The Globalists don’t want you to know the other side of the story; ‘our side is all you’re getting’
by Caitlin Johnstone
“I’m concerned about Russian disinformation spreading online, so today I wrote to the CEOs of major tech companies to ask them to restrict the spread of Russian propaganda,” US Senator Mark Warner tweeted on Friday.
Since then YouTube has announced that it has suppressed videos by Russian state media channels so that they’ll be seen by fewer people in accordance with its openly acknowledged policy of algorithmically censoring unauthorized content, as well as de-monetizing all such videos on the platform. Google and Facebook/Instagram parent company Meta both banned Russian state media from running ads and monetizing on their platforms in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Twitter announced a pause on ads in both Russia and Ukraine.
“Glad to see action from tech companies to reign in Russian propaganda and disinformation after my letter to their CEOs yesterday,” Warner tweeted on Saturday. “These are important first steps, but I’ll keep pushing for more.”
For years US lawmakers have been using threats of profit-destroying consequences to pressure Silicon Valley companies into limiting online speech in a way that aligns with the interests of Washington, effectively creating a system of government censorship by proxy. It would appear that we’re seeing a new expansion of this phenomenon today.
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“I’m concerned about Russian disinformation spreading online, so today I wrote to the CEOs of major tech companies to ask them to restrict the spread of Russian propaganda,” US Senator Mark Warner tweeted on Friday.
Since then YouTube has announced that it has suppressed videos by Russian state media channels so that they’ll be seen by fewer people in accordance with its openly acknowledged policy of algorithmically censoring unauthorized content, as well as de-monetizing all such videos on the platform. Google and Facebook/Instagram parent company Meta both banned Russian state media from running ads and monetizing on their platforms in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Twitter announced a pause on ads in both Russia and Ukraine.
“Glad to see action from tech companies to reign in Russian propaganda and disinformation after my letter to their CEOs yesterday,” Warner tweeted on Saturday. “These are important first steps, but I’ll keep pushing for more.”
For years US lawmakers have been using threats of profit-destroying consequences to pressure Silicon Valley companies into limiting online speech in a way that aligns with the interests of Washington, effectively creating a system of government censorship by proxy. It would appear that we’re seeing a new expansion of this phenomenon today.
Waikanae Watch 
With Sky NZ taking RT off air, we are now left with the British govt’s propaganda arm, the BBC; the Republican party’s news outlet, Fox channel; the Democrat’s channel of CNN; and also Al Jazeera, owned by the Emir of Qatar. Why not take them all down Sky: they all spew propaganda.
Sky’s censorship of RT is an insult to its subscribers, and is something that happens in totalitarian societies like China and North Korea. By such action it is also apparent that the management of Sky no longer considers NZ to be a democracy.
I don’t recall CNN being suspended when the US invaded Iraq and Libya.
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The standard reaction of thinking people to censorship is “what don’t they want you know?” They don’t hide things for nothing.
At least Americans and Brits have a choice of channels between those who support the ruling establishment and those who don’t. But Jacindaland’s Legacy Media all support her regime. TV1 and TV3 cover much the same items each night, and usually with a ‘hip, hip hooray’ for the government who gives them lots of Taxpayers money for doing so. Prime News is a clone of TV3 News..
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And, here in NZ ………….. this ‘news’ :
“Experts are calling for more regulation online as Kiwis are increasingly anxious about misinformation on the internet.”
“ InternetNZ’s new research shows 66 per cent of New Zealanders — up from 56 per cent last year — are extremely or very concerned information on the internet is misleading or wrong. 58 per cent are also worried about conspiracy theories.”
The entire article at aunties jabcinda’s news outlet –
https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/02/27/experts-want-more-digital-regulation-as-misinformation-grows/
Where are we headed under ‘auntie jab’ ??? One could write a book !!
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