State Department Scrambles To Scuttle $100M Censorship Network Before Trump Takes Office
By Tyler Durden The State Department revealed in a Monday filing that they are “substantially likely” to shut down their $100M Global Engagement Center (GEC),…
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X Sees Return Of Major Advertisers As NewsGuard & “Boycott Cartel” Come Under Fire From FCC
By Tyler Durden While Mark Cuban and other sore losers are leaving X to shout into the void, several major advertisers have returned to the…
The Extremely Profitable Inner Workings of Digital Addiction
By Charles Hugh Smith Turn the crank of social media / search (SM/S) and you get highly profitable Digital Addiction and social destabilization leading to…
Musk’s X Lawsuit Against Media Matters Can Proceed To Trial: Judge
By Tyler Durden A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk’s X against Media Matters can proceed to trial,…
Fascism 2.0 – The Changing Face Of Social-Media Censorship
Authored by Paul Lancefield via Off-Guardian.org, Facebook make only about £34 a year from the average customer in the UK – a little under £3…
GARM ‘Advertising Cartel’ Shuts Down 48 Hours After X, Rumble File Lawsuit
By Tyler Durden 48 hours after X and Rumble filed a lawsuit against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) ‘advertising cartel’ and several members,…
Rumble Joins X In Massive Lawsuit Against ‘Advertising Cartel’
By Tyler Durden Social media platform X has filed a lawsuit against an ‘advertising cartel’ who have colluded to control online speech, as revealed on…
USPS Caught Sharing Customer Addresses With Tech Giants, Including Meta And LinkedIn
By Tyler Durden Ever wonder how sometimes digital ads know what you’re discussing in the privacy of your own home…and even sometimes what you’re thinking? …
Adtech Surveillance and Government Surveillance are Often the Same Surveillance
By Matthew Guariglia In the absence of comprehensive federal privacy legislation in the United States, the targeted advertising industry, fueled by personal information harvested from…
Russell Brand’s Demonetization Is Not a Bug of the Emerging Financial Order, but a Feature
By Jon Miltimore YouTube initiated a ban on commentator Russell Brand on last week that prohibits the celebrity from making money on its platform following…
EU Regulators Seek Breakup Of Google’s Ad Business Over “Illegal” Practices
By Tyler Durden On Wednesday, European Union regulators informed Google that it “breached EU antitrust rules by distorting competition in the advertising technology industry.” Regulators…
To Save the News, We Must Shatter Ad-Tech
By Cory Doctorow The news is in trouble. It’s not just the mass closures of newsrooms – it’s also the physical and ideological attacks on…
Surveillance State: 60% of Americans Think Government Tracks Their Data
By Sophia Naughton Do you ever get that nagging feeling that someone’s watching you? You talk about buying new shoes and the next thing you…
Microsoft Allows “Blacklisted” Conservative Sites Back Into Advertising Program
By Tyler Durden Microsoft has reversed a decision to add negative ad revenue flags for conservative media outlets which were contained on a “disinformation” tracking…