#censorship
The Media Lens Chamber Of Propaganda Horrors – An Appeal For Support
Media Lens
Tourists visiting Spanish cities like Córdoba, Toledo and Sevilla have the option of whiling away an hour or so at a ‘Museum of the Inquisition’, sometimes known as a ‘Gallery of Torture’. For around three euros, visitors can view an exotic range of devices used to impale, immolate, strangle and dismember human beings in the name of God.
It’s tempting to reassure ourselves that these are relics of a far-distant past, horrors that could never happen now.
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But did the Dark Ages ever really end? Noam Chomsky commented:
‘Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support. For a good reason – they don’t have wealth, they don’t have power. So they don’t have rights. It’s the way the world works – your rights correspond to your power and your wealth.’
It is indeed the way the world works. It is also the way the medieval world worked. (...)
Tags: #news #propaganda #censorship #corporate_media #gaza #israel #iran #palestine #palestinians #russia #ukraine #news #media #news_media #journalism #journalist
A quotation from Russell, Bertrand
However that may be, it is always disastrous when governments set to work to uphold opinions for their utility rather than for their truth. As soon as this is done it becomes necessary to have a censorship to suppress adverse arguments, and it is thought wise to discourage thinking among the young for fear of encouraging “dangerous thoughts.” When such mal-practices are employed against religion as they are in Soviet Russia, the theologians can see that they are bad, but they are still bad when employed in defence of what the theologians think good. Freedom of thought and the habit of giving weight to evidence are matters of far greater moral import than the belief in this or that theological dogma. On all these grounds it cannot be maintained that theological beliefs should be upheld for their usefulness without regard to their truth.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
“Is There a God?” (1952)
#quote #quotes #quotation #censorship #truth #utility #ideology
Sourcing / notes: https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/68853/
“Without #censorship, Hitler never would have achieved his terrible power, nor would he be able to hold it.”
“A #censor tells the #newspapers what to publish, so that in this ignorance the citizen will support the #government in #power."
September 30, 1938 | The Daily Times
Tor 0.4.8.11 is released.
It's in Tor Browser 13.0.14.
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/tor-0.4.8.11/ChangeLog
Changes in version 0.4.8.11 - 2024-04-10
This is a minor release mostly to upgrade the fallbackdir list. Worth noting
also that directory authority running this version will now automatically
reject relays running the end of life 0.4.7.x version.
o Minor feature (authority):
- Reject 0.4.7.x series at the authority level. Closes ticket 40896.
o Minor feature (dirauth, tor26):
- New IP address and keys.
o Minor feature (directory authority):
- Allow BandwidthFiles "node_id" KeyValue without the dollar sign at
the start of the hexdigit, in order to easier database queries
combining Tor documents in which the relays fingerprint does not
include it. Fixes bug 40891; bugfix on 0.4.7 (all supported
versions of Tor).
o Minor features (fallbackdir):
- Regenerate fallback directories generated on April 10, 2024.
o Minor features (geoip data):
- Update the geoip files to match the IPFire Location Database, as
retrieved on 2024/04/10.
o Minor bugfixes (directory authorities):
- Add a warning when publishing a vote or signatures to another
directory authority fails. Fixes bug 40910; bugfix
on 0.2.0.3-alpha.
Tor Browser 13.0.14
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-13014/
#tor #tor-browser #privacy #surveillance #censorship #tor-project
Some popular places in Onionland
DuckDuckGo
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EFF
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The New York Times
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ProPublica
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BBC News
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Deutsche Welle News
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Amnesty International
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Rise Up
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Proton Mail
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#culture #art #documenta #censorship #germany
"In its almost 70-year history, documenta has developed into the world's most important exhibition of modern art. Every five years, it creates a space for artistic perspectives on the central issues of the global world. This was and is only possible thanks to the complete refusal of politics to exert any influence on artistic issues and the strict preservation of artistic freedom. This finds its limits in the law, which is bindingly established by the courts, not in parliamentary resolutions, not in the opinions of politicians, not in reasons of state and also - as is now planned for documenta - in enforced voluntary commitments by curators and artists. This petition demands that artistic freedom, as enshrined in Article 5 of the German Basic Law, continues to be preserved and is not restricted by political or other external influences, which is why we at the #standwithdocumenta initiative are doing everything we can to support you in protecting this important platform for modern art and preserving its independence. Please sign this petition now!"
#standwithdocumenta
We at #standwithdocumenta are happy about any support! Sign the petition to save artistic freedom on our website https://standwithdocumenta.com//.
Almost all #Instagram and #Twitter/x accounts I was following for updates about Israel have disappeared z same with all their data.
It was funny to read Biden's information about "we destroyed all drones and missiles" while videos of Iranian ICBMs easily penetrating Iron Dome and hitting their targets.
The damages to Israeli main military airbases in Negev is so significant that the base has been closed and no fighter jets have lifted from the airbase since this morning.
#Iran #Israel #IronDome #iranStrikesBack #Censorship #Propaganda #GenocideJoe #Politics
The First Amendment's Terms of Service - Glenn Loury
#politics #freedom #censorship
https://glennloury.substack.com/p/the-first-amendments-terms-of-service
#Ukraine Considers Banning #Telegram if App is Confirmed as “Threat to National Security”
The Ukrainian parliament has been studying a bill since last week that threatens to shut Telegram down.
