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Post by linen on Oct 4, 2021 15:27:10 GMT -8
Lots of social media platform blackouts today at Downdetector.com I checked a few and they are back up again. But.... |
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Post by linen on Oct 4, 2021 15:34:45 GMT -8
FACEBOOK EMPLOYEES HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN LOCKED OUT OF COMPANY OFFICESThe platform is down due to an apparent issue with its DNS servers. That means it’s missing out in untold millions of dollars in revenue. The company was down almost five percent in share values Monday morning, according to MarketWatch. It’s the company’s worst outage since 2008 — and we have no idea what caused it. Even Facebook’s internal communications tools were knocked out, leaving employees scrambling. Worse yet, some employees reportedly couldn’t even physically get to work because the company’s computer systems had failed on such a basic level. “Was just on phone with someone who works for FB who described employees unable to enter buildings this morning to begin to evaluate extent of outage because their badges weren’t working to access doors,” The New York Times reporter Sheera Frenkel wrote in a tweet. Employees also struggled with making calls from work-issued cellphones, according to Frenkel’s report, and more can’t access conference rooms that are also on the company’s computer system. And Workplace, Facebook’s internal communications platform, is also down, meaning that it’s effectively a “snow day” for much of the company, according to the Times. It’s been a tough couple of weeks for the company, which was already facing a mountain of scrutiny before the outage hit. Facebook has been under fire by lawmakers after the company announced plans to launch “Instagram Kids,” a highly controversial new product aimed at minors. The news also comes a day after Frances Haugen, a former Facebook manager and whistleblower behind the leak of a gigantic cache of documents, came was interviewed by CBS. or now, all we can is wait for Facebook to make its eventual return. According to a tweet by New York Times tech reporter Mike Isaac, “Facebook has dispatched a small team to one of its California data centers to try and manually reset its servers in an attempt to fix the problem.” It’s an unusually quiet day on the internet — but it certainly not for Facebook’s crisis response team. link
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Post by linen on Oct 5, 2021 7:28:50 GMT -8
It was brought to my attention that there might be a connection between Facebook being down yesterday and Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen who is testifying in the Senate today. Here is a live feed. link
My source said it was a worldwide shutdown and speculates it was almost like a data dump, like they were shutting everything down to get rid of records. A purge of the system to get rid of records. I am just throwing this out there. There is no confirmation this is the actual reason. |
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Post by Yoda on Oct 5, 2021 10:48:48 GMT -8
The purpose of mainstream media is thought control and suppression: How to find the facts between the propaganda
The average person living in the modern world today is bombarded with so much information on a daily basis, much of it conflicting, that he or she is likely to oscillate within a constant state of cognitive dissonance. Making sense of what’s true and what’s “fake” has basically become a full-time job, and people who already work full-time for a living and take care of their families simply don’t have the extra time necessary to make heads or tails of the increasingly complex reality in which we all live – hence why so many people simply accept whatever they’re told or what comes naturally to them.
Discovering what’s actually true in today’s world is a difficult endeavor, despite the fact that we now have the internet right at our fingertips like never before. That’s because there’s simply too much information out there now to try to sort through it all, especially when it counters the official narratives being spread by the mainstream media. Much of what people are told is “news,” in other words, is little more than propaganda designed to control people’s thoughts while suppressing all forms of thought that are independent or critical. “From mainstream media to social media. From ‘real’ news to ‘fake’ news. From Facebook political pokes to Twitter Trumpisms. It’s getting more and more difficult to navigate the wide-open waters of the information age,” writes Gary McGee for Waking Times about the severity of this widespread problem. “All too often we take the easy route and unquestioningly stick to our political party line. But when it comes down to it, it is our responsibility alone to think clearly. It’s not our chosen news outlet’s responsibility. It’s not our teacher’s responsibility. It’s not our political party’s responsibility. It is ours and ours alone.” Beware of ‘newspeak,’ ‘doublethink,’ and the agenda of total thought control One conspicuous tactic that the propaganda overlords love to employ on the masses is known as “newspeak,” which centers around the idea of keeping people confined to thought “baskets” that prevent them from discovering the full truth about the matter. Oftentimes there’s a little bit of truth contained in newspeak in order to cleverly disguise the full extent