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WordPress Rejects Second Legal Request to Remove Photoshopped Image Mocking Indian PM
Read more: WordPress Rejects Second Legal Request to Remove Photoshopped Image Mocking Indian PMMumbai’s cyber police department seeks to remove content hosted on this blog, BuzzFeed, Google Blogger, Amazon CloudFront, Tumblr, and Flickr In August, my hosting provider, WordPress, rejected a legal request by Mumbai cyber police to censor a clearly photoshopped image I republished from BuzzFeed last year. The image, which depicted Indian prime minister Narendra Modi…
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Sanctioned Kremlin Propagandist Alexander Malkevich Denies Allegations He Tried to Meddle in African Elections
Read more: Sanctioned Kremlin Propagandist Alexander Malkevich Denies Allegations He Tried to Meddle in African Elections“What does it mean – ‘the files lead to the trolls factory’? It’s a bunch of words,” said Malkevich, who is accused of orchestrating election interference campaigns in Africa. Alexander Malkevich (source) In recent months, reports have emerged of a new Kremlin-backed strategy to influence African elections. In April, BBC News reported that dozens of…
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Reason: Indian Government Attempts to Remove Material From Western Sites
Read more: Reason: Indian Government Attempts to Remove Material From Western SitesReason magazine’s The Volokh Conspiracy hoists Indian cyber police for making frivolous legal demand to censor this blog Via “Indian Government Attempts to Remove Material from Western Sites,” by Eugene Volokh, Reason, August 27, 2019: Northern Irish blogger Dean Sterling Jones reports on a successful demand that Buzzfeed remove the photo, and on an unsuccessful…
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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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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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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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