Censorship on Social Media

Trudeau’s internet laws will muzzle his critics

Imagine you woke up one morning to find out your Facebook account had been locked out.

At first you think maybe you got hacked, but when you check your email, you see something from Facebook informing you that, unfortunately, according to the new censorship laws, the status update you posted that contained a criticism of the government was labelled as “hate speech” and “disinformation,” so they were forced to shut your account down.

That may seem like a bit of a wild example, but that possible future is closer than you think.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Censorship, Censorship in Canada, Censorship on Social Media, Freedom of speech, Freedom of speech - at risk in Canada, Internet, Justin Trudeau - Pissant

Canada To Join World’s Most Oppressive Countries In Internet Censorship Restrictions

Is freedom about to fall in Canada? If the secret world of internet censorship is an indicator, the time is upon us. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has had enough of freedom of speech. His timing is impeccable. Just as the cat is out of the bag regarding the Liberal-WEF-WHO interconnection, government stand at the precipice of muzzling our population.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Censorship, Censorship in Canada, Censorship on Social Media, Freedom of speech, Freedom of speech - at risk in Canada, Internet, Justin Trudeau - Pissant

Social Media Giants stifle Iranian protesters

The Iranian authorities have a new partner in silencing the protests – the Big Tech companies, Instagram and Facebook in particular.

Iran’s brave protesters have taken into the streets again, but they don’t just risk bullets, imprisonment, torture and execution from the Islamic Republic’s repressive forces. They are also being ignored by the Western mainstream media. Worse still, Facebook and Instagram have been removing footage of their protests as well as blocking hashtags relating to the protests that can generate and attract larger engagements.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Big Tech Oligopoly", Censorship on Social Media, Iran

CRTC Chair Confirms Bill C-11 Captures User Content, Will Take Years to Implement

CRTC Chair Ian Scott appeared before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage yesterday and Bill C-11 proved to be a popular topic of discussion. The exchanges got testy at times as Scott seemingly stepped outside of his role as an independent regulatory by regularly defending government legislation, even veering into commenting on newspapers, which clearly falls outside the CRTC’s jurisdiction. With respect to Bill C-11, most newsworthy were two comments regarding the regulation of user content and the timelines for implementing the bill if it receives royal assent.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", "Surveillance Society", Canada, Censorship, Censorship in Canada, Censorship on Social Media, Freedom of speech, Freedom of speech - at risk in Canada

Busted: Biden’s “Minster of Truth” Nina Jankowicz Participated in Secret NATO-Funded Cabal to Subvert Western Democracies Using Disinformation as Cover

As Revolver and others have covered, Nina “Moaning Myrtle” Jankowicz is a joke. The Harry Potter superfan-turned-propagandrix is now the Biden Administration’s chosen head for the “Disinformation Governance Board.” Among many other embarrassing videos in circulation is the following clip of Nina Jankowicz bizarrely and emphatically dismissing the notion of the so-called “deep state.”

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", "Disinformation", Censorship, Censorship on Social Media, Deep State, Freedom of speech

Canada’s Globe and Mail pushes back against government’s online censorship bill

The editorial board of Canada’s Globe and Mail has voiced criticism of the way Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to tackle “online harms,” saying that it remains unclear who would be the target of these future laws, or how they would work.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Censorship, Censorship in Canada, Censorship on Social Media, Freedom of speech - at risk in Canada, Justin Trudeau - Pissant

Woke FTC To ‘Investigate’ And Possibly Freeze Elon Musk Purchase Of Twitter On Anti-trust Grounds

Is there any corner of our government bureaucracy that isn’t overrun with woke, partisan operatives seeking to enact their political agendas? I think we all know the answer to that, and the latest example comes via the FTC moving to “investigate” Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter on…anti-trust grounds?

This comes after Democrats and their media allies have spent the last few weeks absolutely losing their minds over the fact that conservatives might have a single platform that doesn’t bias their policies against them.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Peak Woke", Censorship, Censorship on Social Media, Election 2022, Freedom of speech, lawfare, Leftist scumbags, Leftists - intolerance of political right, Twitter

Groups surprised at government ‘secrecy’ over online harm bill consultation

Some advocacy groups and individuals who submitted feedback to the federal government about its proposed online harms legislation say they were surprised the government didn’t make their consultation documents public, which would have ensured concerns about a “disturbing” and “extremely problematic” plan were heard widely.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Bad Law", "Criminalizing Dissent", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Censorship in Canada, Censorship on Social Media, Freedom of speech - at risk in Canada

Federal government must do more to fight spread of disinformation, polarization on social media: CSIS director

The spread of disinformation and polarization via social media is one of the biggest threats to social cohesion in Canada and the federal government needs to do more to fight it, says the head of Canada’s spy agency.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", "Disinformation", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Censorship in Canada, Censorship on Social Media

New Biden dept. will police ‘disinformation’ speech on elections, minorities and Russia

The Department of Homeland Security has created a governance board to police “misinformation” and “disinformation,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas first revealed to Congress on Wednesday. The effort has been criticized as a government effort to police free speech.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Disinformation", Big Brother, Big Government, Big Tech, Censorship, Censorship on Social Media, Government is never your friend

UK Govt Threatens to Ban Twitter And Potentially Jail Elon Musk If He Allows Free Speech

The UK on Tuesday threatened to ban Twitter altogether and potentially jail Elon Musk if he violates their incoming “Online Safety Bill” by allowing free speech on his platform.

The move came just hours after the EU threatened to ban Twitter entirely if Musk allows free speech on the platform and the US threatened to “reform” Section 230 to hold social media companies “accountable” for the “harms they cause.”

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCensorship on Social Media, Hate Speech, Internet, UK

Anti-hate group calls for regulator to police social media platforms

The federal government should appoint a regulator with the power to force social media companies to disclose information to help fight far-right extremism, an anti-hate group told MPs Tuesday.

Evan Balgord, executive director of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, said an ombudsperson could put more pressure on tech companies to do more to reduce online harms.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Censorship in Canada, Censorship on Social Media, Hate Speech

EU Looks to Crack Down on “Hate Speech” and “Harmful Content” on Social Media

The European Union reached an agreement Friday on what it calls the Digital Services Act (DSA), a proposal meant to “protect” online users from what it deems harmful content. The DSA was first proposed in 2020 and “sets out an unprecedented new standard for the accountability of online platforms regarding illegal and harmful content,” according to the European Commission.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCensorship on Social Media, EU, Hate Speech