Thousands of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile Customers Hit By Cellular Outage Across America, Sparking Fears of a Possible Cyber Attack – Some Cannot Even Make Emergency Calls

Tens of thousands of cell phone users have experienced outages this morning for their home phone, internet, and mobile phone services. The shocking number of interruptions is sparking fear of a possible cyber attack.

The outages reportedly began around 4 am Eastern time and also affected thousands of customers with Verizon, T-Mobile, and US Cellular. Cricket, which is also part of AT&T, reported having 11,000 customers affected.

The most significant number of issues, though, was reported by AT&T users, which spiked at 31,931 reports at 4:30 am before again jumping to 71,000 at 8 AM.

Some of our customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning. We are working urgently to restore service to them. We encourage the use of Wi-Fi calling until service is restored.’

Some customers have revealed their phones are stuck in SOS mode, meaning that users can only make calls to emergency services. But some 911 centers are also unable to receive calls

PWC Alert: AT&T has reported that some 9-1-1 calls may not be received by the county. If your 9-1-1 call does not go thru, please call 703-792-6500 to report an emergency. An update will be sent once the problem has been resolved. https://t.co/NSZtJ2lze7

— Prince William County Police Department (@PWCPolice) February 22, 2024

We are aware of an issue impacting AT&T wireless customers from making and receiving any phone calls (including to 911).

We are actively engaged and monitoring this.

The San Francisco 911 center is still operational.

If you are an AT&T customer and cannot get through to 911,… pic.twitter.com/TUIEBkqmkI

— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) February 22, 2024

CMPD is aware of a nationwide outage impacting AT&T cell phone customers this morning. Customers were briefly unable to contact 9-1-1. There are no disruptions to our call center’s ability to receive 9-1-1 calls. Service should be returning shortly.

— CMPD News (@CMPD) February 22, 2024

One tech expert thinks this could be a possible cyber attack, saying he “can’t imagine this is incompetence or a single node failure.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/thousands-att-verizon-t-mobile-customers-hit-cellular/

Turmoil at CBS — Catherine Herridge’s Firing Escalates as Network Seizes Files and Exposes Confidential Sources: Report

CBS reportedly seized files from Catherine Herridge, the network’s recently laid-off senior investigative correspondent. This action included materials that may reveal information about confidential sources, according to an article by Jonathan Turley, Shapiro Chair of Public Interest Law at George Washington University, in The Hill.

Catherine Herridge, an Emmy-winning and nominated reporter known for her work on national security and intelligence, was among the 800 employees Paramount Global laid off in a bid to streamline operations amid financial strain. Her firing has since escalated into a broader controversy.

In his article titled “CBS faces uproar after seizing investigative journalist’s files,” Turley sheds light on the concerns that have emerged within the journalistic community at CBS.

Herridge’s colleagues are reportedly alarmed by the company’s unprecedented steps to take possession of her work materials, including sensitive information on sources promised confidentiality.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/turmoil-cbs-catherine-herridges-firing-escalates-as-network/

NYC's Non-Citizen Voting Law Struck Down By Appeals Court

New York City's law that lets non-citizens vote in local elections hit a brick wall on Wednesday, as a state appeals court ruled it violates the state's constitution. Approved in Dec. 2021 by a 33-14 city council vote, the controversial law had not yet been put into practice, owing to an injunction imposed in 2022 by a lower court on Staten Island.

“We determine that this local law was enacted in violation of the New York State Constitution and Municipal Home Rule Law, and thus, must be declared null and void,” wrote Appellate Judge Paul Wooten in the 43-page ruling.

The measure would have allowed approximately 800,000 non-citizens to vote in city elections. The law limited that new privilege to permanent legal residents of the United States, and those with federal work authorization. Republican party officials quickly sued, arguing the city was acting beyond its authority. On Wednesday, the New York appeals court upheld the 2022 ruling.

