SCHWEPZ: Tady je velká otázka, jestli se diktátorům a oligarchům nakonec podaří znárodnit Facebook, nebo Zuckerbergovi zfejzbukizovat národní stát :-)

Zpravodajství VOA se vždycky drželo provládní linie a mělo jasný bias, nicméně i tak to byla veskrze seriózní novinařina. Což už však bohužel neplatí, a VOA je na nejlepší cestě k tomu, aby se z ní stala hlásná trouba Donalda Trumpa. Ještě horší však je, že nejnovější kroky nového ředitele mohou klidně skončit tém, že se lokální žurnalisté doposud pracující pro VOA ocitnou v ohrožení života.

'Wildly inappropriate': VOA purge continues as foreign journalists' visas cancelled | Media | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/...ppropriate-voa-purge-continues-as-foreign-journalists-visas-cancelled

Foreign journalists working for Voice of America will not have their visas renewed by its new management and face repatriation to countries where some could face reprisals, in a move described by a former news executive from the organisation as “enormously cruel and wildly inappropriate”.

The denial of visa renewals follows a purge of executives and senior journalists from VOA and other state-run broadcasters under the authority of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) by its new Trump-appointed CEO, Michael Pack.

Pack fired all the station directors who had not already resigned, and dissolved the bipartisan managing boards of the broadcasting organisations, replacing them with himself and five other Trump loyalists.

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USAGM press releases have changed in tone since Pack’s arrival in his new job last month, and have been loaded with praise for the new CEO, lauding him for his “bold, significant and long-overdue” actions and the speed with which he operated.

At a time there was growing unease among journalists working for USAGM broadcasters among a looming political purge, a press release said that Pack’s initial email message to staff had received “an overwhelmingly positive response by staff and grantees, who personally reached out and candidly congratulated him”.

The press release quoted anonymous messages praising Pack, including one thanking him for having “emphasised that we all have a mission that unfortunately some have forgotten in recent and past years, to the disgrace of all.”

One of the journalists fired by Pack compared the new releases to official statements of the North Korean regime.

“It is a bit Dear Leader like, isn’t it?” the journalist said. “The one about him saying he’s been flooded with people welcoming him with open arms is just ludicrous – for him to say that he’s trying to improve morale and at the same time he’s sending Voice of America journalists back home to places like Thailand, or Cambodia or China. How in the world is that going to improve employee morale when you’re sending people home, perhaps to their deaths? And that’s not hyperbole.”

FLU: A pak se diví, že se lidé uchýlí k terorismu, když už není jiná šance co by zůstala.

Jestli není čas přehodnotit diskurz protivládního terorismu. On nikdo neřekne terorismus je ok, prostě terorismus je vždycky špatný v naší společnosti, resp. je tak vnímán. Nicméně evidentně jsou případy, kdy to je jediná, poslední, možnost vzdoru totalitě.

kdyz mame ten patek, tak posilam jedno video, kde se potkava nekolik soucasnych temat

Coronavirus: How Mexican cartels are taking advantage of pandemic - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/...ica-53343599/coronavirus-how-mexican-cartels-are-taking-advantage-of-pandemic

Coronavirus: How Mexican cartels are taking advantage of pandemic
Mexico is one of the countries most badly affected by coronavirus in Latin America.

A months long shutdown has left many unable to work, with the government accused of not doing enough to help. Now, some of Mexico’s powerful drug cartels are trying to step in to fill the void.

The BBC secured exclusive access to one cartel trying to win over the hearts and minds of Mexico’s poor.

Tak to jsem zvedav.
Supreme Court Just Gave Back Half Of Oklahoma To Native Americans, Leftist Judges Uphold 1866 Treaty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y5d-mHEdL0

Angela Merkel pár dní zpět během projevu po převzetí německého předsednictví Evropské unie:
"Jak to právě prožíváme, lžemi a dezinformacemi není možno bojovat proti pandemii. Ani se proti ní nedá bojovat nenávistí a jejím vyvoláváním.
Jasně to odhaluje hranice populismu a neefektivitu popírání základních pravd. V demokracii potřebujeme pravdu a otevřenost. Ty jsou charakteristickým rysem Evropy a tyto rysy bude také Německo prosazovat během svého předsednictví Evropské unii."

