American Censorship Intensifies in the Information War

Reports from around the world reveal that the US is intensifying its censorship regime. The US has seized the online domain of Iranian media, banned Russian media, allocated billions of dollars to smear China in international media, forcing TokTok to either be sold or banned, pressured censorship on Al Jazeera, banned Africa Stream, and is pressuring countries around the world to conform to the US censorship regime.

While some larger countries such as India have been able to resist pressure from the US, smaller countries are seemingly bowing to the mounting pressure to follow orders in the intensifying information war. The government-funded “non-governmental organisations” (NGOs) established under the Regan doctrine to manipulate civil society on behalf of the intelligence community are doing their part to censor dissent, and digital platforms are under immense pressure to censor on behalf of the US government. A recent report by the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee exposed how the Biden White House coerces Big Tech companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon to censor content. [1] Mark Zuckerberg expressed regret that Facebook bowed to pressure from the US government to censor correct information, although he appears to be paying lip service to free speech as censorship has been normalised and continues unabated.  

A few weeks ago, I was warned that Google’s YouTube had begun to delete large accounts that take a critical view of the wars of the US and NATO. I was able to diversify away from YouTube before they finally came for me. The cancellation made me think of Orwell’s thoughtcrime: I received an automated email from YouTube informing me that their AI had detected “hate speech” and my account had therefore been deleted. No examples, no evidence and no warning. I complained as it seemed too absurd to censor an academic based on such a bizarre and unsubstantiated accusation, yet I only received another automated rejection.

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