“I won baby, I won,” Staten Island Republican and NY City Council GOP Leader Joe Borelli told Politico in an interview from Israel, where he and other officials are surveying the damage from the Oct 7 Hamas invasion (that may be irrelevant to the needs of Staten Islanders, but treating Israel like America's 51st state is highly relevant to his aspirations for higher office.) “This was an easy case. All they had to do was read the state constitution and municipal law."

Indeed, the New York State Constitution says:

“Every citizen shall be entitled to vote at every election for all officers elected by the people . . . provided that such citizen is eighteen years of age or over and shall have been a resident of this state, and of the county, city, or village for thirty days next preceding an election”

The appeals court, which ruled in Republicans' favor by a 3-1 margin, said the constitution's "plain language" provides voting rights "exclusively to 'citizen[s],' as there is no reference to non-citizens." It also said that New York's Municipal Home Rule Law requires that such a change to election law requires a voter referendum, not a local council vote.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/nycs-non-citizen-voting-law-struck-down-appeals-court

Putin reacts to Biden’s insult

Speaking at a fundraiser in California on Wednesday, Biden had called Putin a “crazy son of a b*tch.” Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin asked the Russian president to comment on this.

“When you asked me our preference for the next US president, I said we would work with any, but for us, for Russia, Biden was better,” Putin replied. “Judging by what he said, I was absolutely right.”

“That’s the appropriate reaction to what I said,” Putin continued. “It’s not like he could say ‘Good job, Volodya, thank you for the helping hand’. We understand what is going on there, in terms of internal politics.”

Biden’s insulting comments “mean I was right,” Putin said. In terms of who Moscow would like to see in the White House, he added, “I can say it again: Biden.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/592972-putin-biden-insult/

Biden Turns Entire Federal Government into DNC Voter Registration Machine for 2024

Biden says he wants to register 3 million new Democrats and facilitate vote-by-mail in federal prisons.

Joe Biden is using the presidency to turn nearly the entire federal government into a DNC voter registration machine ahead of the 2024 election, with a special focus on mass registering “voters of color.”

The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project revealed in a thread on X that “the rigging of the 2024 election is well underway,” as “Biden has tasked the entirety of the federal government to work directly with Democrat Get-Out-The-Vote operations” – which are now giving instructions to federal employees as they use taxpayer dollars to hit their goal of registering 3 million new Democrat voters per year.

According to the Oversight Project’s thread, “A key organizer and coordinator of this effort is the dark money group [Demos] with deep ties to [Sen. Elizabeth Warren] and progressive groups.”

The left-wing registration drive appears to pay special attention to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which is among the federal agencies spearheading the program.

Interestingly, the USDA has long been used by the likes of both Barack Obama and Joe Biden as a political organ to discriminate against white people. And before their times in office, the USDA was used by Bill Clinton, for much the same purpose, as well as to register as many Democrat voters as possible.

The voter registration drive stems from a March 2021 executive order signed by Joe Biden on “Promoting Access to Voting” that referred to supposed “obstacles” faced by minority voters, including a “lack of election information,” implying that the Biden Regime will be disseminating federally-approved election and campaign information to those they register.

The order also described “barriers to access at polling places,” which likely refers mostly to voter ID laws adopted to keep illegal aliens from voting and to stem the voter fraud seen all over the country in 2020, and before, but Biden in his order claims that the voter ID laws are racist, as are the “long lines” he claims minorities are faced with at polling places.

What’s more, is that the order called for election materials to be presented in foreign languages, not just at polling places and on the Vote.Gov site, but in federal prisons, where the U.S. Marshals have been tasked with making sure inmates have access to “educational materials related to voter registration and voting.”

Unsurprisingly, Biden also ordered the U.S. Marshals to “facilitate voting by mail” from federal prisons.

https://nationalfile.com/biden-turns-entire-federal-government-into-dnc-voter-registration-machine-for-2024/

Israeli Forces Arrest Eight United Nations Employees For Alleged Terror Ties

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have arrested at least eight United Nations employees over their alleged ties to Hamas, a secret document read, Maariv reported Thursday.

All eight of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) employees were arrested in the Gaza Strip and transferred to Israel, the Israeli news outlet reported.

