Ukraine
Transcript of President Barack Obama’s speech at Stanford, April 21, 2022
President Obama delivered a keynote address at Stanford University on April 21 about “disinformation” and challenges to democracy in the digital realm. The event was co-hosted by the Stanford Cyber Policy Center and the Obama Foundation. Transcribed by Reclaim The Net.
Russia censors two more independent news outlets
Escalating censorship.
Google instructed translators not to call Ukraine invasion a “war”
A contradiction to their public statements.
BlackRock CEO says Ukraine invasion could be used to accelerate use of central bank digital currencies
Part of the growing push for state-controlled digital currencies.
Russia bans Google News
Blocked.
Zelensky orders the merging of Ukraine’s public broadcasters, citing martial law
A “unified information policy.”
Former Google CEO tells Big Tech to get involved with national defense
Eric Schmidt suggests the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a reminder why they should.
Clearview AI’s facial recognition tech is being used on Russian soldiers
Controversial tech.
Russia will ban Instagram within days
After Facebook and Instagram owner Meta’s new policy that allows threats of violence towards Russian soldiers.
EU bans search engines and social platforms from “reproducing” content from sanctioned Russian media
A wide-sweeping censorship order.