<p id="">Attendees at the UN’s Conference of Parties (COP) COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan are gorging on meat while demanding governments take measures to reduce meat consumption.</p><p id="">Climate extremists claim that since livestock emits methane through flatulence and other secretions, people must stop eating meat to save the planet. This is a major policy held by globalist boides like the UN and the World Economic Forum, as well as by billionaire Bill Gates and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/new-way-aoc-still-coming-your-hamburgers" id="">recommends</a> Americans eat fewer hamburgers.&nbsp;</p><h2 id="">Meat taxes and rations</h2><p id="">At the COP29 summit, which runs from November 11th to the 22nd, the True Animal Protein Price (TAPP) Coalition addressed participants about the need to cut down on meat consumption through a meat tax.</p><p id="">“It’s normal — when I damage the window of my neighbor, I have to repair this damage, but meat and dairy processors also have to pay for the damage they cause,” said TAPP Managing Director Jeroom Remmers last week.</p><p id="">“Our current food systems are incompatible with the Paris Climate Accords,” TAPP Public Affairs and Policy Officer Willem Branten declared, referring to the 2016 UN agreement in which member states pledged to enforce the climate agenda. “Vegan diets are projected to have only half of the climate footprint as meat eaters,” he added.</p><p id="">ClimateDepot.com Executive Director Marc Morano, who attended the conference, said “prominent and high-profile” participants have been suggesting a variety of methods to force a reduction in meat consumption, including meat rationing. World War II-style meat rationing is a measure that has been <a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/news/media-push-for-wwii-style-rationing-to-fight-climate-change" id="">floated</a> by climate extremists in the legacy media.</p><p id="">Over 180 NGOs and governments <a href="https://www.tappcoalition.eu/nieuws/22741/50%2B-ngos-urge-global-action-on-meat-consumption-and-climate-change-ahead-of-cop29" id="">signed</a> a declaration ahead of the summit calling for a reduction in meat. At last year’s conference, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) demanded countries cut back on meat for the climate.</p><h2 id="">No meat taxes or rations for climate attendees</h2><p id="">And, like at last year’s summit, this year’s attendees have been helping themselves to copious amounts of beef without a meat tax. Morano posted a video of himself having a beef hot dog and reported that the meat dishes at the conference are selling “like hotcakes,” far more than the vegetarian options. Videos show significantly more interest at meat-selling food stations than those advertising vegan or vegetarian offerings.</p><p id="">“They're serving beef hot dogs, they're serving burgers. I have the menus here. Meat is here and I’ve not noticed any kind of meat tax,” Morano said.</p><div data-rt-embed-type='true'><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Marc reports that despite demanding taxpayers start paying extra for the crime of eating meat, at COP29 there is no such &quot;meat tax&quot; <a href="https://t.co/cJHWLSq4Vj">pic.twitter.com/cJHWLSq4Vj</a></p>&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1857073098085867624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div data-rt-embed-type='true'><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Apparently one of the most food items at COP29 are ... all-beef hot dogs <a href="https://t.co/PdpbLhjfvC">pic.twitter.com/PdpbLhjfvC</a></p>&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1857075875050655879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div data-rt-embed-type='true'><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COP29?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COP29</a>, while not lecturing about the horrors of livestock, delegates enjoy dining on beef &amp; chicken burgers <a href="https://t.co/U1SNl1H4kJ">pic.twitter.com/U1SNl1H4kJ</a></p>&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1857074642881515904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p id="">COP28, held last year in Dubai, <a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/news/un-climate-attendees-gorge-on-meat-while-calling-to-limit-meat-consumption" id="">offered</a> its 70,000 participants a <a href="https://www.cop28.com/en/food-and-beverage" id="">selection</a> of nearly 100 restaurants and food carts, at least a third of which specialized in beef and dairy dishes. Attendees were given choices of “juicy beef” and “slabs of succulent meat,” barbecued chicken and steak, hamburgers, Philly cheesesteaks, shawarma, carne asada, Tex Mex chicken, birria, kebabs, “melt-in-your-mouth BBQ,” smoked meats, and more.</p><p id="">‍</p>

