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WordPress Rejects Mumbai Cyber Squad’s Frivolous Legal Request to Censor this Blog
Read more: WordPress Rejects Mumbai Cyber Squad’s Frivolous Legal Request to Censor this BlogMumbai cyber police are determined to scrub the Internet of homoerotic photos of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi Last year, I blogged about bullying attempts by Mumbai’s cyber police squad to censor BuzzFeed re: this clearly doctored image of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi embracing his right-hand man Rajnath Singh on an idyllic beach. source…
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Maria Butina’s Russian Advocate Responds to News Coverage of His Latest Fundraising Efforts
Read more: Maria Butina’s Russian Advocate Responds to News Coverage of His Latest Fundraising EffortsAlexander Ionov, who currently oversees convicted Russian agent Maria Butina’s legal fund, claims U.S. journalists are putting “psychological pressure” on Butina’s lawyers From left: Alexander Ionov, Valery Butin, and Alexander Malkevich (source) Last week, I blogged a quick story re: Maria Butina’s recent fundraising efforts. Investigative reporter Casey Michel also wrote about this story via…
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ThinkProgress Shout-out
Read more: ThinkProgress Shout-outThinkProgress cites Shooting the Messenger story re: Russian propaganda site Yesterday, Shooting the Messenger and American news website ThinkProgress published stories about efforts by Russian propagandist Alexander Malkevich and others to help raise money for convicted Russian agent Maria Butina. The ThinkProgress story, by investigative reporter Casey Michel, cited some of my previous work on…
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Sanctioned Russian Propagandist Alexander Malkevich Joins Maria Butina Fundraising Efforts
Read more: Sanctioned Russian Propagandist Alexander Malkevich Joins Maria Butina Fundraising EffortsMalkevich was sanctioned by the U.S. government for “attempted election interference” last year. Malkevich “did not contribute personal funds!” says Butina’s Russian advocate Alexander Ionov, who runs a Kremlin-backed NGO that helped promote U.S. separatist groups. Alexander Malkevich (source) Alexander Malkevich, former editor-in-chief of U.S.-sanctioned Russian propaganda website USA Really, has announced he is crowdfunding…
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Fair Use and Copyright Abuse: WordPress Dismisses Abusive DMCA Complaint About My Story on DMCA Abuse
Read more: Fair Use and Copyright Abuse: WordPress Dismisses Abusive DMCA Complaint About My Story on DMCA AbuseAutomattic, the Californian tech company behind blogging platform WordPress, has dismissed a copyright complaint about this blog by conservative writer Michael Moates, citing fair use protections In February, I published a story about frivolous attempts to suppress sexual harassment claims against conservative writer Michael Moates. As I wrote in that story, since October someone has been filing…
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Byline at BuzzFeed
Read more: Byline at BuzzFeedThe Frisky was a popular site for women. Now it’s a marketing scam leeching off the brand. Read my latest at BuzzFeed News. Via “How A Popular Women’s Website Became A Pay-To-Play Nightmare” by Dean Sterling Jones, BuzzFeed News, April 22, 2019: On first glance, the Frisky appears to be a thriving women’s entertainment and…
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Round-Up: Maria Butina’s Russian Fundraiser
Read more: Round-Up: Maria Butina’s Russian FundraiserRound-up of news coverage re: Shooting the Messenger story about the Kremlin-backed company paying for Maria Butina’s legal expenses Via “The Enigmatic Russian Paying Maria Butina’s Legal Bills” by Natasha Bertrand, The Atlantic, March 20, 2019: Maria Butina, the first Russian to plead guilty to seeking to infiltrate and influence American policy makers in the run-up to…
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SCOOP: Maria Butina’s Russian Fundraiser Hosted and Boasted U.S. Separatists Prior to 2016 Election
Read more: SCOOP: Maria Butina’s Russian Fundraiser Hosted and Boasted U.S. Separatists Prior to 2016 ElectionThe Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia was paid by the Kremlin to fly Texas and California separatists to Moscow in September 2016 Maria Butina (source) Maria Butina’s legal defense fund is being handled by a Kremlin-backed Russian company that hosted and boasted U.S. separatist groups shortly before the 2016 presidential election. The Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia…
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Bad Fan Fiction (Redux)
Read more: Bad Fan Fiction (Redux)Prior to suing HBO, Michael Jackson’s estate hired a takedown lawyer to scrub erotic fan fiction from the web source Michael Jackson’s estate is suing HBO for $100m over the tell-all documentary Leaving Neverland. The documentary, containing graphic allegations that the late singer sexually abused two young boys during the late 80s and early 90s,…
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Head of Russian Propaganda Site USA Really Calls It Quits
Read more: Head of Russian Propaganda Site USA Really Calls It QuitsAlexander Malkevich and his website USA Really were sanctioned for “attempted election interference” last year Alexander Malkevich (source) Alexander Malkevich, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Russian propaganda website USA Really, has quit the project after he and his site were sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department in December. Malkevich, who currently leads Russia’s Civic Chamber of…
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