Egypt bans YouTube as ‘Brotherhood tries to restore autocratic rule’ [video]
Russia Today
February 9, 2013
Thousands of people, armed with stones and petrol bombs, have been unleashing their anger against Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. The political turmoil has also been fueled by the authorities’ decision to block the video-sharing website YouTube, for a month, for hosting a controversial anti-Islam film. Egyptian journalist and blogger Wael Eskandar says nothing’s changed since the revolution which overthrew the autocratic rule of President Mubarak two years ago. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/ql1yyb
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Aaron Swartz – Demand Progress! [video]
Press For Truth
January 14, 2013
Aaron Swartz was considered by many to be a computer prodigy and online activist who sought to maintain a free and open internet. He was instrumental in launching the initiative to block SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act) and he was very outspoken about a number of controversial political issues. In the wake of his untimely death we must remember the example that he set and we must continue what he started by doing everything in our power to maintain a free and open internet.
Obama’s ‘kill list’ critic found dead in New York City:
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Aaron Swartz keynote – “How we stopped SOPA”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgh2dFngFsg
Aaron Swartz – The Network Transformation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzNXDdjtXQI
Demand Progress:
http://demandprogress.org/
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Reddit Co-Founder Aaron Swartz ‘Suicided’? [video]
The Truther Girls
January 16, 2013
Reddit co-founder and co-creator of RSS feed Aaron Swartz died two days ago at the age of 26. The official cause was suicide, but is there more to the story? History shows us that dozens of activists and scientists whose deaths have been attributed to suicide have died under highly suspicious circumstances. This includes Rik Clay, Andrew Breitbart, Hunter S Thompson, many other politicians and activists and about 100 scientists, especially microbiologists.
http://www.naturalnews.com/038650_Aaron_Swartz_suicide_assassination.html
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1314645–reddit-co-founder-aaron-sw…
https://cannabis.community.forums.ozstoners.com/topic/22512-rik-clay-age-26-c…
http://www.theultimateconspiracyguide.com/rik-clay-2012-exposed.html
http://www.saveamericafoundation.com/2012/04/29/what-or-who-killed-andrew-bre…
http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/now-a-witness-to-breitbarts-death-disappears/
http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/andrew-breitbarts-coroner-d…
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2005/020305storychanges.htm
http://rense.com/general62/list.htm
Jailed for Tweet: Activist given 2 yrs for ‘criticizing’ Kuwait ruler [video]
Russia Today
January 8, 2013
A Kuwaiti court has sentenced a youth activist for allegedly defaming the country’s ruling emir on Twitter. The opposition tweeter is the second person to fall foul of a recent government crackdown on social networking sites in Kuwait. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/6siif3
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Pakistan blocks YouTube once again [video]
PressTV
January 1, 2013
After almost three months, the YouTube has finally been reopened in Pakistan. But its reopening did not last for a long time. Pakistan Tele-Communication Authority, the official internet regulator, has once again ordered the internet service providers all over the country to block the YouTube.
What has now triggered the new blockage of YouTube is said to be the technical failure by Pakistan’s official filtering system to block the anti-Islam movie that was produced in the United States.
That controversial video caused widespread protests across Pakistan and led to the death of over two dozen people. But critics say this so-called official technical error may not be free of political motives.
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Blogger James MacArthur Denied Bail, Facing Multiple Assault Charges for “Threatening” Tweets
By JG Vibes
theintelhub.com
December 29, 2012
Blogger James MacArthur of the “Baltimore Spectator” has been denied bail again, and could now be facing new assault charges for tweets that he made which were allegedly “threatening to police”. Apparently now tweeting can legally amount to assault.
All month theintelhub.com has been doing a series of exclusive reports on the story of Frank James MacArthur, founder of the “Baltimore Spectator” activist blog and radio show.
After years of exposing crooked cops and politicians in his community, MacArthur became a target for police aggression, even more so recently because he was beginning to publicize information that would cost a few people high up in local government their jobs and reputations.
In early December, MacArthur was the victim of an elaborate kidnapping where dozens of armed SWAT team members were sent by the state to coax him out of his house and snatch him up so he could be taken to the Baltimore City dungeons, where he remains today.
Today the Baltimore Sun reported that:
“A Baltimore circuit judge denied another bail request Friday for the blogger who held a publicized standoff with city police this month that was broadcast live to thousands of listeners. Judge Lynn K. Stewart said Frank James MacArthur, also known locally as the Baltimore Spectator, posed a continuing threat to public safety and should remain jailed without bail.
