activistpost--2020-10-23--COVID-19 Lockdowns Are In Lockstep With The “Great Reset”

In October 2019 , a pandemic simulation exercise called Event 201 – a collaborative effort between Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security , World Economic Forum , and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – concluded that a hypothetical new coronavirus may end up killing at least 65 million people worldwide within 18 months of an outbreak .
When COVID-19 coincidentally emerged from Wuhan two months later , scientists were rushing to generate similar alarmist forecasts using a variety of questionable scientific models .
Researchers from the Imperial College London , for instance , approximated death tolls of 500,000 ( UK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by October this year .
To those following the metastasis of the global vaccine mania , the Imperial model was predictably “ tidied up ” with the help of Microsoft .
While scientific models are admittedly fallible , one would nonetheless be hard-pressed to justify the endless string of contradictions , discrepancies and wilful amnesia in the global pandemic narrative .
In fact , one should question whether COVID-19 even deserves the tag of a “ pandemic ” .
According to the United States ’ Centre for Disease Control ( CDC ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happen to be : Ages 0-19 ( 99.997 % ) ; 20-49 ( 99.98 % ) ; 50-69 ( 99.5 % ) ; and 70+ ( 94.6 % ) .
The mortality rates are only slightly higher than the human toll from seasonal flu and are , in fact , lower than many ailments for the same age cohorts .
If the CDC statistics don ’ t lie , what kind of “ science ” have we been subjected to ?
Was it the science of mass-mediated hysteria ?
There are other troubling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the theory of bats or pangolins being the source of COVID-19 ?
Who was Patient Zero ?
Why was there a concerted media agitprop against the prophylactic use of hydroxychloroquine that was backed by the Indian Council of Medical Research ( ICMR ) no less ?
And why did Prof Neil Ferguson , who had led Imperial ’ s contagion modelling , repeatedly breach lockdown measures to meet his paramour – right after his recommendations were used to justify draconian lockdowns worldwide which continue till today ?
Most damning yet , why are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russia ’ s Sputnik V vaccine ?
After all , Moscow ’ s credibility , both scientific and otherwise , is on the line here .
In a real pandemic , nobody would care where an effective remedy comes from .
The virus does not care about borders and geopolitics ; so why should we politicize the origins of an antidote ?
Perhaps what we are really dealing with here is a case of mass “ coronapsychosis ” as Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko aptly called it .
Who benefits from global lockdowns that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
The following four “ great ” undercurrents may provide a clue .
As the author had warned for more than a decade , the world is staring at a confluence of risk overloads , socioeconomic meltdowns ( 1 ) and a Second Great Depression .
For the ruling classes , COVID-19 is fortuitously deflecting public attention away from the disastrous consequences of decades of economic mismanagement and wealth fractionation .
The consolidation of Big Tech with Big Media ( 2 ) has created an Orwellian world where collective hysteria is shifting loci @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disagree with the pandemic narrative .
We have entered a “ new normal ” where Pyongyang , North Korea , affords more ambulatory freedom than Melbourne , Australia .
While rioting and mass demonstrations by assorted radicals are given a free pass – even encouraged by leaders in the West – Facebook posts questioning lockdowns are deemed subversive .
This is a world where Australian Blueshirts beat up women , manhandle a pregnant woman in her own home , and perform wolf pack policing on an elderly lady in a park .
Yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Victoria remains unfazed by the unflattering moniker of Kim Jong Dan .
The corona-totalitarianism is unsurprisingly most pronounced in the Anglosphere and its dependencies .
After all , these nations are staring at socioeconomic bankruptcies of unprecedented proportions vis-à-vis their counterparts .
Even their own governments are being systematically undermined from within .
The US Department of Homeland Security , created in the aftermath of 9/11 to combat terrorism , is now providing $ 10 million in grants to organizations which supposedly combat “ far-right extremism and white supremacy ” .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ razing US cities and its economies in the name of social justice .
There is , however , a curious rationale behind this inane policy as the following section illustrates .
While the circus continues , the bread is thinning out , except for the Top 0.001 % .
Instead of bankruptcy , as recent trends indicated , Silicon Valley and affiliated monopolies are notching up record profits along with record social media censorship .
US billionaires raked in $ 434 billion in the first two months of the lockdown alone .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wealth accrued to the techno-elite .
As tens of millions of individuals and small businesses face bankruptcy by Christmas , the remote work revolution is gifting multibillion dollar jackpots to the likes of Jeff Bezos ( Amazon ) and Mark Zuckerberg ( Facebook ) .
Azure ( Microsoft ) and AWS ( Amazon ) cloud eco-systems , among others , have expanded by 50 % since the beginning of the pandemic .
In the face of such runaway wealth fractionation , panoptic contact tracing tools from Big Tech are increasingly employed to pacify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to prevent a second , third or Nth wave of COVID-19 for our collective good !
In the meantime , Big Banks , Big Pharma , Big Tech and other monopolies are getting lavish central bank bailouts or “ stimulus packages ” to gobble up struggling smaller enterprises .
COVID-19 is a gift that never stops giving to a select few .
But how will the techno-oligarchy maintain a degree of social credibility and control in an impoverished and tumultuous world ?
Oligarchic philanthropy will be a dominant feature of this VUCA decade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent Guardian report , philanthropic foundations have multiplied exponentially in the past two decades , controlling a war chest worth more than $ 1.5 trillion .
That is sufficient to bankroll a horde of experts , NGOs , industry lobbies , media and fact-checkers worldwide .
Large sums can also be distributed rapidly to undermine governments .
The laws governing scientific empiricism are no longer static and immutable ; they must dance in tandem with the funding .
Those who scream fake news are usually its foremost peddlers .
This is yet another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predated COVID-19 by decades .
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ( BMGF ) is a prime example of how oligarchic philanthropy works .
Since 2000 , it has donated more than $ 45 billion to “ charitable causes ” and a chunk of this is designed to control the global media narrative .
The Guardian , rather tellingly , credits the BMGF for helping eradicate polio despite contrary reports of wanton procedural abuses , child death tolls and poverty exploitation which routinely mar the foundation ’ s vaccination programs .
Bill Gates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 20-to-1 return on investments , as he effused to CNBC last year .
As for the BMGF ’ s alleged polio success , officials now fear that a dangerous new strain could soon “ jump continents ” .
After spending $ 16 billion over 30 years to eradicate polio , international health bodies – which work closely with BMGF – have “ accidentally ” reintroduced the disease to Pakistan , Afghanistan , and Iran .
Poverty , hunger and desperation will spawn a tangible degree of public gratitude despite elite philanthropy ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ causes .
By the Guardian ’ s own admission , “ British millionaires gave £1.04bn to the arts , and just £222m to alleviating poverty ” in the 10-year period to 2017 .
Contrast this with the annual $ 10 billion earmarked by the philanthropic pool for “ ideological persuasion ” in the US alone .
The rabble is worth their weight only for the potential havoc they can wreak .
There is enough money floating around to reduce our cities into bedlams of anarchy as seen in the United States today .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Nov 3 US presidential elections ) .
The crumbs left over can be delegated to threadbare charities .
One only needs to reflect on soup kitchens in the post-1929 Weimar Republic .
The most popular ones were organized by the Nazi party and funded by wealthy patrons .
The march towards a new order has a familiar historical meme .
The new Brownshirts are those who terrorise citizens for not wearing masks , for not being locked down in their pens , and for simply supporting a political candidate of choice .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ oligarchic narrative are not spared !
A great pruning will inevitably occur in the mega-billionaire club as whatever remains of the global corona-economy is systematically cannibalized .
The club will get smaller but wealthier and will attempt to sway our collective destiny .
Control over education , healthcare , means of communications and basic social provisions is being increasingly ceded by governments to the global elite .
Governments colluding in the “ new normal ” will sooner or later face the ire of distressed masses .
Politicians and assorted “ social justice warriors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outlived their usefulness .
In this cauldron , the century-old technocratic dream of replacing politicians , electoral processes and businesses with societies run by scientists and technical experts ( 4 ) may emerge – thanks to advances in panoptic technologies .
It will be an age for the “ rational science of production ” and “ scientific collectivism ” .
The latter is eerily redolent of the Soviet sharaska ( prison labs ) system .
The production and supply of goods will be coordinated by a central directorate ( 5 ) , led @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , where they exist , will be nominal anyway ) but by technocrat factotums .
Perhaps this is what the World Economic Forum refers to as the Great Reset .
In reality , though , this idea smacks of a global Gosplan minus the Doctor Sausages for the innumerable many .
( Some emerging economies like Malaysia and India casually refer to technocracy as an infusion of greater technical expertise into bureaucracy .
This is a misinterpretation of technocracy ’ s longstanding means and goals ) .
One intractable problem remains : will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of various deep states worldwide ?
Initially , both groupings may cooperate to their mutual benefit but their respective raisons d ’ être are too contradictory to be reconciled .
One thrives on an “ open society ” run by obedient hirelings who will administer a global Ministry of Truth , while the other depends on secrecy and a degree of national sovereignty to justify its existence .
Surveillance technologies ushered in by the ongoing “ coronapsychosis ” may end up being the deciding factor in this struggle .
After all , if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States and the White House can be blatantly censored today , think of the repercussions for billions of people worldwide tomorrow ?
An abridged version of this article was published by RT on Oct 14 1 .
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43-44 .
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By Dr. Mathew Maavak
In October 2019, a pandemic simulation exercise called Event 201 – a collaborative effort between Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, World Economic Forum, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – concluded that a hypothetical new coronavirus may end up killing at least 65 million people worldwide within 18 months of an outbreak.
