YouTube Caught Censoring Comments Deemed 'Offensive' To The Communist Party

Since the first coronavirus cases were confirmed in the US, Alphabet's YouTube has been repeatedly criticized for deleting popular videos questioning the wisdom of "lockdowns", Dr. Fauci or other "science-backed" conventional wisdom - or simply using the outbreak as an excuse to censor more conservative content, something that has been a priority for YouTube since long before this all started.

YouTube, like Facebook and Twitter, insists it doesn't delete conservative content, though a handful of Congressional hearings have been held to investigate these allegations, and President Trump is reportedly looking into the creation of a panel to combat censorship of conservatives on these popular platforms.

But while YouTube's political motivation to target conservatives is fairly obvious - a large cross-section of the contemporary American left is staunchly pro-censorship when it comes to ideas they don't agree with or believe to be "offensive" - the company's motives in this latest scandal hint at a more sinister political agenda for Alphabet and its peers.

A journalist and human-rights advocate has discovered that YouTube is apparently censoring two Chinese-language phrases that are extremely offensive to the Communist Party.

Moved to investigate the suspicious mass-deletions, the Verge discovered that YouTube has indeed added these phrases to a spam filter that automatically deletes user comments containing the phrases, even if they're used in a positive and politically irrelevant context.

As the Verge points out, the company's reasons for censoring these phrases is "puzzling," considering that YouTube is blocked in China (along with all other Google services).

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/youtube-caught-censoring-comments-deemed-offensive-communist-party

In Unprecedented Move, Twitter Tags Trump Tweets As 'Misinformation'

Mere hours after Kara Swisher appeared on CNBC to call on Twitter to establish a panel of 'content reviewers' who can help the platform tag and remove "misinformation" - ie information that doesn't neatly fit the narrative being pushed by one of Swisher's employers, the New York Times - it looks like the company is taking a major step in that direction.

For the first time, Twitter has tagged tweets by President Trump as "misinformation", and appended a link where readers can "get the facts" below the tweet's primary text.

The tweet, sent earlier today by the president, was the latest in a series of missives opposing mail-in ballots, which the president has insisted would lead to widespread voter fraud.

According to Twitter spokesperson Katie Rosborough, who spoke to the Washington Post about the new policy, Trump's tweets "contain potentially misleading information about voting processes and have been labeled to provide additional context around mail-in ballots."

Evidence of widespread voter fraud in the US has yet to materialize, despite the fact that half the country seems to think that Russia somehow rigged the election in President Trump's favor. To be sure, there have been isolated incidences of voter fraud in recent years that have given some experts reason for concern - though these have been completely ignored, as they don't fit the narrative that the crime is "totally nonexistent"

But instead of allowing readers to reason this out for themselves (something that shouldn't be all that difficult given the thousands of replies calling Trump a racist liar), Twitter is stepping in to play the role of arbiter of truth.

An opinion column published in today's WSJ hinted at a notion that has become increasingly obvious in the Trump era: An absolute truth is an extremely rare thing. Even the NYT has allowed a defined, liberal perspective infect its reporting over the years, as the column's writer argued, and if the media wants to regain the trust of the public, it's time to acknowledge that it doesn't have some kind of monopoly on the truth.

Twitter has reportedly considered affixing warning labels to Trump's tweets in the past, though Dorsey has insisted that Twitter would never remove a tweet from Trump, as Swisher urged the company to do. However, apparently, a letter sent to Dorsey by the widower of a former intern in then-Congressman Joe Scarborough's office begging the company to remove several Trump tweets - tweets that allegedly perpetuated a 'conspiracy' about the death of the man's wife - pushed the company over the edge. Though notably those tweets haven't been touched.

Now, will Twitter apply the same scrutiny to Joe Biden?

