerged from the Pew Research Center. It asked respondents about their tolerance for censorship by the government or big tech. A surprising number of Americans said they supported it, but a supermajority of Democrats were all in.
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Anti-Book Banning Dems Have a Huge Problem: Biden White House Pressured Amazon to Ban Books
Democrats (mostly) have been arguing that removing age-inappropriate “books” from schools is book banning. They can’t shut up about it, but anyone can get these books with a few clicks electronically (for the groomer in a hurry) or in print in a handful of days. But the idea of “banning books” has a visceral feel.
NewsGuard Helps The ‘Grok Add to Its Independent Media Credentials
If you recall, I reported on an email exchange with an editor or researcher (or some such thing) from NewsGuard. They are a deep-state surveillance stooge for policing unapproved content. Put another way, the lower your rating, the less likely you are peddling the uniparty, globalist narrative
Globalists Gather in Davos to Reset Their Deteriorating Image
The annual Ruling Class Klan Bake is upon us with its jet-setting cadre of elites gathering in Davos, Switzerland, to decide what to do about the peasants. But this year’s theme will be a bit different. A growing number of peasants don’t trust them.
I Was Contacted by NewsGuard Yesterday About Rating This Website …
If You’ve not heard of NewsGuard, Lee Fang, writing at RealClear Wire – which (thank you!) shares its content with independent media like the ‘Grok, had some less than flattering observations about the service.
Is Gmail Blocking Your Email Newsletter, Too!!! [Update]
Thank you to those who use Gmail and participated in our recent research project. We asked Gmail users who signed up for the Daily Grok if they were getting their emailed newsletter every day. Those who responded were not. Gmail appears to be embargoing our content.
How the Federal-Private Speech Police Operated in Election 2020
During the 2020 election, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) partnered with the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP), a consortium of groups led by the Stanford Internet Observatory, to track and counter what they considered mis- and disinformation.
NewsGuard: Surrogate the Feds Pay to Keep Watch on the Internet and Be a Judge of the Truth
In May 2021, L. Gordon Crovitz, a media executive turned start-up investor, pitched Twitter executives on a powerful censorship tool. In an exchange that came to light in the “Twitter Files” revelations about media censorship, Crovitz, former publisher of the Wall Street Journal, touted his product, NewsGuard, as a “Vaccine Against Misinformation.”
Free And Brave? Maybe Neither
Americans have always prided themselves on living in the land of the Free and the Brave. It has a great sound, but does it ring hollow in the 21st century? We are not far from a two-year period where the government locked us down, forced us to vaccinate with untested pharmaceuticals, wear masks unless sleeping, and not to question a single facet of the COVID plan.
Supporters of “Palestinians” Have Free Speech Rights Too!
Without wading into the numerous points surrounding the debate about a thing called ‘Palestine,’ or any “people” alleging indigenous status, or who did or started what, when, and why – we’ve plenty of that just about everywhere – there is something else to discuss.
Can the “Snatch-Defeat-From-Victory Party” Keep From Screwing This Up?
Why was the thought “like bringing a Michelin star level 10-course tasting meal to a 6-year-old” rolling through my head when I saw this?
The Censorship Industrial Complex Exposes the Kleptocracy’s True Intentions
In the past decade, the growth of the Internet and social media has brought with it a dramatic uptick in populist sentiment. Legacy institutions have declared war against populism, referring to its claims as “misinformation” or “disinformation” and calling on the government or government-adjacent actors (herein referred to as “the censors”) to clamp down on … Read more
Twitter (X) Reinstating Censorship For The 2024 Election … But Just Keep Pretending 2024 Won’t Be As Rigged As 2020
Please explain to me how any GOP Presidential candidate wins when the “swing States” continue to allow ballot-harvesting … when we have “Election Month” instead of Election Day, so Democrats can harvest votes before voters even have a chance to compare the candidates … when Zuckerbucks and the equivalent continue to flow into “swing States” … Read more
Hillary Clinton Just Gave Away The Left’s Playbook For Censorship And Oppression
Hillary Clinton and her powerful media affiliates seem to have co-opted the title of my book, “The Weaponization of Loneliness,” for the purpose of repackaging their propagandistic narrative against Trump voters and freedom of speech.
Canada Passes Far-Reaching Internet Censorship Law
American progressives always sound better in the original Chinese, but perhaps some Canadian English will do. Canada has just passed C-11, a regulatory package that gives the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission control of the internet.
Biden Inc. Appeals the Ban on Feds Colluding With Big Tech to Censor Americans
In celebration of American Independence, a Louisiana Judge blocked the Feds from colluding with Big Tech to censor Americans on social media. This was meant to stop the FBI, CIA, CDC, and others from pressuring the platforms to remove content at their discretion. Biden Inc. was not amused.
The Left Redux
Cancel culture and censorship are not about fairness or justice. They are the opposite of protecting yourself from the predations of the powerful. They are not about protecting minorities from abuse or offense. Rather, these things, cancel culture and censorship, are about accumulating power for the elite.
The War on Free Speech is Really a War on the Right to Criticize the Government
Absolutely, there is a war on free speech. To be more accurate, however, the war on free speech is really a war on the right to criticize the government.
Transgender “Transitions” Solve Nothing, YouTube Still Censoring, And a Teacher Stands up for Biology – Stack of Stuff #44
Fast and furious, it continues. More stories/snippets of what’s ailing our education system and the children placed within it. First up, a realization that the social contagion that is affecting our young ones with the activists message of “a live trans boy or a dead daughter” isn’t holding as much water as they would have … Read more
The Most Important Thing To Be Learned From The Teixeira (Ukraine Docs) Leaks …
So I previously posted about the Teixeira leaks … more specifically, how the UniParty and the regime-media have been feeding us LIE after LIE after LIE to justify America’s illegal, undeclared war against Russia. But there is something even more important to be learned from the Teixeira leaks … America no longer has a free … Read more