of it, while simultaneously making those who fall for it believe that they’ve attained understanding. In his book The Common Good, Noam Chomsky writes about how newspeak, a term that was first coined by George Orwell in his famous book 1984, is used to create the illusion of free speech and press while accomplishing the exact opposite. Chomsky refers to newspeak as the “smart way to keep people passive and obedient” while limiting “the spectrum of acceptable opinion.” As long as the conversation remains within this spectrum, those under the delusion of newspeak will believe that they are debating the facts, and thus remain pacified. Many conservatives will assume that such a tactic only resides on the liberal end of the spectrum, but the fact of the matter is that it also occurs on the conservative side. One example of this is President Trump’s repeated use of the phrase “fake news” to describe news outlets that criticize his policies or actions. While some news outlets may, indeed, be guilty of purveying fake news, the constant use of this phrase reiterates into his supporters’ minds that anything critical of the President is automatically fake, which shuts down their critical thinking skills and keeps them in a constant state of “acceptable” opinion. Another common brainwashing tactic within this same vein is known as “doublethink,” which basically defines a particular concept with its opposite. A few examples of doublethink in 1984 include concepts like “freedom is slavery,” “war is peace,” and “ignorance is strength.” These concepts represent manifestations of mass mind control, under which many Americans and other nationalities (Yoda) have unfortunately fallen victim.
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Post by Yoda on Oct 5, 2021 11:00:25 GMT -8
It was brought to my attention that there might be a connection between Facebook being down yesterday and Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen who is testifying in the Senate today. Here is a live feed. link
My source said it was a worldwide shutdown and speculates it was almost like a data dump, like they were shutting everything down to get rid of records. A purge of the system to get rid of records. I am just throwing this out there. There is no confirmation this is the actual reason. It wouldn't surprise me one bit. Do some house cleaning before the house inspection is done so rats, cockroaches and hidden things can't be found. If Frances did her homework, she would have the evidence to prove the 'goings on' with the social media platforms.
Side note: Isn't funny how the platforms were designed by nobody's just to create an app for people to share info. Then big tech comes along and buys them and now the platforms are means to control what you say, think and read. So sad that everyone has a price.
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Post by linen on Oct 6, 2021 3:39:29 GMT -8
It does make sense doesn't it. But we will never know for sure.
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Post by linen on Oct 6, 2021 4:38:52 GMT -8
I am placing this here because what they have done is unconscionable. I almost didn't listen to this one because, well, it's long. But having dissected it I think I can make it a little less painful for anyone out there to find the nuggets of information necessary to understand a few things. At the 40 minute mark they are talking about how hospitals are getting around your request not to be vaccinated. Juan O'Savin gives two examples. At 54 minutes. Oh god this is un-fucking-real, Juan explains how this is a MKULTRA strategy used to dupe the population into getting the vaxx. Now, I've done extensive research on MKULTRA, and it's just as Juan says: they fucking torture the person to unreal lengths to get that person to submit to whatever it takes to stop the insanity. With a whole society, physical torture isn't necessary. Just separate them, take their lives away and fill them with fear. In abject desperation, they will do anything for things to go back to normal, ~~extends arm~~. Get the picture? OMG, when I grasped that, I know this is what the cabal has done to the entire world. They held us hostage and gathered in as many as they could. THIS is why so many are willing to get the vaccine without questioning. THIS IS WHY! Space Shot with Juan O'SavinIf you want to understand MKULTRA in more detail, I suggest you do your own research. Adding one last thing on this interview with Juan O'Savin, at 1:42 Juan talks about why these people are programmed. They aren't really asleep, they are programmed via MKULTRA. He goes on to say it will take a near death experience to wake them up. At that time everyone will be forced to wake up. He said it will be a catastrophic event or series of events (La Palma?). No one will be able to sit on the fence anymore. Everyone will have to pick a side. Whatever will be happening will happen in Red October he says. |
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Post by Yoda on Oct 6, 2021 9:49:06 GMT -8
All we can do is wait and see if Red October is what it is all hyped about.
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Post by linen on Oct 7, 2021 5:25:16 GMT -8
The only reason I am listening to this about Red October is because of the White House bathed in red on October 1st. That's a pretty good indicator. So I'm 70% convinced.
I've also been listening to the supply chain blockage and the Evergrand collapse.
