The mainstream media lies to the people all the time.
Sometimes you can prove it, other times you can't.
Another way to lie is via ommission.
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A look into Corporate fraud in Australia, Stranglehold of Monopolies, Telecom's Oppression, Biased Law System, Corporate influence in politics, Industrial Relations disadvantaging workers, Outsourcing Australian Jobs, Offshore Banking, Petrochemical company domination, Invisibly Visible. It's not what you see, it's what goes on behind the scenes. Australia, the warrantless colony. Note: Site has more info in desktop mode or 'web version' as seen at bottom of page, when on smartphone.
The mainstream media lies to the people all the time.
Sometimes you can prove it, other times you can't.
Another way to lie is via ommission.
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Confirmed, the US is officially a terrorist state, along with every state that supports them.
Written by world renowned journalist Seymour Hersh.
See:
https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream
See video of the title:
US blew up Nord Stream pipelines connecting Russia to Germany, journalist Seymour Hersh reports:
and:
How America Blew Up The Nord Stream Pipeline | Redacted with Natali and Clayton Morris
Source:supplied
Last week, the New York Attorney General secured a $410,000 fine from Patrick Hinchy and 16 companies that he runs which produce and sell spyware and stalkerware. In addition, he and his companies must modify their stalkerware to alert victims that their devices have been compromised. This sends a clear message to app developers who make their money by surreptitiously installing software to spy on the devices of others: the State of New York will not tolerate your actions.
EFF has long championed the fight against stalkerware: our Director of Cybersecurity Eva Galperin helped found the Coalition Against Stalkerware three years ago. In this time, we’ve urged legislators and rule-makers to take the threat stalkerware poses to the safety and privacy of its victims just as seriously as other forms of malware.
Stalkerware, a type of commercially-available surveillance software, is installed on phones without device users’ knowledge or consent to secretly spy on them. The apps track victims’ locations and allow abusers to read their text messages, monitor phone calls, see photos, videos, and web browsing, and much more. It’s being used all over the world to intimidate, harass, and harm victims, and is a favorite tool for stalkers and abusive spouses or ex-partners.
In a press release announcing the fine, New York’s Attorney General Letitia James put it in no unclear terms: “These apps and products put New Yorkers at risk of stalking and domestic abuse, and were aggressively promoted by Patrick Hinchy through 16 different companies. Today’s agreement will block these companies from allowing New Yorkers to be monitored without their awareness, and will continue our ongoing fight to protect New Yorkers’ rights, safety, and privacy.”
In the past few years, we’ve seen a shift in the way stalkerware is perceived by regulators. In a groundbreaking ruling in September 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) banned the Android app company Support King and its CEO Scott Zuckerman, developers of SpyFone, from the surveillance business. Almost a year ago, Maryland’s legislature unanimously passed a bill requiring law enforcement agencies to learn to recognize the common tactics of electronic surveillance and the laws around such activities. The double-penalty imposed in New York is a welcome way not only to disincentivize would-be stalkerware developers, but also to start to redress some of the damages caused by this shady industry.
Welcome as it is, more work remains. The business of selling spyware and stalkerware still presents lucrative opportunities to those unconcerned by the harms they cause, and many of its players aren’t as easy to impose penalties on or even identify. Last year, we urged the FTC to investigate a stalkerware app network which was the subject of TechCrunch report. Our call on the FTC to investigate this dangerous network still stands.
We applaud the state of New York for standing up for the victims of this harmful and invasive industry. We hope other states will follow the example New York has set in protecting its own citizens from these harms.
Source:eff.org
Doesn't one wish the backward colony called Austalia have similar legal policies?
See Order from 31-Jan 2023:
Document source:
https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID733/2022/3948710/event/31291165/document/2053732
As the version numbers of Windows increase, so does Microsoft's spying on you, and that's before you even technically start using your personal computer.
Mirosoft is subservient to the 5eyes global surveillance regime.
