Just a quick notice and alert to highlight some common technological ‘glitches’ and occurrences that are appearing around the internet, coincidentally timed as a result of the pending 2022 midterm election.
By now everyone is familiar with Big Tech control mechanisms like blocking, shadow banning, downgrading and throttling.
Essentially, these are methods within the technology space that are designed to influence opinion and block access to information and communication adverse to the ideology of the provider(s).
Most often we associate those terms with social media platforms; however, within the infrastructure of the internet itself the same intent is also carried in various forms you might not be familiar with. I am seeing a lot of deployed control systems triggered recently, it is worth mentioning in case you notice something different.
Internet Service Providers (ISP’s) are increasingly directing your background internet travels and blocking you from access to content they define as against their interest. Major players in the field of providing online access (comcast, Xfinity, AT&T, etc.) as well as regional operators also have a vested ideological stake. If you find yourself having difficulty navigating the internet, especially during this election season, be aware the ISP provider could be in control.
Cell phone communication networks also have the ability to control data transmitted through their systems. Text messages containing links to unapproved or dissident websites can be blocked by code and algorithms assigned to monitor traffic. Phone browsers and portable internet hot spots may also be controlled by the provider. You may not be aware, but your agreement with your cell phone provider gives them the ability to filter data on your device according to their individual standard.
Again, just be aware.
Browsers are also major players in the field of filtering information and controlling user behavior. It could be as subtle as an image or link not appearing for you, or it could be total blocking of traffic to website destinations they have defined as adverse to their interests. Large activist organizations provide lists of websites and content to feed into the filtration system. Just be aware your browser may indeed be controlling your content and as a result controlling your perspective.
The obvious issues with internet search engines (google, duck-duck etc.) are well documented, however increasingly Apps and authorized software additions to your devices come with mechanisms to control what information may be visible to you. This is where the terms “disinformation”, “misinformation” and “malinformation” become useful tools to justify the interception and blocking of your activity.
Sometimes the network may provide a warning or pop-up in their effort to stop you from reaching the information they want to control, but increasingly it just happens in the background, and you have no idea. This is one of the unspoken benefits in the “cookie” system. In addition to providing direct advertising experiences based on your browsing history, you as a user, may be identified as a dissident voice and assigned a label within the same cookie identification process.
Most people who use the internet have no idea a unique label has been assigned to them in the virtual space. Those labels can be grouped together and contained within the control systems of cyberspace.
Increasingly the techfiltration process has become a Staziesque public-private partnership. You can well imagine what happens when the people in control of technological systems have an ideological mission to shape public opinion, simultaneous with the government people who define dis-mis-and malinformation delivering requests from the FBI and DHS to the technological partners who control the techfiltration process.
The bottom line, just be aware that information you may choose to access, research or share, is heavily controlled by the providers you select to facilitate your online information and communication networks. You are likely right now blocked from accessing information and have no idea it’s happening.
If you cannot reach a website, see an image, view a page, or navigate a system, it’s likely not anything you are doing wrong; most often it’s the result of a tech control system designed to keep you away from the data. Additionally, valid information like emails or text messages are increasingly identified as spam or blocked completely by the email or cell phone service you have subscribed to.
All of this is just an fyi, because I happen to notice these types of curious conversations taking place with increased frequency right now. Lots of people are wondering why they cannot access or see things. These are likely not ‘glitches.’
All the best,
Comrade & Dissident, Sundance
I regularly get emails from Trump because I’ve contributed to him years ago and now my email (google) sends a few to my spam. Not sure why 🤨
ALWAYS check your spam folder. I am constantly amazed at whet ends up there.
Same here. There was a pattern, though. Any Conservative newsletters and updates including this one has ended up in spam occasionally, even though they are in my contacts and repeatedly marked “not spam,” by me. Another category that often ends up in the spam folder are Christian newsletters and even my Daily Devotionals. AT&T is my service provider.
Inversely, I cannot get it thru to iPhone, Safari et al that I do not want xyz’s email. They send it to the legit inbox anyway no matter how many times I’ve flagged that sender (DeSantis fundraisers)
I’ll have the same sender end up in both spam and my inbox alternatively.
Spammers change their email addresses by 1 character, so you can get them for eternity
self deleted. started to comment in wrong spot.
I have a google email because I have an Android phone. I have never given this email address to anyone so all I get there is their junk. It’s there a reason you still use google other than everyone knows it?