The Hebrew outlet said they obtained a secret document from UNRWA requesting that Israel grant the organization access to the accused following their arrest. The arrests spanned from October to February, with one of the employees being accused of participating in Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre of southern Israeli communities.

Israeli officials said that they had not yet answered the appeals by UNRWA and that the investigation over the alleged deeds of the accused are still ongoing, the outlet reported.

Israel published accusations of 12 UNRWA employees Feb. 16 who allegedly directly participated in the Oct. 7 massacre. Some allegedly participated in the taking of hostages.

“In addition to these 12 workers [whose information was published], we have significant indications based on intelligence, that over 30 UNRWA workers participated in the massacre, facilitated the taking of hostages, looted and stole from Israeli communities, and more,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said, according to The Times of Israel. The minister estimated that 12 percent of UNRWA staff had ties to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

An American intelligence assessment obtained by The Wall Street Journal estimates that about 10 percent of staff have such ties. “The institution [UNRWA] as a whole is a haven for Hamas’ radical ideology,” one Israeli official told The Wall Street Journal.

The United Nations have formed a board to review such allegations against their employees.

https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/22/israel-defense-force-idf-arrest-unrwa-employees-hamas-ties/

Israel Intensifies Airstrikes in Rafah as Invasion Looms

The Israeli strikes killed over a dozen members of the same family

Israel intensified airstrikes in Rafah on Wednesday as Israeli officials are threatening to invade the city, which is packed with an estimated 1.5 million Palestinians.

Reuters reported that the Israeli bombardment in Rafah killed over a dozen members of the al-Noor family, including a one-and-a-half-year-old girl. At the site of the bombed house, Palestinians criticized the US for vetoing a ceasefire resolution at the UN Security Council and for its support of the Israeli onslaught.

“Since October 7 and until this moment, the US has been supporting Israel with rockets, aircraft and tanks. All of these massacres are because of America,” said Youssef Sheikh Al-Eid, whose brother was inside the targeted house, according to Reuters.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said a total of 118 Palestinians were killed in Gaza from February 20-21, bringing the total death toll up to 29,313, with 69,333 others wounded. About two-thirds of the casualties are women and children.

Israeli officials also said they intensified operations in the nearby city of Khan Younis, where Israeli forces are fighting Hamas on the ground. Fighting also continues up in northern Gaza, where the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said one of its soldiers was killed on Wednesday.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has threatened that Israel will invade Rafah by Ramadan, which begins on March 10, if Hamas doesn’t release the remaining Israeli captives.

Qatar-mediated hostage negotiations have not shown much promise after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vetoed a round of talks last week, but Gantz claimed on Wednesday that there are “early signs” of “possible progress” in the latest effort to work toward a deal. But he added if an agreement is not reached, “we will continue operating also during Ramadan

https://news.antiwar.com/2024/02/21/israel-intensifies-airstrikes-in-rafah-as-invasion-looms/

Fani Willis is worth $8 million on a $100,000-a-year government job?

Fani Willis, the District Attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, is not only making headlines for her legal prowess but also for her substantial financial standing. Recent revelations indicate that her estimated net worth is a remarkable $8 million, underscoring her success in both the legal and financial realms.

Fani Willis, Fulton County District Attorney, boasts an estimated net worth of $8 million, reflecting her financial success alongside her legal career.

Beyond her $110,000 base salary, Willis generates substantial income through $12,000 speaking engagements and strategic investments, contributing to her $2.7 million annual revenue.

Amidst legal controversies, Willis faces scrutiny over allegations related to a personal relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade, adding a layer of complexity to her professional journey.

The District Attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, Fani Willis, has been garnering attention lately, not just for her legal expertise but also for her considerable financial standing. An exploration into her fiscal affairs reveals that her net worth is an estimated $8 million, a testament to her success and savvy in accumulating wealth.

Willis’s financial repertoire is substantial, with an annual revenue stream of $2.7 million. This impressive income is anchored by her base salary of $110,000, which is complemented by additional earnings amounting to $1.5 million from a variety of sources. One such source is her speaking engagements, which fetch her $12,000 per appearance, a reflection of her sought-after expertise.

