In Blow to Online Privacy EU Seizes on Vienna Attack to Enact Long-Desired Ban on Encryption
By Alan Mcleod The European Union is rushing through new legislation to get rid of end-to-end digital encryption. This would mean the end of privacy…
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What are They Hiding? Human Rights Groups Blocked from Monitoring Julian Assange Trial
By Alan MacLeod The high profile extradition hearing of publisher and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange continued in Central London today. But it did so without…
Cuomo Announces Partnership with Bill Gates to “Revolutionize” NY Schools in Wake of Coronavirus
Op-Ed by Alan MacLeod Taking time off from mismanaging a pandemic and turning lifesaving masks sent from all over the country into an art installation,…
Journalist Abby Martin Sues State of Georgia Over Law Requiring Pledge of Allegiance to Israel
By Alan Macleod After refusing to sign a pledge of allegiance to the state of Israel, the state of Georgia shut down a media literacy…
US Announces Three New Bases in Iraq After Iraqis Demand Full Withdrawal
By Alan Macleod Less than a week after millions of Iraqis took to the streets demanding the U.S. military leave for good, the United States…
Questions Surround Mysterious Plane Crash in Iran That Left 176 Dead
By Alan McLeod Kiev-bound Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran, Iran, early Wednesday morning, killing all 176 passengers and nine…
After 18 Years of US Occupation, Poll Finds Zero Percent of Afghans Thriving, 85 Percent “Suffering”
By Alan Macleod American polling firm Gallup has found that Afghans are the saddest people on earth, finding that nearly nine in ten respondents are…
Bolivia’s Coup Gov’t Targets Alternative Media as Crackdown Turns Increasingly Violent
By Alan McLeod Facing increased resistance to its rule, the new “transition” government of Jeanine Añez in Bolivia has begun to purge and censor potential…
Meet Facebook’s New Propaganda Partners
By Alan Macleod (FAIR) — Media giant Facebook recently announced (Reuters, 9/19/18) it would combat “fake news” by partnering with two propaganda organizations founded and funded by the US government:…