While I have a google and yahoo mail account, I never use them. I have Outlook, which thus far has been fairly benign.
I have a Reagan.com account for family, friends and businesses I trust.
Yes, I also have a Reagan account. Really felt comfortable with Outlook as far as privacy also, but then my older model XP computer became one which Microsoft no longer supported with sw updates.
I actually suspect many of the supposedly “from Trump” emails are not at all.
I think they date from when the GOPe stole his mailing list.
I think you’re correct
You are right, my spam count went to 250 items, mostly Trump and Trump related. Scumbag techfiltrationists.
I don’t have a spam folder… took them out from my mail server.
My Thunderbird mail tool has no spam filter and no spam folder either.
I have a stand along spam filter that learns… if I want to use it.
Sure, I get spam, but I can delete stuff really fast.
Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.
– Benito Mussolini
Debating/discussing the nuances and labels of the various forms of totalitarian ‘ideologies’ is a distraction, and waste of time.
I have names for these murdering psycopaths, won’t print here.
They are THE ENEMY, they want to castrate your sons, sterilise your daughters, and kill you.
And they will not stop.
And, we all KNOW who they are, and thats all we need to know.
“Progressive?,…as in PROGRESS?
Progress my ASS!”
KL
Debating/discussing the nuances and labels of the various forms of totalitarian ‘ideologies’ is a distraction, and waste of time.
Respectfully, Dutchman, I disagree. The extremists have twisted, lied, and mis-labeled definitions for years now, even decades. If we want to have any chance at all of educating the Millennial generation and younger, it is imperative that we correct these definitions and labels now.
Every time I have managed to get through to one of my peers, it has been by correcting the wrong definitions they have learned in public school. Once that is accomplished, it’s much easier to convince them to #WalkAway.
At the suggestion of Dan Scavino, we started using freespoke dot com.
So far I am happy to report that searches on that platform provide many sites that are suppressed on others.
I was happy with it too but….typed something on my browser and below up pops every site I had just visited. The first line just said freespoke.com then the line below showed the site I had visited using freespoke. This two line mo showed at least the ten last sites I had visited using freespoke.
Check the tools and settings; you can likely shut off retention of browsing history, just as you can in Brave (Chrome) and Firefox.
swisscows dot com
No log, family safe, no tracking
That’s what I use. I get items in the search results using Swisscows that never appear when using DuckDuckGo, Bing, or other search engines that really use Google.
Not impressed, I am sorry, I searched for Covid 19 lab origen, just as a test test and ALL rhe search gave me was links to why the natural origen is the right onr, links to wikipedia and the like.
Try spelling ‘origen’ as origin.
#1- even IF I made the same spelling mistake while using swisscows as in my post here, it doesn’t explain why the search engine gave me PLENTY of results for natural origen and ZERO for lab leak theory. Do you see how this works? Knowledge of logical fallacies comes very handy here.
#2- your spelling mistake theory doesn’t explain either why Bravo search engine gave me PLENTY of good links to lab leak theory regardless of spelling whatever that may had been
#3 last but not least, from TCTH Guidelines for Comments, number 7:
7.) SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION – This is not school and we do not demerit for poor spelling, nor do we allow anyone to call others out for the same. Here you have it. Peace.
All browsers keep your history by default. Most allow you to turn it off and/or have it erased upon exiting the application.
Thanks for mentioning another search engine site; have saved a link to it. Can’t have too many search engines free from hiding things.
What is the Matrix?
Try the movie from 1998, Sir.
Rhetorical. Glad that you know the reference though.
Humble apologies..
I have noticed over the past several days that certain web pages are almost impossible to read. The font is an off-white on a white page. Grrr. I increase the size of the font substantially and then I can read it, sort of.
I encounter this frequently.
I use my mouse to highlight the text and then it becomes off-white text with a black background, which is MUCH easier to read.
Wow! I never thought of that. Thank you!!!
If you know where I can get an iPhone mouse let me know 😉
I always post a comment to the webmaster asking them to confront the morons responsible for the wishy washy type. The problem is that light grey type has become quite fashionable. Those in charge of the websites are likely young and with good eyesight. Please do as I do and post a comment to the webmaster of the sites concerned.
Try installing the free app “darkreader”. It sort of reverses light and dark areas on web pages – makes the blinding white background on THIS website appear as dark grey (and I get to set the percentage, from light grey to black).
