Internet/social media
Saturday 20 April 2024
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“Russian delegation in the UN Security Council left the meeting before Israel's speech.”
Russia’s top diplomats walked out of the U.N. Security Council meeting when Israel’s representative took the stage. -
“After Iran attacked Israel, the focus shifted away from Gaza and Gaza children were able to play on the beaches.”
There is no connection between Iranian strikes on Israel and the Palestinians’ ability to go to the beach in central Gaza. -
“Nigeria is safe… It’s one of the safest countries in the world… [r]elatively safer [compared to South Africa and the United States], because I am in Abuja now, I’m safe. I go to my town, I’m safe. I go to Lagos, I’m safe.”
The Global Terrorism Index ranks Nigeria eighth among the ten countries most impacted by terrorism, while, according to the Global Organized Crime Index, Nigeria has the world’s sixth highest criminality rate, far worse than the U.S., which is ranked 67th. -
“The US gov’t is stunned that Niger is kicking the US military out of the country. Officials from AFRICOM and Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL) express alarm that without the airbase in Niger, the U.S. will not be able to assert its ‘interests’ in Africa.”
U.S. officials say that the United States is continuing talks with Nigerien officials, has not withdrawn any of U.S. military personnel from Niger and does not rule out a continued U.S. military presence there. -
‘’It seems having a passport and proper documentation at the airport makes people appear [more] suspicious than those crossing in millions on the borders without passports or any sought (sic) of documentation.’’
The video shows a foreign national with fake ID and invalid travel documents being questioned by U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel. -
“…the U.S. has never found any evidence of TikTok posing a threat to the U.S.’ national security…”
ByteDance may be using the app to collect data on Americans and pass it on to the Chinese government. The app’s algorithms also are capable of influencing public opinion in the United States, where the platform has about 170 million users. -
“It is clear that, first of all, the woman who is exposed has committed the forbidden act of uncovering the hijab. Of course, she commits another mistake by shouting and attacking the young cleric.”
The woman rightfully asked a man wearing Muslim clerical clothing to delete from his mobile phone footage of her and her child he videoed without her consent. -
The Arabic calligraphy printed on the fabric of a woman’s dress was the word “Halwa.” It had nothing to do with the Quranic verses or blasphemy.
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"BREAKING – ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF TUCKER CARLSON: A man has just been arrested in Moscow, accused of being paid by Ukrainian intelligence to plant an explosive device on Tucker Carlson's vehicle and assassinate the prominent American journalist while he was there to interview Putin.”
The digitally manipulated origins and distribution patterns of the original report about this alleged assassination attempt display characteristics of the tactic known as disinformation laundering, which Russian state propaganda networks frequently employ. -
“Left: Subway in New York, USA
Right: Subway in Guangzhou, China
But don't worry... U.S. politicians have it under control. They will send Ukraine and Israel billions more while giving illegal migrants free health care. That should do the trick!"
Source: X, Feb 19, 2024The New York City Subway budget is not dependent on U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel. Undocumented immigrants in NYC get free emergency and prenatal health care, everything else is conditional. -
"A US president once called on the Iranian nation to boycott elections. In opposition to him, people participated with even more enthusiasm. After that, they stopped saying this directly, but they still try to distance people from the elections using various methods."
Source: X, February 19, 2024The Iranian regime labels domestic political dissent as agency of foreign influence to justify repressions. -
"Here is a clear example of how 'freedom of speech and assembly' is respected and not violated in the United States: the neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe marched yesterday in Nashville from the local State Capitol to ‘downtown’ ... Of course, everyone will remain silent ... Look carefully, no one calls the police: freedom, everyone does what they want. It just turns out that this applies exclusively to the forces of evil - such as neo-Nazism, gender experiments on children, legalization of drugs, Satanism, and so on.”
Contrary to Russia, where freedom of speech has become a defunct constitutional article, in the U.S. it is a powerful instrument of democracy that applies indiscriminately.