UN climate summit attendees demand meat taxes and rations while guzzling meat

Meat dishes selling 'like hotcakes' at UN conference despite calls to restrict meat for taxpayers

<p id="">A 63-year-old Jewish father is facing prison time for offending a “progressive rabbi” with a Holocaust reference.</p><p id="">Rupert Nathan committed the offense when he posted criticism of Gabriel Kanter-Webber, who was ordained by the Movement for Reform Judaism, which, unlike Orthodox Judaism, rejects the authenticity of the Bible, on a friend’s Facebook post. He referred to Kanter-Webber, who heads the Brighton and Hove Progressive synagogue, as a “creep,” a “fake Rabbi,” and a “kapo boy.” <em id="">Kapos</em> were Jews in concentration camps who were deputized by the Nazis with authority over other Jewish prisoners.</p><p id="">In response to the “kapo” remark, Kanter-Webber reported Nathan to the police and his employers at the Chartered Institute of Securities &amp; Investment (CISI). CISI refused to take action, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14089191/Jewish-father-arrested-Nazi-slur-rabbi-Facebook-post.html" id="">according</a> to the <em id="">Daily Mail.&nbsp;</em></p><p id="">The police, however, came to Nathan’s home and arrested him in front of his 12-year-old daughter. He was charged with the crime of malicious communications and detained for 12 hours. His case has been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for criminal proceedings. He faces up to two years in prison.</p><p id="">“My [12-year-old] daughter was in tears - completely inconsolable,” he said. “Still now she has this deep fear that the police are going to take me away and put me in jail.”</p><p id="">Nathan added that he was “treated like a proper criminal” by police, who took his fingerprints, DNA, and photograph and kept him in a cold jail cell for 10 hours. He was released on bail on November 11th.</p><p id="">“I have a young daughter who I have to support,” he added. “But if I get a criminal conviction against me it would completely destroy any chance I have of getting another job in my industry. I admit that calling someone a 'kapo' is not a nice thing to do but it is not a crime. I am astounded that police waste their time on cases like mine and Allison Pearson's when they could spend their time tackling real hate-crimes instead.”</p><p id="">Free Speech Union Director Toby Young commented on the case, saying: “If it's not a criminal offence for pro-Palestinian protestors to call for a global intifada, I don't see how a Jew calling another Jew a 'Kapo' can possibly be against the law.”</p><h2 id="">British taxpayer arrested for Halloween costume</h2><p id="">British law enforcement has been cracking down on taxpayers for offensive speech. In September, for example, police arrested David Wootton after he posted pictures of himself in a Halloween costume dressed as terrorist Salman Abedi. In 2017, Abedi detonated a suicide bomb at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena, killing 22 people and wounding over a thousand more.</p><p id="">One photo showed Wootton wearing a keffiyeh and a sign saying “I [heart] Ariana Grande.” Another photo showed a black backpack with the words “boom” and “TNT” written on it. The 40-year-old Brit posted the photos with the caption: “Bet I get kicked out of the party.” He later posted: “Only went and won the best costume.”</p><p id="">Wootton was arrested and pled guilty to “sending an offensive message online.”</p><p id="">Andrea Hill, a 40-year-old compatriot of Wootton’s, helped provide evidence against him.&nbsp;</p><p id="">“He's a scumbag who deserves everything coming to him,” said Hill. “I hope his guilty plea gives the families of the arena bombing victims some comfort that justice will be done.”</p><h2 id="">Former athlete faces prison for criticizing women</h2><p id="">British ex-soccer player Joey Barton is also facing two years in prison after he criticized two female soccer commentators on X. Barton compared Eni Alukio and Lucy Ward, two soccer players-turned-sportscasters, to serial killers Fred and Rose West. The Wests were an English couple who murdered 12 women over 20 years between 1967 and 1987.</p><p id="">The posts were reported as offensive and Barton’s trial is scheduled for May next year.