I have found that researching specific events for further background to my books has become quite challenging. History, whether a few years or decades, is considered dangerous.
Thanks for the head’s up. I use some arcane methodologies and access some pretty esoteric and some might opine anti-establishment resources and so far, knock on wood, no problems.
However, IMO it pays to do routine tests across access methods and search engine types for comparison, just to see what’s up out there. Also, develop peer to peer packet routing away from the internet to share resources, e.g. over radio.
We’re well into the information war so incursions should be expected.
An easy to obtain ham radio technician license allows one to communicate digitally, worldwide and even use satellites that are for ham radio use only. There is a simple test that one must take. the tests are multiple choice and one can buy a small paperback book that has the questions and answers to the five or six different tests that are given. If one reads the book one will easily pass the test. The FCC will then issue you with a callsign that must be used for all communications be they voice or data. Do a search for “Amateur Radio Technician class License” to learn more. I have an extra class license and get to talk all over the world on the shortwave to places such as Australia, Africa, the UK and all of Europe.
Yeah, I noticed Nellie Ohr got her general back during the Russiagate operation. Folks who don’t know who that is, that’s Bruce Ohr’s wife and a CIA contractor.
Myself, I’ve been into shortwave since the 60’s. I’ll leave it at that.
I’ve tried to get everyone who used to talk to me over FaceBook Messenger to switch to the Signal app.
I’ve found since that the IQ of those who accept for Signal is on average far higher than for Messenger. 😉
I have noticed a problem when I try to access info that I have accessed before…can’t find it on googledeegoo or duck duck…I figured it was censored info now but never figured there were such blatant attempts at controlling our thoughts and info…I knew it was there but apparently worse…much worse.
Whenever I hear the goobermint say “our partners”…I want to run!
This is really interesting. I have Xfinity internet and the day before yesterday I received the following message:
” We’re excited to share that we increased your download
speeds on your current Xfinity Internet package from
up to 50 mbps to up to 75 mbps. Faster internet
speeds help to give you a better experience as you work,
learn, game, and stream from home.
You should notice these speeds this month. To take advantage of your new speeds today, restart your modem. It’s that easy!
Since I do not believe in Santa Claus (or things that say they are free) I did not reboot my modem but one of my friends, who got the same message did, and has subsequently had difficulty reaching conservative website that previously they had no problem accessing. Moreover this person reads their E-mail in Outlook and noticed that a bunch of the E-mails they regularily received are now going to spam but not the spam folder on their computer but rather the spam folder of the service provider.
WOW!!!
Now that is funny, I just received this text msg from Xfinity while reading this thread. It doesn’t say to restart modem, but didn’t click the included link private in the text msg. Will hopefully not have to restart my modem on the next couple of weeks.
I have been thinking about this; why do they need me to restart my modem? Then I remembered; IT IS MY MODEM and the first thing I did was change all the settings (including the password) and I put a battery in it so even if the power goes off it maintains programming I put in it (actually I have a whole house Generec Generator so the power never really goes off) but I think you get my point. Do you own your own modem too or is in Xfinity’s? Just really seems strange that the modem not the provider sets the speed.
Yes, I own my modem. Since I work from home I also have a brand new, in box in case this one goes out. Unfortunately we have tons of new construction all around this area and there are interruption on a fairly regular frequency. If it isn’t Xfinity, it is AT&T that is putting in fiber optic lines or the construction company causing it. I only have internet through them, no cable TV. We are 100% streaming for TV.
So, that is interesting. I am assuming, by your name you are in Tennessee? I am in Texas.
It could be they are upgrading equipment though if your modem doesn’t support higher thru-put restarting it won’t increase your speed.
YES Nashville, TN – Did you change your modem’s password and put a battery in it? I am assuming that is what is keeping them “somewhat” unable to make changes to my modem.
Also interesting – I too only have internet and streaming, no TV.
I don’t think mine has a battery, my modem pw is not the default but haven’t updated in a while.
Restarting your modem resets your IP address.
I’m in Monterey County, CA and I received the same message from Xfinity. I am so glad I read your post Murray. I will not reboot my modem.
Not an expert so my advice is worth what you are paying for it but go read the manual for your modem and change the password and put a battery in it. As I remember it (three years ago) I think that even if you reboot this keeps xfinity or anyone else short of specifically hacking your modem, from your modem being changed in any way.