When COVID-19 coincidentally emerged from Wuhan two months later, scientists were rushing to generate similar alarmist forecasts using a variety of questionable scientific models. Researchers from the Imperial College London, for instance, approximated death tolls of 500,000 (UK) and two million (USA) by October this year. To those following the metastasis of the global vaccine mania, the Imperial model was predictably “tidied up” with the help of Microsoft.
While scientific models are admittedly fallible, one would nonetheless be hard-pressed to justify the endless string of contradictions, discrepancies and wilful amnesia in the global pandemic narrative. In fact, one should question whether COVID-19 even deserves the tag of a “pandemic”. According to the United States’ Centre for Disease Control (CDC), the updated age-group survival rates for COVID-19 happen to be: Ages 0-19 (99.997%); 20-49 (99.98%); 50-69 (99.5%); and 70+ (94.6%). The mortality rates are only slightly higher than the human toll from seasonal flu and are, in fact, lower than many ailments for the same age cohorts.
If the CDC statistics don’t lie, what kind of “science” have we been subjected to? Was it the science of mass-mediated hysteria? There are other troubling questions yet unanswered. Whatever happened to the theory of bats or pangolins being the source of COVID-19? Who was Patient Zero? Why was there a concerted media agitprop against the prophylactic use of hydroxychloroquine that was backed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) no less? And why did Prof Neil Ferguson, who had led Imperial’s contagion modelling, repeatedly breach lockdown measures to meet his paramour – right after his recommendations were used to justify draconian lockdowns worldwide which continue till today?
Most damning yet, why are Western media and scientific establishments dismissive of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine? After all, Moscow’s credibility, both scientific and otherwise, is on the line here. In a real pandemic, nobody would care where an effective remedy comes from. The virus does not care about borders and geopolitics; so why should we politicize the origins of an antidote?
Perhaps what we are really dealing with here is a case of mass “coronapsychosis” as Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko aptly called it. Who benefits from global lockdowns that are destabilizing all facets of our society? The following four “great” undercurrents may provide a clue.
The Great Deflection
As the author had warned for more than a decade, the world is staring at a confluence of risk overloads, socioeconomic meltdowns (1) and a Second Great Depression. For the ruling classes, COVID-19 is fortuitously deflecting public attention away from the disastrous consequences of decades of economic mismanagement and wealth fractionation. The consolidation of Big Tech with Big Media (2) has created an Orwellian world where collective hysteria is shifting loci from bogeymen like Russia to those who disagree with the pandemic narrative.
We have entered a “new normal” where Pyongyang, North Korea, affords more ambulatory freedom than Melbourne, Australia. While rioting and mass demonstrations by assorted radicals are given a free pass – even encouraged by leaders in the West – Facebook posts questioning lockdowns are deemed subversive. This is a world where Australian Blueshirts beat up women, manhandle a pregnant woman in her own home, and perform wolf pack policing on an elderly lady in a park. Yet, the premier of the Australian state of Victoria remains unfazed by the unflattering moniker of Kim Jong Dan.
The corona-totalitarianism is unsurprisingly most pronounced in the Anglosphere and its dependencies. After all, these nations are staring at socioeconomic bankruptcies of unprecedented proportions vis-à-vis their counterparts. Even their own governments are being systematically undermined from within. The US Department of Homeland Security, created in the aftermath of 9/11 to combat terrorism, is now providing $10 million in grants to organizations which supposedly combat “far-right extremism and white supremacy”. This will further radicalize leftist malcontents who are razing US cities and its economies in the name of social justice. There is, however, a curious rationale behind this inane policy as the following section illustrates.
The Great Wealth Transfer
While the circus continues, the bread is thinning out, except for the Top 0.001%. Instead of bankruptcy, as recent trends indicated, Silicon Valley and affiliated monopolies are notching up record profits along with record social media censorship. US billionaires raked in $434 billion in the first two months of the lockdown alone. The more the lockdowns, the more the wealth accrued to the techno-elite. As tens of millions of individuals and small businesses face bankruptcy by Christmas, the remote work revolution is gifting multibillion dollar jackpots to the likes of Jeff Bezos (Amazon) and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook). Azure (Microsoft) and AWS (Amazon) cloud eco-systems, among others, have expanded by 50% since the beginning of the pandemic.
In the face of such runaway wealth fractionation, panoptic contact tracing tools from Big Tech are increasingly employed to pacify restive populations. And of course, to prevent a second, third or Nth wave of COVID-19 for our collective good!
In the meantime, Big Banks, Big Pharma, Big Tech and other monopolies are getting lavish central bank bailouts or “stimulus packages” to gobble up struggling smaller enterprises. COVID-19 is a gift that never stops giving to a select few. But how will the techno-oligarchy maintain a degree of social credibility and control in an impoverished and tumultuous world?
The Great Philanthropy
Oligarchic philanthropy will be a dominant feature of this VUCA decade (3). According to a recent Guardian report, philanthropic foundations have multiplied exponentially in the past two decades, controlling a war chest worth more than $1.5 trillion. That is sufficient to bankroll a horde of experts, NGOs, industry lobbies, media and fact-checkers worldwide. Large sums can also be distributed rapidly to undermine governments. The laws governing scientific empiricism are no longer static and immutable; they must dance in tandem with the funding. Those who scream fake news are usually its foremost peddlers. This is yet another “new normal” which had actually predated COVID-19 by decades.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is a prime example of how oligarchic philanthropy works. Since 2000, it has donated more than $45 billion to “charitable causes” and a chunk of this is designed to control the global media narrative. The Guardian, rather tellingly, credits the BMGF for helping eradicate polio despite contrary reports of wanton procedural abuses, child death tolls and poverty exploitation which routinely mar the foundation’s vaccination programs. Bill Gates even interprets vaccine philanthropy in terms of a 20-to-1 return on investments, as he effused to CNBC last year.
As for the BMGF’s alleged polio success, officials now fear that a dangerous new strain could soon “jump continents”. After spending $16 billion over 30 years to eradicate polio, international health bodies – which work closely with BMGF – have “accidentally” reintroduced the disease to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran.
Poverty, hunger and desperation will spawn a tangible degree of public gratitude despite elite philanthropy’s entrenched bias towards elite institutions and causes. By the Guardian’s own admission, “British millionaires gave £1.04bn to the arts, and just £222m to alleviating poverty” in the 10-year period to 2017. Contrast this with the annual $10 billion earmarked by the philanthropic pool for “ideological persuasion” in the US alone. The rabble is worth their weight only for the potential havoc they can wreak.
There is enough money floating around to reduce our cities into bedlams of anarchy as seen in the United States today. (It will only get worse after the Nov 3 US presidential elections). The crumbs left over can be delegated to threadbare charities. One only needs to reflect on soup kitchens in the post-1929 Weimar Republic. The most popular ones were organized by the Nazi party and funded by wealthy patrons. The march towards a new order has a familiar historical meme. The new Brownshirts are those who terrorise citizens for not wearing masks, for not being locked down in their pens, and for simply supporting a political candidate of choice. Even children who do not follow the oligarchic narrative are not spared!
The Great Reset
A great pruning will inevitably occur in the mega-billionaire club as whatever remains of the global corona-economy is systematically cannibalized. The club will get smaller but wealthier and will attempt to sway our collective destiny. Control over education, healthcare, means of communications and basic social provisions is being increasingly ceded by governments to the global elite. Governments colluding in the “new normal” will sooner or later face the ire of distressed masses. Politicians and assorted “social justice warriors” will be scapegoated once they have outlived their usefulness.
In this cauldron, the century-old technocratic dream of replacing politicians, electoral processes and businesses with societies run by scientists and technical experts (4) may emerge – thanks to advances in panoptic technologies. It will be an age for the “rational science of production” and “scientific collectivism”. The latter is eerily redolent of the Soviet sharaska (prison labs) system.
The production and supply of goods will be coordinated by a central directorate (5), led not by elected representatives (whose roles, where they exist, will be nominal anyway) but by technocrat factotums. Perhaps this is what the World Economic Forum refers to as the Great Reset. In reality, though, this idea smacks of a global Gosplan minus the Doctor Sausages for the innumerable many.
(Some emerging economies like Malaysia and India casually refer to technocracy as an infusion of greater technical expertise into bureaucracy. This is a misinterpretation of technocracy’s longstanding means and goals).
One intractable problem remains: will the emerging global oligarchy tolerate the existence of various deep states worldwide? Initially, both groupings may cooperate to their mutual benefit but their respective raisons d’être are too contradictory to be reconciled. One thrives on an “open society” run by obedient hirelings who will administer a global Ministry of Truth, while the other depends on secrecy and a degree of national sovereignty to justify its existence. Surveillance technologies ushered in by the ongoing “coronapsychosis” may end up being the deciding factor in this struggle.
After all, if social media posts by the President of the United States and the White House can be blatantly censored today, think of the repercussions for billions of people worldwide tomorrow?
An abridged version of this article was published by RT on Oct 14
References
1. Maavak, M. (2012), Class Warfare, Anarchy and the Future Society: Is the Middle Class forging a Gramscian Counter-Hegemonic Bloc Worldwide? Journal of Futures Studies, December 2012, 17(2): 15-36.
2. Maavak, M. (2019). Bubble to Panopticon: Dark Undercurrents of the Big Data Torrent. Kybernetes, Vol. 49 No. 3, pp. 1046-1060. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-06-2019-0403
3. Maavak, M (2021). Maavak, M. (2021). Horizon 2020-2030: Will Emerging Risks Unravel our Global Systems? Accepted for publication. Salus Journal, Issue 1 2021.
4. Elsner, Jr., Henry (1967). The Technocrats: Prophets of Automation. Syracuse University.
5. Stabile, D.R. (1986). Veblen and the Political Economy of the Engineer: the radical thinker and engineering leaders came to technocratic ideas at the same time. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol, 45, No. 1, 1986, pp. 43-44.
Dr Mathew Maavak is a regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues.
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activistpost--2020-10-23--New Telegram Bot Violates Female Privacy Making Deep Fake Nudes From Regular Photos

