If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Legacy media and some establishment figures are busy justifying the arrest of Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov, attacking the platform, but also making not-so-veiled threats aimed at other platform owners. Ukrainian-born former member of the US National Security Council Alexander Vindman, who played a key role in the first impeachment trial of Donald Trump, took to X (calling it “Twitter”) – to warn the social site and its owner Elon Musk that there could be “broader implications” in the context of the Durov arrest. To Musk specifically, Vindman’s extraordinary message, which reads very much like a threat, is that he “should be worried.” As ever, the accusation is that X is allowing “misinformation” – that is, not censoring enough. And the implication is that unless that happens, there could be more arrests. In one post Vindman went through the Democrat keywords (mentioning “MAGA tech bros,” “weirdos,” referring to Trump as “sexual predator”) and expressed admiration for the EU’s way of “enforcing content moderation” – ostensibly, as opposed to his adoptive country. Former Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt was also on X to reiterate how EU elites see, and treat the issue of free speech while throwing around dramatically-worded accusations: “Telegram sits at the center of global cybercrime… Free speech is not without responsibilities!” It follows that other platform owners could face a situation similar to Durov’s. Officials who no longer hold formal office often serve to express some extreme points of view that those in government would rather not say publicly, and other handy mouthpieces are always legacy media outlets. Thus the Guardian sees Telegram as a platform for “information and disinformation” about the war in Ukraine, but then goes on to brand it as the favorite app of “racists, violent extremists, antisemites” – this is the Guardian giving life to claims made by a pro-censorship group. Europeans and the war again, and the Washington Post decided to disseminate the accusation originating from a senior EU security official that Telegram is “a primary platform for Russia to disseminate disinformation in Europe and Ukraine.” According to CBS, the same is true of another war: “Encrypted messaging apps like Telegram and WhatsApp have been a huge source of misinformation and disinformation in the Israel-Hamas war. Misinformation experts say it’s because they are difficult to moderate.” And the New York Times decided to hand-pick several of the worst examples among the hundreds of millions of Telegram users, to vilify apps in general and argue in favor of censorship. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Establishment Voices Attack Telegram Over Free Speech Protections in Wake of Founder’s Arrest appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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The Democratic Party has tried and failed to keep third-party presidential candidates off the ballot in two key swing states.MichiganIn Michigan, the state Democratic Party, Democrat Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, and a Democrat-affiliated PAC filed a motion to contest the eligibility of Cornel West, a far-left Independent candidate who describes himself as a "non-Marxist socialist."A 'decisive victory for democratic principles and voter choice.'On August 16, the Michigan Bureau of Elections, a subdivision of Benson's office, informed West that he would not appear on the ballot because of alleged problems with his affidavit of identity. According to the agency, West left items blank and did not include a proper notary.On Saturday, however, Michigan Court of Claims Judge James Robert Redford ruled that presidential candidates need not submit an affidavit of identity at all, the AP reported.The affidavits of identity "the candidates filed cannot serve as a mechanism to exclude them from the ballot," Redford wrote.Redford also determined that West and his running mate, Melina Abdullah, had submitted more than double the 12,000 signatures necessary to appear on the ballot and that more than 16,000 of those signatures were valid.On Monday, the Michigan Board of Canvassers reaffirmed West's eligibility, voting 3-1 that he had submitted the required signatures.West called the ruling a "decisive victory for democratic principles and voter choice.""We are grateful for this affirmation and promise to continue championing the rights of all voters," West said in a statement.Meanwhile, attorney Mark Brewer, a former chair of the Michigan Democratic Party, claimed he already filed an appeal with the Michigan Court of Appeals regarding West's affidavit of identity. Brewer also plans to appeal the ruling on the grounds at least some of West's submitted signatures were allegedly forged.The Bureau of Elections and the Department of State, currently run by Benson, likewise plan to file an appeal about the affidavit of identity, said department spokeswoman Angela Benander.WisconsinThe Wisconsin Supreme Court similarly frustrated Democrats after ruling that Green Party candidate Jill Stein will appear on the ballot in November.Wisconsin Green Party Co-Chair Michael White told the AP ... the attempt by the DNC to keep Stein off the ballot evinced a 'mark of fear by the Democratic Party.'David Strange, a staff member of the Democratic National Committee, filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commission earlier this month, claiming that Stein was ineligible for the ballot because the Green Party has no state officeholders or candidates for office, the persons who then become presidential electors and cast the official votes in the Electoral College, the New York Times reported.In a three-page, unsigned, and unexplained decision, the court ruled against Strange, determining "that the petitioner is not entitled to the relief he seeks."Stein cheered the decision, calling it a "big win against the anti-Democratic Party’s war on democracy and voter choice!"Wisconsin Green Party Co-Chair Michael White told the AP that it "was an inevitable conclusion because the complaint had no merit to begin with and we knew that." He also added that the attempt by the DNC to keep Stein off the ballot evinced a "mark of fear by the Democratic Party."RFK Jr.Yet another left-leaning candidate, RFK Jr., who has since suspended his campaign and endorsed Republican former President Donald Trump, told Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck on Monday that Democrats engaged in lawfare and even hired "private investigators" to "character-assassinate" him in hopes of keeping him off the ballot this fall."They had to get me off the ballot using the judicial system and Donald Trump off the ballot using the judicial system," RFK Jr. said of Democrats. "It's all about ironclad control of the outcomes and no longer having any trust in the people of our country."As leftists championing leftist causes, Stein, 74, and West, 71, will likely siphon votes away from Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, while RFK Jr. was expected to pull more votes from Trump than Harris.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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