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/unprecedented-move-twitter-tags-two-trump-tweets-misinformation

Twitter Brands Trump Vote-by-Mail Post with Fact Check, Citing CNN

Twitter added a link to “get the facts” about mail-in ballots after President Trump tweeted out widely-held concerns about the potential for voter fraud. The Twitter-curated “moment” is filled with mainstream media articles from CNN, Washington Post, and other outlets calling Trump a liar.

“There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent,” said President Trump on Twitter. “Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed.”

“The Governor of California is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one,” continued Trump. “That will be followed up with professionals telling all of these people, many of whom have never even thought of voting before, how, and for whom, to vote. This will be a Rigged Election. No way!”

People trying to view Trump’s tweets on Twitter will see a link added by the site beneath them saying “get the facts about mail-in ballots.” Clicking on the link takes Twitter users to a Twitter “moment” (a collection of tweets and links) curated by the company itself and filled with mainstream media articles from CNN, Washington Post, and other outlets calling President Trump a liar. This is reportedly the first time the social media platform has branded Trump’s tweets with a link to a fact check of this type.

The top article is a piece from CNN Opinion, calling the President’s claim “unsubstantiated” and claiming that mail-in ballots “very rarely lead to voter fraud.”

As Breitbart News’ Charlie Spiering has reported, the Trump campaign has substantiated its concerns with mail-in voting, contrary to what the Twitter-backed CNN article claims.

The president’s re-election campaign responded quickly to Acosta’s request, noting there were nine people charged in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas with “vote harvesting” and mail ballots, a political operative in New York stealing and submitting absentee ballots, and a resident in Pennsylvania receiving seven separate ballots in the mail.

The campaign also shared a Heritage Foundation document of over 1,000 proven cases of vote fraud.

“Democrats and the mainstream media always scoff at claims of voter fraud, but then completely ignore evidence from across the country,” Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a statement. “The obvious reason is that Democrats are just fine with the possibility of voter fraud. And many in the media just see the world their way.”

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/05/26/twitter-brands-trump-vote-by-mail-post-with-fact-check-citing-cnn/

Trump’s NatSec Advisor Robert O’Brien Drains the Swamp, Cuts Staff to HALF of Obama-Era Levels

National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien slashed the National Security Council staff to half of Obama-era levels.

The NatSec purge started in February when President Trump fired the Vindman twins from their National Security Council positions in the Trump White House.

The President also cut 70 Obama-era holdovers from the NatSec in February.

Trump’s goal is to cut the agency in half.

On Tuesday, the New York Post reported that Trump’s NatSec Advisor Robert O’Brien dramatically cut down the size of the NatSec Council.

President Trump’s national security adviser Robert C. O’Brien has dramatically slashed the size of the National Security Council — reducing the headcount to half of what it was during the Obama era, The Post has learned.

The job cuts are an attempt to streamline the foreign policy outfit, which ballooned under the Obama administration to almost 240 staffers — still up from 115 during Condoleezza Rice’s tenure as George W. Bush’s NSA in the early 2000s, a senior White House official said.

By the end of this summer, the NSC will consist of just 105 staff, the official said.

“Under previous administrations, the NSC more than doubled in size and duplicated many of the functions of DoD, State and the intelligence community,” O’Brien told The Post on Tuesday.

“Under President Trump, we have brought the NSC back to its proper size and role as a coordinating body,” he continued.

“To make that happen we require the best leaders, many of whom are women. Our goal is always to find the very best professionals for each job, and I am very proud of the team we have assembled at the NSC to further President Trump’s agenda,” he said.

The NatSec became a bloated bureaucracy under Obama and Obama holdovers such as Eric Ciaramella, Alex Vindman and Sean Misko worked together to “take out” Trump.

Rep. Nunes took it a step further and previously urged President Trump to move the entire NSC apparatus out of the White House and across the Potomac River.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/trumps-natsec-advisor-robert-obrien-drains-swamp-cuts-staff-half-obama-era-levels/

Disney, CBS Sued over Alleged Sexual Harassment on ‘Criminal Minds’ Set

A California state employment department is suing Disney and CBS for years of alleged sexual harassment of men on the set of now canceled police drama series Criminal Minds.

