Would the dice be loaded? Would global information now be controlled by a few planetary industrial groups? The question is raised with each election, with each crisis, in the United States, in France, and elsewhere. Social networks and lobbies have taken control of our brains.
The Meta boss accuses the White House of pressure to censor content on its platforms (Facebook, Instagram), notably during the Covid crisis. The scandal has come to light at a time when the French justice system has just arrested Telegram boss Pavel Durov in Paris.
Pavel Durov, CEO and founder of 900-million-user encrypted messenger Telegram, was arrested this Saturday at Le Bourget airport. The 39-year-old Franco-Russian billionaire was arrested by French authorities under a search warrant issued by the French Office for Combating Violence Against Minors.
By extending the statute of limitations for insulting and defaming elected representatives, the freedom to inform is threatened. Journalists’ unions denounce this unspeakable infringement of press law.
The cross-party motion of censure against the government of Elisabeth Borne was rejected by 9 votes. Immediately, spontaneous rallies were formed all over France.
For suggesting that the monkeypox epidemic was linked to mRNA vaccines Professor Shmuel Shapira, former director of the Israel Institute for Biological Research between 2013 and 2021, is censored by Twitter.
Censored by the EU, the Russia Today (RT) channel is taking its case to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)… The Union of Journalists is also opposed to this censorship.
