Far more consequential than overt censorship of individuals is censorship by algorithm. No individual being silenced does as much real-world damage to free expression and free thought as the way ideas and information which aren't authorized by the powerful are being actively hidden from public view, while material which serves the interests of the powerful is the first thing they see in their search results. It ensures that public consciousness remains chained to the establishment narrative matrix. 

It doesn't matter that you have free speech if nobody ever hears you speak. Even in the most overtly totalitarian regimes on earth you can say whatever you want alone in a soundproof room.

That's the biggest loophole the so-called free democracies of the western world have found in their quest to regulate online speech. By allowing these monopolistic megacorporations to become the sources everyone goes to for information (and even actively helping them along that path as in for example Google's research grants from the CIA and NSA), it's possible to tweak algorithms in such a way that dissident information exists online, but nobody ever sees it.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Censorship By Algorithm Does Far More Damage Than Conventional Censorship

The Joe Rogan/Spotify controversy is still going on and has only gotten more vitriolic and intense. Claims that Spotify must walk away from its $200 million contract with the world's most popular podcaster for promoting vaccine misinformation have sparked a lot of debates about freedom of speech, online censorship, what exactly those terms mean, and whether they can be correctly applied to the practice of Silicon Valley deplatforming.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Let's Back Up A Sec And Ask Why Free Speech Actually Matters

So this is just a quick, friendly reminder while all this Ukraine stuff is happening that the burden of proof is always on the party making the claim, and that any claim that has been presented without evidence may be dismissed without evidence. This applies to individuals, and it most certainly applies to untrustworthy governments as well.

Reading by Tim Foley.

What Has Been Asserted Without Evidence May Be Dismissed Without Evidence

Fucking ridiculous that it's 2022 and it's still a shocking and controversial position to say your government and media are lying to you about a fucking war.

You know you're living under an empire with the most sophisticated propaganda machine that's ever existed when it can lie about literally every war it's ever been involved in and then when you say they're lying about the latest war people still act like you're a paranoid lunatic.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Sure, Ukraine Is The First War The US Hasn't Lied About

This week on the global Research News Hour, we will explore the realities of fake news and distorted coverage of the war in Ukraine coming not from Russia but From Ukraine and the NATO side.
We’ll start with a review by Independent journalist Max Blumenthal of TheGrayZone.com We will next here from Yves Engler about some of the lies and underhandedness on the part of the Canadian government. And in our final few minutes we will be joined by Winnipeg Peace activist Glenn Michalchuk about the alterations if any to his group’s campaign for veering away from militarism in Ukraine after 4 weeks  of  a Russian-led incursion into the country.

Ukraine: Countering the Spin on “Russian aggression”

This week, on the Global Research News Hour, with the imminent shortage of world supplies of fossil fuels due to sanctions against Russia which includes its energy exports, we take a close look at how economies and even whole societies in the US and Europe could be disrupted by sudden price increases and even shortages of this vital resource. IN our first half hour, we speak to Earth Scientist David Hughes about his latest study on the Shale reality in the US and what it suggests about the future of natural gas supplies to Europe to replace Russian shortages. Then we get hold of the author of the book The Long emergency James Howard Kunstler to talk more broadly about the immediate reality of peak oil and gas, and how it would play out in our lives. He also touches on COVID19 and the compromised presidency of Joe Biden

Suddenly, Peak Oil and Gas! The Cataclysmic Result of Sanctions against Russia

Joe Biden doing a live infomercial for Javelin missiles while everyone who voted for him worries about women's reproductive rights is the most Joe Biden thing that has ever happened.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The Most Joe Biden Thing Ever

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Stories In Trance return for 2022 with this superb new release from Vince Schuld! This is SIT 179 - the two track single Summit Pass, including the Original and Matt Mancid remix. Released On Friday 19th August 2022.

Summit Pass

SIT 179 Vince Schuld - Summit Pass (Matt Mancid Remix)

Meu cover de Mon Soleil, da Ashley Park, para a série Emily in Paris. Gravado com meu celular S20FE.

Mon Soleil - Ashley Park (Cover)

Readings of all Caitlin Johnstone's articles, usually by her co-writer Tim Foley.

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