A deep fake bot found on the Telegram messenger app has victimized seemingly hundreds of thousands of women by making normal photos into deep fake nudes .
More than 100,000 of these non-consensual sexual images have been posted publicly online , but the bot has produced hundreds of thousands more that haven ’ t been traced , CNET reported .
The victims are mostly private individuals , women whose photos were taken off social media or pulled from a personal stash of pics , according to a research report about the bot Tuesday , which traced more than 100,000 publicly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Some victims had originally been photographed in bathing suits or underwear .
Some were wearing simple T-shirts and shorts .
“ The innovation here is not necessarily the AI in any form , ” said Giorgio Patrini , CEO of deepfake-research company Sensity and coauthor of the report .
“ It ’ s just the fact that it can reach a lot of people , and very easily.
” This bot isn ’ t just victimizing women it has also created numerous deep fake nude images of children .
All of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has put Telegram into hot water , requiring the company to act and disable all bots on its network while it closes its API .
Telegram has been criticized over the years for hosting terrorist propaganda , facilitating piracy and copyright infringement , as well as hosting varieties of pornography .
But the service has also taken actions to remove abuse on its platform , such as kicking off groups of violent extremists like neo-Nazis and ISIS .
The new bot is a fork of a previous software known as Deepnude , both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sexual images of women and children in photos .
However , the new bot is simpler and easier to use than the original desktop app .
The Telegram bot allows easier access to some dangerous tools , enabling any stranger to snap a photo and create a deep fake nude .
Sensity found 104,852 images of women who were victimized by the bot and then shared publicly , as of the end of July .
While each image may not be of a unique individual , Patrini said instances of the same woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being manipulated repeatedly , were rare .
The bot is built for “ freemium , ” providing free users with a basic level of functionality while advanced features are available for those who pay for the app in cryptocurrency .
Abusers can use the bot free by sending photos to it one at a time , seemingly up to five a day .
But “ paid premium ” features include sending multiple pics , skipping the line of free users and removing watermarks from the pornographic images .
The bot also offers a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” also payable in rubles .
Activist Post has previously covered deep fakes , including faking audio , and video .
We noted the dangers of deep fake technology , and how artificial intelligence will be needed to determine what ’ s fake and what ’ s real to distinguish reality .
The Pentagon also wants to police deep fake technology on social media , as well as fake news more focused on politics .
Using artificial intelligence for abuse such as faking nude images of women and children will only push the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how it can counter deep fake technology .
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By Aaron Kesel
A deep fake bot found on the Telegram messenger app has victimized seemingly hundreds of thousands of women by making normal photos into deep fake nudes.
More than 100,000 of these non-consensual sexual images have been posted publicly online, but the bot has produced hundreds of thousands more that haven’t been traced, CNET reported.
The victims are mostly private individuals, women whose photos were taken off social media or pulled from a personal stash of pics, according to a research report about the bot Tuesday, which traced more than 100,000 publicly posted images of victims of this bot. Some victims had originally been photographed in bathing suits or underwear. Some were wearing simple T-shirts and shorts.
“The innovation here is not necessarily the AI in any form,” said Giorgio Patrini, CEO of deepfake-research company Sensity and coauthor of the report. “It’s just the fact that it can reach a lot of people, and very easily.”
This bot isn’t just victimizing women it has also created numerous deep fake nude images of children. All of this combined with recent Telegram ransomware spam bots has put Telegram into hot water, requiring the company to act and disable all bots on its network while it closes its API.
Telegram has been criticized over the years for hosting terrorist propaganda, facilitating piracy and copyright infringement, as well as hosting varieties of pornography. But the service has also taken actions to remove abuse on its platform, such as kicking off groups of violent extremists like neo-Nazis and ISIS.
The new bot is a fork of a previous software known as Deepnude, both used artificial intelligence to automatically generate non-consensual sexual images of women and children in photos. However, the new bot is simpler and easier to use than the original desktop app. The Telegram bot allows easier access to some dangerous tools, enabling any stranger to snap a photo and create a deep fake nude.
Sensity found 104,852 images of women who were victimized by the bot and then shared publicly, as of the end of July. While each image may not be of a unique individual, Patrini said instances of the same woman being victimized, or the same photo being manipulated repeatedly, were rare.
The bot is built for “freemium,” providing free users with a basic level of functionality while advanced features are available for those who pay for the app in cryptocurrency. Abusers can use the bot free by sending photos to it one at a time, seemingly up to five a day. But “paid premium” features include sending multiple pics, skipping the line of free users and removing watermarks from the pornographic images. The bot also offers a referral program in its “coins,” also payable in rubles.
Activist Post has previously covered deep fakes, including faking audio, and video. We noted the dangers of deep fake technology, and how artificial intelligence will be needed to determine what’s fake and what’s real to distinguish reality. The Pentagon also wants to police deep fake technology on social media, as well as fake news more focused on politics. Using artificial intelligence for abuse such as faking nude images of women and children will only push the government more and more towards focusing on how it can counter deep fake technology.
**By [@An0nkn0wledge](https://hive.blog/@an0nkn0wledge)**
Aaron Kesel writes for Activist Post.
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activistpost--2020-10-24--EPA Approves Radioactive Waste Product in Road Construction. Using It to De-Ice Roads Wasn’t Bad Eno

EPA Approves Radioactive Waste Product in Road Construction. Using It to De-Ice Roads Wasn’t Bad Enough?

