Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
China’s Powerful Surveillance State Has Created at Least Four Billionaires
February 23rd, 2019Via: Bloomberg: Before he became a billionaire, Dai Lin would ride his bike to work, pedaling through the streets of Tianjin to the headquarters of Tiandy Technologies Co., the camera maker he built with support from China’s government. When Dai started his company in 1994, roadside surveillance cameras were rare in China. Now they’re everywhere […]
Federal Prosecutors Broke Law in Jeffrey Epstein Case, Judge Rules
February 22nd, 2019Via: Miami Herald: Federal prosecutors, under former Miami U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, broke the law when they concealed a plea agreement from more than 30 underage victims who had been sexually abused by wealthy New York hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge ruled Thursday. While the decision marks a victory for crime victims, […]
David Icke Banned from Australia
February 22nd, 2019Via: David Icke:
China’s Social Credit System: Millions Banned from Taking Flights, Trains
February 20th, 2019Via: South China Morning Post: Millions of Chinese individuals and businesses have been labelled as untrustworthy on an official blacklist banning them from any number of activities, including accessing financial markets or travelling by air or train, as the use of the government’s social credit system accelerates. The annual blacklist is part of a broader […]
Uncle Sam Wants Your DNA: The FBI’s Diabolical Plan to Create a Nation of Suspects
February 20th, 2019Via: The Rutherford Institute: Uncle Sam wants you. Correction: Uncle Sam wants your DNA. Actually, if the government gets its hands on your DNA, they as good as have you in their clutches. Get ready, folks, because the government— helped along by Congress (which adopted legislation allowing police to collect and test DNA immediately following […]
“Stop the Online Conspiracy Theorists Before They Break Democracy”
February 19th, 2019The conspiracy theorists are coming. Run for your lives!!! Via: Guardian: Organised conspiracy theorist networks have launched an all-out information war across Europe. At the heart of this is the QAnon movement. It expanded from the US to Europe and the UK at rapid speed, hijacking political debates on social media as well as mass […]
The New Totalitarianism
February 17th, 2019Via: Richard Dolan:
China Tracking Physical Locations of 2.5 Million People in Western Region of Country
February 17th, 2019Via: South China Morning Post: A Chinese surveillance firm is tracking the movements of more than 2.5 million people in the far-western Xinjiang region, according to a data leak flagged by a Dutch internet expert. An online database containing names, ID card numbers, birth dates and location data was left unprotected for months by Shenzhen-based […]
Facebook May Remove Anti-Vaccine Recommendations
February 15th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: Facebook Inc., under pressure to reduce harmful, misleading and fake content, said it is exploring removing anti-vaccine information from software systems that recommend other things to read on its social network. Information discouraging people from getting vaccines for their children, which has gone viral on Facebook, especially in its Groups product, may have […]
Trump to Sign Border Security Bill, Declare National Emergency for Wall Funds
February 14th, 2019Pelosi: Next President Could Declare National Emergency on Guns Via: New York Post: The White House announced Thursday that President Trump would sign the bipartisan border security bill — and then declare a national emergency to find the money for his long-promised border wall that Congress wouldn’t give him. “President Trump will sign the government […]