</p><h2 id="">Police investigate woman for criticizing transgender doctor</h2><p id="">In June, <em id="">The Gold Report </em><a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/news/london-police-investigate-woman-for-criticizing-trans-doctor">reported</a> that London’s Metropolitan Police were investigating Maya Forstater for criticizing a transgender doctor who boasted that his patients are unaware he is a man. Forstater, who heads the women’s rights group Sex Matters, had therefore <a href="https://a-question-of-consent.net/2020/09/16/doctors/" id="">voiced</a> concerns about whether the patients of Dr. Kamilla Kamaruddin were giving their informed consent. In a tweet, Forstater said Dr. Kamaruddin “enjoys intimately examining female patients without their consent.”</p><p id="">Last year, police summoned the 51-year-old Forstater to Charing Cross Police Station, where they threatened her with arrest for “malicious communications.” They interrogated her about whether she meant “to target a member of the transgender community” and if she understood that her “tweet could be perceived as transphobic.” Police also wanted to know if Forstater had any “remorse” for her tweet.</p><p id="">When investigators demanded “evidence” that Dr. Kamaruddin examines his patients without their consent, Forstate pointed the police to Kamaruddin’s own words, in which he appears to admit to examining patients without them knowing he is truly a man.</p><h2 id="">Police interrogate elderly woman for snapping photo</h2><p id="">In August last year, British police <a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/news/uk-police-interrogate-elderly-woman-over-alleged-support-for-women" id="">interrogated</a> an elderly West Yorkshire woman for a “hate crime” after she snapped a photo of a sign expressing support for women.</p><p id="">The 73-year-old taxpayer used her phone to photograph a sign which read, “Stand by your trans” on which someone had placed a sticker reading, “Keep males out of women-only spaces.” Though she did not share the photo on social media, a CCTV surveillance camera caught her taking the photo. Days later two West Yorkshire Police officers called her at home claiming they were investigating the action as a hate crime and then tried to re-educate the woman.</p><h2 id="">Police arrest autistic child for ‘lesbian’ remark</h2><p id="">That incident came just weeks after Leeds police violently <a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/news/british-police-arrest-autistic-child-for-homophobia" id="">arrested</a> an autistic child for remarking that she thought a policewoman looked like a “lesbian.” The 16-year-old, who has scoliosis, was held in custody for 20 hours before being released.</p><h2 id="">Police arrest mother at her home for ‘misgendering’</h2><p id="">In June last year, Surrey Police attempted to <a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/news/uk-police-seek-to-assign-probation-officer-to-journalist-who-misgendered" id="">assign</a> a probation officer to a journalist accused of “misgendering” and to monitor all her communications.&nbsp;</p><p id="">Caroline Farrow, a journalist and mother of five, was the subject of a five-month-long police investigation in 2019 for opinions she expressed on social media regarding gender disorientation. According to Farrow, her chief crime was “misgendering” — referring to someone by their actual gender when the person identifies by the opposite gender.</p><p id="">In 2022, Farrow was also arrested in her home for “malicious communications and harassment” while she was making dinner for her children. Photos provided by Farrow show police forcing their way into her house. When she asked to see a warrant, they replied, “We don’t need one.” Police seized several electronic devices, including some from her husband’s parish next door. They then brought Farrow outside where a female officer subjected her to a body search and took her to the station.</p><h2 id="">Police arrest taxpayers for posts about rainbow flags</h2><p id="">In December 2022, London’s Metropolitan Police <a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/news/uk-authorities-summon-citizen-for-grossly-offensive-social-media-post" id="">summoned</a> James Goddard to a meeting due to a social media post that offended supporters of rainbow flags.</p><p id="">Five months earlier, a decorated British war veteran was <a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/news/great-britain-has-fallen-british-war-veteran-arrested-for-social-media-post" id="">arrested</a> for “malicious communications” after police received a complaint about one of his social media posts. The offending post showed a swastika made of rainbow flags, a commentary on the state-sponsored intimidation of citizens to embrace same-sex relations and gender disorientation.&nbsp;</p><p id="">‍</p>

