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A new initiative launched by cybersecurity experts encourages companies to create a system that makes it easier for people to be reported to their employers for “online abuse.” The new program is called Respect in Security and was created by Trend Micro’s Rik Ferguson and Red Goat Cyber Security’s Lisa Forte. According to Forte, the […]
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Big Tech Companies Agree To Work Together In Internet Freedom Crackdown
July 27th, 2021 
Wake Up Fools What’s it like to be LGBT in Hungary amid Orban’s rights crackdown?
July 24th, 2021 Wake Up Fools On Wednesday, July 7, a widely-contested new law came into force in Hungary. Overnight, it became an offence to “promote” sexual and gender differences to children, in educational settings, films or adverts. The law’s opacity means it can be applied in a welter of different contexts. It didn’t occur in a vacuum but came against […]
Belarus expands crackdown on independent media
July 16th, 2021 Wake Up Fools Belarusian authorities on Friday widened their crackdown on independent media, raiding media offices and journalists’ homes across the ex-Soviet nation. The Belarusian Association of Journalists said the authorities searched apartments and offices of at least 21 journalists in the capital of Minsk and cities of Brest, Gomel, Grodno and Pinsk. “The authorities are using an […]
Europol announces 13 arrests in police crackdown on Romania-Spain sex trafficking gang
July 8th, 2021 Wake Up Fools A network of human traffickers who lured victims into prostitution using the so-called ‘lover boy’ method has been broken up by Spanish and Romanian police. Thirteen people were arrested and 16 buildings raided in two crackdowns by the Policía Nacional and Poliția Română, which took place in Spain in February and Romania in June 2021. […]
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No Comments »Despite PA crackdown, Palestinians continue protests over killing of Nizar Banat
July 6th, 2021 Wake Up Fools In the early morning hours of June 24th, Palestinian Authority security forces raided the home of prominent Palestinian activist and dissident Nizar Banat. His family says he was pepper sprayed and brutally beaten with metal clubs and rifle butts before he was taken into custody. Just a few hours later, he was pronounced dead. The […]
Posted in News Tags: continue, crackdown, despite, killing, nizar, Palestinians, protests No Comments »David Barton Praises Hungary’s Latest Anti-LGBTQ Crackdown
June 22nd, 2021 Wake Up Fools ALL donations 3X-MATCHED by 12/31 to save our democracy! Every day, the reporters and researchers of Right Wing Watch expose the hateful words and deeds of right-wing leaders and the far-right players who fueled Trump’s rise to power and aim to keep him there. Our work is read daily and used by major media outlets, […]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: barton, crackdown, David, Hungary, latest, lgbtq, praises No Comments »Crackdown on Academic Freedom: Prof Under Attack for Asking Students to Think Independently
June 8th, 2021 Wake Up Fools A professor at New York University, Mark Crispin Miller, is suing 19 colleagues for libel after they signed a letter to the school dean demanding a “review” of his conduct because he urged students to look into the scientific rationale for the mask mandates and to assess the truthfulness of the media drive to promote […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: academic, asking, attack, crackdown, Freedom, students, under No Comments »Israel’s Crackdown on Journalists Slammed by Major International Press Association
June 8th, 2021 Wake Up Fools (MEMO) Israel’s latest crackdown on journalists has been condemned by the Foreign Press Association (FPA) following a number of high-profile arrests over the weekend. The international body, whose members include major news outlets including Reuters and the New York Times, called on Israel to stop its threat and intimidation of journalists. “We call upon the […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: crackdown, international, israel, journalists, Major, press, slammed No Comments »‘Hello! This is Israeli intelligence’: The text message igniting fears of a crackdown when Gaza war ends
May 20th, 2021 Wake Up Fools A text message from a local number flashed up on Omar’s* phone claiming to be Israeli intelligence informing him he would soon be arrested. The young Palestinian had been asked to volunteer as a medic at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa compound as larger than normal crowds of worshippers were expected during the holy month of Ramadan. But […]
Posted in Middle East Tags: crackdown, fears, hello, igniting, INTELLIGENCE, israeli, message No Comments »Heavy Israeli Crackdown On Palestinians Marking Nakba Anniversary
May 18th, 2021 Wake Up Fools Above photo: Palestinian protesters march in the West Bank village of Salem on 15 May 2021 to denounce violence by Israeli forces in recent days. AFP. Protesters also hold funerals for 11 Palestinians killed on Friday by Israeli forces and settlers. Palestinians across the West Bank gathered in large numbers on Saturday to mark the […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: anniversary, crackdown, heavy, israeli, marking, nakba, Palestinians No Comments »Chelsea Clinton Calls For Global Crackdown On “Anti-Vax” Social Media Posts
