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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t \ud83e\udd2c CENSORSHIP!!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\tFREE SPEECH & INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARE UNDER ATTACK ! \u00a0\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy Are We Protesting ? \ud83d\udce2\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\tAmerican identity is founded on the understanding that freedom of speech is a fundamental American freedom and human right, and in today\u2019s world there is no place where this right should be protected more than the digital public square we call \u201csocial media.\u201d As journalists, we believe that social media companies should be held to higher standards since they were founded on the principles of free speech and rely completely on profiting off of our data, information, and audience. The reality is that true journalism is under attack now more than ever for exposing truths that the empire has attempted to keep buried for so long. From Julian Assange\u2019s imprisonment, to Edward Snowden\u2019s exile, Orwell\u2019s warnings are becoming reality. Journalism as he said is \u201cprinting what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.\u201d \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\tAs we continue to defend the fundamental rights of tens of thousands of Americans in our online community, while simultaneously attempting to reach hundreds of thousands through education, outreach, and reform efforts online and in our community in Los Angeles, we\u2019ve ourselves been censored and demonetized by YouTube and its extension Google. Along with hundreds of other channels, YouTube released a statement saying we had \u201charmful content\u201d but did not give any specifics as to what that meant. YouTube has long demonetized our videos dealing with imperialism, the national security state and exposing the corrupt establishment, but attempting to shut us out by hurting our pockets and stopping our audience from supporting us is a step toward fascism. Neither YouTube nor Google are the arbiters of truth, that is for the public to decide. The only solution to bad speech is more speech, allowing Big tech, politicians and Silicon Valley to dictate our thoughts is not only unconstitutional, it\u2019s dangerous. We are protesting the bolstering of the police state through big tech and demanding the voices of the people, especially journalists be heard freely. \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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      WHY DO WE URGE TO FIGHT CENSORSHIP?<\/span><\/h1>\n

      \"Our reality is increasingly formed by the interface of computer screens and social media platforms that structure our understanding of society and ourselves. The companies who have the most influence on this are big tech companies also known as FANG (Facebook Apple Netflix and Google) who represent the future of our society. It\u2019s up to us to make sure that our future society remains tied to true democracy in America.\n\"<\/p>\n

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        \n\t\t\t\t\t\tFree speech in its essence allows citizens to criticize, challenge, and ultimately improve their government through the flow of information, which in our contemporary era, happens primarily through social media. Such platforms came to prominence after selling us the idea that they were the new public square, but now they are solely focused on profit and mining user data. The law protects big tech as they are censoring under the guise of stopping \u201cmisinformation,\u201d but who are they to decide what is or is not misinformation? The narrative control by mainstream media pays millions to professional stenographers who've become state propagandists rather than journalists. Let\u2019s not forget the Washington Post and The New York Times all lied about WMDs and \u201cRussiagate\u201d. Censoring is not a precedent we want to set for the coming decade. Social media platforms need to evolve their platforms instead of kicking off whole groups of society. These companies have long benefited from our data without much inclusion into deciding on their terms of service, the way they shape our experience on their platforms, or who can in the end be on their platforms taking part in the public arena we co-create with them. \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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        Join us in the protest!!\u270a following the Action4Assange Protest<\/h1>\n

        WHEN: MARCH 17TH 2021<\/h2>\n

        WHERE: CNN <\/span>BUILDING<\/h2>\n

        LOCATION: 820 FIRST ST NE <\/span><\/h2>\n

        WASHINGTON DC, 20001 <\/span><\/h2>\n

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