UK: Jewish father faces prison for Holocaust reference

British police continue crackdown on speech

<p id=""><em id="">At the beginning of this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) </em><a href="https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-proposes-ending-use-oral-phenylephrine-otc-monograph-nasal-decongestant-active-ingredient-after" id=""><em id="">announced </em></a><em id="">that it is proposing to stop permitting the over-the-counter (OTC) sale of none other than oral Sudafed PE. Phenylephrine, commonly sold as Sudafed PE, has for decades been promoted as an effective nasal decongestant. The FDA has now, however, after conducting what it describes as a “comprehensive review of all available data,” determined that phenylephrine is “not effective for this use” in oral form (although the nasal form is apparently effective). Meanwhile, no news on other best-selling drugs that themselves are believed by some to be neither safe nor effective.</em></p><h3 id="">It takes 30 years to discover a drug doesn't work?</h3><p id="">The data concerned is not particularly extensive, consisting of only a few studies. Furthermore, as most people will be aware, phenylephrine has been around for decades and the FDA has therefore had access to “all available data” for decades. The FDA makes no secret of this, writing in its press release that,</p><blockquote id="">The agency conducted a comprehensive review of all available data on the safety and efficacy of oral phenylephrine, including the <strong id="">historical data that were used to support the determination made 30 years ago</strong> that oral phenylephrine was effective as a nasal decongestant, as well as newer clinical data on oral phenylephrine that have since become available.&nbsp;<sub id="">[emphasis added]</sub></blockquote><p id="">The press release does not reveal the nature of the “newer clinical data.” According to <a href="https://www.drugs.com/medical-answers/difference-between-phenylephrine-pe-3509033/" id="">drugs.com</a>, however, concerns regarding the efficacy of phenylephrine were raised almost immediately after its submission to the FDA for approval, and professional recommendations received by the FDA urged the federal agency to refrain from authorizing the drug.</p><p id="">Drugs.com adds pertinent information that the FDA’s press release omits — namely, that the studies that supposedly showed the drug’s efficacy were conducted by the drug’s manufacturer:</p><blockquote id="">... phenylephrine was approved by the FDA based on in-house studies provided by pharmaceutical companies, not as a result of clinical trials...</blockquote><blockquote id="">These unpublished studies ranged from mild successes to total failures.</blockquote><p id="">Admittedly, this hardly sets phenylephrine apart as most if not all drugs submitted to the FDA for approval have been tested “in-house” and therefore the results are unreliable, especially when one takes into consideration the fact that only a select few of the trials conducted must be submitted to the FDA, the body making the selection being the drug manufacturer itself.</p><p id="">‍</p><h4 id="">So it's 'safe and ineffective'! How reassuring...</h4><p id="">The decision to review phenylephrine did not surprise many. In fact, the FDA’s Drug Advisory Committee already concluded over a year ago, in September of 2023, that the “current data do not support the effectiveness of phenylephrine as a nasal decongestant” in cold, cough, allergy, bronchodilator, or anti-asthmatic drug products.</p><p id="">Until a final decision is reached, products containing phenylephrine may continue to be sold. The FDA stresses that the drug’s safety is not in question and that the only reason they are considering withdrawing it is that it appears to be useless:</p><blockquote id="">“It is the FDA’s role to ensure that drugs are safe and effective,” said Patrizia Cavazzoni, M.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). “Based on our review of available data, and consistent with the advice of the advisory committee, we are taking this next step in the process to propose removing oral phenylephrine because it is not effective as a nasal decongestant.”</blockquote><p id="">‍</p><p id="">The FDA adds that there are plenty of safe and effective alternatives to phenylephrine, though it does not name them.</p><blockquote id="">Consumers should know that a range of safe and effective drugs and other treatments is available to temporarily relieve congestion symptoms due to allergies or a common cold...