(Dagny Taggart) Last year, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that it was seeking noninvasive ways “to achieve high levels of brain-system communications without surgery.” The techniques would “allow precise, high-quality connections to specific neurons or groups of neurons.”
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Monsanto Faces More Than 13,000 Plaintiffs Amid Calls In Europe They Kept Dossiers On Influential People Both Pro And Anti Pesticide, Rigged Studies
(Aaron Kesel) Last week Activist Post reported that Monsanto had kept dossiers on influential people throughout France and other European countries. This week, it was revealed that the German chemical and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer disclosed that Monsanto, the controversial U.S. pesticide producer behind genetically modified organisms (GMOs) involved in more than 13,000 plaintiffs lawsuits alleging illness had kept “watch lists” of its opponents including journalists in key EU member states and in EU institutions.
“Research”: The U.S. Navy Wants To Archive 350 Billion Social Media Posts
(Mac Slavo) The United States Navy wants to archive 350 billion social media posts in order to conduct “research.” What exactly does the military want to study? “Modes of collective expression.”
Cash-Strapped Cities Are Turning Citizens Into Ticket Vigilantes
(MassPrivateI) Washington, D.C. plans to join a growing list of cash-strapped cities that turn citizens into ticket vigilantes.
Human Rights Watch Reverse-Engineers Mass Surveillance App used by Police in Xinjiang
(Gennie Gebhart) For years, Xinjiang has been a testbed for the Chinese government’s novel digital and physical surveillance tactics, as well as human rights abuses. But there is still a lot that the international human rights community doesn’t know, especially when it comes to post-2016 Xinjiang.
Government Crackdowns on Social Media Fuel Violence, Studies Show
(Jan Rydzak) In the wake of a series of coordinated attacks that claimed more than 250 lives on April 21, the government of Sri Lanka shut off its residents’ access to social media and online messaging systems, including Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, Snapchat, and Viber. The official government concern was that “false news reports were spreading through social media.”
Chelsea Manning Says She’ll Never Testify Against WikiLeaks, Seeks Release From Jail
(Jason Ditz) Whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been held in detention in Alexandria, VA for the last two months on “contempt” charges for refusing to testify against WikiLeaks. On Monday, her legal team issued a new legal argument seeking release.
Offended By What Someone Said? Now You Can Report Them To Law Enforcement
(Activist Post) Soon free speech will be a thing of the past in paranoid America. DIGIT Lab’s “Hate Incident Reporting” app promises to turn complete strangers into secret, hate speech/bias spies. Watch what you say, because the person sitting next to you could be reporting you to law enforcement.
Bilderberg Elites Planned Free Speech Crackdown Prior to Trump Win, Internet ID Next Step
(Daniel Taylor) In June of 2016, prior to the current social media purge, Bilderberg elites discussed implementing an Internet ID in Dresden, Germany. The Bilderberg group has served as a secretive gathering of world elites for decades. Decisions made at the meetings are often implemented by attendees working to establish a world order.
Media Blackout: U.S. and Iran Tensions Rise — Iran Claims Arrest of 290 CIA Agents; U.S. Sends 2 Aircraft Carriers To Mediterranean; Bolton & Pompeo Issue Threats
(Aaron Kesel) U.S. and Iranian tensions are rising at a rapid rate. National Security Adviser John Bolton has publicly acknowledged deploying the U.S.S Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) region as a “clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force.”
US Police Refuse to Stop Creating Fake Profiles on Facebook
(Derrick Broze) Local, state, and federal law enforcement are refusing to comply with Facebook’s policy against law enforcement creating fake social media accounts.
Independent News Sites SMEARED By ‘Fake News’ List WIN Battle, List is DELETED
(Tim Pool) The latest “fake news” list turned out to be fake news.
CIVIL WAR 2.0 Is OVERDUE According To Strauss-Howe Theory
CIVIL WAR 2.0 Is OVERDUE According To Strauss-Howe Theory
More Creepy Surveillance Capitalism: Kroger and Walgreens Installing Cameras in Stores to Read Shoppers’ Facial Expressions to Sell Them More Stuff
(B.N. Frank)It’s reasonable to expect stores to install security cameras to protect themselves from theft and property damage. But is it reasonable for them to install facial recognition cameras to determine shoppers’ moods to try to sell them more stuff? After all, stores are already able to collect data from shoppers who use store discount cards. Why is it now necessary for them to know how elated we are when we find toilet paper on sale? D’oh! It’s so they can try to sell us more stuff.
Assange Sentenced to 50 Weeks in UK Prison for Bogus Bail Charge
(Caitlin Johnstone) Following seven years of imprisonment at the Ecuadorian embassy fighting US extradition, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks behind bars for an entirely bogus bail charge.