As I sit down to write this, a convincing image (pictured above) is circulating all across the X, appearing to be a federal warrant for my arrest. When I first stumbled upon a network of anonymous accounts on X posting it this afternoon, it was news to me because I had not been arrested and I was not contacted by anyone in the US government about this.
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The recent situation involving Starlink and the Brazilian government highlights a complex and concerning intersection of technology, law, and free speech. Elon Musk’s satellite internet company, Starlink, initially resisted a Brazilian Supreme Court order to block access to the social media platform X, also owned by Musk. This resistance was due to the Brazilian authorities freezing Starlink’s financial assets as leverage to enforce compliance with the order. Eventually, Starlink decided to comply with the order to maintain its operational license in Brazil, despite the asset freeze being contested as unlawful by the company.
This incident sets a worrisome precedent for free speech and the operations of foreign companies in sovereign nations. By freezing Starlink’s assets to enforce compliance, the Brazilian government has demonstrated a powerful tool that other countries might emulate to control digital platforms and content. Such actions could encourage governments worldwide to leverage financial and operational pressures to enforce censorship, potentially stifling free speech and innovation.
We are in the fight of our lives for free speech and the free internet on a global scale. If we lose it, we will…
We’ve grown accustomed to the idea that social media platforms are free for users. However, the reality is that these platforms come with significant costs – server bills, engineering teams, legal fees, and more. Someone has to foot the bill. The notion that running a social network is cost-free is a dangerous illusion, and one that we must dispel if we want to preserve free speech online.
The dissident right, a faction of the political right that is dissatisfied with the trajectory of the Republican party and its leadership, faces significant obstacles in terms of financial support and patronage. The current political and economic establishment, which greatly benefits from maintaining the postwar neoliberal consensus shared by both the Republican and Democrat machines, controls most of the serious capital. This makes it difficult for alternative voices, businesses, and movements to gain traction and sustain their efforts.
Doomerism is a pervasive and pernicious force that has come to define our age. Doomerism is characterized by a sense of impending doom, a belief…
Gab’s 8th anniversary marks a significant milestone in the history of online free speech and the preservation of the First Amendment. Since its inception in August of 2016, Gab has consistently allowed for the expression of diverse political opinions and ideas, including those that have been deemed “unpopular” or “fringe” by mainstream media and social media platforms.
The honeymoon period for the Harris campaign is coming to an end. If you read the tea leaves and can see through the propaganda of the Regime media apparatus you’ll witness a campaign that is built on a house of cards. The left, and sadly many on the right, would love for you to believe that a candidate who was polling at 3% when she ran for President in 2020 is a breakout political star destined to be President, but the moves from her campaign paint a desperate and frantic picture of a campaign in disarray.
Yesterday Elon Musk and X made a significant announcement that they have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA), and GARM members CVS Health, Mars, Orsted, and Unilever. This bold move is a direct consequence of their actions, which have cost X billions of dollars and severely impacted their ability to operate as a free speech platform. The video streaming platform Rumble has joined them and filed suit as well.
The FBI is now claiming that the Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks had an unspecified “social media account” in 2019/2020 (when he was 14/15 years old) that posted “anti-immigrant and anti-semitic” content.
Today Gab learned that Thomas Crooks, the deranged Joe Biden supporter who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump, may have had an account on our…