Facebook Zero And The “People’s Receiver”

Just as people fought hard to upend the Nazi propaganda machine during World War II, people today are and must continue to confront, undermine, and eventually displace Facebook’s monopoly over modern day communication.

Tony Cartalucci
Por Tony Cartalucci
The cover to Norway's largest circulation newspaper, Aftenposten, displayed in Oslo Friday Sept. 9, 2016. Editor-in-chief and CEO, Espen Egil Hansen, wrote an open letter to founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, accusing him of threatening the freedom of speech and abusing power after deleting the iconic picture from the Vietnam war, taken by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut, of a young girl running from a napalm attack. The Pulitzer Prize-winning image by Nick Ut is at the center of a heated debate about freedom of speech in Norway after Facebook deleted it from a Norwegian author's page.

All of Germany hears the Führer with the People’s Receiver,” reads a World War II propaganda poster. It was advertising the Volksempfänger – or, the People’s Receiver – described by the US Holocaust Museum which contains one of the radios in its collection in Washington D.C. as: Goebbels’s ministry recognized the tremendous promise of radio for

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Federal Courts Favor Telecom Giants, Strike Down Municipal Broadband

‘Industry-backed state laws to block municipal broadband only exist because pliant legislators are listening to their Big Cable and Big Telecom paymasters’

Andrea Germanos
Por Andrea Germanos

A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) effort to expand municipal broadband. Reuters described the decision as "a win for private-sector providers of broadband internet and a setback for FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler." For his part, Wheeler, who had promoted the policy,said the decision

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French Telecom Company Apologizes, Changes Course On Israel Boycott After Meeting With Netanyahu

Richard’s previous comments appeared to give a boost to the boycott campaign that seeks to isolate Israel. He said last week in Cairo that he would end his company’s relationship with Partner Communications Ltd. «tomorrow» if he could, but that he was bound by a contract for the time being.

Associated Press
Por Associated Press

JERUSALEM — The chief executive of French telecom giant Orange SA apologized to Israel's prime minister on Friday for his recent comments on pulling out of Israel, saying he opposes the boycott movement against the Jewish state and will continue to invest in it. CEO Stephane Richard stoked anger in Israel last week after announcing he wanted to

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