Google Shuts Down ActivistPost.com

[Ed Jewett]

Google Shuts Down ActivistPost.com

September 24th, 2011Via: Before It's News:
At mid-day on Friday, September 23, 2011, the popular alternative news blog, ActivistPost.com, was taken offline. Activist Post receives over one million views per month and has been hosted by Google's Blogger since its founding in June 2010.
"We remain puzzled as to why Activist Post was erased completely by Google," said chief editor and co-founder Michael Edwards. "When we tried to load our back-up file into our secondary Blogger account, that was blocked as well," he added.
It remains unclear whether Google has acted to censor ActivistPost.com for their controversial reporting. Google is becoming somewhat notorious for clamping down on truth and liberty activists, of which Activist Post is known for.
"Clearly, this is a huge set back for us and the work we do," said co-founder Eric Blair. "Our entire crew is working on resolving the issue and restoring the website. We certainly look forward to an explanation from Google."
Activist Post will file an appeal with Google to restore the site in full, and asks their loyal supporters to make their voices heard as well. However, they also are seeking other hosting services to avoid these types of censorship issues in the future.
Posted in Dictatorship, Perception Management, Technology

[Ed Jewett]

Obama Administration can shut down any blog host and millions of blogs at Will War on Blogs
July 18, 2010 by Brian D. Hill
Filed under Brian D. Hill's Articles, Technology, USWGO


http://uswgo.com/obama-administration-ca...-blogs.htm


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Activist Post Deleted! Google Erases Popular Alternative News Source?


http://theintelhub.com/2011/09/23/activi...ws-source/


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[Ed Jewett]

[Magda Hassan]

Unfortunately Google have covered themselves legally by having a clause n their Terms and Agreements that all bloggers must comply with. Specifically:

Google also reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Service with or without notice at any time and without any liability to you.

Personally I would never use it for anything important perhaps as a copy place.

[Peter Lemkin]

Ominous, but not surprising. I'd expect a whole lot more of this sort of thing in the coming years. In fact, I think those who post politically progressive blogs on 'big-name' sites [most blogs] best make backups on their own computer daily and have alternative servers on which to host it - best to start with those alternative [small, private, progressive] servers to begin with...... You can still be attacked, but at least your own server likely won't be the cause.

[Ed Jewett]

Unfortunately Google have covered themselves legally by having a clause n their Terms and Agreements that all bloggers must comply with. Specifically:

Google also reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Service with or without notice at any time and without any liability to you.

Personally I would never use it for anything important perhaps as a copy place.

Where is the safest place to put such things that involve criticism of power, free speech, and the like?

[Ed Jewett]