Rebooting your modem resets your IP address.
Generally yes; however my business had a static IP so it didn’t change when the UPS ran out or the modem otherwise went offline and/or was restarted. That was back in the T1/DSL days. Today, dynamic IP’s are the norm. I track that when resetting the cell phones I use as internet hot spots; where sniffers think I am and what the IP resolves to.
Upgrades are kind of like vaccine “boosters.” Usually unnecessary and do more harm than good…
I have a few 11-year-old AppleTV boxes that I use to watch streaming video. Recently Amazon bought IMDB’s streaming and renamed it freevee. If I watch it on an updated and newer Apple device like an iPad or iPhone, it’s teeming with annoying Woke advertising.
However, if I use the Prime Video chicklet on my now-ancient-in-tech-years AppleTV boxes to stream on my equally old TVs, it’s a miracle – no ads whatsoever. I think the older devices don’t recognize everything being sent to them. Or my equally old Verizon router doesn’t.
Anyway, I hope to continue with this happy glitch as long as possible… Freevee has a lot of great stuff. Currently bingeing Barney Miller, which is a tale of Stagflation and Crime Run Wild in New York City mid-19070’s – much like today! – and very funny.
Restarting your modem resets your IP address. You instantly have a new identity.
Usually this is true, but it is possible that you reobtain the same IP address that you just relinquished. It also depends on the settings on your modem. Most can be set to dynamically obtain an IP address or not.
I just had an update for my android (goggle) that automatically did it even though I clicked remind me later. Sick of these forced updates. And yes, I know, it’s my fault for having a ‘smartphone’.
FYI… TAIL OS… depending on the country hosting the VPN node might be blocking CTH.
“You are likely right now blocked from accessing information and have no idea it’s happening.”
YES, They Really Are *Deleting* the Internet And it’s WAY Worse Than You Think
FYI Jimmy is a Army Veteran and his Channel “Bright Insight” is a gulity pleasure for me to watch… especially he videos on Atlantis.
He’s such an earnest-hearted guy who really gives his all.
Right now I’m dying to see his latest video… he hasn’t posted anything new since the “Deleting the Internet” vids.
But good things always comes to those that wait… such as new vids from Jimmy… and Donald Trump in 2024! 🙂
I notice when I google search Zerohedge that at times it doesn;t
come up at least not on the first page I have to find it..
same with Revolvernews.com.
Google has been relegating stuff they don’t like to later pages pretty much forever – the documentary The Creepy Line is all about, in detail, how they do that.
I think what sundance is describing above is a slide further into the abyss… Not so much like a thumb on the scale, as a cat paw knocking the scale right off the table.
I agree. This is not about being shuffled to the end of your list in searches. Some of my searches are simply not finding the links I am looking for.
Sundance,
I’m running for Oregon House District 36.
I have sent texts with information for campaign events from my t-mobile cell to guys at church who have multiple carriers and they have the message prior and the message after, but not the specific campaign oriented message.
The same goes for emails. We have a great crew of canvassers and callers and certain of our emails for outlook, hotmail and gmail either disappear ‘Poof’ or end up in SPAM.
Regards,
Greer.
Try using encryption for your email messages. It may or may not work.
Gmail puts a lot of campaign stuff and government stuff into your Promotions folder. Last half of last year, one of my house inspection reports ended up there. The man’s last name, corporate name was Whitehouse. Googles been playing this game a long time.
In comments here at CTH I’ve infrequently seen large open areas where a video or image may have been provided.
A description or blurb is provided but the image is missing. Just a large open blank area.
Others reply as if they’ve seen it. Is my carrier/provider etc, doing that then?
I have noticed this, too.
Me too.
I’ve seen it too, occasionally. Wonder what the source HTML for the page looks like at that moment…
in your browser, look for tools, maybe advanced or more. Find source or source code. That will display the html code for the page your browser is on at that time.
Try clicking around inside the blank area and see if something appears/starts playing/takes to a new window and opens. I have done that successfully several times, but that does not always work.
This happens. It may be the way the link is formatted by the commenter, correct punctuation is essential. It may also be a new application (for example Rumble) that is not supported by either your browser or this site. Rumble is supported here, but, if the link is to some other social media applications, it may not be. This can apply to video, audio and image formats.