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Post by Yoda on Oct 7, 2021 11:20:52 GMT -8
It was brought to my attention that there might be a connection between Facebook being down yesterday and Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen who is testifying in the Senate today. Here is a live feed. link
My source said it was a worldwide shutdown and speculates it was almost like a data dump, like they were shutting everything down to get rid of records. A purge of the system to get rid of records. I am just throwing this out there. There is no confirmation this is the actual reason. Facebook whistleblower Francis Haugen connected to top Democrat operative; it’s obvious her objective is to destroy independent media
Francis Haugen, who has been identified as the now-infamous Facebook whistleblower, appears to have ulterior motives for attacking her former employer that have nothing at all to do with “doing the right thing” or “making society better,” but everything to do with causing as much havoc as possible among independent media outlets that legitimately work to inform readers and hold the powerful elite of either major party to account.
Haugen, who made her admission on “60 Minutes” in recent days, “is getting strategic communications guidance from a top Democratic operative, according to a source with direct knowledge of the relationship, which was confirmed by another half-dozen sources with indirect knowledge of the partnership,” the Washington Free Beacon reported.
The revelation comes after Haugen, a former data scientist at Facebook, gave internal documents to a top reporter at The Wall Street Journal exposing questionable practices the social media behemoth engages in, which includes targeting teens with inappropriate and harmful materials.
“The thing I saw at Facebook over and over again was there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook, and Facebook, over and over again, shows to optimize for its own interests, like making more money,” she told the long-running CBS television newsmagazine.
“You’ve seen a bunch of social networks and it was substantially worse at Facebook than anything I’d seen before,” Haugen, 37, told interviewer Scott Pelley of her experiences at other platforms including Google and Pinterest.
One of Facebook’s internal studies that Haugen exposed concluded: “We have evidence from a variety of sources that hate speech, divisive political speech and misinformation on Facebook and the family of apps are affecting societies around the world.”
But what she didn’t really reveal was her motivations.
Haugen “is working with the political consultant and former Obama administration deputy press secretary Bill Burton and his consulting firm, Bryson Gillette. It is unclear when Haugen’s relationship with Burton and Bryson Gillette began, how big her communications team is, and whether it includes other political operatives,” the Free Beacon continued.
“But Burton is now deeply integrated with an emerging infrastructure on the left comprised of individuals and organizations, including the nonprofit Center for Humane Technology, seeking to press Facebook to more aggressively police political content,” the outlet continued.
And, of course, that means ‘policing’ conservative content and reporting from independent media, many sites of which use Facebook as their primary marketing tool and depend on the site to generate page views and revenue.
“When we live in an information environment that is full of angry, hateful, polarizing content, it erodes our civic trust, it erodes our faith in each other, it erodes our ability to want to care for each other. The version of Facebook that exists today is tearing our societies apart and causing ethnic violence around the world,” Haugen told Pelley.
But we also know that language like this from leftists is code for ‘going after the right’: So-called “misinformation” and “disinformation” is arbitrary, we have discovered, and defined individually by people in power who simply do not want certain facts and truths to come out. Any reporting that refuted the left’s ‘Russian collusion’ narrative back when Donald Trump was still president, though that narrative was a fabrication, was immediately branded ‘Russian disinformation’ and removed by platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Google.
And it’s all been planned, the Free Beacon reports:
In Haugen’s public testimony, industry and political insiders see a sophisticated communications campaign intended to put Facebook on defense, from a steady trickle of leaked internal documents that fueled a Wall Street Journal investigative series dubbed “The Facebook Files” to the blockbuster 60 Minutes interview to congressional testimony scheduled to begin Tuesday. Haugen on Sunday also debuted a slick personal website in part to field media requests.
“It does have the appearance of being an incredibly well-orchestrated communications campaign,” said GOP operative Kevin McLaughlin, the former director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Nothing in politics this major happens accidentally. Haugen’s apparent Democrat connections makes it plain to us this is all about censorship of wrong-think.
“Haugen has admitted that Facebook changed its rules on free speech during the run up to the 2020 election, but then the company reverted back to the old rules afterward,” Outspoken reported this week. “Her solution is to have Congress intervene and force Facebook to engage in some level of censorship akin to the silencing of information like the tech behemoth did before the 2020 election.”
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