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Planet of the Humans censored corporations

‘Green’ billionaires behind professional activist network that led suppression of ‘Planet of the Humans’ documentary

Max Blumenthal·September 7, 2020

The Michael Moore-produced ‘Planet of the Humans’ faced a coordinated suppression campaign led by professional climate activists backed... Read More

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Twitter spreads paid US gov’t propaganda while falsely claiming it bans state media ads

Ben Norton·August 10, 2020

Twitter says it bans ads from state-affiliated media outlets. However, US government propaganda organs like Voice of America’s... Read More

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Meet Wikipedia’s Ayn Rand-loving founder and Wikimedia Foundation’s regime-change operative CEO

Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal·June 11, 2020

Wikipedia has become a bulletin board for corporate and imperial interests under the watch of its Randian founder,... Read More

Wikipedia deprecated The Grayzone censorship

Wikipedia formally censors The Grayzone as regime-change advocates monopolize editing

Ben Norton·June 10, 2020

On Wikipedia, a small group of regime-change advocates and right-wing Venezuelan opposition supporters have blacklisted independent media outlets... Read More

FBI launches open attack on ‘foreign’ alternative media outlets challenging US foreign policy

Gareth Porter·June 5, 2020

Under FBI orders, Facebook and Google removed American Herald Tribune, an alternative site that publishes US and European... Read More

Acronym group that sabotaged Iowa caucus birthed by billionaire who funded Alabama disinformation campaign

Max Blumenthal·February 6, 2020

Silicon Valley billionaire Reid Hoffman funded the creation of ACRONYM, the group that sabotaged the Iowa caucus results,... Read More

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Billionaire pro-Israel Buttigieg backer Seth Klarman funds group behind Iowa’s disastrous voting app

Max Blumenthal·February 4, 2020

Behind the app that delayed Iowa’s voting results is a dark money operation funded by anti-Bernie Sanders billionaires.... Read More

social media US government censorship suspensions

Under US pressure, social media companies censor critical content and suspend Venezuelan, Iranian, and Syrian accounts

Ben Norton·January 12, 2020

As the US escalates its hybrid wars, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are suspending accounts and censoring content that... Read More

PayPal blocks donations to The Grayzone that mention Iran (and free speech)

Ben Norton·January 9, 2020

Small donations to The Grayzone were delayed and reversed by PayPal because they mentioned the word “Iran” in... Read More

Twitter relying on US/European gov-funded regime-change groups to crack down on foreign states

Ben Norton·August 24, 2019

Twitter is relying on organizations funded by the US government and European allies, such as right-wing lobby group... Read More

Facebook’s new public policy manager for Ukraine is nationalist hawk who volunteered with fascist party during US-backed coup

Ben Norton·June 4, 2019

Facebook’s new public policy manager for Ukraine Kateryna Kruk is a former government official, diehard nationalist, and anti-Russian... Read More

Instagram acts as arm of US govt, bans top Iranian officials after IRGC ‘terrorist’ designation

Ben Norton·April 18, 2019

Top Iranian government officials were suspended from Facebook-owned Instagram just hours after Trump dubbed the IRGC a “terrorist”... Read More

Pushback

In Navalny poisoning, rush to judgment threatens new Russia-NATO crisis

NBA All-Star David West on the walkout and standing up to racism, exploitation

‘We live in a right-wing country’: Malaika Jabali on Kenosha, rebellions, and the election

Red Lines

US & allies ignore Colombia political assassinations

Venezuela captures ‘US spy’ allegedly plotting to sabotage oil refineries

US govt & Democrat-tied troll farm boosts Bolivian coup regime, meddles in Mexico, Venezuela

En Español

‘Preso político’ nicaragüense liberado bajo la presión de EEUU fue luego capturado con explosivos planeando un ataque terrorista

Cómo el testimonio de un espía de la policía amenaza la narrativa oficial del atentado de la AMIA

Entrevista con dirigente Sandinista Carlos Fonseca Terán en el 41 aniversario de la revolución en Nicaragua

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