Digital Disinformation And Techno-Surveillance Capitalism - OpEd [telecom]

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By Yanis Iqbal

We live in an age where the ruling elites are rapidly expanding and bolstering their well-oiled, tightly interlocked system of discursive dominance. The transmission agents of capitalist disinformation are major news outlets and internet giants like Facebook, Twitter and Google. Whether it is Iran, China, Venezuela, DPRK, Russia, Syria or Bolivia, capitalism's brainwashing campaign never stops vilifying those countries that are perceived as threats to imperialism. Not only countries, but heretic individuals are also subject to the relentless propaganda of status quo forces in the form of boycotts, lawsuits or smear campaigns. The present-day situation calls for an analysis of the corporate-controlled informational system which helps preserve the world's wretched conditions.

The question boils down to this: "Has the Government made deals which give it the capability to censor speech by allowing 'private' companies to accomplish what politicians cannot?"

Bill Horne Moderator