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Project Veritas exposé: Facebook whistleblowers expose LEAKED INTERNAL DOCS detailing new effort to secretly censor vaccine concerns on a global scale


Project Veritas
Mon, 24 May 2021 00:48 UTC
Project Veritas vaccine Facebook
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  • Two Facebook Insiders have come forward with internal company documents detailing a plan to curb "vaccine hesitancy" (VH) on a global scale.
  • The stated goal of this feature is to "drastically reduce user exposure" to VH comments. Another aim of the program is to force a "decrease in other engagement of VH comments including create, likes, reports [and] replies."
  • It was such a shocking revelation, that it moved not just one -- but two whistleblowers to come forward to Project Veritas, so the public could be made aware of this plan to stifle free speech.
  • One Facebook whistleblower said the company uses a tier system to determine how a comment should be censored or buried.
  • Comments that include "shocking stories" describing potentially or actually true events, or facts that can raise safety concerns" -- are demoted.
  • "True events or facts" that raise concern about Covid vaccinations are fair game to be demoted and hidden -- according to our source -- despite their authenticity or capacity to contribute to the public good.
  • "I have to do something," one of the Facebook insiders said.
  • Project Veritas reached out to a top Facebook Spokesperson about these documents and received only a brief and broad statement in reply, that failed to address our biggest questions regarding transparency.
  • "They're trying to control this content before it even makes it onto your page before you even see it," the other Facebook insider added. "If I lose my job, it's like, what do I do? But that's less of a concern to me."
Two Facebook Insiders have come forward to Project Veritas with leaked internal documents, showing the Big Tech giant's plan to police "Vaccine Hesitancy" (VH) through surreptitious "comment demotion."

The company has set up a tier system to rank comments on various scales, based on how much the statement questions or cautions against the Covid-19 vaccination.

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Light Saber

Cork, Ireland granny who refuses to wear mask in shops jailed for weekend after appearing in court unmasked (Update)

Ann Mooney
The Irish Sun
Fri, 21 May 2021 07:34 UTC
Margaret Buttimer
© The Irish SunMargaret Buttimer, of The Cottage, St Fintan's Road, Bandon, outside court.
A granny who refuses to wear a mask in shops has been jailed for the weekend.

Margaret Buttimer has appeared in court for a second time unmasked and was held in contempt by the judge who sent her to jail until Monday.

Despite efforts by her concerned family, her partner who wore a mask, the judge and her solicitor to persuade her to obey the law, Buttimer continues to ignore everyone and claimed she only answers to God.

The 66-year-old granny of The Cottage, St Fintan's Road, Bandon appeared before Bandon District Court after attending Clonakilty District Court earlier this week, charged with refusing to wear a mask at Dunnes Stores in the town on February 12 last. She was found guilty of the offence of not wearing a mask in breach of Covid-19 regulations.

Judge Colm Roberts was told that Buttimer abused the store manager when he asked her if there was a medical reason why she wasn't wearing a face covering.

She refused to answer the manager's questions before eventually telling him that she only answered to God.

Comment: Update:

Ms. Buttimer was fined for what she said to the store manager and was given a 3-week prison sentence which was suspended by the judge for two years.
Taking her lack of previous convictions and her age in to account, Judge Roberts imposed a three week prison sentence, which he suspended for a period of two years, and fined Buttimer €350 for verbally abusing the store manager, who she has apologised to.


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Newspaper

Myanmar news site says American editor detained as he attempted to leave country


Reuters
Mon, 24 May 2021 13:59 UTC
Myanmar
© AFP/HandoutProtesters march against the military coup in Launglone township in Myanmar's Dawei district.
An American editor of a news site in military-ruled Myanmar was detained on Monday as he attempted to take a flight out of the country, his news organisation said, the third foreign journalist held since a coup in February.

Danny Fenster, 37, the managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, one of the country's top independent news sites, was detained at the main international gateway in Yangon while preparing to fly to Malaysia, Frontier said on Twitter.

It said he had been transferred to Yangon's Insein Prison.