Much to the dismay of environmentalists and residents , some states are already using toxic radioactive waste to de-ice roads .
Now the EPA has approved using it in road construction .
If you live next to a road , will you be living next to a hazardous waste site ?
Unfortunately , this may be a reality for many , especially in Florida .
The Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) recently announced they will approve the use of phosphogypsum in road construction .
Phosphogypsum is the radioactive waste product left over from the production of fertilizer , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ManaSota-88 is vigorously opposed to the use of phosphogypsum in roadbeds .
High radionuclide levels , increased health risks , increased groundwater contamination and lack of state regulatory oversight are some of the many reasons why phosphogypsum should not be used in road construction .
EPA and other studies have determined that the use of radioactive phosphate gypsum wastes as building materials is unsafe and should not be done .
This decision reflects the EPA ’ s past concern that the radium bearing waste , if spread throughout the country , would present @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for generations , given radium ’ s 1,630-year radioactive decay half-life .
However , the current administrator of the EPA , Andrew Wheeler , supports the phosphate industries attempt dispose of their waste by mixing it with concrete used for road construction .
The distribution of phosphogypsum will unnecessarily expose workers , the environment , and the general public to otherwise avoidable radiation exposure .
To allow the use of phosphogypsum as a construction material is the height of irresponsibility .
Allowing phosphogypsum to be used for road construction will open the regulatory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ construction or agricultural applications .
The radioactive decay of this material will emit particles that can cause increased cancer risks and unacceptable radiation levels in areas normally not having such problems .
To date , there have been no published scientific studies confirming that there is a “ safe ” industrial process to convert phosphogypsum for uses such as roads .
EPA ’ s exemption to their own radiation rule seems to be based more on EPA ’ s failure to reduce in the generation of toxic phosphogypsum rather than reducing the public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All uses of phosphogypsum can cause significant health risks .
In addition to high radium 226 levels , central Florida phosphogypsum also contains significant amounts of sulfur and various heavy metals such as arsenic , barium , cadmium , and lead .
Contaminated water and dissolved materials containing these toxins have the potential to seep from phosphogypsum used for construction purposes and pollute the underlying aquifer .
Phosphate companies have had more than 50 years to figure out a way to dispose of the radioactive gypsum wastes in an environmentally acceptable manner but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the industry is producing tens of millions of tons of waste annually , and the industry continues to expand its dumping operations .
ManaSota-88 does not believe the phosphate industry should be permitted to externalize the costs of their phosphogypsum waste disposal problem at the public ’ s expense .
The cost is too high .
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Additional details have been provided by My Drink Water The U.S. produces approximately 20 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In countries where reuse is practiced – such as road building , construction material , fertilizer , and landfill cover – up to 20 % of annual phosphogypsum production is diverted from stacking to other uses .
While the approval of TFI ’ s request does not mean that phosphogypsum will become widespread in roads , it allows state and local governments to investigate the opportunity to use phosphogypsum in appropriate road construction projects .
Phosphogypsum is a byproduct material of phosphate fertilizer production .
It is regulated for the presence of radium-226 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ produces radon gas , a hazardous air pollutant .
The Clean Air Act requires the disposal of phosphogypsum in stacks , except for limited agricultural and research uses .
The Clean Air Act also provides a procedure to request authorization to use phosphogypsum for other uses , and that the Assistant Administrator may approve such a request if the alternative uses fall below risk thresholds .
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By B.N. Frank
Much to the dismay of environmentalists and residents, some states are already using toxic radioactive waste to de-ice roads. Now the EPA has approved using it in road construction.
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Hazardous Waste Being Mixed into Roads
If you live next to a road, will you be living next to a hazardous waste site? Unfortunately, this may be a reality for many, especially in Florida.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced they will approve the use of phosphogypsum in road construction. Phosphogypsum is the radioactive waste product left over from the production of fertilizer, and Florida has a lot of phosphogypsum.
ManaSota-88 is vigorously opposed to the use of phosphogypsum in roadbeds. High radionuclide levels, increased health risks, increased groundwater contamination and lack of state regulatory oversight are some of the many reasons why phosphogypsum should not be used in road construction.
EPA and other studies have determined that the use of radioactive phosphate gypsum wastes as building materials is unsafe and should not be done. This decision reflects the EPA’s past concern that the radium bearing waste, if spread throughout the country, would present a public health threat that would continue for generations, given radium’s 1,630-year radioactive decay half-life. However, the current administrator of the EPA, Andrew Wheeler, supports the phosphate industries attempt dispose of their waste by mixing it with concrete used for road construction.
The distribution of phosphogypsum will unnecessarily expose workers, the environment, and the general public to otherwise avoidable radiation exposure.
To allow the use of phosphogypsum as a construction material is the height of irresponsibility. Allowing phosphogypsum to be used for road construction will open the regulatory door for the use of phosphogypsum in construction or agricultural applications. The radioactive decay of this material will emit particles that can cause increased cancer risks and unacceptable radiation levels in areas normally not having such problems.
To date, there have been no published scientific studies confirming that there is a “safe” industrial process to convert phosphogypsum for uses such as roads. EPA’s exemption to their own radiation rule seems to be based more on EPA’s failure to reduce in the generation of toxic phosphogypsum rather than reducing the public health hazard posed by this material. All uses of phosphogypsum can cause significant health risks.
In addition to high radium 226 levels, central Florida phosphogypsum also contains significant amounts of sulfur and various heavy metals such as arsenic, barium, cadmium, and lead. Contaminated water and dissolved materials containing these toxins have the potential to seep from phosphogypsum used for construction purposes and pollute the underlying aquifer.
Phosphate companies have had more than 50 years to figure out a way to dispose of the radioactive gypsum wastes in an environmentally acceptable manner but have yet to do so. Instead, the industry is producing tens of millions of tons of waste annually, and the industry continues to expand its dumping operations.
ManaSota-88 does not believe the phosphate industry should be permitted to externalize the costs of their phosphogypsum waste disposal problem at the public’s expense. The cost is too high.
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The U.S. produces approximately 20% of the world’s phosphogypsum. In countries where reuse is practiced – such as road building, construction material, fertilizer, and landfill cover – up to 20% of annual phosphogypsum production is diverted from stacking to other uses. While the approval of TFI’s request does not mean that phosphogypsum will become widespread in roads, it allows state and local governments to investigate the opportunity to use phosphogypsum in appropriate road construction projects. Phosphogypsum is a byproduct material of phosphate fertilizer production. It is regulated for the presence of radium-226, a naturally occurring radioactive substance that produces radon gas, a hazardous air pollutant. The Clean Air Act requires the disposal of phosphogypsum in stacks, except for limited agricultural and research uses. The Clean Air Act also provides a procedure to request authorization to use phosphogypsum for other uses, and that the Assistant Administrator may approve such a request if the alternative uses fall below risk thresholds.
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activistpost--2020-10-24--New Data Reveals Just How Many Americans Temporarily Moved To Escape Pandemic

Moving-focused group MyMove analyzed data from the USPS about change-of-address requests .
By far , this is the most comprehensive snapshot of migration trends during the coronavirus pandemic – revealing nearly 16 million Americans moved between February and July .
MyMove determined temporary moves soared 27 % between February and July compared with the same period last year .
The data also shows permanent address changes rose by 1.9 % year over year .
The most significant outlier in the USPS data was the parabolic spike in temporary address changes , mostly due to city-dwellers escaping large metros during coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also examined a Pew Research Center survey of 10,000 Americans conducted in July .
The study allowed MyMove to understand why and where people moved .
“ About a quarter ( 28 % ) told us [ they chose to move ] because they feared getting COVID-19 if they stayed where they were living , ” said D ’ Vera Cohn , senior writer and editor for Pew who published the study findings , told MyMove .
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“ About a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wanted to be with their family , or their college campus closed ( 23 % ) .
A total of 18 % gave financial reasons , including job loss , ” Cohn said .
As the month-by-month chart below shows , “ the number of total monthly moves has remained consistent throughout the pandemic , with slight spikes in March — at the onset of the pandemic — and in July .
Summer months are peak moving season , which could also explain the July increase , ” MyMove said .
• A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Both Coasts • As US Cities Crumble , Demand For Rural And Suburban Properties Is Soaring • US New Home Sales Plunge To 10 Year Low As Exodus From Cities Accelerates Readers may recall , we pointed out , in late March , how city-dwellers were fleeing at least one major city .
Noel Roberts , real estate agent for Nest Seekers International , told MyMove the exodus from cities was because people are waiting out the virus pandemic storm in rural communities .
MyMove also said people left metro areas to take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work to save money on housing and living expenses , and probably expect to return to their college campus or office spaces soon enough.
” Cities that lost the most movers in 2019 and 2020 : Some smaller cities gained movers during the pandemic : MyMove , on a metro level , shows outbound migration trends of city-dwellers in San Francisco , New York City , Los Angeles , and Chicago : Pew found that many city-dwellers had their mail rerouted to nearby residences in less-populated areas .
Cohn , of Pew , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ due to the virus , 13 % [ of respondents ] told us they moved to a second home or vacation home , many of which probably are outside cities.
” Top Cities That Gained Most People During The Virus Pandemic : States That Gained And Lost Most People During The Virus Pandemic : Real estate experts have warned the “ exodus ” from cities will last two years .
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By Tyler Durden
Moving-focused group MyMove analyzed data from the USPS about change-of-address requests. By far, this is the most comprehensive snapshot of migration trends during the coronavirus pandemic – revealing nearly 16 million Americans moved between February and July.
MyMove determined temporary moves soared 27% between February and July compared with the same period last year. The data also shows permanent address changes rose by 1.9% year over year.
The most significant outlier in the USPS data was the parabolic spike in temporary address changes, mostly due to city-dwellers escaping large metros during coronavirus lockdowns.
Besides USPS data, MyMove also examined a Pew Research Center survey of 10,000 Americans conducted in July. The study allowed MyMove to understand why and where people moved.
“About a quarter (28%) told us [they chose to move] because they feared getting COVID-19 if they stayed where they were living,” said D’Vera Cohn, senior writer and editor for Pew who published the study findings, told MyMove.
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“About a fifth (20%) said they wanted to be with their family, or their college campus closed (23%). A total of 18% gave financial reasons, including job loss,” Cohn said.
As the month-by-month chart below shows, “the number of total monthly moves has remained consistent throughout the pandemic, with slight spikes in March — at the onset of the pandemic — and in July. Summer months are peak moving season, which could also explain the July increase,” MyMove said.
MyMove shows that people moved from metro areas, like Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Chicago, to less populated cities that were in Texas, George, Florida, and Idaho. We outlined this here:
Readers may recall, we pointed out, in late March, how city-dwellers were fleeing at least one major city.
Noel Roberts, real estate agent for Nest Seekers International, told MyMove the exodus from cities was because people are waiting out the virus pandemic storm in rural communities.
“Over the past several months, we’ve seen an influx of renters in the Hamptons coming from New York City to come and escape the city as well as wait out the virus,” Roberts said.
MyMove also said people left metro areas to take “advantage of online learning or remote work to save money on housing and living expenses, and probably expect to return to their college campus or office spaces soon enough.”
Cities that lost the most movers in 2019 and 2020:
Some smaller cities gained movers during the pandemic:
MyMove, on a metro level, shows outbound migration trends of city-dwellers in San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago:
Pew found that many city-dwellers had their mail rerouted to nearby residences in less-populated areas.
Cohn, of Pew, said, “Among those who moved due to the virus, 13% [of respondents] told us they moved to a second home or vacation home, many of which probably are outside cities.”
Top Cities That Gained Most People During The Virus Pandemic:
States That Gained And Lost Most People During The Virus Pandemic:
Real estate experts have warned the “exodus” from cities will last two years.
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activistpost--2020-10-24--And Then They Came for the Books…