If you truly value your privacy (and security) then this would be refelected in your action in not using Microsoft products at all.
We do not recommend the purchase or use of Microsoft products.
How does a 'factory' installed Windows 11 on your new laptop compare to that of Windows XP?
See detailed analysis in the following video:
All part of the nanny state agenda!
Google’s facing a lawsuit from the US Department of Justice and eight states over its alleged monopoly on the digital advertising market. The agency accuses the company of abusing “monopoly power” at the disadvantage of websites and advertisers who use other advertising tools, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday (PDF).
“Google’s anticompetitive behavior has raised barriers to entry to artificially high levels, forced key competitors to abandon the market for ad tech tools, dissuaded potential competitors from joining the market, and left Google’s few remaining competitors marginalized and unfairly disadvantaged,” the lawsuit reads.
It goes on to allege that Google’s various acquisitions allowed it to “neutralize or eliminate” competitors, and claims that it’s been “forcing” other companies to use its tools. According to the government’s lawyers, when you add up the alleged anti-competitive moves, “these interrelated and interdependent actions have had a cumulative and synergistic effect that has harmed competition and the competitive process.” Additionally, the DOJ says Google “pockets on average more than 30% of the advertising dollars that flow through its digital advertising technology products.”
Google responded to the lawsuit in a post on its blog and argues that the DOJ’s request for it to “unwind” two previous acquisitions from over a decade ago is an attempt to “rewrite history at the expense of publishers, advertisers and internet users.” It also says the DOJ “mischaracterizes” how its advertising products work, noting that Google doesn’t force customers to use its products and that people “choose to use them because they’re effective.” The company highlights other companies making moves in the advertising industry as well, including Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and TikTok.
“Today’s lawsuit from the DOJ attempts to pick winners and losers in the highly competitive advertising technology sector,” Dan Taylor, Google’s vice president of global ads, writes. “It largely duplicates an unfounded lawsuit by the Texas Attorney General, much of which was recently dismissed by a federal court. DOJ is doubling down on a flawed argument that would slow innovation, raise advertising fees, and make it harder for thousands of small businesses and publishers to grow.”
Google knew this was coming. Last year, the company attempted to avoid a potential lawsuit from the DOJ by offering to separate its ad auctions business, which sells and puts ads on customers’ websites, from Google’s digital advertising arm. But instead of making it a separate company altogether, the move would’ve put the division under the umbrella of Google’s parent company, Alphabet.
That and the other concessions Google reportedly offered obviously weren’t enough to convince the DOJ that it’s not engaging in anti-competitive practices. The DOJ’s lawsuit asks the court to force Google to divest its advertising businesses. Eight states, including New York, California, Connecticut, and Virginia, also signed on to the suit.
“Google has used anticompetitive, exclusionary, and unlawful conduct”
“Today’s complaint alleges that Google has used anticompetitive, exclusionary, and unlawful conduct to eliminate or severely diminish any threat to its dominance over digital advertising technologies,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland says in a statement. “No matter the industry and no matter the company, the Justice Department will vigorously enforce our antitrust laws to protect consumers, safeguard competition, and ensure economic fairness and opportunity for all.”
The DOJ sued Google for similar reasons in 2020, accusing it of illegal monopolization of the search and ad markets. At the time, the agency asked the court to “break Google’s grip on search distribution so that competition and innovation can take hold.” Earlier this month, Google filed a motion to dismiss a complaint from the agency that alleges Google leverages its Android operating system and general grasp on the search market to further limit competition in the industry.
This lawsuit comes as part of a wider governmental crackdown on the grasp of Big Tech. In May of last year, a group of Senate Republicans and Democrats introduced the Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act. The bill could force companies like Google and Meta to divest their advertising businesses, as it would bar companies processing over $20 billion per year in digital ad transactions from partaking in multiple parts of the digital ad industry.
See original filing:
From source::
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23584913/google-doj-advertising-lawsuit.pdf
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