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TRUTH COPS – Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY is quietly broadening its efforts to curb speech it considers dangerous, an investigation by The Intercept has found. Years of internal DHS memos, emails, and documents — obtained via leaks and an ongoing lawsuit, as well as public documents — illustrate an expansive effort by the agency to influence tech platforms.

The work, much of which remains unknown to the American public, came into clearer view earlier this year when DHS announced a new “Disinformation Governance Board”: a panel designed to police misinformation (false information spread unintentionally), disinformation (false information spread intentionally), and malinformation (factual information shared, typically out of context, with harmful intent) that allegedly threatens U.S. interests. While the board was widely ridiculed, immediately scaled back, and then shut down within a few months, other initiatives are underway as DHS pivots to monitoring social media now that its original mandate — the war on terror — has been wound down.

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•October 31, 2022October 31, 2022•0•"Big Tech Oligopoly", "Criminalizing Dissent", "Surveillance Society", Big Brother, Big Government

Emergencies Act Inquiry to hear CSIS evidence on ‘Freedom Convoy’ in secret

OTTAWA—A judge leading the federal inquiry into the Liberal government’s use of a special emergency law to end the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests has agreed to hear evidence from Canada’s spy agency at a secret hearing.

In a ruling made public late Wednesday, Justice Paul Rouleau said the federal government asked for a secret hearing — behind closed doors and without other parties present — in order for his commission counsel to examine employees of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service on evidence related to the convoy protest that the agency claims is classified.

It all centres around evidence not yet tabled at the inquiry. And it is unclear what is the subject of the CSIS intelligence that the spy agency wants to protect.

What do they have to hide?

by Blazingcatfur•October 27, 2022October 27, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", "Surveillance Society", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, CSIS

Hail Mary By Justin’s Journos – Let’s run with that “Foreign ‘adversaries’ may have leveraged ‘freedom movement’ to ‘advance agendas’ angle … again

Unnamed foreign “adversaries” may have leveraged the Canadian “freedom movement” protests to advance their own interests, a newly-disclosed intelligence report suggest.

According to previously secret assessments by the Ontario Provincial Police’s (OPP) intelligence branch, the “available information” on Feb. 19 suggested that foreign actors may have pushed support for the movement, which fueled the convoy blockades in Ottawa and across the country, “to protect or enhance their own strategic economic and political interests.”

Again? First they did then they didn’t, now they did! Anything for Justin!

by Blazingcatfur•October 26, 2022October 26, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", "Surveillance Society", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Government Owned News Media, WTF?

Convoy inquiry proves citizens require more surveillance says NDP hack at Blackie’s Star

Convoy inquiry reveals another Canadian intelligence fiasco

… Bizarrely, CSIS, RCMP and OPP have for years failed to understand and master the power of social media. They monitor the obscure hate sites peripatetically. They fail to see patterns, share findings, or dig into identities and connections. Shopify does a better job at it than Canadian security agencies. Perhaps we should retain them.

It is the absence of an aggressive outbound social media strategy that is even more astonishing. No agency smacks down misinformation, calls out lies and disinformation, let alone offers a more Canadian view on issues from race to terrorism. The reason may be that they fear to be seen to be “political.” No other NATO country’s spooks are so meek, they use surrogates.

Robin Sears … NDP Hack

by Blazingcatfur•October 25, 2022October 25, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", "Surveillance Society"

Ontario police considered ‘covert’ surveillance of anti-government group ahead of Freedom Convoy

The Ontario Provincial Police’s intelligence division suggested that the force consider “covert” surveillance into an anti-government group ahead of the Freedom Convoy’s arrival in Ottawa, newly-released documents reveal.

The suggestion came as part of the OPP’s Project HENDON, a more than two-year rolling investigation into “criminal extremism” and “large-scale protest” movements in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The article cites the Trudeau subsidized far left extremists at Antihate.ca so you know it’s garbage. Still that the OPP is actively surveilling people for “islamophobia” among other crimes of opinion is concerning to anyone who values freedom. We are all criminals now living in a surveillance society.

by Blazingcatfur•October 22, 2022October 22, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", "Islamophobia", "Surveillance Society"

‘Freedom Convoy’ was huge, odd and terrifying. But is it still a threat?’… Of course it is says Blackies Star!