And Then They Came for the Books…

In addition to the online censorship , many real-world libraries have shut down .
Aaron covers the shutdowns in his area and the wider implications .
Is there a secret agreement behind these library closures and changes to how we access physical books ?
Aaron Dykes is a co-founder of Truthstream Media .
As a writer , researcher and video producer who has worked on numerous documentaries and investigative reports , he uses history as a guide to decode current events , uncover obscure agendas and contrast them with the dignity afforded individuals as recognized in documents like the Bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the founders of TruthstreamMedia.com , Subscribe to them on BitChute , like on Facebook , follow on Twitter , support on Patreon .
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By Aaron Dykes
In addition to the online censorship, many real-world libraries have shut down. Aaron covers the shutdowns in his area and the wider implications.
Is there a secret agreement behind these library closures and changes to how we access physical books?
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Aaron Dykes is a co-founder of Truthstream Media. As a writer, researcher and video producer who has worked on numerous documentaries and investigative reports, he uses history as a guide to decode current events, uncover obscure agendas and contrast them with the dignity afforded individuals as recognized in documents like the Bill of Rights.
Aaron & Melissa Dykes are the founders of TruthstreamMedia.com, Subscribe to them on BitChute, like on Facebook, follow on Twitter, support on Patreon.
Watch their mini-documentary Obsolete here and their full-length documentary THE MINDS OF MEN here.
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activistpost--2020-10-24--Court Allows Police to Use License Plate Scanners to Track ALL Drivers, Even Innocent Ones

In a blow to privacy that extends the government ’ s authority to create a web of surveillance , the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that state and local police are free to use Automated License Plate Readers ( ALPRs ) to collect data about the travel and movement of persons throughout the state .
Denouncing the fact that Americans can not even drive their cars without being tracked by the government , The Rutherford Institute had asked the Court to rule in Fairfax County Police Department v. Neal that the use of ALPRs violated a Virginia law restricting government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to traffic lights or on police cars , ALPRs photograph over 1,800 license tag numbers per minute , take a picture of every passing license tag number and store the tag number and the date , time , and location of the picture in a searchable database .
The data is then shared with law enforcement , fusion centers and private companies and used to track the movements of persons in their cars .
There are reportedly tens of thousands of these license plate readers now in operation throughout the country .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the people being unnecessarily surveilled are entirely innocent .
“ We ’ re on the losing end of a technological revolution that has already taken hostage our computers , our phones , our finances , our entertainment , our shopping , our appliances , and now , it ’ s focused its sights on our cars , ” said constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead , president of The Rutherford Institute and author of Battlefield America : The War on the American People .
“ By subjecting Americans to surveillance without their knowledge or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ later use , the government has erected the ultimate suspect society .
In such an environment , there is no such thing as ‘ innocent until proven guilty.
’ ” Since 2010 , the Fairfax County Police Department ( FCPD ) has used ALPRs to record the time , place , and driving direction of thousands of drivers who use Fairfax County roads daily .
License plate readers capture over 1,800 images of license tag numbers per minute and convert the images to a computer format that can be searched by tag number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police database for a year , allows the police to determine the driving habits of persons as well as where they have been .
In 2014 , Fairfax County resident Harrison Neal filed a complaint against FCPD asserting its collection and storage of license plate data without an active investigation violates Virginia ’ s Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act ( Data Act ) , a law enacted because of the fear that advanced technologies would be used by the government to collect and analyze massive amounts of personal information about citizens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 2018 , the Virginia Supreme Court ruled in favor of Neal , but sent the case back to the trial court to determine whether the case involved an “ information system ” covered by the Data Act .
On a second appeal , the Court upheld the use of ALPR data collection because the data is not stored within the ALPR system and so was not part of a “ record keeping ” system covered by the Data Act .
In weighing in on the case , Rutherford Institute attorneys argued @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affirms that it is intended to prohibit the collection and maintenance of ALPR data by the government , which along with other surveillance technologies , creates vast dossiers about the lives and activities of citizens .
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By The Rutherford Institute
In a blow to privacy that extends the government’s authority to create a web of surveillance, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that state and local police are free to use Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) to collect data about the travel and movement of persons throughout the state. Denouncing the fact that Americans cannot even drive their cars without being tracked by the government, The Rutherford Institute had asked the Court to rule in Fairfax County Police Department v. Neal that the use of ALPRs violated a Virginia law restricting government collection of personal information.
Mounted next to traffic lights or on police cars, ALPRs photograph over 1,800 license tag numbers per minute, take a picture of every passing license tag number and store the tag number and the date, time, and location of the picture in a searchable database. The data is then shared with law enforcement, fusion centers and private companies and used to track the movements of persons in their cars.
There are reportedly tens of thousands of these license plate readers now in operation throughout the country. It is estimated that over 99% of the people being unnecessarily surveilled are entirely innocent.
“We’re on the losing end of a technological revolution that has already taken hostage our computers, our phones, our finances, our entertainment, our shopping, our appliances, and now, it’s focused its sights on our cars,” said constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute and author of Battlefield America: The War on the American People. “By subjecting Americans to surveillance without their knowledge or compliance and then storing the data for later use, the government has erected the ultimate suspect society. In such an environment, there is no such thing as ‘innocent until proven guilty.’”
Since 2010, the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) has used ALPRs to record the time, place, and driving direction of thousands of drivers who use Fairfax County roads daily. License plate readers capture over 1,800 images of license tag numbers per minute and convert the images to a computer format that can be searched by tag number.
This information, stored in a police database for a year, allows the police to determine the driving habits of persons as well as where they have been. In 2014, Fairfax County resident Harrison Neal filed a complaint against FCPD asserting its collection and storage of license plate data without an active investigation violates Virginia’s Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act (Data Act), a law enacted because of the fear that advanced technologies would be used by the government to collect and analyze massive amounts of personal information about citizens, thereby invading their privacy and liberty.
In 2018, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled in favor of Neal, but sent the case back to the trial court to determine whether the case involved an “information system” covered by the Data Act. On a second appeal, the Court upheld the use of ALPR data collection because the data is not stored within the ALPR system and so was not part of a “record keeping” system covered by the Data Act.
In weighing in on the case, Rutherford Institute attorneys argued that the history of the Data Act affirms that it is intended to prohibit the collection and maintenance of ALPR data by the government, which along with other surveillance technologies, creates vast dossiers about the lives and activities of citizens.
The Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit civil liberties organization, provides legal assistance at no charge to individuals whose constitutional rights have been threatened or violated and educates the public on a wide spectrum of issues affecting their freedoms.
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Nullification: It Works!