Complaints about the alleged behavior of cinematographer Greg St. Johns are well known both in and out of the industry. Indeed, St. Johns was fired from the show in 2018 over his alleged behavior on set. But now a lawsuit has been filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing alleging that for years the series producers and the network turned a blind eye to the alleged harassment before finally taking action against St. Johns.

“On a frequent and regular basis, St. Johns touched numerous men on the testicles, anus, butt cheeks, breasts, and kissed or caressed their necks, shoulders, and ears, among other actions. St. Johns doted on certain men and treated them more favorably, provided they acquiesced to his attention. To those who resisted, he retaliated in common patterns, including the silent treatment, social ostracism, unfair criticism, public shaming, and ultimately termination,” the filing says in part.

According to the state agency, more than a dozen men were fired after they launched complaints about confrontations or altercations with St. John. And while St. John was eventually fired, the lawsuit also claims he was given favorable treatment with “enhanced severance” pay.

“In addition to Disney, ABC Studios, ABC Signature Studios, CBS Studios, Entertainment Partners, Inc., and other defendants named in the lawsuit include Criminal Minds executive producers Erica Messer, Harry Bring, Breen Frazier, Glenn Kershaw, co-producer Stacey Beneville and ten anonymous defendants,” The Wrap reported.

The state agency adds that those named in the lawsuit “had actual and constructive knowledge of St. Johns’ abusive conduct,” and by their actions, “condoned it.” Those actions included firing employees who complained, the agency said.

“Defendants chose to act in conscious disregard of its employees’ rights by ignoring the complaints made by the crewmembers. It was not until the media made St. Johns’ conduct public and threatened their image that defendants removed St. Johns from the show,” the agency’s lawsuit alleged.

St. Johns is not the only member of the Criminal Minds production to lose a job over abusive behavior. In 2016, series star Thomas Gibson — who played agent Aaron Hotcherner for twelve seasons — was fired after getting into a physical altercation with a series producer.

The studio alleged that Gibson kicked the show’s co-producer and writer Virgil Williams during an argument in July of 2016.

Criminal Minds has since been canceled, but it had a very successful 15-year run on CBS, making it one of the network’s longest running shows.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/05/26/disney-cbs-sued-over-alleged-sexual-harassment-on-criminal-minds-set/

Trump Reviews Halting Foreign Worker Inflow as Grassroots Effort Grows

President Trump is reportedly reviewing plans to expand his immigration executive order to halt the massive inflow of foreign visa workers as a pro-American worker grassroots campaign grows.

Trump, according to Politico, may expand the order to reduce foreign labor market competition while more than 36 million Americans are unemployed. The existing order limits a small portion of green cards that make up less than ten percent of all legal immigration.

The expansion of the order, Politico reports, could include a halt on the J-1 visa program f0r foreign exchange visitors, the OPT program for foreign graduates, the H-1B visa for white-collar foreign workers, and the H-2B visa for blue-collar foreign workers:

To try and balance the two sides, the administration is considering limiting the number of immigrants who come to the United States for cultural exchanges — generally those hired for summer jobs at amusement parks, camps and resorts — as well as students attending U.S. colleges hired for temporary employment, according to four people, including an administration official and Republican Capitol Hill staffer involved with the discussions. It is also looking at cutting visas for skilled workers in specialty occupations and seasonal workers who work in industries that include landscaping, housekeeping and construction industries, they say. [Emphasis added]

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Trump is still weighing even broader restrictions, though, that would bar all categories of guest workers except those who work on farms, according to a senior DHS official. But a White House official said all decisions, including immigration, are being viewed through the lens of reopening the country, making it extremely unlikely Trump take such a sweeping step and anger business leaders. [Emphasis added]

As Breitbart News reported, 30 college student organizations recently sent a letter to Trump asking him to end the OPT program and halt H-1B visa admissions.

