Tag: censorship
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New World Next Week: Episode120 – Commander Kim, Riot TV, Dark Knight Politics
Story #1: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Rivals Father, Grandfather With Growing List Of Titles // Story #2: Court Order Prevents BBC From Broadcasting Film About Riots // Story #3: Is ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ A Political Flick?
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Google’s ‘Chairman’ Predicts End Of China’s Firewall
from pcmag.com: Following Google’s high-profile spat with China over censorship in 2010, the company has been mostly candid about its disagreements with the country’s Internet policies. However, those comments have usually been tempered by the silent understanding that China must be dealt with in some fashion. But in a new interview, Google executive chairman Eric…
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Media/Memes: Twilight Time
Can You Answer 25 Difficult Questions The Mainstream Media Refuses To?* House Republicans Reject FCC Rule to Force TV Stations to Publish Who Paid for Political Ads* Video: The arrogance and failure of news media* Boy Has Seizure Over Gory Scene in Prometheus* Gory Prometheus Scene Gives Young Boy A Seizure* Blade Runner: 30 Years…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode110 – DHS Hacks Xbox, Sibel Ungagged, Knockout Gas
Story #1: DHS/Navy Award Contract to Hack Gaming Systems // Story #2: FBI Efforts Keep Whistleblower’s Book Unpublished // Story #3: Future Riots ‘May Be’ Controlled With Chemicals
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#MediaMemes: Hunger Game, Throne Change
Will You Survive the ‘Hunger Games’? // HBO’s ‘Luck’ canceled after 3rd horse dies // Jay-Z & Kanye West Settle Copyright Infringement Lawsuit // #Kony2012 Director Jason Russell Arrested for Allegedly Drunkenly Masturbating in Public // George Clooney arrested during protest at Sudan Embassy in DC*
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2/9 Pop Occulture: Contraceptive, Content, Crowned King
Contraception controversy consumes D.C., campaign // Google, Facebook pull content Indian courts say offensive // St. Cloud AK-47 attacker loved Satan // Abel Ferrara’s new film ‘4:44 Last Day on Earth’
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Corbett Report: Episode216 – Who’s Gaming Who
Science-fiction fantasy is becoming mundane reality and video games are increasingly merging with 21st century combat. The DoD recruits youth through traveling arcade exhibitions and new recruits are just as likely to end up behind a keyboard as behind enemy lines.
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SOPA Is Back As Websites Go Black
A mere 4 days after announcing he was dropping the DNS blocking provisions of the bill and putting it on the shelf until a ‘consensus’ was reached, Representative Lamar Smith has brought SOPA back out to play, and just in time for the January 18th SOPA blackouts.
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Missouri Public Library Blocks Websites About ‘Occult’ Spirituality
The Salem Public Library in Missouri along with its board of trustees face a lawsuit for blocking access to websites discussing indigenous American spirituality and the Wiccan faith.
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CNN drops news feed on anti-war soldier supporting Ron Paul
Here’s an interesting view from a uniformed soldier that you generally wouldn’t hear on the lame stream news. “Well, I think it would be even more dangerous to start nit-picking wars with other countries… Someone like Iran… Israel is more than capable…”
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aclu tackles the ‘occult’ category in internet filtering software
from patheos.com: ACLU announced that it has filed a lawsuit against a library in Salem, Missouri (download the full complaint) for using Internet filtering software that blocks websites pertaining to Wicca and Native American religions. As Ars Technica notes, sites blocked by the library’s software include Wikipedia’s page on Wicca, but not Christian-run pages that…
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#sopa: how to stop the ‘stop online piracy act’
from brasschecktv.com: If passed, the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, will ban the very architecture of the Internet and turn the Internet into basically another form of television. The Internet is interactive. It is infinitely searchable with links that connect the free flow of information and ideas to a system that can be navigated.…
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media/memes: megaupload, golden globes, mythbusters
the megaupload song: pop star contract proves youtube takedown bogus* video satire: pop star’s single, ‘booty wave’, most likely civilization’s downfall* full list of golden globe nominees* video: woody allen gets best director golden globe nomination for ‘midnight in paris’* say it ain’t so, joe: ‘fear factor’ makes disgusting return to nbc* stray ‘mythbusters’ cannonball…
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wyden wants answers from dhs over domain name seizures
from threat level: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) said Friday he would demand answers from the Department of Homeland Security about its domain seizure program known as Operation in Our Sites after it was revealed that the government kept a hip-hop music review site’s name for a year without affording the owner a chance to challenge…
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On ‘The Bob Tuskin Show’ – Dec7
On the first Wednesday of every month, Media Monarchy joins Bob Tuskin on Oracle Broadcasting for a rundown on some of the most important moves on the grand chessboard. This month we focus on some of the most censored stories of 2011 + anniversaries, announcements, assassinations & more…