Net neutrality and the extinction of journalism
…people online—while independent blogs like Daily Kos, nonprofits, small businesses and any website that can’t afford it will be left out in the cold. The FCC will consider this ‘pay-to-play’ rule…
…people online—while independent blogs like Daily Kos, nonprofits, small businesses and any website that can’t afford it will be left out in the cold. The FCC will consider this ‘pay-to-play’ rule…
Racist violence targeting minority groups in the United Kingdom has entered its second week, in the worst outbreak of civil disorder the country has seen in more than a decade….
…hear this gunfire they will stop then. But that didn’t help us. Nothing like that helped us. (Online at Peace, Earth & Justice News) Buffalo-based columnist Michael I. Niman notes…
Courts in China’s far western Xinjiang province on June 20 sentenced 11 ethnic Uighurs to up to six years in prison for promoting extremism. Eight of those convicted came from the old…
…Author of the “Strecker Memorandum,” a video peddled online that cited government documents and medical literature to connect AIDS to infected smallpox and hepatitis vaccines administered in Africa and the…
An appeals court in the Algerian city of Setif on Sept. 6 upheld the conviction of Slimane Bouhafs, a man the court says slandered Islam and the Prophet Muhammed. Bouhaf’s lawyer claims…
…is hardly the first instance of ANSWER covergence with white supremacists. Bill Weinberg Assad-Putin online propaganda: house of mirrors Dig how far down the rabbit hole we are… Snopes notes…
…CounterVortex An in-depth exploration of the CodePink-Sinhgam controversy… …is online at China Media Project. CounterVortex Podcast transcript: against the ‘red-baiting’ calumny Transcript from CounterVortex podcast of Aug. 26: I must…
…the “Hunayn Revolution”—after a 630 CE battle in which the Prophet Mohammed defeated a Bedouin army. (The Independent, March 5; AFP, March 4; Middle East Online, March 3) Also March…
…with two more killed by a hand grenade in Tae. Street clashes were also reported from Sanaa, the capital. (Middle East Online, Middle East Online, Feb. 18) In Amman, Jordan,…
…responsibility.” (Middle East Online, Hurriyet Daily News, July 15) The news came as Libyan rebels announced that they were advancing on the government-held oil port of Brega, which has repeatedly…
…of these resolutions,” Juppe said. “Having said that, we are prepared to discuss this with our partners.” (NYT, NYT, March 31; AP, Reuters, Reuters, Reuters, PTI, Middle East Online, March…