Max Blumenthal: Scaremongering Over Russia And China Is Being Exploited To Silence Dissent On Social Media

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Part 1: Facebook Purge of Alternative Media Is ‘Just the Beginning,’ Boasts DC Neocon Operative

TheRealNews on Oct 26, 2018

As Facebook and Twitter are purging alternative media outlets, a neoconservative operative at a US government-funded think tank says more censorship is on its way. Max Blumenthal and Jeb Sprague discuss how scaremongering over Russia and China is being exploited to silence dissent on social media.

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Part 2: US Gov.-Funded Groups Push to Censor Social Media, Using Russia and China as Bogeymen

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See also:

Facebook Censorship of Alternative Media “Just the Beginning,” Says Top Neocon Insider by Max Blumenthal and Jeb Sprague

from the archives:

Chris Hedges: Wikipedia: A Tool Of The Ruling Elite

Max Blumenthal: Social Media Purge Silences Alternative Media Outlets

Chris Hedges: Late Stage Capitalism Is Killing America, Parts 1-3

Matt Taibbi: They are Essentially Controlling the Flow of Information

Max Blumenthal on the Merger of the National Security State and Silicon Valley + Russiagate Frenzy Targets Leftist Sites + US Policy Toward Global Internet Governance Is Misguided

Chris Hedges and Barrett Brown: The War on Journalism, WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and Others

Stephen F. Cohen: The Russia “National Security Crisis” is a U.S. Creation + Debunking the Putin Panic + Trump: A Symptom of a System in Decay

Paul Street, Glen Ford, Chris Hedges, Bruce Dixon: Imagining an Authentic 21st Century U.S. Left (Left Forum 2018) (Both Hedges (46:24) and Dixon (1:05:04) mention the current censorship in their talks on this video.)

Chris Hedges and David North: Organizing Resistance To Internet Censorship

Censorship: The Death Knell of Democracy

Chris Hedges and Robert Scheer: The Silencing of the Left

Chris Hedges and Abby Martin: What Is The Purpose Of The Intelligence Report?

Pieces of Truth Forged Into Daggers of Deception + ‘Fake News’ Covers Up Domestic Propaganda Law