However, if it is stuff you used to be able to access but now you can not, that is ideological.
This has been happening to me a LOT lately.
Use a VPN.
but definitely not just ANY VPN!!!!
it’s VERY important to distinguish the kinds of services offered by a VPN and what is NOT. And also what they claim, but is not true.
without getting into the weeds, not all VPN’s are made equal.
God Bless America
I use a VPN, have a good browser and ad blocker but am still getting blank spaces.
Suspect my Verizon hotspot.
Come on Starlink.
Aside from the usual rigging of search results on Google and suspicious pop ups on conservative sites, I haven’t been kept from finding what I’m looking for.
For now. 😒
VPN helps.
Choose wisely.
https://torrentfreak.com/best-vpn-anonymous-no-logging/
Interestingly they didn’t list surfshark. That is one of the best out there and at a very good price.
Sounds shady. ; )
Does it log accesses? Is it truly anonymous?
I swear to god I am blacklisted over at the Wall Street Journal (free subscription through work). Any post I put up is either flagged or under “moderator” review. But hey, that paper has turned into Gray Lady 2.0.
Anyway, thx for the heads up Sundance, this is home.
Thank goodness for CTH! It’s always my first go to because I have it set as my homepage 😉 Sundance always provides the most extensive information I need, along with some great info provided from other posters.
TRUMP WON!
CUT THE CORD!
PRESIDENT TRUMP 2024!
TRUMP WON!!!!!!
Lake won too
Fox Phoenix seems to have Hobbs as the apparent winner, heh. Saw that faux-pax tonight. Got ahead of themselves.
The anti-virus provider Kaspersky does blocking as well. It will block some of my favorites, like Project Veritas, saying they are dangerous sites and that Kaspersky is protecting me from said dangerous sites. I have to waive the alert to bypass the blocking.
Changing the default nanny settings in your browser will help and also help protect your privacy depending on which luxuries of convenience you are willing to forgoe
one of the most basic security, privacy and stability measures anyone can do?
set your router for a DNS server that is secure, and NOT YOUR ISP DNS!
if you have an ISP provided modem/router (all in one) and do not own your own router, even IF you set your own DNS server in your browser or even in your OS settings, there are many ways for your ISP to manipulate your traffic through their own DNS Server.
I personally use a TP Link router and have set the DNS Server to Cloudflare: 1.1.1.1., 1.0.0.1 (and the ipv6 address as well).
I routinely pen test both the router to make sure its secure and of course the administrative console is not default password. I also routinely test “what is my DNS”…
I prefer cloudflare for a variety of reasons. You should perform your own due diligence in this matter.
Now…does this mean that your ISP cannot see your traffic? no it DOES NOT. But what it does mean is that your ISP cannot filter and reshape your traffic and also inject ISP “ads”.
I have found through experimentation that setting my DNS in the router results in a faster, more reliable internet experience.
Can cloudflare see my traffic and filter it? yes, it can.
so it really boils down to whom you trust the most.
and this is why I say: do your own due diligence.
God Bless America
ps. on the topic of VPN’s – very few actually deliver what you “EXPECT”. do be careful with VPN’s.
Agree with your ps. Plus, just using a VPN flags your transmissions as potentially “subversive”. If you are going to the trouble of using a VPN, use encryption as well.
Aside from what Sundance provides, I get great videos and articles here from my fellow Treepers! Everyone is always asking me where I got the info and of course I steer them here. I usually know what is going on way before anyone else does.
I keep getting unsafe site messages from AT&T for conservative sites
You bring up another point. I was, but am no longer an ATT customer. But ATT does not do their own E-mail, it is done by Yahoo even though my E-mail address is @att.net.
With that said, I have tried 5 different times to sign up for Truth Social but never get the confirmation E-mail. I have looked in all the folders in Outlook on my computer (especially spam) and all the folders on att.net (run by yahoo) also without finding the confirmation E-mail. Wonder if it is just me or everyone. I also can not find a way to contact Truth Social to make them aware of this and ask for help. I have a REAL 3G flip phone (not a smart phone) so that is not an option. Does anyone have an insightful comments or suggestions?
Try Proton mail. I recall, early on, that people using Proton mail consistently had good results with Truth Social.
I use my domain server e-mail, and have since the late 90’s. It’s been pretty reliable over the decades. A domain server is having one’s own web site, in my case for my business. The hosting setup offers unlimited e-mail addresses and essentially unlimited e-mail capacity.