The measure, which has proven very unpopular but has garnered the support of deputies from four political groups in the Rada – 72% of Ukrainians use Telegram as their main source of information, a study found last year.
Ukrainian citizens can currently consult Telegram without limits, as opposed to surfing the internet or following news outlets regulated by Kiev’s media law.
PS. #France has quietly pushed blocking of telegram channels, the same in #Sweden and #Germany. But the app itself is still not banned here.
The Only Democracy In The Middle East: Israeli #Knesset passes law to ban #AlJazeera operations in the occupied territories
The Israeli Knesset passed the "Al Jazeera Law," which authorises the Israelis to suspend news networks from operating in the occupied territories. Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi asserted that “there will be no freedom of speech for #Hamas' mouthpieces in Israel. Al Jazeera will be closed in the coming days.”
Documenting and reporting the war crimes of Israel is a crime in Apartheid state of Israel. Murdering reporters didn't stop the exposure of crimes of Israel, now they want to move one step closer to totalitarian society and block the only network that dares to expose their heinous crimes in Gaza and occupied #WestBank.
Do I need to say it? Or we all know that none of the guardians of democracy in the western world going to do jack shit about it, except maybe some empty words to act like they care (IMO even that is not going to happen)
#Israel #Fascism #Politics #Occupation #WarCrime #Censorship #Apartheid #SanctionIsrael #BoycottIsrael
My only video (out of 20) received one viewer on TikTok after my previous account was banned..
It was immediately blocked by #TikTok for breaking their terms.
The story is about ICJ demanding Israel to immediately end hostilities and allow aid to enter uninterrupted into #Gaza.
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeaYMPcr/
The article was also posted on my account here and on my telegram channel:
https://t.me/newsvideofa/1635?single
#SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SaveTheChildren
#palestine #Israel #ICJ #censorship #Politics #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow
#politics #germany #anti-antisemitism #repression #censorship
In 2024, Jewish money is once again being confiscated by a German bank: Berliner Sparkasse freezes Jewish Voice account
On 25 March 2024, our account with the Berliner Sparkasse was frozen with immediate effect. In a letter, the Sparkasse informed us that it had taken this step as a precautionary measure and that we should submit numerous internal documents by 5 April to update our customer data. As a public corporation, the bank is bound by public law and may therefore not arbitrarily freeze accounts without providing an explanation, which it did not. It is also highly unusual that the required documents include a list of our members with their full names and addresses.
Why should this information be important to the Berliner Sparkasse? It sounds more like a question that might be asked by an intelligence service or the police, who have been politically persecuting us as a Jewish organisation for some time. Our previous account with the Bank for Social Economy was closed in 2019 because of our support for BDS. This happened after agitation by Israeli journalist Benjamin Weinthal and pressure from the Central Council of Jews in Germany.
This pressure and political persecution are increasing as Israel and its apartheid policies in the state of Israel and the West Bank, and now its genocidal policies in the Gaza Strip, lose support around the world. Germany is one of Israel"s last loyal allies, and the German state is co-operating with Israel"s apartheid and genocide, even though over 80% of the population does not support the German government"s policy.
The Palestine Congress will take place in Berlin in mid-April and will feature a wide range of international speakers, including the former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. The closer the congress gets, the more intense the persecution becomes; for weeks, there has been shrill defamation from the tabloid media and local politicians, such as describing it as a "hate summit" for which "thousands of anti-Semites" will be coming to Berlin. Because the journalists can"t write anything factual about it, they try to delegitimise the congress through guilt by association.
However, because the organisers are independent of politics, the usual methods such as cancellation or denial of spaces do not work. The congress is financed by ticket sales and donations; we, the Jewish Voice, have made our account available for this purpose – which is why it has now been blocked. We will not be intimidated by this, even if we lose our account: Our position on genocide is derived from our Jewish values and is not dependent on financial resources. Our membership grows with every day and every act of repression. Anyone who is a member of our organisation knows it themselves. It is none of any bank"s business. We are taking legal action against the arbitrary, politically motivated freezing of our account, which is unacceptable in a democracy.
- https://juedische-stimme.de/berliner-sparkasse-sperrt-konto-der-j%C3%BCdischen-stimme
I don't know if I should bother making a new account or just give up TikTok
I'm no longer shaddowban, I'm blocked from posting, or actually I can post, bit none of my posts are visible to anyone. No matter content.
It's the same with my repost of others, they are not showing up in my stream or main stream of TikTok.
Fascism silencing of anti Genocide voices is strong there, and even that is not enough for Americans and Israelis, they want to stop them completely.
#TikTok #Censorship #Israel #Gaza #Politics #SocialMedia #Genocide #Israel
Instagram has just informed me that this picture violates the community standards there. #meta #instagram #war #killpeople #censorship
Tor's new WebTunnel bridges mimic HTTPS traffic to evade censorship
The Tor Project has added a "WebTunnel" capability that makes Tor traffic look indistinguishable (or almost indistinguishable) from regular HTTPS web traffic.
"It works by wrapping the payload connection into a WebSocket-like HTTPS connection, appearing to network observers as an ordinary HTTPS (WebSocket) connection. So, for an onlooker without the knowledge of the hidden path, it just looks like a regular HTTP connection to a webpage server giving the impression that the user is simply browsing the web."
Tor's new WebTunnel bridges mimic HTTPS traffic to evade censorship