</blockquote><p id="">In fact, there are not many effective drugs that ease congestion (although home remedies abound). The main pharmaceutical alternative is pseudoephedrine (Sudafed, without PE as part of its name), which drugs.com describes as far more effective than phenylephrine:</p><blockquote id="">... phenylephrine is extensively metabolized in the gut wall. This means only about 40% of a dose reaches the bloodstream ... Pseudoephedrine is not metabolized in the gut wall, so almost 100% of a dose reaches the bloodstream.</blockquote><p id="">‍</p><h4 id="">Instead, use a drug that can 'make you feel like jumping out of your skin'</h4><p id="">Nonetheless, there are several significant drawbacks to restricting the decongestant market to pseudoephedrine alone. Firstly, many states restrict the amount that may be purchased at one time due to concerns that it can be used to manufacture crystal meth. In fact, in some parts of the country, a driver’s license must be produced before purchase and the would-be consumer must submit to a criminal background check.</p><p id="">As one commenter on <a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/fdageneral/112779?xid=NL_breakingnewsalert_2024-11-07&mh=997f2a002a8f43e852b2ff4d60e4d6c6&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PhenylephrineAlert_110724&utm_term=NL_Daily_Breaking_News" id=""><em id="">Medscape </em></a>noted,</p><blockquote id="">Saying there are plenty of alternatives to replace [phenylephrine] is a non sequitur. That list is very short at best, and by the time you add safe effective and acceptable there are zero alternatives. If you can get a pharmacy to sell pseudoephedrine they limit you to 10 tablets, and you have to undergo a background check and deal with every employee thinking that you are some sort of drug manufacturer.</blockquote><blockquote id="">This FDA panel is completely disconnected from the population and their common needs.</blockquote><p id="">The government has already recognized that placing restrictions on the sale of pseudoephedrine has had no effect on meth consumption, but the restrictions remain.</p><p id="">However, the similarities between pseudoephedrine and meth are real, which is why some people respond badly to the drug, which causes them insomnia and “feeling like they want to jump out of their skin,” as another Medscape poster noted.</p><p id="">Explaining this phenomenon, drugs.com points out that pseudoephedrine has a “greater incidence of central nervous system (CNS) stimulant effects than phenylephrine,” because its chemical structure makes it far more likely than phenylephrine to cross into the brain. </p><p id="">‍</p><h4 id="">Both phenylephrine and pseudoephedrine have 'drug ineffective' as main side-effect</h4><p id="">Both the FDA and drugs.com consider both phenylephrine and pseudoephedrine to be largely safe, when taken in appropriate doses. That said, other sources such as WebMD describe “serious side effects” that may be associated with both drugs, including fast or irregular heartbeat, reduced blood flow to the extremities, severe shaking, seizures, mood changes (including panic and unusual thoughts and behavior), and trouble breathing.</p><p id="">Regarding dyspnea (trouble breathing), there are over 15,000 reports to the FDA related to phenylephrine. There are also almost 9,000 reports that mention “death” in connection with the use of the drug. Such <a href="https://rxisk.org/drug-search/" id="">reports </a>(from OpenFDA) do not necessarily mean that the drug caused the adverse effect listed. Nonetheless, a significant number of reports is cause for concern and should prompt FDA investigation.</p><p id="">The number of serious side effects associated with pseudoephedrine in OpenFDA seems to be smaller than with phenylephrine. Top on the list of complaints for both drugs is “drug ineffective.” For phenylephrine, there have been 21,122 reports of inefficacy. For pseudoephedrine, the number is lower but far from insignificant, at 10,519 reports.</p><p id="">‍</p><h4 id="">What about all the other drugs the FDA still likes?</h4><p id="">Commenting on the FDA’s decision, Dr. Lumsden wondered aloud:</p><blockquote id="">Let’s see how long it will take the FDA to realize the same [applies to] SSRI drugs.</blockquote><p id="">Does the same apply? OpenFDA for Paxil, a commonly prescribed SSRI antidepressant, has “drug withdrawal syndrome” at the top of the list, which is a fairly useless term which could mean an almost infinite number of symptoms, ranging from the very serious and potentially life-threatening (such as akathisia) to the mild. “Drug ineffective” is third on the list, with 4,255 reports. Interestingly, “depression” is number eight on the list, and at number thirteen is “suicidal ideation.”