#censorship

faab64@diasp.org

Isn't distributed social network great or what?

Freedom of speech, against censorship and bullying.

But silencing those who expose the hypocrisy and complicity of the western media and politicians.

I carry this with a badge of honer, next to the note from IRI moral police who kicked me out of university in 1983 for being "morally corrupt and politically active".

I thought I have moved away from fascism.

But I guess not.

#Censorship #Demkcracy #Fascism #Mastadon #Europe

prplcdclnw@diasp.eu

Is Tor still safe to use?

Why hasn't the Tor Project been given all the info they need to keep us safe? What about Responsible Disclosure? This upsets me.

https://blog.torproject.org/tor-is-still-safe/

From the limited information The Tor Project has, we believe that one user of the long-retired application Ricochet was fully de-anonymized through a guard discovery attack. This was possible, at the time, because the user was using a version of the software that neither had Vanguards-lite, nor the vanguards addon, which were introduced to protect users from this type of attack. This protection exists in Ricochet-Refresh, a maintained fork of the long-retired project Ricochet, since version 3.0.12 released in June of 2022.

In contrast to the CCC, Chaos Computer Club, who was provided access to the documents related to the case and was able to analyze and validate the reporter's assumptions, we were only provided a vague outline and asked broad clarifying questions that left us with uncertainty of the facts, and questions of our own. While we appreciate the journalist contacting us, this same access was not given to the Tor Project.\
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Given the potential risk to our users, we decided to go public. We requested that anyone with additional information about the case share it with us. This would allow us to conduct our own analysis and determine the best course of action to protect our users.\
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To be clear, The Tor Project did not intend to ask for the sources of the story, but sought to understand what evidence existed for a de-anonymization attack to accurately respond to the investigating reporter's questions and assess our disclosure responsibilities. And we continue to have an interest in obtaining more information about how Onion Services users were de-anonymized. If we had access to the same documents as CCC, it would be possible to produce a report with more clarity regarding the actual state of the Tor network and how it affects the great majority of its users.\
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We need more details about this case. In the absence of facts, it is hard for us to issue any official guidance or responsible disclosures to the Tor community, relay operators, and users.

#tor #privacy #security #surveillance #censorship #freedom #liberty #ccc

anonymiss@despora.de

When #Algorithms Fail: Ancient Origins' Battle with #Facebook #Censorship

source: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/facebook-censorship-0021448

Blocking content related to sensitive historical events, such as how the #Nazi Party rose to power, undermines efforts to educate the public about these topics. This may contribute to ‘historical amnesia’, where the lessons of the past are forgotten, increasing the risk of repeating similar mistakes.

#history #education #news #fail #socialnetwork #internet #moderation #freedom #web #economy

anonymiss@despora.de

#Facebook owner bans Russian state #media networks

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gllnx0p40o

Facebook owner Meta says it is banning several Russian state media networks, alleging they use deceptive tactics to conduct influence operations and avoid detection on its platforms.

#russia #news #censorship #politics #freespeech

faab64@diasp.org

Jailed for speaking up and acting against genocide in the Gaza Strip

Pro-Palestinian voices, whether they be #activists, #journalists or social media #influencers are being placed behind bars in the United Kingdom and even being accused of supporting terrorism, because they oppose the actions of the Israeli government towards the Palestinian people.

Credit: Carlos Latuff

#UK #Palestine #Censorship #Cartoon #Politics #Israel

kuchinster@rusx.org

The Soviet Union has been gone for 33 years. What is the U.S. military still doing in Germany?

#european #censorship #totalitarism #capitalism #imperialism #banksters #american #deepstate #occupation #german #vassalage

Image/phototechriot (inlägg med hubzilla) wrote the following post Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:26:18 +0300

Democracy In Occupied Germany.

Democracy In Occupied Germany.

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Sascha Schlösser, AfD representative in the Thuringian parliament.

Democracy is not a valid system. You can vote, but if you vote the wrong way, something will happen and you’ll end up with the same people you had before. We need to end democracy. It’s a totally failed system. Unless you’re Jewish or like, an arms contractor, this is a system that has failed you.

Germany: Days After Winning Election, AFD Politician Gets His Bank Account Shut Down.

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We’ve said it from the beginning: there is no actual way for AfD to take over the government. Germany is militarily occupied by the United States, and they’re not going to let some party they don’t like take over the government.

#Germany #EU #US #CollectiveWest #OurDemocracy #ClownWorld

faab64@diasp.org

The resistance news network is blocked globally. Their back up channel is still alive and accessible.

I tried with multiple VPN connections and it seems to be a global ban on server level and not just a French thing as I thought at first.

Same thing happened with the #Persian and #English channels of #Hezbollah of #Lebanon who were banned last year.

Wonder how long will it take before that is also banned!

#Telegram #Censorship #Palestine #Resistance #Israel #Europe

hudsonlacerda@diasporabr.com.br
brainwavelost@nerdpol.ch

There are times when #French power becomes totally opaque. There was, of course, the shock of the Ben Barka affair in an entirely different era, and you have to read the second part of Hollande's implausible confession (Un président ne devrait pas dire ça) to measure the extent to which the mediocrity incarnate that was this president could go in the barbouzard intoxication of omnipotence, the denial of democracy. Russians, whatever their opinion of Telegram's creator, and they don't consider him "a patriot", use this media, which has become "neutral ground". Such is the case of the KPRF (Communist Party of the Russian Federation). All commentators pretty much agree on the reasons for the Macronian arbitrariness of such an arrest. There is now a Russia #Assange. What is certain is that we are witnessing, perhaps as one of the results of the creation of a security net linked to the Olympic Games, a political #censorship that is growing and becoming sprawling (note by Danielle Bleitrach, translation by Marianne Dunlop).

From and more

kuchinster@rusx.org

‘Home Desk’: The Foreign Office’s covert propaganda campaign inside Britain

“to keep communist activities in this country under review and to recommend what counter-action could properly be taken”

Image/photoharry haller wrote the following post Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:33:09 +0300

‘Home Desk’: The Foreign Office’s covert propaganda campaign inside Britain >

The Home Desk’s modus operandi was to collect information on “subversive” individuals and organisations from open and secret sources, ranging from newspaper clippings and books to MI5 moles and classified material.

It would then pass this information to trusted contacts in the British press, parliament, think tanks, universities, and other private networks in an effort to discredit the activities of “subversive” leftists in Britain.

The Home Desk was kept entirely hidden from the public, and its funding was not subject to parliamentary oversight. Outside of a small clique of high-ranking British ministers, diplomats, and intelligence agents, the Home Desk simply did not exist.

Its ultimate target was the British public. The recently declassified record allows us to peel back a layer of these secret operations. — https://www.declassifieduk.org/home-desk-the-foreign-offices-covert-propaganda-campaign-inside-britain/ Image/photo

#uk #britain #england #british #censorship #totalitarism #MI5 #psyops #propaganda #corruption #fraud #mindmanipulation #intelligence #anticommunism #mccarthyism #history

mikhailmuzakmen@pod.geraspora.de

#politcs #anti-antisemitism #germany #jewishlife #science #art #censorship

If German leaders are truly committed to a pluralistic and open society inclusive of Jews, they must confront their own authoritarian tendencies. [...] We write in the belief that the only way of „protecting, preserving, and strengthening“ Jewish life in Germany is to protect, preserve, and strengthen the rights of all minorities. If there is a lesson from the catastrophe of the Holocaust, it is this: „Never again“ means „never again for everyone.“