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- IRS demanded Facebook posts, book titles, names of donors during politically-motivated targeting of non-profits (Natural News, May 18, 2013):

The scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service’s illicit, politically-motivated scrutiny of conservative, patriot, Tea Party and pro-Israel groups continues to expand daily, as more information is learned about its depth, breadth and scope.

In addition to delaying tax-exempt status for these organizations, the IRS also demanded donor rolls and printouts of Facebook posts to determine who was contributing to the organizations and what sort of information they were putting out in regards to the current administration, and what books people were reading, according to a Politico review of documents from 11 of the targeted groups.

That review “shows the agency wanted to know everything – in some cases, it even seemed curious what members were thinking,” the website reported. “The review included interviews with groups or their representatives from Hawaii, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas and elsewhere.”

Some tea party groups even worried they’d be punished for followers’ Facebook comments, Politico reported – a chilling prospect, given the huge First Amendment implications of any such shenanigans. Continue reading »

Tags: Barack Obama, Facebook, Global News, Government, Internet, IRS, Politics, U.S.

“Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death.”
- Adolf Hitler

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- President Obama’s Graduation Speech At Ohio State University: Reject Voices Warning Of ‘Tyranny’

- 18 Year Old Faces 20 Years in Jail on “Terror Charges” for a Facebook Post (Liberty Blitzkrieg, May 6, 2013):

Guess why 18 year old Cameron D’Ambrosio is being held on one-million dollars bail and faces twenty years in prison?  The answer is “terror charges.”  This case is a perfect example of why I am so against using the word “terrorist” in general at this point.  Think about all the pointless wars and erosion of domestic civil liberties that have been justified in the name of this never-ending Orwellian “war on terror.” We’ve been tricked, and in the future anyone that does anything the oligarchs and politicians don’t like will be named a “terrorist” and be subject to the aggressive terror laws that most states passed after 9/11.  We need to take a giant cultural deep breath and react to terrorism in a sane way before we lose what’s left of our dignity and freedom.  Be very suspicious of anyone who uses the word “terror” too often.  They are trying to keep you in fear, and if you are in fear, you are easily controlled.

From Gawker:

Yesterday, D’Ambrosio was absent from school, but messing around online, changing his profile photos and tweaking his status updates. At approximately 12:20 pm, one of his peers alerted MHS administration that the Methuen native had posted “disturbing verbiage” on Facebook, lyrics menacing enough for the school to call the city police.

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Tags: 1984, Children, Dictatorship, Facebook, Fascism, Global News, Government, Internet, New World Order, Police, Police State, Politics, Terrorism, Terrorists, U.S.

- Facebook reveals secrets you haven’t shared (Financial Times, March 11, 2013):

The increasing amount of personal information that can be gleaned by computer programs that track how people use Facebook has been revealed by an extensive academic study.

Such programs can discern undisclosed private information such as Facebook users’ sexuality, drug-use habits and even whether their parents separated when they were young, according to the study by the University of Cambridge academics.

In one of the biggest studies of its kind, scientists from the university’s psychometrics team and a Microsoft-funded research centre analysed data from 58,000 Facebook users to predict traits and other information that were not provided in their profiles.The algorithms were 88 per cent accurate in predicting male sexual orientation, 95 per cent for race and 80 per cent for religion and political leanings. Personality types and emotional stability were also predicted with accuracy ranging from 62-75 per cent.

Facebook declined to comment.

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Tags: Facebook, Global News, Internet, Society

- A Forensic Valuation Of Social Media Company That Actually Has A Business Model, From The Top 1% (ZeroHedge, Feb 19, 2013)

Tags: Economy, Facebook, Global News, LinkedIn, Reggie Middleton, Society

- Facebook Gets a Multibillion-Dollar Tax Break (Bloomberg, Feb 15, 2013):

It hasn’t drawn much attention, but Facebook’s first annual earnings report contains an accounting gem: a multibillion-dollar tax deduction for the cost of executive stock options and share awards.

Even though Facebook (FB) reported $1.1 billion in pre-tax profits from U.S. operations in 2012, it will probably pay zero federal and state taxes—and even receive a federal tax refund of about $429 million—according to a Feb. 14 statement from Citizens for Tax Justice.

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Tags: Economy, Facebook, Global News, Taxes, U.S.

- Obama signs cybersecurity executive order ahead of State Of The Union (ZDNet, Feb 13, 2013):

Summary: President Obama unexpectedly signed an executive Order on cybersecurity prior to tonight’s State of the Union address. UPDATED: Links to the Order and “new” CISPA added.

President Obama signed an executive order aimed at bolstering U.S. cybersecurity prior to tonight’s State of the Union address. The Order precedes a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on “new threats.”

It is the government’s latest move in attempting to deal with cyber threats, and the order has not undergone any public technical, rights-based, or privacy review.

The Order “enables the government to share more information with private industry partners and developing a new framework of practices to reduce cybersecurity risks.” Continue reading »

Tags: Barack Obama, DHS, Facebook, Global News, Government, Homeland Security, Internet, Law, Politics, Society, Twitter, U.S.

YouTube Added: 11.02.2013

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First TRAPWIRE, now RIOT, the new product from the defence company, Raytheon, and which is featured in the above video. RIOT will use GPS and other technologies to track people anywhere in the world. It also boast predictive capabilities (work out the most likely location the target will go to next). RIOT will basically search, analyse and organise all social network content globally.

Tags: CISPA, Facebook, Internet, New World Order, Raytheon, Society, Surveillance, Technology, Twitter, U.S.

- UK government plans to track ALL web use: MI5 to install ‘black box’ spy devices to monitor British internet traffic (Daily Mail, Feb 6, 2013):

MPs’ report outlines spooks’ take on the draft Communications Data Bill

It shows they are keen to implement nationwide surveillance regime

They want ISPs to install ‘black boxes’ that can inspect all internet traffic

Spies claim they are only interested in ‘communications data’

Campaigners warn it will give spies unprecedented surveillance powers

UK spy agencies want to install ‘black box’ surveillance devices across the country’s communications networks to monitor internet use, it emerged today.

A report by an influential committee of MPs tells how spooks are keen to implement a nationwide surveillance regime aimed at logging nearly everything Britons do and say online.

The spy network will rely on a technology known as Deep Packet Inspection to log data from communications ranging from online services like Facebook and Twitter, Skype calls with family members and visits to pornographic websites.

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Tags: 1984, Big Brother, Dictatorship, Facebook, Fascism, George Orwell, Global News, Government, Internet, Jonathan Evans, Law, MI5, New World Order, Politics, Privacy, Skype, Society, Surveillance, Twitter, U.K.

The loading screen of the Facebook mobile app: The social network is developing a new smartphone app to track the location of users in an effort to target them with localised adverts

• App intended to alert users when Facebook ‘friends’ are nearby
• It will also help the social network target localised adverts
  
• Privacy campaigners warn it is ‘profit trumping privacy’
  

Facebook is developing a new smartphone app to track the location of users in an effort to target them with localised adverts, according to reports.The app will help users to find friends who are nearby, alert them when it detects one in close proximity even when the app is not open on the handset, it is claimed.

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Tags: Facebook, Global News, New World Order, Smartphone, Society, Surveillance, Technology

- I Empirically Show Facebook Getting “My Space[d]” As They Actually Lose Users With Not A Single Analyst Noticing!!!! (ZeroHedge, Feb 2, 2013)

Tags: Facebook, Global News, Internet