… There have been lots of moments of high-level intrigue during the past week, but it was Ontario Provincial Police Supt. Patrick Morris who provided the content most likely to be turned into a spy novel.

Since about 2019 or so, Morris testified, police, security and intelligence agencies at all levels across Canada have been keeping their eyes on a “significant amount of protest, dissent, some of which caused us reasonable grounds to suspect or believe that those issues would engage in criminal activity or illegal activity that would have a public safety impact.”

What they’re monitoring are brush fires of dissent that can explode into larger conflagrations, such as the rail blockades of early 2020 that started as an Indigenous land protest in B.C. No doubt Hendon was also keeping an eye on the 2021 election protests that dogged Justin Trudeau, which seemed to be a sneak preview of the convoy.

Pity the authorities didn’t devote an equivalent of the considerable resources expended on the Bouncy Castle uprising to hunt down the perpetrators of the Coastal GasLink terror attack or the massive hate crime arson of some 50 Catholic churches that resulted directly from Trudeau endorsing the Fake Graves Hoax.

I used to cover a great many “events” in the GTA for the blog until I realized that criminalizing dissent had become the pre-occupation of our “law-enforcement” agencies.

Back in the day the Hate Krime Kommisars at the CHRC would visit my blog every day including Christmas and how can I ever forget having the TDSB sic the cops on me for routinely embarrassing them in Libs of TikTok fashion.

I have spoken to someone who admitted to contact with the OPP unit in question and who hung about the periphery of “all sides.” Which isn’t to suggest they were compromised only that it firmed up a generally held assumption that we were all likely “suspects” in some organization’s files.

At one point I feared I was the target of an entrapment effort by another individual, someone I considered a friend.

I have always found it interesting that this person, once very active in certain circles, “disappeared” after I didn’t give him an answer he was obviously pushing for. It was such a ham-fisted effort involving so serious a matter that I believe he knew I suspected something was up. Who knows maybe he was doing me a favour in providing the nudge I needed to step back and reassess my situation and associations.

At any rate it should be clear now that if you oppose the Trudeau government you are a criminal.

by Blazingcatfur•October 22, 2022October 22, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", "Surveillance Society"

China’s Surveillance State Pushes Deeper into Citizens’ Lives

SHANGHAI—In many parts of Xi Jinping’s China, state surveillance and Covid-19 controls begin the moment you step out the door in the morning.

The day might start with a government-mandated Covid test from workers in white hazmat suits. Without proof of a negative result, public spaces are off limits, including office buildings, grocery stores and parks.

Surveillance cameras keep watch over the city streets. In a cab on the way to work, the driver requires you to scan a QR code for a government database tracking people’s movements. Scan again when stopping by Starbucks for coffee and then again at the office.

by Blazingcatfur•October 20, 2022October 19, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "Surveillance Society"

RCMP refused release of badge numbers, fearing convoy supporters would dox officers … but had no qualms about sending Freedom Convoy blacklist to lobbyists

OTTAWA – Internal documents show the RCMP refused to release the badge numbers of officers who cleared “Freedom Convoy” protesters from the Ambassador Bridge last winter, citing a risk of violence from their supporters.

The situation was detailed in a briefing note and threat assessment prepared for RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, who was asked to approve the decision because the force recognized it raised questions around transparency.

RCMP sent Freedom Convoy blacklist to lobbyists

Records show an RCMP blacklist of bank account holders identified as part of the Freedom Convoy movement was sent by email to lobbyists, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.

… The records show the RCMP distributed names, birth dates, phone numbers and more by unencrypted email and neither police nor Cabinet ensured the blacklist was accurate or confidential.

by Blazingcatfur•October 17, 2022October 17, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", "Surveillance Society", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Do recent laws allow the government to use biosurveillance to target Americans?

This article discusses two main subjects: 1. recent laws which suggest the U.S. federal government may be using invasive surveillance (“biosurveillance”) technologies on Americans and 2. requiring covert methods, technologies, and personnel of the FBI, local covert police, and other secret police or intelligence entities in America to be publicized. The article provides the information in one location rather than separating into multiple articles. There is no medical advice in this article.