Some people say nullification can ’ t work because the federal government is too big and powerful .
They ’ @ @ @ @ @ us nullify every single every day .
There are two definitions of nullification .
One @ @ @ @ @ , practical .
When we talk about nullification as a strategy , we generally mean @ @ @ @ @ law remains on the books but it is unenforceable or simply no longer has any @ @ @

By Michael Maharrey
Some people say nullification can’t work because the federal government is too big and powerful. They’re wrong. Most of us nullify every single every day.
There are two definitions of nullification. One is legal, the other, practical. When we talk about nullification as a strategy, we generally mean the practical definition. A law remains on the books but it is unenforceable or simply no longer has any practical effect.
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activistpost--2020-10-25--Italians Rise Up Against “Health Dictatorship” As Country Moves Toward New Lockdown

Earlier this year Italy became the first entire nation to impose strict lockdown and social distancing measures when it was the first to see a major coronavirus outbreak outside of Wuhan , China .
By the close of May , just as the United States took the lead globally in number of confirmed cases , Italy ’ s numbers had fallen and lockdown restrictions were dropped , with its daily infection rate remaining under control through summer .
However , Italy ’ s case numbers began soaring once again starting September into this month .
Over the weekend the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Reuters reports that “ COVID-19 cases across the country have risen seven-fold since the start of the month , jumping to 19,143 on Friday and raising fears that the pandemic is spiraling out of control.
” Local media dubbed weekend clashes with police in Naples as appearing more like guerilla warfare .
Naturally , government leaders are once again eyeing a total lockdown of the peninsula , but it ’ s evident many Italians aren ’ t having it .
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has just issued a new emergency decree Sunday which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , gyms and swimming pools .
And further bars and restaurants have been ordered to close by 6pm every night .
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This set off major protests across various cities , especially in Rome and Naples , which led to clashes with police over the weekend .
Initially peaceful , local media have described many demonstrations rapidly spiraled into fights with police led by hundreds or far-right protesters .
In Rome , fireworks were shot at police trying to disperse a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have been led by the right wing Fuerza Nova party which called for the population to resist what it called “ health dictatorship and curfews ” .
Meanwhile , Italy ’ s southern Campania region has moved to implement a total lockdown of the province , with its leaders urging the rest of the country to follow suit , according to Reuters .
This had set off the fiercest demonstrations thus far in Naples Friday night , with a handful of people arrested , while in Rome Saturday night up to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anti-lockdown marches and protests will only grow – a trend witnessed in other countries that have attempted to reimpose lockdowns after long adapting to a ‘ new normal ’ of common sense social distancing measures .
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By Tyler Durden
Earlier this year Italy became the first entire nation to impose strict lockdown and social distancing measures when it was the first to see a major coronavirus outbreak outside of Wuhan, China.
By the close of May, just as the United States took the lead globally in number of confirmed cases, Italy’s numbers had fallen and lockdown restrictions were dropped, with its daily infection rate remaining under control through summer. However, Italy’s case numbers began soaring once again starting September into this month.
Looks like there are violent protests unfolding right now in Naples Italy specifically people angry at new lock down measures that were just imposed pic.twitter.com/uT8DSdrOnV — Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) October 23, 2020
Over the weekend the country saw a new record daily high.
Reuters reports that “COVID-19 cases across the country have risen seven-fold since the start of the month, jumping to 19,143 on Friday and raising fears that the pandemic is spiraling out of control.”
Local media dubbed weekend clashes with police in Naples as appearing more like guerilla warfare.
Naturally, government leaders are once again eyeing a total lockdown of the peninsula, but it’s evident many Italians aren’t having it. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has just issued a new emergency decree Sunday which once again shutters all cinemas, theatres, gyms and swimming pools. And further bars and restaurants have been ordered to close by 6pm every night.
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This set off major protests across various cities, especially in Rome and Naples, which led to clashes with police over the weekend. Initially peaceful, local media have described many demonstrations rapidly spiraled into fights with police led by hundreds or far-right protesters.
BREAKING. Violent protests ongoing in Naples, Italy, against the midnight full curfew enforced from tonight against #coronavirus #covid19 and region Campania governor De Luca pushing for a full lockdown. Crazy scenes. pic.twitter.com/XYpzIbBAv4 — Antonello Guerrera (@antoguerrera) October 23, 2020
In Rome, fireworks were shot at police trying to disperse a central plaza.
The mayhem is believed to have been led by the right wing Fuerza Nova party which called for the population to resist what it called “health dictatorship and curfews”.
NAPLES, ITALY IS RISING RIGHT NOW AGAINST THE CURFEWS https://t.co/yZ97wM66nA — Robin Monotti Graziadei (@robinmonotti) October 23, 2020
Meanwhile, Italy’s southern Campania region has moved to implement a total lockdown of the province, with its leaders urging the rest of the country to follow suit, according to Reuters.
Italy Fights Back! Thousands protest against the Socialist government tyrannical coronavirus lockdown measures in Naples Crowds chant: "Freedom, freedom, freedom!" Protests also breaking out in Salerno, Nocera & other cities across Campaniapic.twitter.com/GL1cZ0AH0u — Amy Mek (@AmyMek) October 23, 2020
This had set off the fiercest demonstrations thus far in Naples Friday night, with a handful of people arrested, while in Rome Saturday night up to a dozen or more were arrested.
Likely anti-lockdown marches and protests will only grow – a trend witnessed in other countries that have attempted to reimpose lockdowns after long adapting to a ‘new normal’ of common sense social distancing measures.
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activistpost--2020-10-25--Author on “Fake News”:  Corporations and Gov’t Shouldn’t Censor or Teach “Media Literacy” to Student

Author on “Fake News”:  Corporations and Gov’t Shouldn’t Censor or Teach “Media Literacy” to Students

