Monthly Archives: June 2022
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping cautiously visits Hong Kong
HONG KONG — Since the pandemic erupted in 2020, China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, has been locked in a virus-free bubble within his country’s closed borders. ... -
Justin Trudeau’s government is seeking censorship
Sign first, then we’ll discuss the details. No one would trust a real estate agent or a used car dealership with this approach, but this is ... -
Lame Duck Duterte is still looking to stop Rappler
Incumbent Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appears to have made one last swing on popular news portal Rappler with two days remaining in office as the country’s ... -
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa says social media is corroding democracy in the US
The United States is “much worse off than you think” when it comes to social media that undermines its democracy, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist ... -
China’s zero-Covid policy: Censors clean up the internet after senior official’s speech on Beijing timetable
Beijing Daily, the Communist Party’s official newspaper in the Chinese capital, reported earlier that the city’s party leader, Cai Qi, said on Monday that “for the ... -
Is the BDS movement too alienating to bring about real change?
Photo: Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Big Thief, a popular indie rock band, recently announced a pair of concerts in Tel Aviv, Israel, where one ... -
Indian government censors tweets criticizing Indian internet censorship
In 2021, the Indian government ordered Twitter to remove tweets from the non-profit organization Freedom House that discussed the decline of internet freedom in India. Twitter ... -
Colleges should do more to slow down ‘quick thinking’
Last week, a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll reported that a majority of Americans oppose transgender women and girls competing against other women and girls in ... -
Why can’t I access my social media websites?
Social media has quickly become one of the most popular platforms on the internet. Between Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and even YouTube, people spend hours every day ... -
Descent into oppression | Dialogue
It has been more than a week since a riot-like situation gripped many parts of the country, with young people on the streets protesting against the ... -
Free speech events planned for tonight
June 24, 2022 5:56 p.m. Follow @PortlandPolice Tonight, focused in downtown Portland, we anticipate First Amendment rallies taking place related to important issues. The Portland Police ... -
Division Rap Battle talks about censorship and the media
At this point, messages from Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle were analyzed to death. At least some aspects of the show have been. Many took the ... -
difficult peace
The photograph taken on Wednesday shows damaged buildings following an earthquake in Gayan district, Paktika province. – France Media Agency To avert a humanitarian catastrophe and ... -
Trane Technologies Announces Sponsorship of KAYSC STEM Freedom School at Science Museum of Minnesota
DAVIDSON, North Carolina–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Global climate innovator Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT) has provided the Science Museum of Minnesota with more than $280,000 to support the Kitty Andersen Youth ... -
Latest from Boris Johnson: Brexit ‘will keep wages low’ as inflation soars
Boris Johnson says train strikes are ‘wrong and unnecessary’ Brexit will hurt Britain’s competitiveness, hurt productivity and slash workers’ wages for the rest of the decade, ... -
Social Truth CENSOR Anti-Trump Jan 6 Posts
Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, reportedly censored anti-Trump posts related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Users voiced their opinions on congressional hearings, leading ... -
The Green Veil’s John Leguizamo and Aram Rappaport talk about a new anthology series
Quite simply, The green veil is a triumph for the producing partners John Leguizamo (the main actor of the series) and Aram Rappaport (writer, director and ... -
State lawmakers pressure Wyoming senators to vote against gun legislation | 307 Politics
A bloc of conservative state lawmakers are urging U.S. senators from Wyoming to vote against an impending gun control bill that would include funding for red ... -
No freedom of expression on campus? No federal funding, Poilievre pledges
Conservative Party leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre said as premier he would appoint a ‘free speech guardian’ to protect Charter rights on campuses and revoke federal funding ... -
Democracy and monetary policy – NEWS
Professor Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha The initiators of democracy in 5e Greece never envisaged a situation in which only the rich or the ... -
Black Business Owners Under 20 on Early Success Lessons
Hiraman | E+ | Getty Images According to certified financial planner and CNBC contributor Lazzeta Braxton, now is the time for African Americans to start their ... -
When hate speech is not synonymous with freedom of expression – The Leaflet
Hate speech vitiates the very purpose of freedom of expression, which is the free and fearless functioning of a human mind that constantly seeks answers and ... -
How Woke Disney Bowed To Chinese Censors But Refused To Cut Lightyear’s Gay Kissing Scene
Woke Disney recently refused to cut the gay kissing scene from their new animated film Lightyear despite bowing to Chinese censors several times in recent years. ... -
Anti-Semitism at CUNY School of Law – Queens Daily Eagle
By Avi Posnick CUNY Law School has become increasingly hostile to Jewish students and professors who fail a litmus test on Israel, Zionism and Jewish identity. ... -
Britain investigates Vietnamese billionaire’s funding of Oxford University — Radio Free Asia
The British government is investigating a £155 million ($191 million) grant to Linacre College at Oxford University by a Vietnamese billionaire. Education Minister Michelle Donelan told ... -
Trump took the advice of drunk Rudy Giuliani
One of the big headlines on the second day of the Jan. 6 committee was that Donald Trump was taking advice from an inebriated Rudy Giuliani ... -
People and Planet: Journalism everywhere is under attack by Russia
It seems that the iron curtain is falling around Russia. Since the beginning of Russia’s war against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not only acted ... -
Britain’s attack on its own protocol is yet another exercise in Brexit gaslighting | Fintan O’Toole
