If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. In appealing to Canadian parliamentarians to halt the adoption of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s proposed Online Harms Bill‚ conservative opposition leader Pierre Poilievre has expressed stern opposition to the pending legislation. Poilievre insists it could curtail online freedom of speech and potentially imprison Canadians for vaguely classified “hate speech” offenses. So far‚ there has been no concrete pledge from his party to take specific measures against the bill. Poilievre voiced his strong reservations in a press statement‚ taking aim at Trudeau’s Bill C-63‚ a proposed law bill that would drastically increase penalties for expressions of online “hate speech.” Poilievre emphasized that the bill’s genuine intention should be to protect the nation’s children from online exploitation‚ rather than increasing the boundaries of illicit speech. “Common sense Conservatives believe that we should criminalize and enforce laws against: sexually victimizing a child or revictimizing a survivor online; bullying a child online; inducing a child to harm themselves or inciting violence‚” Poilievre wrote. Adding that “Criminal bans on intimate content communicated without consent‚ including deepfakes‚ must be enforced and expanded.” Poilievre further asserted that serious offenses of this nature must be prosecuted‚ subjected to a fair trial‚ and punished accordingly‚ instead of being handled by a new bureaucratic system that fails to prevent criminal acts and provide justice for transgressed victims. Nevertheless‚ he underlined that‚ while it appears the bill intends to protect children‚ it could lead to widespread censorship among Canadian citizens. Poilievre affirmed that prohibiting opinions ruling contrary to the Prime Minister’s should not be the government’s role. Regarding this legislation‚ the Trudeau administration has proposed major escalations for penalties associated with existing hate offenses. Of major concern is the bill’s sanction that allows anyone to lodge a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against another person for posting “hate speech” online deemed prejudiced against a vague range of protective categories‚ especially gender‚ race‚ sexuality‚ among others. Violations of this anticipated law could result in fines of up to $20‚000 and potential imprisonment. The post Pierre Poilievre Leads Charge Against Justin Trudeau’s Online Censorship Bill appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The Washington state Republicans may be working hard – but the Washington State Secretary appears to be working harder. The goal here that’s hoped to be achieved: the former to rein in the use of “AI” tech to surveil and quite possibly censor social media users ahead of elections – the latter‚ to make sure that tech does indeed get used. Last spring‚ Washington State Secretary Steve Hobbs’ office struck a $273‚000 deal with UK’s private company Logically to‚ as reports put it at the time‚ “scour” the web‚ “refute” misinformation‚ and just in general‚ “respond‚” real-time‚ to what the authorities decide is misinformation and disinformation. Hobbs‚ a Democrat‚ naturally denied there was anything wrong with this‚ and the crux of the argument was that social media posts are “public” after all – apparently ignoring the point of the complaints‚ which is do you then use or abuse whatever these public posts are saying – to silence legitimate speech? It’s almost a year on and nothing has changed. If anything‚ things are heating up with the primaries in the US‚ leading up to the presidential election. Hobbs was not shy to share with the media how his office is now “an AI-armed force against disinformation.” The doubling down on censorship‚ at this stage of the “proceedings” in the US‚ regarding both the behavior of almost all major social media‚ and the political trends‚ could be a sign of two things: somebody’s inability to read the room‚ or just desperation. Hobbs has recently spoken for Crosscut to reveal that in his state‚ July or August is when national conventions take players for both political parties (in the US‚ there’s only two of any influence.) To Europeans‚ and many others around the world‚ this might sound positively crazy. But not for the people we’re talking about. But that’s what makes it so important for the rest of the world to understand what goes on in those US (two-party) primaries. In Washington state‚ for example‚ the primaries will be held in March. Here’s Hobbs’ take on the situation‚ as of late February – Biden is winning his constituency vote – but the apparent front-runner on the Republican side‚ is again‚ Donald Trump. And now – “what do we do?” “We (WA Democrats) also use a third-party vendor called Logically that scans social media and looks at the trends out there‚” Hoggs told the world just this week. And that’s in this (Hobbs) context: “So for example‚ we’ll get a report and it says these are the trends about elections‚ these are the messages that are being talked about. So far‚ nothing big‚ right? But I’m sure that could happen as we go into 2024. Because you have misinformation generated not just at the local level‚ but you also have misinformation generated from adversarial state actors‚ like Russia would be an example of a country that does that.” Alright then‚ Hobbs. The post WA Secretary of State Hobbs‚ Despite Ethics Complaints‚ Boasts Using AI To Surveil Social Media appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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A lawmaker used an MRC Free Speech America bombshell to imply that an embattled Biden cabinet member is financially accountable for violations of the First Amendment. During a mark-up hearing of the Censorship Accountability Act‚ Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) on Thursday invoked Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s name — the first cabinet member to be impeached by the House of Representatives since 1876 — to explain how the bill would protect Americans whose First Amendment rights have been violated by his actions. Hageman said the bill seeks to “fundamentally change the mentality” of federal agencies‚ including DHS‚ that use their powers to block people from engaging in free speech. “It is a philosophical view of those who of us who drafted this that we do not