The OPT program ensures that corporations like Amazon, Google, Deloitte, and Intel can continue to hire thousands of OPT foreign workers over American STEM graduates every year at a 15 percent discount. The program helps shift billions of dollars from heartland communities to metropolises in blue states with wealthy residents.

Similarly, there are about 650,000 H-1B visa foreign workers in the U.S. at any given moment. Americans are often laid off in the process and forced to train their foreign replacements. More than 85,000 Americans annually potentially lose their jobs to H-1B foreign visa workers.

Grassroots organizations — such as the American Workers Coalition, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), and U.S. Tech Workers — have increased pressure on the White House to halt foreign visa worker programs.

President of the SDSU College Republicans Oliver Krvaric said their letter has generated growing interest among other college student organizations who want to see less foreign competition in the labor market after graduation.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/26/trump-reviews-halting-foreign-worker-inflow-as-grassroots-effort-grows/

Female College Track Stars Step Up To Help Idaho Fight Off Lawsuit Over Banning Transgender Athletes

Two college athletes in Idaho who say they have each lost to a transgender athlete want a lawsuit challenging Republican Gov. Brad Little’s “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” to be dismissed.

Little signed the nation’s first “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” on March 30, 2020. The bill, which will take effect July 1, prevents female sports teams from allowing a transgender athlete who identifies as a female to compete, WHIO TV 7 reported. This prevention applies to female teams from public schools, universities and colleges.

The American Civil Liberties Union and Legal Voice (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in April aimed at preventing the bill from becoming law. The ACLU wrote in its lawsuit that the new law is an invasion of privacy and is discriminatory, WHIO TV 7 reported. They also alleged that the new law violates the 1972 Title IX law and wants it to be scrapped.

The nonprofit group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a motion Tuesday on behalf of college track stars Madison Kenyon, 19 and Mary Marshall, 20, requesting to be a part of the lawsuit. ADF would be on the state’s side and wishes to have ACLU’s lawsuit thrown out.

https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/26/alliance-defending-freedom-college-track-idaho-preventing-transgender-athletes-female-sports/

Trump warns North Carolina governor the clock's ticking on a GOP convention guarantee

President Trump warned on Tuesday that North Carolina's governor has "a week" to figure out if the Republicans' presidential nominating convention can be held in Charlotte this summer, as other states offered to hold the gathering instead.

But Gov. Roy Cooper says he’s waiting for the Republican National Committee “to present to us in writing their proposals” on how they plan to hold their presidential convention amid the coronavirus pandemic before he can guarantee that the August convention can be held at “full attendance” as demanded by the president.

Cooper, a Democrat, spoke the day after the president threatened to move the massive quadrennial event from North Carolina if Cooper couldn’t “immediately” tell convention planners whether or not the downtown arena in Charlotte “will be allowed to be fully occupied.” And he spoke hours after the Republican governors of Georgia and Florida offered their states up as the site to host the convention if Trump follows through on his threat to move the confab.

Hours after Cooper made his comments during a daily coronavirus news conference, the president said "we don’t have much time"and that "we need a fast decision from the governor."

"I would say within a week, certainly we’d have to know. And if he can’t do it, if he feels he can’t do it, all he has to do is tell us and then we’ll pick another location, and I will tell you, a lot of locations want it," Trump added as he answered a question from Fox News' White House correspondent John Roberts.

But hours earlier Cooper explained, “We’ve been in talks with the RNC about the kind of convention that they would need to run and the kind of options that we need on the table. We’re talking about something that’s going to happen three months from now and we don’t know what our situation is going to be regarding COVID-19 in North Carolina.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-north-carolina-governor-convention-guarantee

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Alexandria Man on FBI Most Wanted List Indicted on Terrorism Charges

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/alexandria-man-fbi-most-wanted-list-indicted-terrorism-charges