Three Cybersecurity Tools for Journalists
"A career in journalism can be unsafe regardless of where you are in the world."
"A career in journalism can be unsafe regardless of where you are in the world."
".... the events that transpired afterwards are much more important ... Specifically ... the banning of a sitting US president from social media. The banning itself was condemned by many prominent figures, including the German chancellor Angela Merkel or the anti-corruption advocate and chief Putin rival Alexey Navalny."
"People will not forgive weakness... That's not a partisan point: it's human nature."
"Wigdor’s play was simple and ruthless—use these false claims to scare Fox News Corporation into paying out money to settle the case. Fox wisely refused..."
"Remorseless media focus on Dominic Cummings has been given impetus by Tory MPs who have added their voices to the call for Cummings to be sacked, some of whom may owe their seats to his work."
"Is this a fight to protect free speech, or to destroy it?"
"While we can only speculate as to whether YouTube is being honest about why these comments have been automatically deleted, its parent company Google is certainly no stranger to being accused of kowtowing to the CCP in the form of targeted censorship."
"There is no need for questions to be answered or responsibility assumed. All that matters is that we have faith."
"He has the American people on his side, now he just has to convince the chattering class in D.C. that the old way of doing things is over."
"... we have been conditioned for this moment ..."
"... what is assumed is more important than what is said."
"This text makes it clear that it was McCain (and his staffer) that fed the info to Buzzfeed."
"The function of journalism is to apply scrutiny and scepticism to the pronouncements of government officials and powerful corporations."
"...while U.S. consumers trust WHO the most, UK consumers view their government as their most trusted news source overall."
"At the press conference, Lindell announced that his Minnesota bedding factory would begin dedicating 75% of its production capacity to manufacturing masks to ease shortages caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic."
"The American "Can Do" attitude is taking hold very quickly and the team is firing on all cylinders."
"Russia’s cure to the rapid spread of COVID-19"
"Some 20,000 people – rich and poor, Protestant and Catholic, young and old – stood together at Stormont, rising above political opinion, religious divide and any other consideration, to beg this place not to do this awful thing."
"... for some people, the fact that Twitter disapproves of the article provides more reason to check the article out."
"No matter what opinions you shout into the social media algorithm, they will come back at you louder and stronger. This creates a positive reinforcement loop, which amplifies your biases and shields you from any opposing arguments."
“Offending somebody is now becoming something punishable by sacking or exclusion.”
"Soros also refers to Zuckerberg’s meeting with President Trump in September 2019, citing it as evidence of a close relationship between the two. Topping off his conspiracy theory, Soros argues that Facebook’s refusal to fact-check political advertising is proof of a sinister Trump-Zuckerberg collaboration."
"...Trump also understood that the American people are tired after 19 years of terrorist wars that have more in common with a carnival whack-a-mole game. Despite Trump's hyperbole, he has been very cautious in using military force."
"The dominant component is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly Al Nusra Front, an offshoot of Al Qaeda, like Islamic State. These are internationally proscribed terror networks which have carried out the most hideous, barbaric cruelties against civilians."