Comment: See also: Myanmar anti-coup fighters retreat from town, US & Britain condemn military

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2 + 2 = 4

School child abuse helpline receives hundreds of calls in first 6 weeks

James Carr
Schools Week
Mon, 24 May 2021 22:13 UTC
Abused child
© Schools Week
A helpline set up to report child abuse in education in the wake of the allegations posted to the Everyone's Invited website has been contacted over 350 times.

The Department for Education (DfE) commissioned the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) to set up the helpline to provide support for those who have experienced sexual abuse and harassment in education after thousands of abuse allegations were published online.

The NSPCC has received 353 calls between April 1 and May 16. Of these, 65 have been referred to external agencies such as the police and children's services.

Abuse by peers is most common

The NSPCC said that sexual abuse, exploitation and harassment by peers was the most common issue reported.

The helpline supports children and young people who want to share current and non-recent sexual abuse, as well as those who have witnessed such incidents.

It is also available for those who work within a school setting and need support, adults who previously experienced abuse and parents and carers who are concerned about their own or other children.
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Magnet

US Capitol doors on Jan. 6 were magnetically locked - someone inside Capitol security had to release lock to open doors

Jim Hoft
The Gateway Pundit
Mon, 24 May 2021 21:56 UTC
Capitol protest Washington DC
© Gateway Pundit
Last week a member of the Oath Keepers called The Gateway Pundit to tell us his story of the January 6th protests and riot. He is living in fear since the Jan. 6 protests at the US Capitol and wanted to get his story out.

The Oath Keepers is a non-partisan association of current and formerly serving military, police, and first responders, who pledge to fulfill the oath all military and police take to "defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic."

What he told us is truly shocking and has not been reported by the mainstream fake-news media.

This man wanted to remain anonymous. We spoke with Attorney Kellye Sorell about his story. He believes the government is planning to arrest him.

On January 6, he told us about the famous, not so famous, so-called "stack video" that was making the rounds in the fake news following the protests.

In the video you can see several Oath Keeper members march up the US Capitol steps, sing the National Anthem while they are facing the massive crowd.

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Bizarro Earth

Saudi Arabia bans unvaccinated from travel, gov't buildings, malls, in attempt to coerce uptake amongst citizens


Channel News Asia
Mon, 24 May 2021 13:05 UTC
Jeddah
© AP/Amr NabilPeople walk outside a COVID-19 vaccine centre at the old Jeddah airport in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
Saudi Arabia is tightening the screws on vaccine sceptics, barring them from pilgrimages and overseas travel, and blocking access to universities, malls and offices in a contentious effort to boost inoculations.

So-called anti-vaxxers threaten to jeopardise global efforts to beat the COVID-19 pandemic, health experts say, but Gulf autocracies, including Saudi Arabia, are cranking up the pressure on those refusing to get vaccinated.


Comment: One isn't a 'skeptic' nor an 'anti-vaxxer' for choosing not to participate in the world's largest and possibly its most dangerous experimental medical trial that is already marred by endless reports of severe side effects and even death: Pfizer vaccine in Israel: Mortality rate 'hundreds of times greater in vaccinated young people'


Comment: It's hardly surprising that Saudi Arabia is one of the first in line to tighten the screws on its own people using the coronavirus as cover:

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Video

Kevin Spacey set for return to movies with pedophilia drama

Catherine Shoard
The Guardian, UK
Mon, 24 May 2021 20:26 UTC
Kevin Spacey
© Steven Senne/AP
Kevin Spacey, the actor who has faced numerous allegations of sexual misconduct over the past four years, is set to return to film acting with a small role as a detective in an Italian crime drama.

Spacey, 61, will play a police officer investigating the case of a man - played by the director, Franco Nero - who can draw people by listening to their voices, despite not being able to see and is wrongly accused of sexually abusing children.

"I'm very happy Kevin agreed to participate in my film," Nero told ABC News. "I consider him a great actor and I can't wait to start the movie." The film will also feature Nero's wife, Vanessa Redgrave, who will play the accused man's piano teacher.

