> > *This is the sort of thing that, once upon a time, would have been developed by the left; * *but now that censorship is largely driven or demanded by "the left" (along with mammoth * *corporate interests, and the state), Winston84 comes from the right.*
*Whatever. It's a good and necessary resource, whoever developed it.* > > > > Announcing Winston84: > A Directory to Suppressed Content > > *In previous reports on internet censorship, we received numerous comments > and emails expressing a need for a directory such as Winston84. Here it is.* > > By Edward Ring > [image: Announcing Winston84: A Directory to Suppressed Content] > October 24, 2020 > . > > *“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all > records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became > truth.”* > *— Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four* > > *This week the Center for American Greatness is pleased to announce a new > resource for lovers of the First Amendment. A searchable > directory—Winston84 > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=32f27ed1b3&e=1cf8230207>—to > online content that has been censored.* > > The phenomenon of online censorship, which has steadily increased over the > past few years, hardly requires explanation. Beginning in earnest in 2016, > the censorship disproportionately impacts conservatives and nationalists, > who find their social media content “shadowbanned,” “deboosted,” “throttled > down,” “demonetized,” or, in the ultimate (and very common) sanction, > “deplatformed.” All too often, these content providers even have their > websites taken down by their ISP providers, and their online fundraising > accounts terminated. > > For those of us paying attention, these attacks by online communications > monopolies have been unrelenting, but the censorship has reached new > extremes. Last week, Twitter made it impossible to post a link to an > article > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=63302c7e36&e=1cf8230207> > about > content potentially embarrassing to candidate Joe Biden, published by one > of the oldest newspapers in America. Meanwhile, Facebook and Twitter have > now censored social media accounts > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=e4cd679596&e=1cf8230207> > belonging > to the Trump reelection campaign 65 times. > > The recent wave of censorship goes well beyond presidential politics. > > In just the last two weeks, YouTube, following similar actions by Facebook > and Twitter, deleted more than 30 channels with significant audiences which > they identified as posting “Qanon conspiracy theories > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=aee0912849&e=1cf8230207>,” > along with countless smaller channels. But the real threat posed by the Q > collective is not just its most sensational and controversial topics, but > rather the *relentless uncovering of government corruption by thousands > of online sleuths*. The suppression of Q is one of the most ominous > displays of censorship in our time. > > Over the summer, we saw blatant censorship of doctors who merely advocated > more research and access to hydroxychloroquine as a preventive and > early-stage treatment for COVID-19. Does HCQ work in certain cases? We > still don’t know. But censoring public debate on this question is *wrong*. > > For example, a video featuring emergency room doctors who offered a > dissident opinion from mainstream media and big pharma got over 17 million > views within a matter of hours, before Facebook pulled it from its > platform. President Trump’s retweet of this video was taken down by > Twitter, along with those of other high-profile Americans, including Donald > Trump, Jr. > > Describing these events, one of America’s last remaining unmuzzled > mainstream dissidents, Tucker Carlson, had this to say > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=77df25729d&e=1cf8230207> > on > July 29: *“While the rest of us were sleeping, or in the case of so many > of our senators, taking money from Google, a tiny number of left-wing > corporations took virtually complete control of all news and information in > this country.”* > > Carlson is right, and this is a problem of historic scope. In America > today, when content disappears from the major social media > platforms—Facebook, Twitter, YouTube—a huge percentage of Americans, 50 > percent or more, will never see it. > > This is information warfare, and First Amendment advocates are in a race > against evolving AI programs wielded by communications monopolies. People > can share links to suppressed content. If the links are blocked, they can > put the links into a different article, and share the link to that article. > If deep links are banned, they can cut and paste the text into a new > article. If text strings are banned, they can avoid using keywords. The > truth is like water, and the internet is a river. > > Very encouraging is that while alternative platforms have not yet found > the audience that the monopoly platforms offer, they are growing in number > and popularity. BitChute > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=789d7754e7&e=1cf8230207> > . Gab > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=a5ea641ea2&e=1cf8230207> > . Telegram > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=595f35bb70&e=1cf8230207> > . Minds > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=33cbba44c9&e=1cf8230207> > . Parler > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=9019cfc279&e=1cf8230207> > . DLive > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=5bd02ecc3f&e=1cf8230207> > . ThinkSpot > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=804d5d47d1&e=1cf8230207>. > These and many others provide an alternative for content producers driven > off of YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. > > *The mission of Winston84 > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=32d97af631&e=1cf8230207> > is > to collect and catalog online voices that have been deplatformed, > demonetized, shadow banned, or otherwise suppressed and provide links to > their platforms. We may or may not share their opinions, but we support > their right to be heard.* If someone is thrown off of YouTube, we track > their migration. If you search for their record in Winston84 > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=316c307adb&e=1cf8230207>, > you will see links to all the known platforms where they are active. > > If you know of platforms where someone is listed that we have not > included, let us know > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=e3067c3c54&e=1cf8230207>. > If you want to recommend someone to be added to the Winston84 > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=11c4266d82&e=1cf8230207> > directory, let us know > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=481c7a2871&e=1cf8230207> > . > > > Read more at *AMERICAN GREATNESS > <https://oathkeepers.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f61d5e9bfb43c1a2af2d32279&id=a9947adf18&e=1cf8230207>* > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Support News from Underground: https://bit.ly/NFUSupport Visit News from Underground: https://markcrispinmiller.com You received this email because you are subscribed to News from Underground. 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