</p><p id="">Other psychiatric drugs have similarly serious adverse effect profiles. Seroquel, for instance, a widely prescribed “antipsychotic,” is listed as “ineffective” by 8,502 people (top of the list). Number three on the list is “diabetes mellitus” and at number fourteen, with 5,313 reports, is “completed suicide.”</p><p id="">Meanwhile, Lipitor, one of the most widely prescribed statin drugs, has “drug ineffective” listed by 12,216 people, “diabetes mellitus” by 11,204 people, and “death” by in almost 7,000 cases.</p><p id="">‍</p><h4 id="">Your chance to give the FDA a piece of your mind</h4><p id="">The FDA is apparently not considering the withdrawal of any of the abovementioned drugs (which are just a few drops in the ocean of pharma products with serious adverse events associated with them). Nor is the FDA considering the withdrawal of the COVID shots despite the many thousands of serious side effects reported on VAERS, the federal reporting system for vaccines.</p><p id="">However, if members of the public wish to make their feelings known on the matter of whether to stop the sale of phenylephrine, they may also add comments on any relevant related issues on the online form provided <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FDA-2024-N-4734-0001" id="">here</a>.</p><blockquote id="">The FDA is seeking public comments on this proposed order. Instructions on how to submit comments are found in the proposed order available on OTC&nbsp;Monographs@FDA. If, after considering the comments, the FDA concludes oral phenylephrine is not effective as a nasal decongestant, the FDA will issue a final order removing oral phenylephrine from the OTC monograph, and drug products thereafter could no longer contain oral phenylephrine as a nasal decongestant. The FDA would provide manufacturers with appropriate time to either reformulate drugs containing oral phenylephrine or remove such drugs from the market.</blockquote><p id="">‍</p><p id=""><em id="">The information contained in this article is for educational and information purposes only and is not intended as health, medical, financial or legal advice. Always consult a physician, lawyer or other qualified professional regarding any questions you may have about a medical condition, health objectives or legal or financial issues. ‍If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, call a qualified free mental health helpline or seek help from a qualified therapist.</em></p>

FDA considers putting an end to the use of a drug!

30 years to discover a drug doesn't work?

<p id="">FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr is targeting four tech giants that are part of what he called a “censorship cartel” controlling public discourse.</p><p id="">Carr, who Trump recently tapped to be FCC chairman come January, sent letters on Wednesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.&nbsp;</p><p id="">“Over the past few years, Americans have lived through an unprecedented surge in censorship,” Carr wrote. “Your companies played significant roles in this improper conduct. Big Tech companies silenced Americans for doing nothing more than exercising their First Amendment rights. They targeted core political, religious, and scientific speech. And they worked — often in concert with so-called ‘media monitors’ and others — to defund, demonetize, and otherwise put out of business news outlets and organizations that dared to deviate from an approved narrative.”</p><p id="">As an example of such a media monitor, Carr cited NewsGuard, a company praised by <em id="">CNN </em>as “the Librarian of the Internet” and by its co-founder as a “vaccine against misinformation.”</p><p id="">NewsGuard is a for-profit company that bills itself as an organization dedicated to “fighting misinformation” in both mainstream and social media. It employs a team of journalists and editors who issue “trust scores” for news websites based on criteria that determine whether a site is “trustworthy.”</p><p id="">Once it declares which sites are trustworthy and which are to be labelled "unreliable," NewsGuard sells the lists to advertisers so those companies can steer clear of the poorly rated websites. <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/joseph-vazquez/2021/12/13/study-newsguard-ratings-system-heavily-skews-favor-left" id="">Studies</a> conducted since the organization’s founding in 2018 show that NewsGuard<em id=""> </em>rates Right-leaning news sites 27 points lower on average than Left-leaning news outlets. The company has also rated Chinese state-owned propaganda news media more trustworthy than American sites.