FForget, for now, the technical details of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill which aims to reverse Britain’s commitments under its Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union. ... -
Freedom (NASDAQ:FRHC) Hits New 52-Week Low at $39.00
Freedom Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: FRHC – Get a rating) hit a new 52-week low on Tuesday. The company traded as low as $39.00 and last traded ... -
County human relations commissioner’s biblical views on transgender under attack
It’s no secret that biblical views on gender are under attack in California. The latest victim is Dennis Hodges, San Diego County Human Relations Commissioner and ... -
Drugs, violence, inflation and censorship: America is losing its mind
00:30 Biden embraces Saudi despots (15 minutes)As the average American continues to be hit by record fuel prices, the Biden administration is still aiming for a ... -
European Parliament resolution on China’s Xinjiang is nothing but a huge disgrace in EU history: regional spokesperson
A worker works at a packaging materials industrial park in Yopurga County in Kashgar, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Nov 8, 2021. The industrial park, ... -
Beyond Juneteenth: Equal Access to Capital, a Path to True Freedom
Being black and walking away from someone who legally owned you became a reality on June 17, 1865, when Texas became the last state to implement ... -
In our view: Protests against bullying in homes, not free speech
In a civilized nation, decorum, respect and courtesy would prevent people from demonstrating outside the homes of officials. Alas, neighborhood demonstrations are becoming more and more ... -
Education will end the oppression of women: Activists | Goa News
Panaji: Social activists and stakeholders have welcomed the decision of the panchayats to pass resolutions to outlaw social practices of isolation and discrimination against widows. They ... -
Horace Mann student Ryan Finlay denounces progressive faculty in op-ed
A student of Horace Mann has denounced in the pages of the renowned private school’s New York newspaper what he says is a culture of bullying ... -
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Investors looking to generate passive income have discovered a gold mine with Home deposit (HD -3.54%). One of the best ways to increase passive income is ... -
Reviews | A test in Virginia of the right to silence
Placeholder while loading article actions Becky Dummermuth is an attorney at the First Liberty Institute. Adam MacLeod is a research fellow at the Center for Religion, ... -
Beware of religious censorship
Protests by religious groups against films they consider blasphemous are not new. The Monty Pythons Brian’s life was picketed when it was released in 1979 and ... -
The Forbidden Music That Gives Moon Knight Its Soundtrack
The songs themselves were chosen by “Moon Knight” producer (and Diab’s wife) Sarah Goher, and Diab said they helped put people in the right frame of ... -
More jobs, money, freedom in S’pore’s talent war as 74% of PMETs plan to quit by the end of 2022
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed below belong solely to the author. Last year, it was reported that one in four Singaporeans intended to leave their jobs at ... -
Reviews | When the Pronoun Police Come for Eighth Graders
Placeholder while loading article actions If the Kiel, Wisconsin, school district’s pronoun police were just another waking outgrowth of American education, they would be nothing but ... -
India proposes social media censorship powers • The Register
India’s technology policies continue to stir controversy, with new objections raised against a pair of proposed regulations. One such regulation concerns infosec notification and logging requirements ... -
The long battle to restrict mail-order arms sales shows the difficult road we face
We often hear that it is a bad idea to create laws in the feverish atmosphere surrounding a traumatic incident. There is some truth in this ... -
The end of national sovereignty and freedom
Comment Even as much of the world continues to outgrow the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) is already looking ahead and preparing for the ... -
Canadians concerned about hate speech amid Musk’s Twitter takeover
Some Canadians have quit Twitter, citing mental health concerns. The road to acquiring Twitter has been a bumpy one for billionaire Elon Musk, but it’s a ... -
Sheryl Sandberg goes from censoring non-leftists to promoting abortion
Following internal investigations into her conduct, last week ‘Lean In’ author Sheryl Sandberg announced that she would be leaving her post as chief operating officer at ... -
Live Updates: China’s Services Sector Contracts in May, But at a Slower Pace
Hong Kong police and officers from the Food and Environmental Sanitation Department raid a restaurant in Kowloon’s bustling Mong Kok district © Government of Hong Kong ... -
Natchez Home Site Added to Mississippi Freedom Trail – Mississippi’s Best Community Newspaper
By Roscoe Barnes III NATCHEZ – The Dr. John Banks House, which once served as the headquarters of the Natchez NAACP, will be the first site ... -
Microsoft’s Bing Censors China Searches in North America, Report Says
Microsoft apparently censors autofill suggestions for searches on certain Chinese politicians and political events in North America, according to a report by The Citizen Lab published ... -
Is the United States ready to intensify technological competition with China?
In a major speech last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken explained the Biden administration’s emerging China policy. During the remarks, Blinken explained how US policy ... -
Buy them now to achieve financial freedom: Gnox Token (GNOX), Ethereum (ETH) and Cardano (ADA)
Many people have embraced investing as a tool for financial freedom, and with increased access to technology, the crypto market represents an important step towards democratizing ... -
Heinous Western Lies About Xinjiang
A girl plays with birds at an amusement park in Urumqi, capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at 7:20 p.m. on Dec. 21, 2021. ... -
The IAB condemns human rights and censorship in Nicaragua
WASHINGTON-The IAB held its 48th General Assembly at NAB’s new headquarters in Washington, May 23-26, with delegations representing 16 countries from the Three Americas. The IAB ... -
Several Republicans change their minds to ban assault rifles
For decades, after mass shootings, the right has been saying nothing needs to be done about gun control and most maintain that position even after last ...
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