If wanting free and web-based, check out Proton and see what others say about it.
Create a simple gmail account only for TS, then use it for signing up.
I have several Yahoo, Gmail or other accounts. Some for spam, some for personal business and some just to get around other problems.
I signed up on TS before their Android app was available, and one of my gmail addresses worked fine.
I suggest anyone seeing these shenanigans first try an alternate DNS server. It is quick and easy to try. Cloudflare is an easy one to test with but there are others.
Electricity is the keystone when it fails everything starts to crumble and back to the stone age we go.
Very true. However, we’re fortunate to live in the age of micro-electronics that can do wonderful things with very little power, essentially micro-power. A simple solar panel or water/wind turbine and inverter/converter/battery can keep communications and/or offline computing going nearly indefinitely.
One will understand that the nature of communication might change though. It won’t be as convenient as it is now. That’s another selling point for networking with like-minded people who are savvy in the same or complimentary areas of skill and aptitude.
If CTH went dark tomorrow likely a large chunk of the population here would have no way of communicating with each other. That’s a price we pay for anonymity. Everything has costs and benefits.
The etremely dangerous Town Hall daily email roundup will not open today. Odd, eh?
Saker and MOA have been tough to access lately. Little doubt they are on the disinfo list.
Some sites are VERY slow to load. A number of times, videos on Rumble that are posted here have no sound. I have tried going to the direct Rumble link, but the sound is still off. I have checked mute and volume, but it is not those.
Same!
Rumble is usually pretty fast, but on occasion unbearably slow – the audio adds long pauses between syllables.
They may mute sound when their network is getting overwhelmed. A lot of people logging into Bannon and other podcasts two weeks before midterms.
What I notice about Rumble on forest donkey-powered internet is it’s apparently limited in bit-rate dynamics, unlike Youtube which adjusts dynamically and derates depending on the connection. I find watching the same content to be often more difficult on Rumble, regardless of how popular or not it is.
There are ways to firewall things, and things you can do on your end to help with data collection.
Run Pi-Hole on a Rasberry Pi. It is a DNS proxy service that black holes domain name requests on your network. Malware, advertising, trackers, all can be blocked. I have one, and between it and adBlock on my browser, I don’t see adds, anywhere, at all. Microsoft and Google tracking is blocked, as well.
I don’t use no-script, which is a browser plug-in that blocks all Javascript from running unless you allow it. I tried it, and it quickly made browsing a very annoying experience.
There are a lot of sites that use Javascript and pop ups. My credit union was very slow to leave pop-ups behind.
This is what Klaus Schwab referred to as “digital antibodies.”
Keep your browser history and data (cookies) cleared often. Accumulated cookies allow easier tracking.
Don’t click on links from a search engine results. Copy the link and paste in a new window. Clicking the links from the search drags all kinds of extra data used for easier tracking.
Why anyone uses any Google software goes against sane logic. Google brags about collecting data from every application they publish.
What’s interesting is when I had a Twitter account using a specific email address that I have had for years. Within minutes of first logging into Twitter, I found Twitter had somehow accessed ALL of my contacts within that email address….and offered them as people to follow on Twitter.
There was no notice of Twitter doing so, no way to opt out, nothing.
Thankfully I have been banned from Twitter, and I now create generic email addresses as needed for things like that.
So, those weren’t glitch’s?
Essentially, these are methods within the technology space that are designed to interfere with elections.
I was forced to re-sign up with YouTube & banned from commenting on Fox today. I pitched a fit. They’re ‘lachlanning’ the right.
Amazing how the “glitches” all always only affect one side of the conversation.
They like to think they are invisible ghosts hiding inside the system, but in the real world they are easy to see if you know how to look. Once you notice them, you can’t help but see those cucks everywhere..
the issue of filtering cuts boths ways too.
imagine for a moment if some of the largest social media and tech companies started to give a damned about what kinds of content that is being targeted to children?
imagine if these tech companies could not hide behind the protections of section 230?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/10/section-230-shields-tiktok-in-childs-blackout-challenge-death-lawsuit/
noting: please disregard the article author. She is a known progressive flunkie. But oddly, even some radicals do seem to understand the problems with section 230 IN THE REAL WORLD!
Yes, we need to hold them responsible for the evil they support on their platforms. Either they are editors and control all content or they are not editors and should not be hiding conservative content only.
