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The Online Safety Bill, described as an “Orwellian censorship machine” by the Open Rights Group, would grant powers to ministers to censor legal content. It requires all online communications – public and private — to be monitored for “harmful content” and undermines encryption of private messenger apps like WhatsApp and Signal.

MOHAMED ELMAAZI—“The Online Safety Bill creates a carve-out for news media organizations (defined as ‘news publishers’) who are registered with the Independent Press Standards Organisation or IMPRESS or Ofcom in the case of broadcasters,” said Monica Horten, policy manager for freedom of expression at the Open Rights Group.

US President Joe Biden visited Saudi Arabia not only to discuss oil but also to pressure Riyadh to cut ties with China and Russia. This comes after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) killed key CIA ally Jamal Khashoggi and purged rivals in the royal family who were most loyal to Washington.

PRES. PUTIN—“But here is what I would … like to make clear. They should have realised that they would lose from the very beginning of our special military operation, because this operation also means the beginning of a radical breakdown of the US-style world order. This is the beginning of the transition from liberal-globalist American egocentrism to a truly multipolar world based not on self-serving rules made up by someone for their own needs, behind which there is nothing but striving for hegemony, not on hypocritical double standards, but on international law and the genuine sovereignty of nations and civilisations, on their will to live their historical destiny, with their own values and traditions, and to align cooperation on the basis of democracy, justice and equality…

PATRICE GREANVILLE—The major guns of US and EU propaganda —the leading mainstream TV and cable networks in symbiotic integration with the US political establishment—have long aimed their volleys at Russia, the strongest military power in the group of nations challenging US supremacy. Bad as it always has been, the tight curtain of lies that comprises US “news” has become ever more vicious in the last decade, reflecting the desperation of the Deep State as it confronts a rising tide of challenges abroad and at home.

DOROTHY LENNON—Observing America, it is obvious the nation is addicted to numerous things. But one of its supreme addictions is the act of humiliation. You see it on talent shows such as American Idol when the judges laugh and mock a contestant who attempts to sing. You see it on the set of an adult film where women are forced to humiliate themselves for men. You see it in gutter television such as Springer and Maury who propagate racial stereotypes to humiliate their guests. Most important, you see it in the form of neoliberalism the oligarchs have imposed on America. They not only continue to economically cripple the poor and working class, they humiliate them too.