Turkey’s government has proposed a law aimed at preventing so-called “disinformation” from being spread in both the media and online, but experts fear the new bill could threaten free speech ahead of next year’s elections. The draft bill (pdf) was prepared behind closed doors by the country’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement…
Turkey’s ‘Disinformation’ Law Prompts Fears as ‘Fake News’ Is Punishable With 3-Year Prison Sentence
LIVE NOW: New Report Shows US Government Is Paying Big Tech to Silence Opposition
Watch what you say—U.S. spy services are listening and will strip you of your right to say it. A private-public consortium between Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley is targeting alternative media and dissident voices to silence critics and turn America into a one-party state where opposition is outlawed and the truth is “disinformation.” In this…
New Report Shows US Government Is Paying Big Tech to Silence Opposition
Watch what you say—U.S. spy services are listening and will strip you of your right to say it. A private-public consortium between Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley is targeting alternative media and dissident voices to silence critics and turn America into a one-party state where opposition is outlawed and the truth is “disinformation.” In this…
The Dystopian Vision of the Health-Information Police
September 27, 2022
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Commentary When Assemblymember Evan Low, the principal author of California Assembly Bill 2098, told the California Senate Committee that his bill was “really straightforward, very straightforward,” many of us in the gallery failed to restrain ourselves from expressing our incredulity. He delivered this statement at the conclusion of a hearing that had lasted over an hour, during…
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Exposed for ‘Ministry of Truth’ Dirty Work
September 14, 2022
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Commentary The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is supposed to be a government entity that “works with partners to defend against today’s threats and collaborates to build a more secure and resilient infrastructure for the future.” Lately, however, it has instead been in the business of censoring information on private social media platforms,…
Ottawa Provides Few Details on Plans for ‘New Tools’ to Fight ‘Extremist Ideology’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in late May that “new tools” were needed to combat a host of threats, such as “misinformation,” social media being “weaponized,” and “right-wing terrorism,” but various government departments contacted by The Epoch Times provided few details on what those tools might be. Public Safety mentioned investments in the Communications Security…
Ottawa Launches $2.4 Million Project to Combat ‘Harmful Online Disinformation’
The Canadian government announced another measure on Thursday meant to impact the information space, this time with a $2.4 million investment to counter “harmful online disinformation.” The minister responsible for the file has cited a desire to “have a common set of facts” as part of the motivation behind the new measure. The initiative funded…
The Sovietization of Mentalities
Commentary The West prides itself on having won the Cold War, but in fact a case could be made out that, in a certain respect, the Soviet Union won it. That respect is the Sovietization of mentalities, which is proceeding apace in many institutions, not the least of them the American Medical Association. That august…
Government Expert Panel Suggests Regulating Private Communications Through ‘Online Harms’ Legislation
Many experts on a panel handpicked by the federal government to lay the basis of a future “online harms reduction” bill say that private communications should be included under the framework, a Heritage Canada document indicates. “Some experts highlighted that a lot of times a high level of harmful content, such as terrorist content or…
Government Expert Panel Says Disinformation Can’t Be Defined in Law
The expert panel tasked with advising the federal government on the creation of a new bill to address “online harms” says “disinformation” should be tackled, yet it warns that the phenomena cannot be defined in legislation. In late March, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced that a panel of 12 experts would be holding discussions to…
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