In 2019 The New York Times announced that the media outlet had partnered with tech behemoth , Verizon , to create a 5G Journalism Lab .
Because of this partnership , most would agree that it would be a “ conflict of interest ” for them to publish biased articles of 5G opposition .
That ’ s one of , unfortunately , countless examples of how “ news ” can become biased because of business affiliations .
The term that has become synonymous with biased news is “ Fake News.
” With fake news on the minds of a lot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to figure out how to sift through the information landscape to find the facts .
Today we get some ideas from Nolan Higdon , a lecturer of history and media studies and author of “ The Anatomy of Fake News.
” He takes us on an examination of our news today , to show us both the critical framework and the history behind fake news .
Sharyl : What is your definition of “ fake news ” ?
Nolan Higdon : Yeah .
I chose a broad definition , so any false or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ journalism or news content .
Sharyl : And what made you decide to write a book about it ?
Higdon : Well , after 2016 , I was kind of somewhat optimistic because finally we were talking about fake news .
But I quickly became pessimistic as the conversations devolved into Trump and the Russians and conservative news websites , and it became a quite a partisan debate .
Rachel Maddow ( March 2017 ) news clip : As the Russian Trump questions continue to percolate and ultimately got more accute over time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to answer .
Higdon : And I was off-put by the partisanship and the creation of lists .
I thought it was kind of McCarthy-like to create lists of these are good news , these are bad news .
And so I wanted to write a book to tell the story of fake news , a much larger problem .
And I don ’ t think lists are going to save us , but I do think there are ways we can mitigate the pernicious influence of fake news .
Sharyl : Do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neither ?
Higdon : I mean , I ’ m kind of all over the ideological spectrum .
I mean , I tend to lean left , but I guess that ’ s how I ’ d define myself .
Sharyl : And what ’ s the bottom line of the book ?
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Higdon : The bottom line of the book is that I don ’ t think we ’ re going to save ourselves from the fake news problem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or governments to censor content .
I think we ’ re going to have to empower people with the critical media literacy skills to learn how to think , not what to think .
Sharyl : A lot of media literacy efforts or efforts to curate our information for us have turned out to be , I think , cloaked efforts by third parties and political interests and corporate interests to actually shape the information , rather than make people understand how to become more literate .
What is your view on that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about this extensively in the book .
I ’ m very concerned about the way that corporations have taken over the media literacy movement and increasingly are wiggling their way into the classroom to not only dictate what is media literacy , but collect and operationalize data on students .
So I think that those of us who advocate for media literacy need to be very clear that we ’ re not advocating for corporate media literacy .
Sharyl : Do you think that the talk about fake news was largely driven by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continued discussion election-driven here as we approach the 2020 election ?
Higdon : I think the only time it gets into the mainstream sort of culture or corporate media is generally when it ’ s focused on elections .
It ’ s become a real partisan issue , the idea of fake news .
Sharyl : Do you think it ’ s a good step forward for third parties , such as social media companies , to offer to curate fake news for us and to make those decisions ?
Or do you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to the individual ?
Higdon : The book makes it very clear , and I would make it very clear , that we should never have corporations , regardless of their ideological underpinnings , making decisions about what is or is not fake news for us .
Sharyl : What ’ s the big danger of that ?
Higdon : You empower fake news producers .
They themselves are profiting from the fake news problem , so they have an economic incentive to continue this problem , not solve it .
Sharyl @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our own government can be responsible or a responsible party when it comes to fake news ?
Higdon : Our government is not only responsible , they have a long history of producing and disseminating fake news .
A lot of it got exposed in the Cold War era of fake news .
A lot of it got exposed with the Church Committee hearings .
But you can even go back to establishment papers like the New York Times .
In 2008 , David Barstow released some reporting on how the intelligence community @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was on traditional news networks and news outlets .
So our government unfortunately has not only produced fake news overseas , but also domestically .
Sharyl : What is the main thing you think is a takeaway ?
What is the main thing that the public doesn ’ t know or may not think about that they ought to ?
Higdon : I guess one of the things I would consider the public to think about is we are in somewhat of an information war , whether it be to get your votes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to get you to do something , and corporations have new advantages in the digital age .
As we talked about before , fake news isn ’ t a digital age problem , but it has been intensified in the digital age because now they collect all of your data .
It creates graphic profiles of you , and when that content gets in fake news producers ’ hands , they can construct content that is targeted directly at you , that preys upon your basic instincts , attitudes , and behaviors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The Anatomy of Fake News ” also includes a “ fake news detection kit ” where Higdon gives ten ways to identify fake news and be sure you ’ re not sharing it or falling victim to it .
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By B.N. Frank
In 2019 The New York Times announced that the media outlet had partnered with tech behemoth, Verizon, to create a 5G Journalism Lab. Because of this partnership, most would agree that it would be a “conflict of interest” for them to publish biased articles of 5G opposition.
That’s one of, unfortunately, countless examples of how “news” can become biased because of business affiliations. The term that has become synonymous with biased news is “Fake News.”
From Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson:
With fake news on the minds of a lot of Americans, it can be difficult to figure out how to sift through the information landscape to find the facts. Today we get some ideas from Nolan Higdon, a lecturer of history and media studies and author of “The Anatomy of Fake News.”
He takes us on an examination of our news today, to show us both the critical framework and the history behind fake news.
Sharyl: What is your definition of “fake news”?
Nolan Higdon: Yeah. I chose a broad definition, so any false or misleading information that is introduced as legitimate journalism or news content.
Sharyl: And what made you decide to write a book about it?
Higdon: Well, after 2016, I was kind of somewhat optimistic because finally we were talking about fake news. But I quickly became pessimistic as the conversations devolved into Trump and the Russians and conservative news websites, and it became a quite a partisan debate.
Rachel Maddow (March 2017) news clip: As the Russian Trump questions continue to percolate and ultimately got more accute over time, ultimately Trump the candidate did have to answer.
Higdon: And I was off-put by the partisanship and the creation of lists. I thought it was kind of McCarthy-like to create lists of these are good news, these are bad news. And so I wanted to write a book to tell the story of fake news, a much larger problem. And I don’t think lists are going to save us, but I do think there are ways we can mitigate the pernicious influence of fake news.
Sharyl: Do you consider yourself conservative or liberal or neither?
Higdon: I mean, I’m kind of all over the ideological spectrum. I mean, I tend to lean left, but I guess that’s how I’d define myself.
Sharyl: And what’s the bottom line of the book?
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Higdon: The bottom line of the book is that I don’t think we’re going to save ourselves from the fake news problem by making lists or depending on corporations or governments to censor content. I think we’re going to have to empower people with the critical media literacy skills to learn how to think, not what to think.
Sharyl: A lot of media literacy efforts or efforts to curate our information for us have turned out to be, I think, cloaked efforts by third parties and political interests and corporate interests to actually shape the information, rather than make people understand how to become more literate. What is your view on that?
Higdon: Yeah. I write about this extensively in the book. I’m very concerned about the way that corporations have taken over the media literacy movement and increasingly are wiggling their way into the classroom to not only dictate what is media literacy, but collect and operationalize data on students. So I think that those of us who advocate for media literacy need to be very clear that we’re not advocating for corporate media literacy.
Sharyl: Do you think that the talk about fake news was largely driven by politics and elections? And is the continued discussion election-driven here as we approach the 2020 election?
Higdon: I think the only time it gets into the mainstream sort of culture or corporate media is generally when it’s focused on elections. It’s become a real partisan issue, the idea of fake news.
Sharyl: Do you think it’s a good step forward for third parties, such as social media companies, to offer to curate fake news for us and to make those decisions? Or do you think that’s something best left up to the individual?
Higdon: The book makes it very clear, and I would make it very clear, that we should never have corporations, regardless of their ideological underpinnings, making decisions about what is or is not fake news for us.
Sharyl: What’s the big danger of that?
Higdon: You empower fake news producers. They themselves are profiting from the fake news problem, so they have an economic incentive to continue this problem, not solve it.
Sharyl: To what extent do you think our own government can be responsible or a responsible party when it comes to fake news?
Higdon: Our government is not only responsible, they have a long history of producing and disseminating fake news. A lot of it got exposed in the Cold War era of fake news. A lot of it got exposed with the Church Committee hearings. But you can even go back to establishment papers like the New York Times. In 2008, David Barstow released some reporting on how the intelligence community was creating and disseminating fake news that was on traditional news networks and news outlets. So our government unfortunately has not only produced fake news overseas, but also domestically.
Sharyl: What is the main thing you think is a takeaway? What is the main thing that the public doesn’t know or may not think about that they ought to?
Higdon: I guess one of the things I would consider the public to think about is we are in somewhat of an information war, whether it be to get your votes, to get you to buy something, to get you to do something, and corporations have new advantages in the digital age. As we talked about before, fake news isn’t a digital age problem, but it has been intensified in the digital age because now they collect all of your data. It creates graphic profiles of you, and when that content gets in fake news producers’ hands, they can construct content that is targeted directly at you, that preys upon your basic instincts, attitudes, and behaviors.
Sharyl (on camera): “The Anatomy of Fake News” also includes a “fake news detection kit” where Higdon gives ten ways to identify fake news and be sure you’re not sharing it or falling victim to it.
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activistpost--2020-10-25--$19 Billion Wasted in Failed Afghanistan Nation-Building Efforts, Report Shows