Spacey has been little seen on either big or small screen since 2017 when more than 20 men alleged sexual misconduct by the actor when he was working at the Old Vic in London between 1995 and 2013. Spacey denies all accusations of misconduct.

He was dropped from Netflix's House of Cards series and his scenes in Ridley Scott's All the Money in the World were hastily reshot with Christopher Plummer, who won an Oscar nomination for his work.

Comment: See also:

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Arrow Up

Crypto mining business hit by China's ban on speculation, bitcoin tumbles


Reuters
Mon, 24 May 2021 10:36 UTC
Bitcoin Ethereum
© REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Cryptocurrency miners, including HashCow and BTC.TOP, have halted all or part of their China operations after Beijing intensified a crackdown on bitcoin mining and trading, hammering digital currencies amid heightened global regulatory scrutiny.

A State Council committee led by Vice Premier Liu He announced the crackdown late on Friday as part of efforts to fend off financial risks. It was the first time China's cabinet has targeted virtual currency mining, a sizable business in the world's second-biggest economy that some estimates say accounts for as much as 70% of the global crypto supply.

Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi on Monday suspended both crypto-mining and some trading services to new clients from mainland China, adding it will instead focus on overseas businesses.

Comment: A recent article about China's ban on financial institutions speculating on cryptocurrencies made both its position and the reasons why quite clear:
"Recently, crypto currency prices have skyrocketed and plummeted, and speculative trading of cryptocurrency has rebounded, seriously infringing on the safety of people's property and disrupting the normal economic and financial order," they said in the statement.

[...]

virtual currencies "are not supported by real value" and their prices are easily manipulated [...]
If, as the article claims, China accounts for as much as 70% of the global crypto supply, then China is more exposed than any other country to any detrimental fluctuations and manipulations. And so if it wants to protect it's economy from a potentially devastating event like the 2007/8 economic crash, that was also largely based on fraud, manipulation and speculation, then it needs to take this kind of action, otherwise it's highly like that nefarious actors will use that vulnerability to their advantage, against China:

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Wedding Rings

Couple get married on plane mid-air with 161 guests to avoid Covid restrictions

Kelly-Ann Mills
Mirror, UK
Mon, 24 May 2021 20:00 UTC
Rakesh and Dakshina
© Jam Press/TIM
A couple hired an entire plane to get married in front of their 161 guests in an effort to avoid Covid-19 restrictions.

Rakesh and Dakshina, from Madurai, India were desperate to tie the knot but with lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures in place, so came up with an alternative plan for their big day.

The pair had their ceremony onboard a flight from Madurai to Bangalore on Sunday.

The flight took off from Madurai International Airport at 7am, despite the guest list far exceeding the state government's stipulated 50 people for such gatherings.

Video footage shows the flight absolutely packed to the brim with guests as the couple stand at the front of the aisle and exchange their vows.
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Arrow Down

New COVID-19 cases plummet to lowest levels since last June

Stephen Groves
AP
Sat, 22 May 2021 00:00 UTC
hand mask
© AP/Matt Rourke'Unmasking'
New coronavirus cases across the United States have tumbled to rates not seen in more than 11 months, sparking optimism that vaccination campaigns are stemming both severe COVID-19 cases and the spread of the virus.

As cases, hospitalizations and deaths steadily dropped this week, pre-pandemic life in America has largely resumed. Hugs and unmasked crowds returned to the White House, a Mardi Gras-style parade marched through Alabama's port city of Mobile, and even states that have stuck to pandemic-related restrictions readied to drop them. However, health experts also cautioned that not enough Americans have been vaccinated to completely extinguish the virus, leaving the potential for new variants that could extend the pandemic.

As the seven-day average for new cases dropped below 30,000 per day this week, Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pointed out cases have not been this low since June 18, 2020. The average number of deaths over the last seven days also dropped to 552 — a rate not seen since July last year. It's a dramatic drop since the pandemic hit a devastating crescendo in January.

"As each week passes and as we continue to see progress, these data give me hope," Walensky said Friday at a news conference.
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