believe that the federal government or agencies from top to bottom should be engaging in censorship‚” she continued. Among the number of examples of DHS’s tyrannical actions cited by Hageman included the agency’s deliberate targeting of Christians‚ conservatives and Republicans through the Biden administration’s Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention‚ which MRC first exposed in a bombshell report published May 25. You May Also Like! How Biden’s DHS Is Weaponizing an Anti-Terror Program Against Christians‚ Conservatives &; the GOP “Another example was when we had Mr. Mayorkas testify in front of us. I put up on the screen the pyramid that came out of the university that was receiving federal funds likening conservatives Republicans to Nazis‚” Hageman said‚ referring to a previous hearing where she went after Mayorkas over what MRC uncovered. During a July 26‚ 2023 hearing‚ Hageman pressed Mayorkas over MRC’s findings revealing that his federal agency granted $352‚109 in fiscal year 2022 to the University of Dayton‚ which in its grant application used an infamous seminar where self-proclaimed Antifa member Professor Michael Loadenthal presented the “Pyramid of Far-Right Radicalization.” In response‚ Mayorkas said: “I learned about the individual speakers’ comments‚ with which I profoundly disagree.” (Related: Rep. Hageman Corners DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Free Speech Using MRC Research) Despite Mayorkas’s concessions‚ Hageman warned that the people targeted in the pyramid “have no recourse” to challenge these programs. The Heritage Foundation‚ Fox News‚ the Republican National Committee‚ the Christian Broadcasting Network‚ Breitbart and PragerU were among the targeted groups. If passed‚ the Censorship Accountability Act would give a legal track to Americans to hold executive branch employees accountable for potential First Amendment violations.  “Under current law‚ the bureaucrats that have been empowered to silence us and restrict our rights are personally and entirely unaccountable‚” Hageman said in a July 26 press statement. “By providing for the right to file suit against federal employees who violate the First Amendment‚ this legislation will ensure that individuals within the executive branch are no longer able to censor with impunity.” Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency‚ clarity on hate speech and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored‚ contact us using CensorTrack’s contact form‚ and help us hold Big Tech accountable.

Last week on MSNBC’s All In‚ Politico investigative correspondent Heidi Przybyla publicly displayed her lack of knowledge of the American Founding by stating that Natural Law did not originate from a higher power. Clearly ignoring essentially every founding document of the U.S. Additionally‚ she falsely assumed that Christian Nationalists were the only subset of Christianity that derived their belief in Natural Rights from a Creator. This spectacular picture of ignorance prompted the presidents of the Family Research Center and the Catholic Vote to send a response letter to Politico demanding an apology from both Przybyla and the news outlet itself. NewsBusters' associate editor‚ Nicholas Fondacaro‚ covered this story last week‚ notably reporting how embarrassing it was that Politico’s “democracy investigator” couldn’t seem to recall that the most popular founding document declaring Natural Rights asserts in its second paragraph: “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…” The letter from FRC’s Tony Perkins and the Catholic vote’s Brian Burch also referenced the Declaration of Independence in objection of Przybyla’s statements‚ writing: [Przybyla] not once acknowledging that our own Republic was founded on the belief that our rights come from God‚ not earthly kings or government. This understanding of the origin of human rights is clearly articulated in the Declaration of Independence. It is indeed bold of Przybyla to admit that she didn’t know anything about the connection between Christianity and America’s founding. Yet it was even bolder to claim that Christian Nationalists were the only Christians whose faith influences their perception of politics‚ and to also assume that other Christian groups who weren’t “extremists” would agree with her false reports.  Both Presidents of these Christian‚ conservative organizations were extremely concerned with the potential violence against Judeo-Christian groups as a result of Przybyla’s inaccuracy. “Comments like Ms. Przybyla’s can and often do have life and death consequences for faith communities‚” they wrote‚ citing the statistics of increasing attacks against places of worship: In 2023‚ American places of worship experienced more than double the amount of violence than the year prior‚ according to a recent report on hostility against U.S. churches. Last year‚ a shooter targeted a Christian day school in Nashville‚ killing three nine-year-old students and three staff. Since May 2020‚ Catholic churches have endured more than 400 attacks – from having rocks and bricks thrown through their windows to arson‚ firebombing‚ and a growing number of incidents involving property defacement and destruction resulting in tens of millions of dollars in damages. The violence against these churches was purported by such false and exaggerative language used by Przybyla. Specifically addressing Przybyla’s history of sparking anti-Christian ideas‚ the organizations wrote: Ms. Przybyla’s statements are representative of a consistent pattern of singling out Christian organizations and individuals‚ as evidenced by her recent articles targeting efforts to support a Catholic school and her selective interpretation of sources to advance an anti-Christian ideological agenda. To further highlight this point‚ the letter used the example of increasing anti-Semitism in the U.S. to explain how influential public platforms like social media and news organizations can be to spread propaganda.  The last paragraph of the letter called for an apology from Przybyla and Politico to the religious communities they have offended‚ reemphasizing that “Rhetoric like Ms. Przybyla’s‚ which demonizes religious groups‚ is profoundly dangerous. It can motivate disturbed individuals who may be predisposed to commit violence against faith communities.” To read the full letter‚ click here.