“It doesn’t matter what your politics are. People want friends. People want family. They want strong relationships. Nobody wants to be lonely. And that’s why what I call the “weaponization of loneliness” is so effective.” In this episode I sit down with Stella Morabito, a senior contributor at The Federalist. She’s a former CIA intelligence…
Stella Morabito: Technocratic Totalitarianism, The Impulse to Conform, and AstroTurf Mobs Versus Organic Protest
July 10, 2023
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July 10, 2023
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“It doesn’t matter what your politics are. People want friends. People want family. They want strong relationships. Nobody wants to be lonely. And that’s why what I call the “weaponization of loneliness” is so effective.” In this episode I sit down with Stella Morabito, a senior contributor at The Federalist. She’s a former CIA intelligence…
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox Says He’s Gearing Up to Sue Social Media Companies for Knowingly Harming Kids
July 10, 2023
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Republican Utah governor Spencer Cox said on Sunday that he’s preparing to sue social media companies for causing harm to young children in the state. During an interview with the CBS program “Face The Nation,” on July 9, Mr. Cox said that “when you look at the new research that’s coming out, there’s not just…
Who Cares About Censorship?
Commentary My name is Jeffrey Tucker and it’s my honor to be a daily contributor to Epoch. This is my first newsletter to subscribers. Thank you for being here. In addition to writing here, I serve as president of Brownstone Institute, founded two years ago to confront the crisis of our times. The topic today…
Elon Musk Sues Wachtell Law Firm to Recoup Fees From Twitter Buyout
July 8, 2023
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Elon Musk has sued the elite law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to recover most of a $90 million fee it received from Twitter for defeating his bid to walk away from his $44 billion buyout of the social media company. The complaint by Mr. Musk’s X Corp., which owns Twitter, was filed on…
House Oversight Committee Requests Briefing From Secret Service After Cocaine Incident at White House
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee is now probing the cocaine found at the White House. We have updates about the investigation and the latest White House response. The Biden administration is taking aim at non-Obamacare insurance options. What did President Joe Biden announce, and how could it affect Americans? A new social media platform by Mark…
Google Will Record Everything Users Post Online to Train Its AI Products
July 7, 2023
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Google will record everything people post online in order to train its artificial intelligence products. On July 1, Google amended its privacy policy to allow it to scrape comments that posters put on the internet, to help it to hone its AI tools. The tech company’s plan to harvest and harness online public data is…
Twitter Threatens Legal Action Against Meta Over Rival Threads App
July 7, 2023
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Lawyers for Elon Musk have threatened to take legal action against Meta Platforms after the Mark Zuckerberg-owned company this week unveiled a microblogging platform rivaling Twitter called Threads. In a July 5 letter (pdf) addressed to Mr. Zuckerberg, Mr. Musk’s attorney Alex Spiro wrote that Twitter has “serious concerns” that Meta has engaged in “systematic, willful, and…
‘Pretty Stupid’: Obama AG Criticizes Court Ban on Biden Admin’s Censorship-By-Proxy Scheme
July 6, 2023
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Eric Holder, who served as attorney general under President Barack Obama, has issued a scathing rebuke of a landmark court decision that blocks the Biden administration from pressuring social media companies to censor free speech. “Well this is pretty stupid. And potentially dangerous,” Mr. Holder said in a tweet, commenting on a court injunction issued…
Meta Launches ‘Threads’: App Won’t Let You Delete Account Unless You Also Delete Instagram
Meta’s newly launched Twitter rival, “Threads,” is facing criticism from users due to the app’s restrictions on deleting accounts. “You may deactivate your Threads profile at any time, but your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account,” says the app’s supplemental privacy policy. To create a Threads account, users have to…
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