The District Attorney’s financial position is further reinforced by her diverse asset portfolio. Willis holds a commanding presence in the property market, with real estate investments worth around $5 million. Her portfolio includes a range of properties from a 300-acre farmland spread across Utah and Maui to a plush four-bedroom villa in Georgia, along with two more properties in Houston.

https://citizenwatchreport.com/fani-willis-is-worth-8-million-on-a-100000-a-year-government-job/

Russian Foreign Minister Slams West’s Impunity On Its Criminal Biological Experiments

For Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the West will never disclose the truth about its criminal biological experiments as he slammed its impunity which violates many international agreements, including conventions on human rights and biological and chemical safety.

"The impunity with which Westerners conduct biological experiments on humans is outrageous,” Lavrov said at the plenary session of the forum of supporters for the fight against modern practices of neocolonialism For the Freedom of Nations.

He also linked these efforts to the funding of wars such as in Ukraine. He said that the climate agenda was brought into play to gain market advantages over weaker countries. "By outsourcing 'dirty' production facilities to other countries, Western supporters of climate justice are imposing additional costs on Southern nations and pressuring them to buy costly green technologies from the West," he said, saying that the money that was pledged for development is being spent on supplying weapons to the Kyiv regime and other military ventures.

Another example was the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine distribution during the peak of the pandemic, Lavrov reminded his audience that the West secured the majority of scarce vaccines, leaving the impoverished and vulnerable to fend for themselves. At the same time, he said, international bodies controlled by the West, deliberately delayed the certification of the Russian Sputnik vaccine, which could have saved millions of lives in developing countries. "Western vaccines were certified in Europe almost immediately, bypassing standard procedures. But nobody was held accountable for any serious side effects resulting from these vaccines," he also emphasized.

Russia's Lavrov lands in Caracas to discuss with the Venezuelan president the strategic partnership between the two nations

The Russian foreign minister arrived in Caracas for an official visit to the Bolivarian nation on Tuesday, Feb. 20. He is set to meet with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and Foreign Minister Yvan Gil to discuss key issues of bilateral cooperation and interaction in the international arena, as well as analyze the global and regional landscape.

"Venezuela is a strategic partner and ally of Russia. Bilateral relations, based on strong ties of friendship and solidarity, are thriving and actively developing in all crucial areas," Lavrov said in a statement. "Russia will continue to provide comprehensive support to the Venezuelan government and people in defending their national sovereignty and the right to choose their own development path."

A day before, Lavrov visited Cuba, where he met with President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez. Following the Venezuela visit, the foreign affairs minister will head over to Brazil to participate in a ministerial meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20).

https://www.womensystems.com/2024/02/russian-foreign-minister-slams-wests.html

Brussels spyware bombshell: Surveillance software found on officials’ phones

EU Parliament defense committee was the target of phone hacking, internal email says.

The European Parliament on Wednesday asked members on its defense subcommittee to have their phones checked for spyware after it found traces of hacking on two devices.

Members and staff in the chamber's subcommittee on security and defense (SEDE) have had their phones hit with intrusive surveillance software tools, the institution said in an internal email.

All lawmakers in the subcommittee have been advised to take their phones to the institution's IT service to be checked for spyware, according to the email, seen by POLITICO.

The European Parliament is on high alert for cyberattacks and foreign interference in the run-up to the EU election in June.

POLITICO reported in December that an internal review showed that the institution's cybersecurity "has not yet met industry standards” and is “not fully in-line with the threat level" posed by state-sponsored hackers and other threat groups.

One member of the security and defense subcommittee went in for a routine check on Tuesday, which resulted in a discovery of traces of spyware on their phone. The member told POLITICO it wasn't immediately clear why they were targeted with hacking software.

Parliament's Deputy Spokesperson Delphine Colard said in a statement that "traces found in two devices" prompted the email calling on members to have their phones checked.