May 11th, 2021 Wake Up Fools The statement, made in a pre-recorded segment that featured questions for the erstwhile first daughter, Clinton was asked to respond to a query about “vaccine hesitancy” and what can be done to encourage wider vaccine adoption. Clinton chose to opine about limiting freedom of speech and cracking down on social media posts, but didn’t touch […]
China shuts down Bible App, Christian WeChat as new crackdown policies go into effect
May 3rd, 2021 Wake Up Fools China’s communist authorities are continuing their crackdown on Christianity by removing Bible Apps and Christian WeChat public accounts as new highly restrictive administrative measures on religious staff went into effect Saturday. Father Francis Liu from the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Righteousness said in a tweet that some Christian WeChat accounts, including “Gospel League” and “Life […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: bible, china, christian, crackdown, policies, shuts, wechat No Comments »Bahrain Crackdown: Demonstrations Continue For 20th Consecutive Night in Support of Jailed Activists
April 17th, 2021 Wake Up Fools Source By Staff, Agencies Amid the continued crackdown of the Manama regime, Bahrainis have rallied for the 20th night to reiterate their call for an immediate and unconditional release of political inmates amid concerns over the alarming situation of the country’s prisons in light of the coronavirus outbreak. The demonstrations were held under the banner […]
Posted in Bahrain, human rights violation Tags: bahrain, consecutive, continue, crackdown, demonstrations, night, support No Comments »Reports of ‘80 protesters killed’ in one day as post-coup military crackdown continues in Myanmar
April 11th, 2021 Wake Up Fools Dozens of people have allegedly been killed after security forces in Myanmar used live fire and grenades against a crowd of anti-coup protesters in the town of Bago, near the capital Yangon, a monitor and media reported Saturday. The reported casualties were a result of clashes that occurred in Bago through Thursday night and Friday, […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: continues, crackdown, killed, military, Myanmar, protesters, reports No Comments »Myanmar death toll mounts amid protests, military crackdown
April 3rd, 2021 FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda YANGON, Myanmar — Security forces in central Myanmar opened fire on anti-coup protesters on Saturday in violence that a human rights group said has left 550 civilians dead since the Feb. 1 military takeover. Of those, 46 were children, according to Myanmar’s Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. Some 2,751 people have been detained or sentenced, […]
EU chiefs to visit Turkey amid tensions over Ankara’s crackdown on Kurdish-supporting party
March 30th, 2021 Wake Up Fools European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel have announced they will visit Turkey on April 6, amid tensions over Ankara’s crackdown on the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). The trip to Turkey, where the two EU leaders are set to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was announced by the […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: ankara, chiefs, crackdown, kurdish, tensions, Turkey, visit No Comments »Myanmar refugees fleeing military crackdown turned away by neighboring Thailand & India – reports
March 30th, 2021 Wake Up Fools People trying to get out of Myanmar amid a violent military crackdown on dissent after the February 1 coup are being refused entry to neighboring Thailand and India, activists and media reports claim. Around 2,000 refugees crossed into Thailand over the weekend after villages along the border area were targeted by airstrikes, but were forced […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: crackdown, fleeing, military, Myanmar, neighboring, refugees, turned No Comments »CDC extends eviction ban through June 30 as regulators vow crackdown
March 30th, 2021 Wake Up Fools The CDC initially released an order in September barring eviction for nonpayment of rent through the end of 2020, citing a 1944 public health law. Congress extended it in December, and the Biden administration renewed it again through March 31. Congress has also enacted more than $45 billion in rental assistance to help distressed tenants […]
Saudi Crackdown: 521 Families Threatened With Displacement, Razing Houses in Qatif
March 18th, 2021 Wake Up Fools By Staff, Agencies In the course of the ongoing crackdown against the kingdom’s Shia minority, the Saudi regime plans to displace hundreds of families in the Shia-majority eastern province of Qatif and raze their houses. Nashet Qatifi, a renowned Saudi human rights activist, said in a post on his Twitter account that the Riyadh government […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: crackdown, displacement, families, houses, razing, Saudi, threatened No Comments »Miami Beach Preps For Spring Break COVID Crackdown
