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The French Schoolteacher Terrorist Attack Raises Questions About Self-Censorship

October 25, 2020

The terrorist attack that was committed by a religious extremist against a French schoolteacher who showed his students cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad as part of a free speech lesson raises que…

Battlefield Social Media: The West’s Growing Censorship

October 13, 2020

Opinion

Censorship in the West flourishes as tech giants turn social media back into traditional programmed media. The United States, United Kingdom and the European Union are fond of passing judgement on nat…

Why is the World Going to Hell?

October 7, 2020

Opinion

If you’re wondering what the hell is going on right now – the “Why is the world turning to shit?” thought – you may find Netflix’s new documentary The Social Dilemma a good starting point for clarifyi…

Is Social Media like a Weapon of Mass Destruction?

September 28, 2020

Opinion

A few days ago John Hyten, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, declared that a cyber attack that has “a significant impact” on the United States or “significantly affects the world” can be…

The Truth About Indian Media’s Anti-Chinese Hybrid War Claims

September 16, 2020

Opinion

I'm uniquely qualified to speak on the topic of Hybrid Warfare since my 2015 book on the topic, “Hybrid Wars: The Indirect Adaptive Approach To Regime Change”, was cited twice by the NATO Defense Coll…

The US and Britain Building up Infowar via Social Media

July 21, 2020

Opinion

Social media has gone viral on the Internet over recent years, not just because it is a convenient software tool for communication but since it also provides an opportunity for social grouping and int…

Turkey Decides to Fight against Social Media

July 20, 2020

Opinion

Today, hardly anyone would argue that social media controlled by the US and its Western allies like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc., are becoming increasingly active in the internal life of many co…

Social Media’s Plantation of the Mind

June 2, 2020

Opinion

I've been discussing the neocolonial-plantation structure of the U.S. economy since 2008, and now this model has reached perfection in social media's Plantation of the Mind. Once you're firmly en…