Before beginning the main subjects, it is necessary to emphasize some differences. There are covert local police, other covert law enforcement like the FBI, covert government intelligence entities, and possibly a large secret police entity in America whose main responsibility is covert, organized, and coordinated stalking of targeted persons within communities with the intent to “destroy” or remove the targets from society, potentially through directly or indirectly causing the targeted person’s death, which will be explained in a moment.

by Blazingcatfur•October 16, 2022October 16, 2022•0•"Surveillance Society"

Emergencies Act Public Inquiry Releases Official Witness List

The official witness list for the public inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act has been released by the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) and includes the prime minister, key Freedom Convoy organizers, and prominent cabinet members.

The commission, which will begin its public hearings on Oct. 13, lists a total of 65 anticipated witnesses, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Attorney General David Lametti, along with convoy organizers Tamara Lich, Benjamin Dichter, and Chris Barber.

by Blazingcatfur•October 11, 2022October 11, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", "Surveillance Society", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

How your right to know is getting stymied by the Denial Machine

Thirty-nine years ago, after a wave of post-Watergate epiphanies about government secrecy, the Canadian government passed the first federal Access to Information Act. Ever since then it is has been building a denial machine.

It would be easy to pin the blame on secretive politicians trying to obstruct the public’s ability to know what is going on inside government, because they have done that. Prime ministers including Justin Trudeau and his predecessor, Stephen Harper, have broken promises to open government.

by Blazingcatfur•October 8, 2022October 8, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", "Surveillance Society", Big Brother

Canada’s Dilemma

Canada is in serious trouble. To arrive at that conclusion, all one need do is pay attention. In evident violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms embedded in the Constitution, essential to a functioning democracy, Canada was one of the few countries in the world determined to coerce vaccine mandates and impose possibly illegal travel apps and quarantine protocols. These measures have been paused, but the government obviously maintains the right to re-impose them at a moment’s notice. “The process and app remain in place.”

Undeterred in his march toward despotic rule, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is poised to introduce a digital currency, which will give the government financial control of banking and discretionary spending at the expense of private citizens and consumers.

by Blazingcatfur•October 8, 2022October 8, 2022•0•"Surveillance Society", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

WEF’s Digital ID Pilot Project in Travel Has Stalled, Says Transport Canada

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) initiative to test the use of digital ID in travel with the collaboration of Canada has been delayed due to the pandemic, says Transport Canada.

Details about the WEF’s project called the Known Traveler Digital Identity (KTDI) were revealed through an Inquiry of Ministry filed by Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis in June.

“The gov’t finally admitted that they have a $105.3 million contract with the World Economic Forum for the Known Traveler Digital ID. Take a look at this order paper. It’s no longer a conspiracy theory – it’s a contractual fact!” tweeted Lewis on Oct. 5, providing a link to the Inquiry.

by Blazingcatfur•October 7, 2022October 7, 2022•0•"Surveillance Society", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, World Economic Forum, WTF?

Public Online Hearing for Ottawa Police Officer Kristina Neilson for Convoy donation – Thursday Sept 29th

Suspended Ottawa Constable Kristina Neilson will make her second appearance before an internal hearing on Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 9:30am. The hearing will be broadcast to the public via Teams videoconferencing.

Neilson was charged with ‘discreditable conduct’ after the criminal theft of donor Identity Information* from the Christian website ‘GiveSendGo’.

by Blazingcatfur•September 28, 2022September 28, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", "Surveillance Society"

The U.S. Government’s Vast New Privatized Censorship Regime

Censorship of wrongthink by Big Tech at the behest of the government is government censorship, which violates the First Amendment

One warm weekend in October of 2020, three impeccably credentialed epidemiologists—Jayanta Bhattacharya, Sunetra Gupta, and Martin Kulldorff, of Stanford, Oxford, and Harvard Universities respectively—gathered with a few journalists, writers, and economists at an estate in the Berkshires where the American Institute for Economic Research had brought together critics of lockdowns and other COVID-related government restrictions. On Sunday morning shortly before the guests departed, the scientists encapsulated their views—that lockdowns do more harm than good, and that resources should be devoted to protecting the vulnerable rather than shutting society down—in a joint communique dubbed the “Great Barrington Declaration,” after the town in which it was written.

by Blazingcatfur•September 28, 2022September 27, 2022•0•"Surveillance Society"