Ukraine’s Banning of Russian Media Apps is a Desperate Infringement of Free Speech

Ukraine’s Banning of Russian Media Apps is a Desperate Infringement of Free Speech

Ukraine’s Banning Of Russian Media Apps Is A Desperate Infringement Of Free Speech Ukraine’s demand that Apple ban several Russian media apps from that national segment of its online store is a desperate infringement of free speech which shows both how insecure Kiev’s leadership is of its people having access to alternative information as well…

Good Riddance: Facebook Threats and News Opportunities

Good Riddance: Facebook Threats and News Opportunities

News and information can only go so far.  Despite the utopian fluffiness about having multiple platforms, the consumers of news want only one thing: the reassurance that their prejudice is secure and their world view left unchallenged.   The reader of Rupert Murdoch’s Sun would dare not venture into the sinned waters of The Guardian.  Those…

How Facebook Threatens Vulnerable Muslim Communities

How Facebook Threatens Vulnerable Muslim Communities

The social media giant Facebook poses an existential threat to vulnerable Muslim communities. This assessment is based on how Facebook has failed to prevent its platform from being used to incite mob violence against adherents of the Islamic faith. Palestinian and Kashmiri human rights activists have long complained of having their accounts suspended or permanently deleted after posting…

Facebook Hires an Israeli Censor

Facebook Hires an Israeli Censor

Israel’s defenders both in the political realm and in the media have long used every weapon available to stifle any criticism of Israeli racism and its oppression of the Palestinians. In particular, the use of “anti-Semitism” as something like a tactical discussion stopper in deliberations about the Middle East has long been a staple of…

Managing the Narrative – Corporations and Government Use Internet to Control Information

Managing the Narrative – Corporations and Government Use Internet to Control Information

Some Americans continue to believe that when they go to the internet they will get a free flow of useful information that will guide them in making decisions or coming to conclusions about the state of the world. That conceit might have been true to an extent twenty years ago, but the growth and consolidation…