March 3rd, 2021 Wake Up Fools In yet another great example of government efficiency, Miami Beach is prepping for a Spring Break Covid crackdown. Don’t check your calendar. Yes, it’s 2021. It’s ironic, since last year – you know, before we even had vaccines and understood fully just how deadly (or not deadly) Covid was – Miami Beach was the go-to place to […]
Hungary’s Crackdown on Artists and Academics
March 3rd, 2021 Wake Up Fools The Hungarian-Jewish filmmaker Janos Szasz is best known in the United States for his 2013 film “The Notebook (Le Grand Cahier),” released here in the summer of 2014. It’s based on the international bestseller of the same name, written in French by the Hungarian-born novelist Ágota Kristóf. “The Notebook” is an almost fairy-tale parable of […]
Defying Deadly Crackdown, Crowds Again Protest Myanmar Coup
March 1st, 2021 Wake Up Fools YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Police in Myanmar’s biggest city fired tear gas Monday at defiant crowds who returned to the streets to protest last month’s coup, despite reports that security forces had killed at least 18 people a day earlier. The protesters in Yangon were chased as they tried to gather at their usual meeting […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: again, crackdown, crowds, deadly, defying, Myanmar, protest No Comments »Myanmar: Reports of fatalities as junta steps up crackdown on protests
February 28th, 2021 Wake Up Fools At least three people are reported to have died in Myanmar as security forces made mass arrests and appeared to use lethal force on Sunday, as they intensified their efforts to break up protests a month after the military staged a coup. The fatalities are reported to have happened during a violent crackdown in Dawei, […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: crackdown, fatalities, junta, Myanmar, protests, reports, steps No Comments »At least two reported dead, multiple injured as Myanmar continues crackdown on anti-coup protests (VIDEOS)
February 28th, 2021 Wake Up Fools Myanmar riot police repeatedly opened fire and used stun grenades against anti-coup protesters on Sunday as part of a continuing crackdown. At least two people were reportedly killed and several more injured. Law enforcers shot at protesters in Myanmar’s largest city of Yangon on Sunday, according to local media reports backed up by multiple videos […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: continues, crackdown, injured, least, multiple, Myanmar, reported No Comments »As Macron Courts the Far-Right, France Launches Crackdown on “Islamo-Leftism”
February 22nd, 2021 Wake Up Fools By Alan Macleod Source Islamo-leftism is a label coined by the far-right, with many pointing out the distinct similarities between it and “Judeo-Bolshevism,” a term created by German Nazis linking religion with a set of political beliefs. Yet it has quickly been taken up by many in France’s political center. PARIS — France’s Minister for Higher […]
Instagram’s crackdown on ‘hateful’ DMs speeds up the spiral of Anglocentric censorship on social media
February 12th, 2021 Wake Up Fools By Nebojsa Malic, senior writer at RT The app founded to share cute photos is now using AI to censor “hate speech” in direct messages, enforcing an Anglo-American notion of banning the ever-increasing expanse of unapproved thoughts on the rest of the planet. Anyone who sends direct messages containing “hate speech” or abuse shall henceforth be […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: anglocentric, Censorship, crackdown, hateful, instagram, speeds, spiral No Comments »Trump supporters compare social media crackdown on far right to Nazi Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews
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Posted in Jewish News Tags: compare, crackdown, Media, right, social, supporters, Trump No Comments »Steve King, Jeanine Pirro compare crackdown on far right to Kristallnacht
January 12th, 2021 Wake Up Fools Amazon, Apple and Google have all decided to ban the social media app Parler, which is popular among the far-right, from their platforms. Source 00
Posted in Jewish News Tags: compare, crackdown, jeanine, kristallnacht, pirro, right, steve No Comments »China Seizes on DC Riots to Justify Their Disgusting Crackdown in Hong Kong
January 8th, 2021 Wake Up Fools The Communist Chinese government seized on Wednesday’s riots in the Capitol to justify their human rights abuses on protestors in Hong Kong. CCP government propaganda outlet Global Times posted images from both the DC riots and the Hong Kong protests to highlight western media double standards in offering support for unrest in Hong Kong while […]
Coronavirus Crackdown: Aussie Partygoers Warned Against Kissing, Hugging, Displays of Affection
December 28th, 2020 Wake Up Fools Partygoers heading out to celebrate New Year’s Eve in two of Australia’s most populous states have been told by government officials what’s good for them, being warned against any random acts of affection due to the risks posed by the coronavirus. In the southern state of Victoria, the government wants no displays of physical contact […]
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