"In the given geopolitical context and given the nature of the files followed by the subcommittee on security and defence, a special attention is dedicated to the devices of the members of this subcommittee and the staff supporting its work," the statement said.

The new revelations follow previous incidents with other European Parliament members targeted with spyware. Researchers revealed in 2022 that the phones of members of the Catalan independence movement, including EU politicians, were infected with Pegasus and Candiru, two types of hacking tools. That same year, Greek member of the EU Parliament and opposition leader Nikos Androulakis was among a list of Greek political and public figures found to have been targeted with Predator, another spyware tool. Parliament's President Roberta Metsola previously also faced an attempted hacking using spyware.

European Parliament members in 2022 set up a special inquiry committee to investigate the issue. It investigated a series of scandals in countries including Spain, Greece, Hungary and Poland and said at least four governments in the EU had abused the hacking tools for political gain.

Parliament's IT service launched a system to check members' phones for spyware in April last year. It had run "hundreds of operations" since the program started, the statement said.

https://www.politico.eu/article/parliament-defense-subcommittee-phones-checked-for-spyware/

KIEV FORCES EXECUTED MERCENARIES, RIGGED DEAD BODIES WITH EXPLOSIVES BEFORE FLEEING AVDEEVKA

Kiev forces executed wounded foreign mercenaries and rigged the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers with explosives before fleeing the strategic town of Avdeevka, Igor Kimakovsky, advisor to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, told TASS on February 22.

The Russian military imposed full control over Avdeevka and nearby areas on February 17. At the time, some 1,500 Ukrainian soldiers were killed while attempting to flee the town. Many others were reportedly captured alive.

“The bodies of foreign mercenaries were found in Avdeevka. Apparently, these people were first seriously wounded and then shot with guns,” the advisor said, adding that most of those found had blast injuries.

The bodies were found on the outskirts of the city in the direction of the settlement of Lastochkino. According to Kimakovsky , this rules out the possibility that the mercenaries were killed in close combat with Russian troops.

“You can see that the [Ukrainian] servicemen were leaving, and these [mercenaries] couldn’t go any further on their own. They simply did not bother to take care of them in order to save time and keep alive those who could still move on their own. They were shot at point-blank range to hide their identities and give them no chance of being captured,” he explained, noting that military doctors confirmed the information that all the mercenaries whose bodies were found were shot at close range.

According to Kimakovsky, not only the chevrons, but also the insignia of the found bodies testify to their affiliation. “According to information from the field, there are quite a lot of these bodies. The nature and causes of death of all the wounded are the same. No one tried to hide them, save for their affiliation,” he added.

Kimakovsky also said that Russian troops discovered several private households in Avdeevka, where boody-trapped bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were found.

“During the inspection, it turned out that the bodies were rigged with explosives,” he said.

According to the advisor, the booby-trapped bodies were found along the road that Ukrainian forces used to withdraw from Avdeevka.

The Russian Ministry of Defense also revealed new details on the last battle in Avdeevka on February 22. In a statement, the ministry said that Kiev forces turned almost every cellar in the town into a depot of imported ammunition.

“Forcing its way and moving to the center of the town was the task of the 55th guards brigade,” the ministry noted. The assault groups pressed forward along multiple axes. The main forces made their way along Sobornaya Street.

“There were the enemy’s fire units in almost every house, with chains of dug-out and cover positions nearby and military equipment sheltered among houses. Almost every cellar was turned into an ammunition depot [containing] mortar bombs, hand-held grenade launchers, tins with ammo, grenades to grenade launchers, with most weapons and supplies revealed being of foreign production,” according to the statement.

https://southfront.press/kiev-forces-executed-mercenaries-rigged-dead-bodies-with-explosives-before-fleeing-avdeevka/

Israeli Nova Partygoer Was Misidentified as Hamas Terrorist on October 7 and Killed by Israeli Forces

Ofek Atun escaped the outdoor Nova rave with his girlfriend. They survived the assault on the bomb shelter in which they took refuge, before fleeing to nearby Kibbutz Alumim. The kibbutz's volunteer security squad mistook them for Hamas terrorists – and opened fire

