I am very lucky to have the opportunity to write with the outstanding journalist Whitney Webb at her highly recommended UnlimitedHangout website. We have recently been exploring United Nation (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Iain Davis Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
"When it comes to demographics, something that we saw very clearly was that there is a high correlation between a level of education and belief in the climate emergency. The more educated you are, the more likely you are to believe that there is a climate emergency," said Cassie Flynn.
This extract from the BBC article about the poll tells us so much.
The #ClimateCon is nothing but a veil to cover another redistribution of wealth it’s like the covid emperors clothes story all over again. The problem is that it’s become cult like and it’s going to be very difficult to raise the scales from peoples eyes…
The Biden administration is sending hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of anti-extremism grants to a British think tank that is under congressional scrutiny for pressuring social media companies to censor conservatives.
The London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue that has called on social media companies to censor conservative commentators such as Ben Shapiro for "misgendering" transgender people will now help the State Department and Defense Department track extremism and disinformation.
The State Department gave a $249,993 grant to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in April, while the Pentagon awarded $80,000 to it last month, according to a federal spending database. The grants, which have not been previously reported, were given to the institute to convene an anti-extremism workshop for the U.S. embassy in Germany, and to study extremism in the military as part of an Air Force research project.
It’s the latest example of the Biden administration aligning with groups that have pressured social media companies to regulate views it deems to be extremist or disinformation. Republicans, who assert that anti-disinformation groups disproportionately target conservatives, last month called on the State Department to turn over all documents related to funding for several organizations, including the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
The UN Is Developing International Censorship Standards
The United Nations (U.N.) is working on a worldwide code of conduct that calls on governments and online platforms to crack down on what it calls “disinformation” and “hate speech,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Monday.
Guterres delivered remarks on a policy brief containing proposals that the U.N. plans to use for the Code of Conduct for Information Integrity on Digital Platforms that it is currently developing. He said the U.N. hopes governments, online platforms and additional stakeholders will voluntarily adopt the “set of principles,” including a crackdown on so-called disinformation and hate speech.
I appreciate the detail and of course therein lies the devil! But he is also in the big picture and I am becoming aware of gatekeepers who lead us up paths and round and round in circles.
Who are they? We each have to decide for ourselves who we trust but anyone who is as well connected and cross promoted as Whitney Webb needs to be regarded suspiciously, I would have thought. Obviously the information in itself can show us a piece of the jigsaw but some say for instance that she was slow to mention things like the connection between the Rothschilds, Putin, Netanyahu/Israel, Iran, Xi Jing Ping and The Belt and Road.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Mark Twain
"I think I will raise this with the BBC Verify team. I'm sure they will be eager to "fact check" it for me."
You might want to keep this statement for all future articles. It made me laugh 😃
Thanks, Iain, always in the thick of it doing objective reporting. Keep safe and free.
Don't think you're lazy Iain but definitely quality plagiarising.
"When it comes to demographics, something that we saw very clearly was that there is a high correlation between a level of education and belief in the climate emergency. The more educated you are, the more likely you are to believe that there is a climate emergency," said Cassie Flynn.
This extract from the BBC article about the poll tells us so much.
The #ClimateCon is nothing but a veil to cover another redistribution of wealth it’s like the covid emperors clothes story all over again. The problem is that it’s become cult like and it’s going to be very difficult to raise the scales from peoples eyes…
IT’S GONNA TAKE A SUPERPOWER TO DEFEAT A SUPERPOWER
https://open.substack.com/pub/william3n4z2/p/its-gonna-take-a-superpower-to-defeat?r=1kb28q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
The Biden administration is sending hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of anti-extremism grants to a British think tank that is under congressional scrutiny for pressuring social media companies to censor conservatives.
The London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue that has called on social media companies to censor conservative commentators such as Ben Shapiro for "misgendering" transgender people will now help the State Department and Defense Department track extremism and disinformation.
The State Department gave a $249,993 grant to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in April, while the Pentagon awarded $80,000 to it last month, according to a federal spending database. The grants, which have not been previously reported, were given to the institute to convene an anti-extremism workshop for the U.S. embassy in Germany, and to study extremism in the military as part of an Air Force research project.
It’s the latest example of the Biden administration aligning with groups that have pressured social media companies to regulate views it deems to be extremist or disinformation. Republicans, who assert that anti-disinformation groups disproportionately target conservatives, last month called on the State Department to turn over all documents related to funding for several organizations, including the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-awards-anti-extremism-grants-to-british-think-tank-under-congressional-scrutiny-for-targeting-conservatives/
Ireland is rapidly advancing a law to make it illegal to even possess “hate speech”…
https://www.revolver.news/2023/06/ireland-is-rapidly-advancing-a-law-to-make-it-illegal-to-even-possess-hate-speech/
The UN Is Developing International Censorship Standards
The United Nations (U.N.) is working on a worldwide code of conduct that calls on governments and online platforms to crack down on what it calls “disinformation” and “hate speech,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Monday.
Guterres delivered remarks on a policy brief containing proposals that the U.N. plans to use for the Code of Conduct for Information Integrity on Digital Platforms that it is currently developing. He said the U.N. hopes governments, online platforms and additional stakeholders will voluntarily adopt the “set of principles,” including a crackdown on so-called disinformation and hate speech.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/13/un-censorship-disinformation-standards/
I appreciate the detail and of course therein lies the devil! But he is also in the big picture and I am becoming aware of gatekeepers who lead us up paths and round and round in circles.
Who are they? We each have to decide for ourselves who we trust but anyone who is as well connected and cross promoted as Whitney Webb needs to be regarded suspiciously, I would have thought. Obviously the information in itself can show us a piece of the jigsaw but some say for instance that she was slow to mention things like the connection between the Rothschilds, Putin, Netanyahu/Israel, Iran, Xi Jing Ping and The Belt and Road.
jeremy quin's procurement bill in the uk seems to go against the spirit of sdg16 allowing government to hide medical and military spending