Twenty years ago, the digital future seemed very bright, indeed. However, as we have examined over the course of this special livestream series, the techno-utopian dreams of more open, more free, and more democratic ways of living made possible in the digital era have given way to a reality in which the technologies we depend on have been weaponized to surveil, condition, control, and exploit us in ever-more sophisticated ways. But was this outcome inevitable? Is there a way out? What alternative futures, for ourselves and for the digital world, should we be fighting for? And what role should “independent media†play in that fight?
In the third of our three-part livestream series “The Long Sili-CON: Power & Censorship in the Digital Era,†co-produced by TRNN and Project Censored, we try to imagine what life and technology could look like beyond the grip of global surveillance capitalism. And we discuss strategies for harnessing the tools available to us to cut a path toward a less horrifying future. We will host this livestream from 8-9:30 pm EDT on The Real News Network YouTube channel, which will include a panel discussion and a live Q & A session with panelists and audience members. Our panel will include:
Maximillian Alvarez (discussion moderator) – Editor-in-Chief, The Real News Network
Abby Martin – Creator & Host, The Empire Files; Co-host, Media Roots Radio
Mnar Muhawesh Adley – Founder, MintPress News; Executive Director & Host, Behind the Headlines
Nolan Higdon – Lecturer, History & Media Studies, Cal State East Bay; Author, The Anatomy of Fake News
Mickey Huff (Q & A moderator) – Director, Project Censored; President, Media Freedom Foundation
Join us for this important event and be part of the discussion! Register on Eventbrite for information about viewing and for updates on the series.
** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) **
As the issue of free speech, and we all know what free means, that several suppositions within the confines of the human expression can codified as; the use of language as expression must be based on basic facts, not lies, and the exchange of ideas must be between parties that are acting in good faith.
If I use my speech to lie about a topic, knowingly, and in making that lie others may not be able to respond constructively to this speech. In having, acting in bad faith, a conversation and using disinformation to muddy the water, I have render others engaged in the conversation mute and in sense have suppressed others speech.
Speech is being weaponized against more democratic or more meaningful discourse in a deliberate effort to quash those that may have much to contribute.
we can't have "democracy" under capitalism
KRyoma, Surveillance (Parasitic) Capitalism goes way beyond online … it's in homes, bedrooms, bathrooms, cars, etc…. etc… Please Watch! –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIXhnWUmMvw&t=975s
BTW – ALL Capitalism IS Parasitic and where there is Parasitic Capitalism, there is Always Fascism – they go hand-in-hand!
Only those blind to history are surprised of the censorship. And only the US believes in absolute right. Absolute rights do not exist since they depend upon the material conditions of life. In that way, absolute freedom of speech is an illusion and can be very harmful as we have seen in the US with calls to genocide and extermination.
People will definitely be kicking themselves in regret for missing the opportunity to buy and invest in cryptocurrency
In new orleans it turned into them spying into our homes and doing nonconsenual experimentation on people.
a major point would be data ownership. All that collected data that is used to make us better consumers, could be instead be used to bring ourselves better control of our own actions and informations, rather then landing that control to others
POWER CONCEDES NOTHING WITHOUT FORCE. And living in the USA, an empire that uses brutal force both home and abroad, there can be only one tool to stop this. Massive Peaceful Civil Disobedience.
Boycott Israel
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Thank you . . .
Obama is a WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING said Movie Maker OLIVER STONE 😱
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Governments should protect our privacy, but haven't. Do we try to get Governments to do it, or not? If not, who …us?
Hi from New Zealand … its global.
By "surveillance capitalism" you mean "capitalism". Mad props for working with Project Censored. FAIR has been a beacon for decades.
A utopian echo chamber of poverty crys 😢