Posts Tagged ‘lobbied’

Big Pharma lobbied to censor calls for affordable Covid-19 vaccines – Twitter files

Western biotech firms pressured Twitter to censor calls for sharing their Covid-19 vaccine patents and making low-cost generic treatments, according to a new tranche of Twitter files. The companies also funded a nonprofit that created tools to fight misinformation, but declined to flag misleading claims by Big Pharma. The lobbying efforts by companies including BioNTech, […]

Pfizer Board Member Lobbied Twitter to Censor Information About COVID Vaccine

Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb lobbied Twitter to censor information that questioned the efficacy of the COVID vaccine in comparison to natural immunity, it has been revealed. Newly released Twitter files show that the platform censored a tweet from Dr. Brett Giroir, a board member at the biopharmaceutical company Altesa Biosciences, which produces drugs […]

White House Lobbied Facebook to Censor Tucker Carlson Over Skepticism Towards COVID-19 Vaccine

Internal communications obtained by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry show that the White House lobbied Facebook to censor Tucker Carlson and others for expressing skepticism about the COVID-19 vaccine. White House Director of Digital Strategy Rob Flaherty wrote an email to an unnamed Facebook employee on April 14, 2021 complaining about posts that were negative […]

Former PM David Cameron Lobbied UK Govt on Behalf of $1 Billion Chinese Investment Fund: Report

Former Prime Minister David Cameron reportedly lobbied then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond in 2017 to secure government approval for a $1 billion Chinese investment deal. Mr Cameron — who has recently been embroiled in a lobbying scandal involving government contracts secured during the Chinese coronavirus crisis for Greensill Capital — has been revealed to […]

Prince Andrew Lobbied US Govt For ‘Favourable’ Plea Deal For Epstein Court Documents Claim

Newly unsealed court documents claim that Prince Andrew lobbied the US government for Jeffrey Epstein to secure a “favourable” plea deal in his 2008 underage prostitution case. Epstein received a widely-criticized light sentence in the 2008 case that saw him jailed for just 18 months in 2008 after pleading guilty to charges of soliciting a minor. […]

Leaked Emails Reveal UAE Lobbied US to Remove Tillerson for Backing Qatar

(MEE) — Leaked emails obtained by the BBC on Monday show that the UAE lobbied the US to sack Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for failing to side with the Emirates in its struggle against Qatar. The sender of the emails, Elliott Broidy, owns a private security company that has contracts with the UAE […]

Revelation That UK Gov Lobbied for Big Oil in Brazil Sparks Political Fallout

The Pesticide That Is Killing Bees Is Also Harming Humans

Scientists believe that the widespread use of pesticides such as neonicotinoids are not only harmful to bees and other pollinators, but also to humans. Although neonics are used to target invertebrates, there is mounting evidence that suggests they are have far-reaching effects. The European Food Safety Authority concluded in 2013 that neonics could affect the […]

Roger Waters tells France: ‘Supporters of BDS, attacked by your judiciary, have my unequivocal respect and love’

Two days ago we posted about the brave pushback in France against legislation that makes it a crime to advocate for boycott of Israel. We were then informed that Roger Waters had sent a letter to the French people, via a French news agency, on this very subject some weeks ago that has never been […]

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