The War in Afghanistan has dragged on for 19 years and counting .
In addition to the thousands of American soldiers who have died , the conflict has come at a staggering cost of more than $ 1 trillion , which is roughly $ 3,000 per US taxpayer .
While one can reasonably question the validity of all of this expenditure , a new report makes it clear that much of this money has been wasted by any objective definition .
An intra-government watchdog assigned to review Afghanistan reconstruction efforts just concluded that $ 19 billion in taxpayers dollars went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abuse.
” It examined just less than half of the total money Congress has appropriated for nation-building in Afghanistan .
Of the spending the inspector general reviewed , 30 percent , aka $ 19 billion , was lost to waste from 2009 to 2019 .
Oh , and the total figure lost to waste is likely more than double as much , were all the spending to be reviewed .
This latest report found 209 instances of waste .
For example , it examined a program where the US government was paying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dismal 25 percent of schools said the books were delivered in unusable condition .
In another abysmal instance , the State Department funded construction of an entire sports stadium , but the inspector general found that the stadium sits unused because it was built improperly .
The report also identified more than 30 new instances of fraud .
“ Investigators found that individuals were fraudulently selling U.S. Embassy-Kabul meal cards , ” the report reads .
“ The theft had been going on for 5 years , and the Department of State lost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a total of a $ 3 million loss.
” A big chuck of the money was lost to neglect and abuse rather than directly malicious activity .
Examples include mismanagement and extravagant spending of funds .
“ Inspection of the $ 5.2 million Kang Border Patrol headquarters compound , completed in February 2013 , found that compound has never been used and is not being maintained despite being allocated maintenance funds , ” one example reads .
“ In another instance , [ we ] found $ 1.6 million worth of equipment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Afghan National Army ’ s Camp Commando facility that failed after only two months and is no longer operational , ” the report says in another glaring instance of abuse .
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Overall , the report concludes that “ Endemic corruption , widespread insecurity , and lack of accountability over on-budget assistance continue to make any investments made in Afghanistan vulnerable to waste , fraud , and abuse.
” The immediate reaction here is indignation .
Why are we even spending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ utilities in another country in the first place ?
And why is so much of it being so woefully wasted and abused ?
Some of this , as the inspector general notes , does have to do with the unique dysfunction of the situation on the ground in Afghanistan .
But in reality , all forms of government spending are subject to this kind of mismanagement .
It ’ s simple : People are inherently more responsible when they ’ re spending their own money .
When government officials are spending other peoples @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incentive to be frugal and discerning .
“ There are four ways in which you can spend money , ” he said .
“ You can spend your own money on yourself .
When you do that , why then you really watch out what you ’ re doing , and you try to get the most for your money.
” “ Then you can spend your own money on somebody else , ” he went on .
“ For example , I buy a birthday present for someone .
Well , then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the content of the present , but I ’ m very careful about the cost.
” “ Then , I can spend somebody else ’ s money on myself , ” the economist said .
“ And if I spend somebody else ’ s money on myself , then I ’ m sure going to have a good lunch !
” “ Finally , I can spend somebody else ’ s money on somebody else , ” Friedman concluded .
“ And if I spend somebody else ’ s money on somebody else @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how much it is , and I ’ m not concerned about what I get .
And that ’ s government.
” So , while taxpayers are right to be outraged by the endemic waste and fraud plaguing our ongoing interventions in Afghanistan , we ’ d be foolish to think that other government programs are any more responsible with our money .
Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and the Eugene S. Thorpe Writing Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education .
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By Brad Polumbo
The War in Afghanistan has dragged on for 19 years and counting. In addition to the thousands of American soldiers who have died, the conflict has come at a staggering cost of more than $1 trillion, which is roughly $3,000 per US taxpayer. While one can reasonably question the validity of all of this expenditure, a new report makes it clear that much of this money has been wasted by any objective definition.
An intra-government watchdog assigned to review Afghanistan reconstruction efforts just concluded that $19 billion in taxpayers dollars went to “waste, fraud, and abuse.” It examined just less than half of the total money Congress has appropriated for nation-building in Afghanistan. Of the spending the inspector general reviewed, 30 percent, aka $19 billion, was lost to waste from 2009 to 2019.
Oh, and the total figure lost to waste is likely more than double as much, were all the spending to be reviewed.
This latest report found 209 instances of waste. For example, it examined a program where the US government was paying to provide books to Afghan schools. A dismal 25 percent of schools said the books were delivered in unusable condition. In another abysmal instance, the State Department funded construction of an entire sports stadium, but the inspector general found that the stadium sits unused because it was built improperly.
The report also identified more than 30 new instances of fraud.
“Investigators found that individuals were fraudulently selling U.S. Embassy-Kabul meal cards,” the report reads. “The theft had been going on for 5 years, and the Department of State lost between $50,000 and $80,000 monthly for a total of a $3 million loss.”
A big chuck of the money was lost to neglect and abuse rather than directly malicious activity. Examples include mismanagement and extravagant spending of funds.
“Inspection of the $5.2 million Kang Border Patrol headquarters compound, completed in February 2013, found that compound has never been used and is not being maintained despite being allocated maintenance funds,” one example reads.
“In another instance, [we] found $1.6 million worth of equipment spent for a water-filtration system at the Afghan National Army’s Camp Commando facility that failed after only two months and is no longer operational,” the report says in another glaring instance of abuse.
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Overall, the report concludes that “Endemic corruption, widespread insecurity, and lack of accountability over on-budget assistance continue to make any investments made in Afghanistan vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse.”
The immediate reaction here is indignation. Why are we even spending US taxpayer money to build stadiums and utilities in another country in the first place? And why is so much of it being so woefully wasted and abused?
Some of this, as the inspector general notes, does have to do with the unique dysfunction of the situation on the ground in Afghanistan. But in reality, all forms of government spending are subject to this kind of mismanagement.
Why?
It’s simple: People are inherently more responsible when they’re spending their own money. When government officials are spending other peoples’ money, they have much less incentive to be frugal and discerning.
Famed free-market economist Milton Friedman explained this principle adeptly.
“There are four ways in which you can spend money,” he said. “You can spend your own money on yourself. When you do that, why then you really watch out what you’re doing, and you try to get the most for your money.”
“Then you can spend your own money on somebody else,” he went on. “For example, I buy a birthday present for someone. Well, then I’m not so careful about the content of the present, but I’m very careful about the cost.”
“Then, I can spend somebody else’s money on myself,” the economist said. “And if I spend somebody else’s money on myself, then I’m sure going to have a good lunch!”
“Finally, I can spend somebody else’s money on somebody else,” Friedman concluded. “And if I spend somebody else’s money on somebody else, I’m not concerned about how much it is, and I’m not concerned about what I get. And that’s government.”
So, while taxpayers are right to be outraged by the endemic waste and fraud plaguing our ongoing interventions in Afghanistan, we’d be foolish to think that other government programs are any more responsible with our money.
Source: FEE.org
Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and the Eugene S. Thorpe Writing Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education.
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activistpost--2020-10-25--5G Proponents Say EU Countries Swayed by Opposition Should “Send a Loud and Clear Message” About 5G

5G Proponents Say EU Countries Swayed by Opposition Should “Send a Loud and Clear Message” About 5G Benefits (Politico)

Cities AND entire countries have taken action to ban , delay , halt , and limit 5G installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums on deployment .
The majority of scientists worldwide oppose 5G until there are studies that show it ’ s safe .
Doctors and scientists have asked for moratoriums on Earth and in space ( see 1 , 2 ) .
Leaked memos from French telecom employees reveal that they , too , want to stop 5G deployment due to health and economic concerns .
American opposition includes federal agencies and other credible experts who warn 5G threatens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and weather forecasting accuracy ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) .
Nevertheless , proponents are still telling world leaders that they need to convince constituents that 5G is what ’ s best for them .
Keep dreaming , fools .
Brussels needs to send a ‘ clear and loud message ’ about the benefits of the technology , 15 countries tell EU chiefs .
A growing anti-5G movement is getting in the way of Europe ’ s digital ambitions , 15 capitals warned the EU Commission as they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concerns about the new technology .
“ It is clear … that we are witnessing increasing activity of the anti-5G movement across the European Union , ” the group said , adding that recent attacks on telecom infrastructure “ are not only a threat to the economy of the affected member states but hinder also the ability for the European Union to meet its ambitious 5G goals.
” The group sent a letter to Commission vice presidents Margrethe Vestager and Věra Jourová as well as digital commissioner Thierry Breton late last week .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ backed by Austria , Bulgaria , Croatia , the Czech Republic , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , Greece , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Portugal , Slovakia and Sweden .
Industry groups earlier this year warned of increasing pushback from protest groups on 5G rollout and even attacks including mast torchings and harassment of telecom engineers .
Since 2018 there have been reports of people and animals experiencing symptoms and illnesses after 5G was installed ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) .
Of course exposure risks ARE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the World Health Organization warned that high levels of Electromagnetic Fields ( aka “ Electrosmog ” ) could cause health issues in a significant percentage of the population .
Activist Post reports regularly about 5G and other unsafe technology .
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By B.N. Frank
Cities AND entire countries have taken action to ban, delay, halt, and limit 5G installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums on deployment. The majority of scientists worldwide oppose 5G until there are studies that show it’s safe. Doctors and scientists have asked for moratoriums on Earth and in space (see 1, 2).
Leaked memos from French telecom employees reveal that they, too, want to stop 5G deployment due to health and economic concerns. American opposition includes federal agencies and other credible experts who warn 5G threatens jobs, national security, public safety, and weather forecasting accuracy (see 1, 2, 3, 4). Nevertheless, proponents are still telling world leaders that they need to convince constituents that 5G is what’s best for them. Keep dreaming, fools.
From Politico:
EU countries sound alarm about growing anti-5G movement Brussels needs to send a ‘clear and loud message’ about the benefits of the technology, 15 countries tell EU chiefs. A growing anti-5G movement is getting in the way of Europe’s digital ambitions, 15 capitals warned the EU Commission as they called for a robust strategy to counter concerns about the new technology. “It is clear … that we are witnessing increasing activity of the anti-5G movement across the European Union,” the group said, adding that recent attacks on telecom infrastructure “are not only a threat to the economy of the affected member states but hinder also the ability for the European Union to meet its ambitious 5G goals.” The group sent a letter to Commission vice presidents Margrethe Vestager and Věra Jourová as well as digital commissioner Thierry Breton late last week. The letter was initiated by Poland and backed by Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovakia and Sweden. Industry groups earlier this year warned of increasing pushback from protest groups on 5G rollout and even attacks including mast torchings and harassment of telecom engineers. Read full article
Since 2018 there have been reports of people and animals experiencing symptoms and illnesses after 5G was installed (see 1, 2, 3, 4). Of course exposure risks ARE NOT isolated to 5G. Last year, the World Health Organization warned that high levels of Electromagnetic Fields (aka “Electrosmog”) could cause health issues in a significant percentage of the population.
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