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online reporting by INDependent journalist Dean Sterling Jones

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  • Q&A with Marika Sboros

    “Not just a tide, a tsunami” – Leading health and nutrition journalist Marika Sboros answers my questions about the low-carb high-fat (LCHF) diet and explains why the scientific consensus is starting to turn on diet and nutrition Marika Sboros is one of South Africa’s leading health journalists, with over 30 years experience in the newspaper industry. She…

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  • Free Speech: No Lines Drawn

    The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund runs article based on my blog post re: WordPress censorship of Turkish political blog featuring satirical cartoons following court order by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Last month, I blogged about WordPress, the San Francisco-based blogging platform which earlier this year said that, without a U.S. court order, it refuses to honour…

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  • Alt-Med Death in India

    India’s leading Meta-Medicine practitioner Anu Mehta says her patient committed suicide after she treated him for depression. Earlier this year, I blogged a series of investigative reports about the International Meta-Medicine Association (IMMA), a popular LA-based integrative medicine organisation founded in 2004 by Johannes Fisslinger, inventor of the “Aura Video Station.” For the uninitiated, IMMA – via…

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  • Hoax-ception

    Busted: Purported Guardian hoax by prankster Godfrey Elfwick was itself a hoax [Updated: Guardian editor has denied my request for more info about the paper’s vetting procedures for anonymous contributors – more after the jump] Last month, the Guardian published an anonymous article about how its author was nearly turned into a racist after being exposed to…

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  • Hates Speech

    Former BBC Wales Head of Public Affairs Leighton Andrews calls for European regulation of Facebook and Google Leighton Andrews, the former Head of Public Affairs for BBC Wales, has called for European law makers to regulate U.S. Internet giants Facebook and Google. Former Head of Public Affairs for BBC Wales, Leighton Andrews (source) In two…

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  • Error 451

    WordPress censors critical blog post about Armenian Olympic Committee President and rumoured Sochi crime lord Ruben “Robson” Tatulyan following complaint from Russian state media watchdog Roskomnadzor In October, Russia’s state media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, sent a complaint to WordPress demanding that it censor a critical blog post about Ruben “Robson” Tatulyan, President of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia and…

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  • An “Extremist” Fights Back

    Prominent Muslim activist Dr. Salman Butt launches legal challenge against misleading government report labelling him a non-violent “extremist” Dr. Salman Butt, a prominent Muslim activist, has launched a legal challenge against the UK government’s Prevent strategy, claiming it breached his free speech rights. Last year, Dr. Butt was one of six so-called “hate speakers” singled out by…

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  • Don’t Tase Me, Bro

    UK’s national police lead for armed policing Simon Chesterman defends use of tasers against children Simon Chesterman, the UK’s national police lead for armed policing, has defended the use of tasers against children in a tweet today. Commenting on an article published yesterday by The Justice Gap about a recent increase in police use of…

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  • Butter, Meat and Free Speech

    The BMJ won’t retract “controversial” dietary guidelines article by New York Times best-selling author/journalist Nina Teicholz Yesterday, the BMJ officially announced that it won’t retract a “controversial” 2015 article by investigative journalist Nina Teicholz, author of NYT best-seller The Big Fat Surprise. Following a lengthy investigation lasting over a year, the BMJ said that two independent reviewers “found no…

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  • WordPress Yields to Putin

    WORDPRESS CENSORS PUTIN-HITLER MOCK PHOTO on request of Russian state media watchdog Roskomnadzor. UPDATE, November 26, 2024: Automattic has rejected a demand from Roskomnadzor to censor this post. A couple of months ago, Russia’s state media regulator Roskomnadzor sent a complaint to WordPress demanding that it remove a doctored photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin dressed as…

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