</p><p id="">Carr noted that NewsGuard, which is currently under <a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/news/congress-launches-probe-into-government-backed-misinformation-group" id="">investigation</a> by House Republicans, integrates with products sold by the censorship cartel.</p><p id="">“NewsGuard also works with web browsers, including Google’s Chrome, Apple’s Safari, and Microsoft’s Bing. NewsGuard has partnered with social media companies. And it offers products for AI systems and app stores. In other words, your products may use NewsGuard or you may enable your customers to use NewsGuard,” he said.</p><p id="">One of the members of NewsGuard’s advisory board, Carr revealed, “signed the now infamous October 2020 letter from former intelligence community officials that flamed the false claim that the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation — a letter that itself fueled a wave of censorship.”&nbsp;</p><p id="">The FCC commissioner also threatened the tech giants with the revocation of Section 230 of the Communications Act, which the FCC enforces. Section 230 is a “prized liability shield” that protects social media companies from being held liable for the content published on their platforms. It is contingent, however, on the companies’ “good faith” actions. If Section 230 were repealed, tech corporations could be held legally liable for user content.</p><p id="">Carr notified the companies they will be investigated under the Trump administration and concluded the letter by demanding documentation on any products affiliated with NewsGuard and information pertaining to any media monitors the tech giants have used.</p><div data-rt-embed-type='true'><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft &amp; others have played central roles in the censorship cartel.<br><br>The Orwellian named NewsGuard along with “fact checking” groups &amp; ad agencies helped enforce one-sided narratives.<br><br>The censorship cartel must be dismantled. <a href="https://t.co/Xf0sEYOUfv">pic.twitter.com/Xf0sEYOUfv</a></p>&mdash; Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1857419658812440927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2 id="">By the government and for the government</h2><p id="">NewsGuard has received nearly $1 million from the US government, mostly from the Department of Defense. In 2020, the Pentagon <a href="https://www.newsguardtech.com/press/newsguard-wins-pentagon-state-department-contest-for-detecting-covid-19-misinformation-and-disinformation/" id="">granted</a> NewsGuard a $25,000 prize for winning a contest on “COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation.”&nbsp;</p><p id="">During the pandemic, NewsGuard was a top promoter of the federal government’s messaging. The company claimed, for example, that the COVID-19 vaccine was the only cure for the virus. Its Coronavirus Misinformation Tracking Center continues to <a href="https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/coronavirus-misinformation-tracking-center/" id="">claim</a> that scientific evidence showing the inefficacy of masks and social distancing is “false.” The organization is known for downrating websites that make certain COVID-19-related claims, such as stating that the virus came from a lab in Wuhan, China.</p><p id="">NewsGuard works closely with the Global Engagement Center (GEC), an office within the State Department whose stated mission is to “counter foreign disinformation.” The GEC has been <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1758529993280205039" id="">described</a> by former State Department official Mike Benz as “the first government censorship operation within the federal government.” House Republicans have <a href="https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/mccaul-hfac-members-demand-answers-on-gecs-role-in-censorship/" id="">referred</a> to the GEC as “subsidized censorship of free speech and disfavored opinions.”</p><p id="">Some of the GEC’s projects involve <a href="https://frontline.news/post/biden-administration-joins-globalist-billionaires-to-fund-ai-powered-censorship">working</a> with groups funded by billionaire George Soros and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to track “disinformation spreaders” on social media. These include users who question the safety or efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines.</p><p id="">‍</p>

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