Fear of Repression Spurs Scholars and Activists to Build Alternate Internets

September 25th, 2011This is great, but don't forget the context:
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The Sock Puppet Industrial Complex: U.S. Trains Activists' to Evade Security Forces
Think outside the box, by all means. Just don't be surprised when you find another box.
Via: Chronicle of Higher Education:
Computer networks proved their organizing power during the recent uprisings in the Middle East, in which Facebook pages amplified street protests that toppled dictators. But those same networks showed their weaknesses as well, such as when the Egyptian government walled off most of its citizens from the Internet in an attempt to silence protesters.
That has led scholars and activists increasingly to consider the Internet's wiring as a disputed political frontier.
For example, one weekend each month, a small group of computer programmers gathers at a residence here to build a homemade Internetnamed Project Byzantiumthat could go online if parts of the current global Internet becomes blocked by a repressive government.
Using an approach called a "mesh network," the system would set up an informal wireless network connecting users with other nearby computers, which in turn would pass along the signals. The mesh network could tie back into the Internet if one of the users found a way to plug into an unblocked route. The developers recently tested an early version of their software at George Washington University (though without the official involvement of campus officials).
The leader of the effort, who goes by the alias TheDoctor but who would not give his name, out of concern that his employer would object to the project, says he fears that some day repressive measures could be put into place in the United States.
He is not the only one with such apprehensions. Next month The*Doctor will join hundreds of like-minded high-tech activists and entrepreneurs in New York at an unusual conference called the Contact Summit. One of the participants is Eben Moglen, a professor at Columbia Law School who has built an encryption device and worries about a recent attempt by Wisconsin politicians to search a professor's e-mail. The summit's goal is not just to talk about the projects, but also to connect with potential financial backers, recruit programmers, and brainstorm approaches to building parallel Internets and social networks.
The meeting is a sign of the growing momentum of what is called the "free-network movement," whose leaders are pushing to rewire online networks to make it harder for a government or corporation to exert what some worry is undue control or surveillance. Another key concern is that the Internet has not lived up to its social potential to connect people, and instead has become overrun by marketing and promotion efforts by large corporations.
At the heart of the movement is the idea that seemingly mundane technical specifications of Internet routers and social-networking software platforms have powerful political implications. In virtual realms, programmers essentially set the laws of physics, or at least the rules of interaction, for their cyberspaces. If it sometimes seems that media pundits treat Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg or Apple's Steve Jobs as gods, that's because in a sense they aresitting on Mount Olympus with the power to hurl digital thunderbolts with a worldwide impact on people.
Instead of just complaining, many of those heading to New York next month believe they can build alternatives that reduce the power of those virtual deities and give more control to mere mortals.
Research Credit: noncompliant
Posted in COINTELPRO, Covert Operations, Dictatorship, Surveillance, Technology

[Magda Hassan]

Unfortunately Google have covered themselves legally by having a clause n their Terms and Agreements that all bloggers must comply with. Specifically:

Google also reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Service with or without notice at any time and without any liability to you.

Personally I would never use it for anything important perhaps as a copy place.

Where is the safest place to put such things that involve criticism of power, free speech, and the like?

Nothing like having your own server but there must be back ups as well. I suggest at least 3 in various countries. One of these back ups could be google but I wouldn't suggest using all the other big ones in the cloud. Better to use the smaller providers who want your business and have some sort of ethos about business. They are out there.

[Ed Jewett]

Let the speculation begin....




"As most of you know by now, our original site was taken offline by Google this past Friday at around 12:30 pm. Since then we have been flooded with positive support, as well as many offers for solutions.

We are happy to report that our site was just restored less than 1 hour ago. The official explanation from Blogger is as follows:

I'm an engineer on blogger. I'd like to apologise on behalf of the team for the removal of activistpost.com. The removal was caused by an automated process, and we restored the blog as soon as the issue was brought to our attention.

Thank you for your patience, understanding, and activism in contacting Google and sharing our situation far and wide.

Despite this restoration, we already have moved forward with preparation for an upgraded design, as well as precautions to be sure this does not happen again. We are returning with even more passion and determination thanks to you. We certainly welcome your input as to what changes you would like to see, and we ask that you bear with us while we go through our restructuring over the coming days and weeks.

We apologize for this abbreviated newsletter that features our personal situation. We can't wait to get back on track covering and analyzing the latest important news and issues. Peace, Love and Liberty will Prevail!

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[Ed Jewett]

I think it fair that it be "my service", i.e., I brought the thing hear, added a few 'straws' to the thread and now receive the subscription-via-email "post" as I posted above...

What gives?

Is this a hoax? A marketing ploy? A "please read us, only we tell the truth" attempt at building a data-base?

I will yell you my gut reaction...:

The "engineer" at Google was indeed conducting a data base, and this seems like a slightly-new (or better yet, recently-ironed old) wrinkle on a "honeypot en masse".

By putting 2+2 together (is my math here good, folks?) and seeing nearly-simultaenous articles on other matters "cyber" [all also posted here] such as the information that the Federal Reserve system is watching us online and the other very-obviously-going-on attempts at perception cluttering (they call it "management"), I think the "engineer" brought down a visible web site in seemingly benign fashion as a warning shot (along with Obamian criticsms of journalists) that there is a functional system in place that can -- at will -- shut down [or worse] one or more links, web sites, means of communication, and receiving networks.

Or perhaps I've been looking at things too long and need to see someone about my vision.