2023-03-26: News Headlines

Adam Schwartz, David Greene, Electronic Frontier Foundation. (2023-03-25). Government Hasn't Justified A Tiktok Ban. popularresistance.org So we are troubled by growing demands in the United States for restrictions on TikTok, a technology that many people have chosen to exchange information with others around the world. Before taking such a drastic step, the government must come forward with specific evidence showing, at the very least, a real problem and a narrowly tailored solution. So far, the government hasn't done so. | Nearly all social media platforms and other online businesses collect a lot of personal data from their users. TikTok raises special concerns, given the surveillance and censorship practices of its home country, China. Still, th…

Editor (2023-03-25). Trans rights are under attack. mronline.org There is a dangerous escalation of transphobia happening right now. The political right in the United States and the United Kingdom are rolling back civil rights for trans people specifically and LGBT people more broadly. This is being driven by an amalgamation of mainstream conservative parties, the far right, Christian fundamentalists and right-wing shock jocks and tabloids.

Andrew Korybko (2023-03-25). The Mainstream Media Would Go Wild If France's Million-Person Protest Happened In Russia. thealtworld.com The Mainstream Media, their government allies, and those two's on-the-ground proxies have incessantly tried in vain over the past year to provoke large-scale protests in Russia along the lines of what France just experienced last week for the purpose of delegitimizing its government and distracting the security services with an artificially manufactured domestic crisis. | The French Interior Ministry acknowledged that

WSWS (2023-03-25). Strike wave sweeps across the Netherlands. wsws.org This new wave of strikes takes place against the backdrop of relentless anti-Russian hysteria and intensified propaganda in the media to justify NATO's war in Ukraine.

mforinoco (2023-03-26). Rockets Hit US Military Base After Airstrikes Target Syrian Troops. orinocotribune.com A military base housing US forces in eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr has come under a rocket attack hours after the Pentagon carried out multiple airstrikes against Syrian troops. | Lebanon's al-Mayadeen television news network, citing local sources, reported that ‚Äèthe rockets landed in the vicinity of US-controlled al-Omar oil field at around 11 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) on Friday, causing several explosions. | There were no immediate reports of injuries and the extent of damage. | The attack came hours after the US military launched several air raids against Syrian forces. Washington said…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-03-26). MSNBC Pundit Goes To Fight In Ukraine, Acts Like A Disruptive Troll And Leaves. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | One year ago then-MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance

Adam Schwartz, David Greene, Electronic Frontier Foundation. (2023-03-25). Government Hasn't Justified A Tiktok Ban. popularresistance.org So we are troubled by growing demands in the United States for restrictions on TikTok, a technology that many people have chosen to exchange information with others around the world. Before taking such a drastic step, the government must come forward with specific evidence showing, at the very least, a real problem and a narrowly tailored solution. So far, the government hasn't done so. | Nearly all social media platforms and other online businesses collect a lot of personal data from their users. TikTok raises special concerns, given the surveillance and censorship practices of its home country, China. Still, th…

Editor (2023-03-25). Trans rights are under attack. mronline.org There is a dangerous escalation of transphobia happening right now. The political right in the United States and the United Kingdom are rolling back civil rights for trans people specifically and LGBT people more broadly. This is being driven by an amalgamation of mainstream conservative parties, the far right, Christian fundamentalists and right-wing shock jocks and tabloids.

Andrew Korybko (2023-03-25). The Mainstream Media Would Go Wild If France's Million-Person Protest Happened In Russia. thealtworld.com The Mainstream Media, their government allies, and those two's on-the-ground proxies have incessantly tried in vain over the past year to provoke large-scale protests in Russia along the lines of what France just experienced last week for the purpose of delegitimizing its government and distracting the security services with an artificially manufactured domestic crisis. | The French Interior Ministry acknowledged that

WSWS (2023-03-25). Strike wave sweeps across the Netherlands. wsws.org This new wave of strikes takes place against the backdrop of relentless anti-Russian hysteria and intensified propaganda in the media to justify NATO's war in Ukraine.

mforinoco (2023-03-26). Rockets Hit US Military Base After Airstrikes Target Syrian Troops. orinocotribune.com A military base housing US forces in eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr has come under a rocket attack hours after the Pentagon carried out multiple airstrikes against Syrian troops. | Lebanon's al-Mayadeen television news network, citing local sources, reported that ‚Äèthe rockets landed in the vicinity of US-controlled al-Omar oil field at around 11 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) on Friday, causing several explosions. | There were no immediate reports of injuries and the extent of damage. | The attack came hours after the US military launched several air raids against Syrian forces. Washington said…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-03-26). MSNBC Pundit Goes To Fight In Ukraine, Acts Like A Disruptive Troll And Leaves. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | One year ago then-MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance

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