An Israeli man who managed to escape the Nova music festival on the morning of October 7, shortly before the site was overrun with Hamas terrorists, was killed by a volunteer security squad at a neighboring kibbutz after being misidentified for a terrorist, a Haaretz investigation reveals.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-02-22/ty-article-magazine/.premium/nova-partygoer-was-misidentified-as-hamas-terrorist-on-oct-7-killed-by-israeli-forces/0000018d-d14f-df79-a5cd-f17f934d0000

Mothers of 2 Girls Who Died After Gardasil HPV Vaccine Sue Merck

The mothers of 10-year-old Isabella Zuggi and 14-year-old Sydney Figueroa filed wrongful death lawsuits against Merck, alleging the company knowingly failed to warn the public and medical providers about the risk of injury or death from its Gardasil human papillomavirus vaccine.

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/sydney-figueroa-isabella-zuggi-hpv-vaccine-lawsuits-deaths/

Asked About Dead Palestinian Kids, Rep. Andy Ogles Says ‘Kill Em All’

Ogles was confronted by activists in Washington

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) was confronted by peace activists in Washington on Tuesday about the Israeli slaughter in Gaza and sparked an outcry for saying “kill ’em all” when asked about Palestinian children being killed with US support.

“I’ve seen the footage of shredded children’s bodies. That’s my taxpayer dollars that are going to bomb those kids,” an activist said to Ogles.

“I think we should kill ’em all, if that makes you feel better,” Ogles replied. “Everybody in Hamas.”

The comments sparked an outcry and backlash, including from within Ogles’ state of Tennessee. In response, Ogles’ office insisted he was specifically talking about Hamas, but the congressman said “kill ’em all” after the activist referenced children being killed by Israel with US support.

Ogles also justified the brutal Israeli campaign in Gaza by saying, “Hamas and the Palestinians have been attacking Israel for 20 years. It’s time to pay the piper.”

Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), a former member of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), recently made similar comments when asked about babies being killed in Gaza. “These are not innocent Palestinian civilians across the world,” Mast said.

When asked about the Palestinians who are starving in the Gaza Strip, Mast replied, “The half a million people starving to death are people that should go out there and put a government in place that doesn’t go out there and attack Israel on a daily basis.”

https://news.antiwar.com/2024/02/21/asked-about-dead-palestinian-kids-rep-andy-ogles-says-kill-em-all/

Five High Value Targets arrested as one of the largest networks smuggling migrants across the English Channel halted

French and Belgian judicial orders executed in Germany led to 19 arrests and 28 locations raided following an 18-month-long joint investigation under Europol’s Operational Task Force Wave in an action coordinated by Eurojust

A large-scale operation involving law enforcement and judicial authorities from Belgium, France and Germany, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, led to the dismantling of one of the most active networks involved in the smuggling of migrants across the English Channel in small boats. The investigation focused on an Iraqi-Kurdish network suspected of smuggling Middle Eastern and East African irregular migrants from France to the UK with the use of low quality inflatable boats.

The action day on 21 February led to:

19 arrests in Germany (7 under Belgian judicial order and 12 under French judicial order)

5 High Value Targets (the leader and the main organisers) arrested

28 locations (19 houses and 9 storage places) searched in Germany

Seizures include: 24 inflatable boats, 175 life vests, 81 flotation devices for children, 60 air pumps, 13 outboard mounts, 14 engines, almost 60 electronic devices, arms and several thousand euros in cash

https://www. europol.europa. eu/media-press/newsroom/news/five-high-value-targets-arrested-one-of-largest-networks-smuggling-migrants-across-english-channel-halted

Google Rolls Out ‘Pre-Bunking’ Censorship Regime to Rig EU Elections

“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.”

-George Orwell, 1984

With each step, with each successive advancement in weaponized technology — which come faster and faster as the rate of development skyrockets — the corporate state inches closer to achieving its ultimate objective of totalitarian control.

Soon, barring effective resistance, suppressing information counter to approved narratives ex post facto will become unnecessary because verboten information will never make it out of the womb into the public consciousness in the first place.

