Censurando Palestina: Enjambres de bots israelíes están paralizando las cuentas de Twitter pro-palestinas

Los expertos en derechos digitales dicen que adquirir grandes cantidades de seguidores falsos activa el algoritmo de Twitter y puede llevar a que el gigante tecnológico suspenda su cuenta, censurando efectivamente a los usuarios obligándolos a hacer que sus cuentas sean privadas.

Jessica Buxbaum
Por Jessica Buxbaum
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OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM — On April 29, Inès Abdel Razek woke up to 80 new Twitter followers. “These accounts were following the exact same people that were tweeting about Palestine, but from France or Francophone accounts that work on Palestine,” Razek said of her new followers. The advocacy director of Rābet, the Palestine Institute for

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Elon Musk no es una amenaza para la salud de la sociedad. Todos los multimillonarios son

Los megaricos compran medios de comunicación precisamente porque es más probable que la mentira vuele que la verdad, incluida la mentira de que son invaluables.

Jonathan Cook
Por Jonathan Cook
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SAN FRANCISCO – The most dangerous thing about Elon Musk buying Twitter outright for $44 billion is the rapidly spreading notion that his controlling an influential social media platform is dangerous. It is, but not for any of the reasons his critics assert. The current furor is dangerously misguided for two reasons. First, it assumes that one

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Una zona intelectual de exclusión aérea: la censura en línea de la disidencia en Ucrania se está convirtiendo en la nueva norma

“La censura es el último recurso de los regímenes desesperados e impopulares. Aparece mágicamente para hacer desaparecer una crisis. Consuela a los poderosos con la narrativa que quieren escuchar, una que les transmiten los cortesanos en los medios, las agencias gubernamentales, los grupos de expertos y la academia”. – Chris Coberturas

Alan Macleod
Por Alan Macleod
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA – Google has sent a warning shot across the world, ominously informing media outlets, bloggers, and content creators that it will no longer tolerate certain opinions when it comes to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Earlier this month, Google AdSense sent a message to a myriad of publishers, including MintPress News,

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Chris Hedges: comisarios estadounidenses

Las plataformas de redes sociales están censurando agresivamente a todos los que desafían la narrativa dominante sobre Ucrania, el gobernante Partido Demócrata, las guerras en el Medio Oriente y el estado corporativo.

Chris Hedges
Por Chris Hedges
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PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY (Scheerpost) — The ruling class, made up of the traditional elites that run the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, is employing draconian forms of censorship on its right-wing and left-wing critics in a desperate effort to cling to power. The traditional elites were discredited for pushing through a series of corporate

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ASPI – The Gov’t-Funded Conspiracist Think Tank Now Controlling Your Social Media Feed

That ASPI is now partially in charge of Twitter’s moderation, influencing what hundreds of millions of people see daily, is a grave threat to the free flow of information, as well as to the chances for a peaceful 21st century. 

Alan Macleod
Por Alan Macleod
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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA – Social media giant Twitter raised many eyebrows recently when it announced that it had partnered with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) in its fight against disinformation and fake news. ASPI, Twitter revealed in a blog post, had helped identify thousands of accounts that “amplified Chinese Communist Party

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Twitter elimina QAnon para protegernos de la agitación; Rusia puede eliminar Twitter por la misma razón

Con las empresas estadounidenses de redes sociales cada vez más controladas por el estado de seguridad nacional, Rusia está considerando prohibir Twitter y YouTube.

Alan Macleod
Por Alan Macleod
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter has taken action against the QAnon movement, deleting more than 150,000 accounts that promoted the conspiracy theory. This follows a similar crackdown by YouTube. The impetus for the decision was the storming of the Capitol Building on January 6, led by many adherents who believe Donald Trump was leading a fightback against

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