InfluenceWatch Friday
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The Left’s Censorship Industry: Brazen Advocacy for Censorship
Over the past almost two and a half centuries, faith in the common sense of Americans to make rational judgments—along with the protections of the First Amendment—preempted attempts to “protect”…
The Left’s Censorship Industry: Information Futures Lab
First Draft, launched in 2015 in partnership with the Google News Initiative and Bellingcat, with financial backing from Open Society Foundations. First Draft sought to combat allegations of election irregularities…
The Left’s Censorship Industry: Institutionalized Nonprofits
The Global Disinformation Index isn’t the only private group with tax dollars that targets “disinformation.” The Rand Corporation, one of the oldest and largest think tanks in the United States,…
The Left’s Censorship Industry: Disinformation Conference
In August 2022, multiple organizations on the left gathered in the webinar “Combating Disinformation and Misinformation in 21st Century Social Movement.” Those gathered for the webinar discussed the impact of…
Public-Health Powers Abused Must Be Powers Forfeit
The world is leaving behind the age of lockdowns and mask mandates. Five million swarmed Argentina’s capital to celebrate their World Cup victory, and even New York Mayor Eric Adams…
Independence Day 2022
The Declaration of Independence is not only an American document. It follows on Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights as the third great title-deed on which the liberties of…
New Academic Study Grapples with George Soros’s International Political Spending
A new academic study, coauthored by CRC's Hayden Ludwig, is the first to analyze the far-reaching impact of billionaire mega-donor George Soros’s U.S.-based Open Society Foundations in the civil society…
Making “Meta” Mandatory?
Last month, Facebook made two major announcements. First, the company would henceforth call itself “Meta Platforms.” The other announcement gave the reason for the rebrand: The company would invest in…