Meanwhile in Brasil - prezidentův syn Carlos Bolsonaro ve své "Kanceláři nenávisti" v brazilském prezidentském paláci

Facebook vymazal 35 účtů, 14 stránek a 1 skupinu. Zlikvidoval také 38 účtů na Instagramu, přímo spojených s brazilským prezidentem Jairem Bolsonarem a jeho třemi nejstaršími syny.
Účty této skupiny byly zlikvidovány jak na Facebooku, tak na Instagramu, poté, co proběhlo vyšetřování Digitální forenzní výzkukmné laboratoře (DFRLab) Atlantické rady, která je od roku 2018 partnerem Facebooku a provádí nezávislou analýzu účtů, které Facebook odstranil za to, co nazývá "koordinované neautentické chování".
(...) Zprávy šířené touto podpůrnou sítí s falešnými profily spojenými s Bolsonarem začaly být šířeny před prezidentskými volbami r. 2018. Bolsonaro zvítězil ve volbách prostřednictvím hlasů 57 milionů Brazilců (z celkového počtu 149 milionů voličů) velkou měrou právě v důsledku šíření lživých zpráv na sociálních sítích. Ty přesvědčily mnohé voliče, například, že levice plánuje proměnit děti v transsexuály anebo že Brazílie utvoří komunistickou unii s Venezuelou, jestliže ve volbách nezvítězí pravicový kandidát.
(...) V reakci na likvidaci těchto účtů požádal Bolsonaro své spojence, aby okamžitě schválili zákon, který by Facebooku zabránil vymazávat účty.

Facebook Removes False Accounts Linked to Brazil's Bolsonaro | Technology News
https://gadgets.ndtv.com/...news/facebook-removes-false-accounts-linked-to-brazils-bolsonaro-2259674
https://www.blisty.cz/art/100448-bolsonarova-tovarna-na-fake-news.html


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Turecko míří plnou parou zpět do osmdesátek. Otřesné.

Complaints of torture on rise in Turkey's Kurdish southeast
https://www.al-monitor.com/...020/07/turkey-torture-complaints-in-kurdish-southeast-are-on-rise.html

Picture this: A woman is home alone in Diyarbakir province in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast. At 5 a.m., 100 policemen from counterterrorism and special forces units storm the apartment, instructing the neighbors to stay inside and not communicate with anyone. Then they sledgehammer the door and unleash two police dogs to attack Sevil Rojbin Cetin. But that is only the beginning.

Cetin is an activist in women’s movements and a former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) mayor, elected in 2014 and replaced by a government appointee in 2016.

Cetin was interrogated for 3½ hours in her apartment while her legs were bleeding from multiple dog bites. The apartment was turned upside down, while she was blindfolded and beaten.

She was stripped half naked with her hands tied, while photos were taken of her. The physical and sexual torture was coupled with verbal abuses; a gun was held to her head. “At one point she was taken to the balcony and the officer told her, ‘If your apartment was on the 5th floor, you would have jumped by now and we would not have to deal with you,” said Meral Danis Bestas, a pro-Kurdish HDP lawmaker.

Cetin’s Attorney Gulistan Ates, who took photos of her injuries after the ordeal and shared them with the press, was called to the police station and an investigation has been launched against him.

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In the 1980s, torture was hidden and frequently denied by government officials. Today, senior bureaucrats welcome and even encourage it. For example, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in April, “I told [the security forces] when you catch them [terrorists] tear them apart.” Soylu also said that photos of the bodies would be made public. Some of those commenting on these images on social media suggest further gruesome acts on the alleged terrorists. In what seems to have become the normalization of torture and violence, the display of the mutated body parts of Kurdish women have become an event to celebrate.

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HDP lawmakers are now asking who is responsible for torturing Cetin for 3½ hours, and who gave the order for this torture. The images of the torture did not cause an uproar among social media users. So far, no police investigation has been launched about any torture claims. The problem of impunity of government officials in Turkey has reached levels never seen before. Instead, we can expect more investigations for human rights lawyers, HDP lawmakers and journalists who dare to report cases of torture or abuse.

Ještě jeden příspěvek do diskuze o tom, kterak se Velká Británie pasovala do role šampióna lidských práv.

UK accused of 'empty talk' as Bahrain activists face death penalty | Foreign policy | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/...ty-talk-as-bahrain-activists-face-death-penalty-security-human-rights

“The Bahraini royal family have demonstrated a desire to improve their structures and transparency, and the resilience of their governmental structures. The oversight bodies we support are a part of that. While they continue to express the desire to improve their structures and head in a positive direction, we will maintain our support to enable them to do so.”

NAGASAWA: To by bylo nějak moc nehod najednou. Docela věřím, že to jsou nějaký sabotáže.