In re/ search engine options; Swiss Cows has end-to-end encryption with Netherlands based servers (basic, other nation options). When my research results appear to be obstructed/limited/or presented in a seemingly ideological ranking, I find info otherwise inaccessible using this search engine. It may not be your “cup of tea”, but I find it to be invaluable in my never ending quest for Truth, Justice, and the American Way!
Not impressed with Swisscows search engine. I tried a search regarding Covid 19 lab leak theory as a test, and it only gave me links to natural origin and wikipedia. Bravo search engine gave me, in contrast, plenty good links to the lab leak theory.
Not sure how relevant this is, but within the EU, the Netherlands is known as “globalist central”.
Apparently PayPal had reinstalled the $2,500 fine for wrong thinking.
Cox email blocks users from accesing their email while travelling outside the USA, “for security reasons”.
Yahoo READS automatically all of our emails, supposedly for advertising purposes, even to those customers that pay for the service and don’t get ads.
Whatsapp still encryps the conversations but stores ALL the links and images sent among users in Facebook servers.
Android cellphone users that haven’t uninstalled the Microphone App have their private conversations routinely spyed on. Why I know this? Meeting with people and talking about places to visit or travelling routes, they get advertising for hotels and restaurants for those very same places just hours after or the day after. Nasty and spooky.
Earlier today I posted a link from FOX News where Dr. Birx admitted that nobody expected the China flu vaccines to be effective. A few hours later, I noticed the link went to a “Page Not Found” message. Now I read this editorial.
Coincidence?
at this point, nothing would surprise me
What search engine do you suggest that will not censure information?
I use Brave and Startpage. However, I run browsers on a desktop and laptop not a phone, so YMMV. I use an old Linux box for problem areas of the internet. IMO, it pays to have a dedicated throwaway internet appliance. Use it just for that and it’s easy to detonate or destroy if compromised, with no loss of critical data.
A list of options is here.
http://www.restoreprivacy.com/private-search-engine
The day I’m blocked from CTH on my cell phone,
Is the day my cell phone
Will be turned into a never leave home answering machine.
My cell phone will never leave my home.
I was going to post on the open thread — I wonder if — there is a spike in credit/debit card fraud caused in part by —- purposeful lax security or tinkering by Big Tech + Big Banking —- to increase Frustration with Things as They Are —- to increase Acceptance of the New Normal they have scheduled for the near future?
I’ve had to get a new card about 4 or 5 times in the past 16 months + my mother had one compromised less than 10 days after having to get a new one…
I’ve had my checking account cleaned out 3 times within the past year.
Mom posted something on Social Media I no longer use + relatives + neighbors came out of the woodwork to tell their own recent tales.
— When you turn up the heat under the pressure cooker as you are dismantling a society – Crime will rise…
But I wonder if there isn’t some help being offered by the Big Boys who are supposed to work to — increase Consumer Satisfaction (in normal times)…
It sounds like you are a victim of identity theft. Change your passwords on all your accounts, email, banks, vendors.
my ‘google’ email is not used for anything but spam collection. i have my own webhosting, which handles my private emails for the ventures i’m involved in. i do NOT use ‘the cloud’ to store my or any of my clients’ data. security is paramount. relying on ‘big tech’ to provide what you can do for yourself is a mistake, opening you to vulnerabilities.
Here are some options for privacy from a reputable advocacy group.
Restore Privacy
http://www.restoreprivacy.com/privacy-tools
Just a “Censorship” service announcement:
my comments over at ” Citizens Free Press” were censored today, as in He completely deleted the entire thread of conversation I and others were having in which DeSantis was mentioned to be taking help and money from the swamp (Ie Jeb Bush)
and I had pointed them here to the tree house for more information.
Apparently the DeSantis Kool aid is thick over there and there will be zero tolerance for the Truth .
I guess we know now what sources of financiation Citizen Free Press may have?
Guys… if you haven’t tried the Brave Search… made by the folks that made the Brave Browser… like Brave Browser they strive to keep your information Private.
https://search.brave.com
I really like Brave search.
“If you find yourself having difficulty navigating the internet, especially during this election season, be aware the ISP provider could be in control.”
Very timely. I thought it interesting this morning when searching…all of a sudden certain keywords for searching images were not loading. Changing the search terms slightly, and they resumed loading.