Showing posts with label domestic surveillance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label domestic surveillance. Show all posts

Thursday, July 15, 2021

#USA: Plans To Combat Covid Vax "Misinformation" Include "Fact-Checking" Text Messages

[world politics news]


The White House is preparing to characterize “conservative opponents of its Covid-19 vaccine campaign as dangerous and extreme," reports Politico. The plan includes the possibility of "fact checking" personal text messages the government deem to be "misinformation.,"

The decision to ramp up the information war against vaccine skeptics was made after conservatives showed resistance to the Biden administration’s plan to go “door-to-door” to increase vaccination rates.

“Biden allied groups, including the Democratic National Committee, are also planning to engage fact-checkers more aggressively and work with SMS carriers to dispel misinformation about vaccines that is sent over social media and text messages,” states the report.

The report will be seen as a chilling and dystopian government response by civil rights groups and conservatives alike.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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Monday, May 18, 2015

#MACEDONIA: Thousands Demand PM Resign After Mass Wiretap Revelations

[world politics news]


Thousands gathered in Macedonia's capital, Skopje, to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski Sunday, after the release of wiretapped conversations of more than 20,000 Macedonians. They hint at government corruption, including mismanagement of funds, spurious criminal prosecutions of opponents and even attempted cover-ups of killings.

Monday, August 19, 2013