In the end, of course, the social control will descend to the level of the individual mind itself, with neurological implants or other tools rendering the very act of wrongthink impossible.

We’re now on Step #2 of this three-part descent into techno-hell.

Via Reuters:

“Google (GOOGL.O) is preparing to launch an anti-misinformation campaign across five countries in the European Union (EU), the company told Reuters ahead of the bloc's parliamentary elections and tougher new rules tackling online content.”

In June, EU citizens will elect a new European Parliament to pass policies and laws in the region and lawmakers fear the spread of misinformation online could sway voters.

France, Poland and Germany accused Russia on Monday of putting together an elaborate network of websites to spread pro-Russian propaganda.

Europe's Digital Services Act, which comes into force this week, will require very large online platforms and search engines to do more to tackle illegal content and risks to public security.

From this spring, Google's internal Jigsaw unit which operates to tackle threats to societies, will run a series of animated ads across platforms such as TikTok and YouTube in five EU countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and Poland.

Building on previous campaigns the company has tested in Germany and central Europe, Jigsaw said the new project was an opportunity to reach citizens in countries with some of the largest number of voters in the EU, utilising the company's local expertise in these regions.

The ads will feature so-called ‘prebunking’ techniques, developed in partnership with researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol, aimed at helping viewers identify manipulative content before encountering it…

‘We've spent so much time having these really polarised debates. Our democracy is at stake, and the temperature just keeps getting higher and higher,’ said Beth Goldberg, head of research at Jigsaw.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-02-21/google-rolls-out-pre-bunking-censorship-regime-rig-eu-elections

Israel starts bombing Rafah after what looked like another FF terror attack in Israel.

Then to hide to bombing of Rafah Unit 8200 start cyber attacking pharmacies and mobile phone networks to distract everyone

Possible?

Another UK Ship On Fire Near Yemen As Sea Becomes Littered With Disabled Tankers

The last several days have witnessed well over half a dozen attacks or attempted attacks by Houthis on foreign vessels and tankers in the Red Sea. For example the US military confirmed Tuesday that two US-owned tankers were struck the day prior. Such attacks are now coming several times a day.

On Thursday the Pentagon said its coalition ships in the Red Sea intercepted six more drones over waters off Yemen. This came after another UK-owned ship was struck, and is reportedly burning and immobile some 70 nautical miles southeast of Aden.

A new United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency alert said the British-owned, Palau-flagged ship was hit by two missiles while en route from Thailand to Egypt.

Increasingly, waters off Yemen are being littered with disabled and sinking tankers, as the saga of the Belize-flagged, British-registered Rubymar has shown. Earlier in the week it was hit by Houthi fire and the crew abandoned ship.

There are reports that the vessel's operators are currently trying to tow the ship to Djibouti, and that it remains partially below water, the engine room having suffered severe damage.

BBC wrote of one image widely circulating that it is "said to be from Tuesday and shows a vessel still above water. It is down by the stern, but has not sunk. Although the ship's name is not visible, all of its characteristics match those of the Rubymar."

Based on the ratcheting rate of these attacks, expect more such images of other ships to emerge in the coming weeks and months, as the war in Gaza rages on.

Meanwhile, the Houthis have issued a new alert, formalizing a ban on all foreign vessels' passage (presumably excluding Russian, Chinese, and Iranian ships of course). According to the Thursday notification:

The Houthis’ communication, the first to the shipping industry outlining a formalized ban, came in the form of two notices from the Houthis’ newly-dubbed Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center sent to shipping insurers and firms.

Ships that are wholly or partially owned by Israeli individuals or entities and Israel-flagged vessels, or are owned by US or British individuals or entities, or sailing under their flags, are banned from the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea, Thursday’s notices said.

"The Humanitarian Operations Center was established in Sanaa to coordinate the safe and peaceful passage of ships and vessels that have no connection to Israel," a Houthi official told Reuters.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/another-uk-ship-fire-yemen-sea-becomes-littered-disabled-tankers