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An Elizabethan order that has been a home for senior or infirm army veterans since the 1500s just welcomed its first female ‘Brother.’ 450 years and 400 male residents have passed through the doors of the Lord Leycester in Warwick. Now though, the organization has selected Janet Brodie-Murphy as its first female Brother at the […] The post Medieval Organization for UK Army Veterans Welcomes First Female ‘Brother’ in 450-year History appeared first on Good News Network.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. America First Legal (AFL) has announced it is suing the US Department of State, its Agency for International Development (USAID), and the US Department of Commerce. The lawsuit has been filed in the District Court for the District of Columbia, the non-profit said. AFL is accusing the three government entities of withholding documents that may reveal the US government’s “involvement in recent global efforts to suppress free speech.” The two instances of this possible behavior highlighted in the filing are the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France, and censorship affecting social media in Brazil. The goal of the lawsuit is to compel the defendants to comply with AFL’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding these issues. A blog post explained the nature of Telegram as a secure, encrypted app, and the circumstances of Durov’s arrest and the French authorities’ accusations against him and the platform, noting that in the wake of the arrest, AFL decided to investigate whether the Biden-Harris Administration played any role, or had knowledge of what would happen ahead of time. According to AFL, because of Durov’s status and the way the case against him could affect free speech globally, “there is significant reason to believe” that the current White House may indeed have been involved (in either, or both ways.) The issue with Brazil, as referenced in this lawsuit, has to do with the affair involving the blocking of X, and ongoing censorship of political speech in that country, most often under the guise of fighting “disinformation and fake news” – and whether the US administration had any role there as well. AFL cites a recent report by one of the Twitter Files journalists, Michael Shellenberger, who mentions the US funding of efforts leading to censorship as well as advising the Brazilian authorities in this regard. “Government censorship and attacks on free speech are fundamentally anti-American. The American people “and the world”” must know if the Biden-Harris Administration supported or coordinated with the Brazilian government to censor an American social media company committed to upholding free speech,” the AFL article announcing the lawsuit stressed. All of this prompted the non-profit to investigate and file FOIA requests to gain access to relevant communications or records, but those requests have so far been ignored by the government. “The American people have every right to know whether their government and their taxpayer dollars are being used to suppress free speech around the world,” AFL Executive Director Gene Hamilton said in a statement. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Telegram Founder’s Arrest and Brazil Censorship Spark Censorship Legal Battle with US Agencies appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Despite recent pushback for politicians encouraging social media platforms to increase censorship online, in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, a cadre of Democratic House representatives from the affected regions have appealed to major social media platforms to intensify their efforts to censor alleged “misinformation” related to the storms. We obtained a copy of the letter for you here. “We write to your platforms with an urgent request on behalf of states affected by the devastation of Hurricane Helene and those currently being impacted by Hurricane Milton,” the letter states. “In the aftermath of Helene, we have witnessed a troubling surge in misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, and scams that are hindering recovery efforts and exploiting vulnerable individuals and families.” The representatives say are concerned about the proliferation of false claims and blame these reportedly false claims for the hindering of recovery efforts. The congresswomen also say that social media posts are undermining public confidence in institutions. The call for a crackdown on misinformation was articulated in a letter addressed to seven major social media entities, including Meta, X, TikTok, Discord, YouTube, Snap, and Instagram. Authored by Representatives Deborah Ross (D-N.C.), Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), Nikema Williams (D-Ga.), and Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.), the letter alleges that misinformation is having a dire impact. The letter doesn’t directly demand censorship of alleged misinformation, but it does put pressure on platforms to police speech, saying that they have the “power and the responsibility” to “improve the digital spaces.” The congresswomen say that they “strongly encourage” platforms to act “quickly and decisively.” In a press conference today, President Biden dismissed some of the criticism of the response to the hurricane as “lies” and said, “Those who have been spreading these lies to try to undermine the opposition, they are going to pay a price for it.” The political pressure on social media platforms to step in regarding a major event echoes what happened during the Covid pandemic. During the pandemic, the call for online censorship by politicians and health authorities under the guise of combating misinformation became a contentious issue. This initiative, aimed at preventing the spread of allegedly harmful or misleading information about the virus, its transmission, and treatments, led to a wide array of interventions by social media platforms and tech companies. As part of these efforts, platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube introduced policies to flag, remove, or demote content that contradicted the evolving understanding of health authorities such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The intent was supposedly to protect public health; however, the execution of these policies often resulted in the suppression of legitimate discourse and the removal of content that later proved to be accurate. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Democrat Congresswomen Tell Social Media Platforms to “Quickly and Decisively” Censor Hurricane “Misinformation” appeared first on Reclaim The Net.