It was the third time that MacArthur, 37, who lives in the Waverly neighborhood, has been denied bail. MacArthur’s attorney, Jill P. Carter, called the revocation a knee-jerk overreaction when many other suspects facing similar charges are often offered bail. MacArthur faces two weapons charges: illegal possession of a firearm and possessing an unregistered shotgun. He has no felony convictions, Carter pointed out.”
Carter, his attorney, said that “It’s a charge that doesn’t warrant his being held without bail. His history doesn’t indicate he’s a threat to public safety.”
In addition to the phoney gun charges that have already been thrown against him, prosecutors are also now talking about bringing up assault charges over tweets made during and prior to the standoff which were apparently “threatening to police”.
The article goes on to say that:
“Prosecutors said in court Friday that they plan to file second-degree assault charges against MacArthur for the alleged threats he made against officers attempting to execute an arrest warrant on Dec. 1. Mark Cheshire, a spokesman for the state’s attorney’s office, said later that the number of charges will correlate with the number of officers MacArthur allegedly threatened; prosecutors did not have a specific number Friday.”
It is obvious that he has been targeted because of his activism and his outspoken attitude towards authority.
He has been relentless on issues of police brutality and legal oppression, and has probobly been an annoyance to the department for years.
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Exclusive Facebook Censorship Interview About Recent Account Removals [audio]
[Potent News Editor’s note: Around a month ago I had 2 weeks’ worth of my posts on the Potent News facebook page deleted (no idea why). However, even weeks before that I had already lost the ability to send out friend requests on facebook (people can send me requests and I can accept them, but I can’t send any out myself), and at the same time I had lost the ability to like/share anything, the ability to respond to anything on any wall and also, my chatting became limited to that little chat window on the bottom right. It won’t let me send message unless I’m using that stupid small chat window. You know the one. At the time that they did all this and rendered me almost completely useless on facebook the excuse they gave was they said I violated their community guidelines or some crap like that, and they claimed I was “spamming” although I never spammed anyone. That said, I saw this kind of censorship coming and this is one of the reasons I avoided facebook for several years.
UPDATE from PN: It seems that no more than 24 hours after publishing the previous paragraph detailing the limitations facebook had imposed on me ALL those limitations have been lifted… I forgot to mention that when I was initially blocked from all those features they said the ban would be lifted after 30 days, however they seem to have taken almost 60 days to do that.]
By JG Vibes
theintelhub.com
December 28, 2012
Facebook has become more and more of a problem for activists over the years, between charging for views and random account cancellations it has become increasingly difficult to get the message out through this medium. This week Facebook suspended the accounts of hundreds of prominent activists over a “terms of service” violation that stemmed from a profile that all of these people act as administrators for.
To get to the bottom of this censorshop, Bob Tuskin conducted and interview with Justin Wallis , the creator of the “Infowar social networking group”. In this interview some background information is given on this mass blocking and we learn of the specific post that led to this censorship.
Some activists have had their pages reinstated, while others are still suspended. The following post was made to the facebook page, in hopes of gathering support to have those remaining pages reinstated:
“Just over 24 hrs. ago, the over 100 Admins that have run this page were all “mass blocked”
Facebook informed us it was because of an image which was posted here that they deemed “inappropriate” for their site.
In an unprecedented move, instead of blocking the poster(as was the norm up until yesterday)they blocked EVERYONE.
Please help us all to get our profiles unblocked by following the instructions below. We also request that this link be shared everywhere! Thank you all!
Instructions for lodging a complaint to Facebook on behalf of over 100 Admins of the Infowars Social Networking Coalition group:
Feedback link: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=354963731183415
Fill out the feedback info as follows:
-Click “negative”
-Add the link to the group: http://www.facebook.com/InfowarSocialNetworkingCoalition
-Add the feedback text:
The “negative” feedback is for you, Facebook, and not the page in question.
I am complaining to you, Facebook, on behalf of over 100 admins at the Infowars Social Networking Coalition page.
One of the admins there recently posted an image which was deemed “inappropriate” by your standards.
After this incident, you have blocked all the admins of this group(over 100) for 30 days.
They can’t post anything, anywhere. Not on their own wall, not in this group, and not on any other groups which they might admin.
We find this a bit extreme on your part, to punish over 100 people for the actions of one?
We request that all of the admins which didn’t post this image have their accounts unblocked immediately.
Thank you.
While it is impossible at this point to tell for certain how and why this went down the way it did, it seems apparent that this is a case of over sensitive algorithms and a very loose banning policy that could honestly effect anyone, especially those of you who find yourself on pages such as this.
PN 