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On Dec. 24, 2022 Matt Taibbi was in a room at the Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco poring through reports sent to Twitter - [Oppenheimer, American exceptionalism and the myths surrounding US nuking Japan](https://truthdefence.org/oppenheimer-american-exceptionalism-and-the-myths-surrounding-us-nuking-japan/) - Dropping the atomic bombs on Japan wasn't necessary, didn't save lives and did not end WWII, argues historian Peter Kuznick. - ["Chilling and Frightening": Chris Hedges on Jeremy Corbyn and the weaponisation of anti-semitism](https://truthdefence.org/chilling-and-frightening-chris-hedges-on-jeremy-corbyn-and-the-weaponisation-of-anti-semitism/) - Award-winning journalist Chris Hedges explains his views on the attacks against Jeremy Corbyn — and others in the Labour Party — during Corbyn's tenure as Labour leader. - [Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - The Israel Lobby’s Useful Idiot](https://truthdefence.org/robert-f-kennedy-jr-the-israel-lobbys-useful-idiot/) - To stand up to Israel has a political cost few, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are willing to pay. - [Truth Defence News-in-Brief — Assange, Artificial Intelligence, The Big Lie & Roger Waters](https://truthdefence.org/truth-defence-news-in-brief-assange-artificial-intelligence-the-big-lie-roger-waters/) - Truth Defence reviews the latest on Julian Assange's case, censoring 'The Big Lie, Roger Waters' resisting smears, Labour Leader Keir Starmer, the EU's landmark Artificial Intelligence Act and more. - [The Imminent Extradition of Julian Assange and the Death of Journalism](https://truthdefence.org/the-imminent-extradition-of-julian-assange-and-the-death-of-journalism/) - Judge Sir Jonathan Swift — who once said his favorite clients are “security and intelligence agencies” — rejected both of Julian Assange's appeal applications. - [Interrogated by UK Counter Terror Police – An interview with journalist Kit Klarenberg](https://truthdefence.org/interrogated-by-uk-counter-terror-police-an-interview-with-journalist-kit-klarenberg/) - Klarenberg wasn't under arrest. He was not charged with a crime. Yet refusal to answer any question put to him — or failure to provide access to all of his devices — is an offence under the law and could have resulted in his arrest and prosecution. - [Illegal FBI searches of mass surveillance database drops after FISA Court intervenes](https://truthdefence.org/illegal-fbi-searches-of-mass-surveillance-database-drops-after-fisa-court-intervenes/) - A partially-declassified court order, from the US’ secret surveillance court, reveals a “precipitous decline” in the number of searches the FBI has made of a bulk data collection database containing details of millions of Americans. This decline correlates to the imposition of procedures, established by the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act (FISA) Court, requiring FBI - [Truth Defence Editor-in-Chief discusses UK National Security Bill on By Any Means Necessary](https://truthdefence.org/truth-defence-editor-in-chief-discusses-uk-national-security-bill-on-by-any-means-necessary/) - On 19 May 2023, Truth Defence’s editor-in-chief Mohamed Elmaazi joined co-hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman of By Any Means Necessary, to discuss his article “Threats to journalism posed by UK National Security Bill brushed aside by Parliament”. https://truthdefence.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023_05_18_ByAnyMeans-National-Security-Bill-2023-Interview-with-Truth-Defence-Editor-in-Chief-Mohamed-Elmaazi.mp4 The original web link to the full two hour show of By Any Means Necessary is available here, - [UK data regulator ‘failed’ to hold gov’t, business to account over confidential COVID-19 medical data](https://truthdefence.org/uk-data-regulator-failed-to-hold-govt-business-to-account-over-confidential-covid-19-medical-data/) - The UK’s data protection watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), failed to hold both the government and private sector to account for repeated breaches of private medical data during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report argues. The ICO also failed to address obvious concerns raised by government outsourcing of the handling and processing of confidential - [Julian Assange in Belmarsh for fourth consecutive World Press Freedom Day](https://truthdefence.org/julian-assange-in-belmarsh-for-fourth-consecutive-world-press-freedom-day/) - Julian Assange, the award-winning journalist, editor and publisher of WikiLeaks, is spending his fourth consecutive World Press Freedom Day incarcerated in London’s Belmarsh prison. The Australian-born technologist, who has been a union member of Australia’s Media Entertainment Arts Alliance (MEAA) since 2007, continues to challenge a US extradition request for him to face charges under their - [Ithaka – an intimate portrayal of Julian Assange’s odyssey and that of his family](https://truthdefence.org/ithaka-an-intimate-portrayal-of-julian-assanges-odyssey-and-that-of-his-family/) - Ithaka, the documentary focusing on the plight of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and that of his family, was broadcast across the UK for the first time on Sunday, 21 May. ITV, the UK’s largest commercial television channel, featured the film Sunday evening and continues to offer it via its online streaming platform ITVX. Ithaka offers an intimate view into - [Leaked EU report Reveals EU, UK proposed censorship laws risk obliterating right to privacy and expression](https://truthdefence.org/leaked-eu-report-reveals-eu-uk-proposed-censorship-laws-risk-obliterating-right-to-privacy-and-expression/) - As the UK Online Safety Harms Bill continues to be scrutinised at Committee Stage in the House of Lords, a recently leaked legal opinion from the Council of the European Union’s Council Legal Service (CLS) has cast serious doubt on the legality and practicality of a similarly proposed EU regulation. In May last year, the Council - [UK National Security Bill authorises police to demand, retain and destroy 'confidential journalistic materials'](https://truthdefence.org/uk-national-security-bill-authorises-police-to-demand-retain-and-destroy-confidential-journalistic-materials/) - The UK National Security Bill 2023 may ultimately prove to be one of the most consequential and far reaching pieces of legislation in living memory; both in terms of its deleterious impact on whistleblowing, leaks and public interest journalism as well as in terms of its expansion of state power, and its ability to undermine - [Facebook fine for violating data protection rules 'exposes flaws' in UK Data Bill](https://truthdefence.org/facebook-fine-for-violating-data-protection-rules-exposes-flaws-in-uk-data-bill/) - On 22 May 2023, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced the largest penalty thus far when it hit Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (formerly Facebook Ireland Limited) with a €1.2 billion fine. The decision followed an investigation into Meta Ireland’s unlawful transfer of personal data belonging to EU/EEA citizens to the US, which has weaker privacy laws. Significantly, - [The parliament to press pipeline of trafficking misinformation ](https://truthdefence.org/the-parliament-to-press-pipeline-of-trafficking-misinformation/) - The BBC’s continued parroting of government misinformation on the channel crossings, took a sinister turn last week when a BBC Radio 4 presenter claimed that ‘human trafficking is sometimes a choice’. While discussing the 440 unaccompanied minors that went missing from Home Office accommodation since July 2021, BBC’s home editor Mark Easton said: “These young - [The Online Safety Bill is a fast-track scheme for government censorship](https://truthdefence.org/the-online-safety-bill-is-a-fast-track-scheme-for-government-censorship/) - The government are spying on their critics under the guise of ‘preventing disinformation’, raising further questions about the extent to which provisions to ‘tackle misinformation’ in the Online Safety Bill will be used to shape political agenda. A network of secretive government ‘counter-disinformation’ units are spying on the British public and treating political dissent as fake - [“Media privilege” will open the door to disinformation en masse](https://truthdefence.org/media-privilege-will-open-the-door-to-disinformation-en-masse/) - The emphasis of new legislation currently aimed at tackling disinformation on social media primarily targets and plays on fears of foreign state actors pushing fake news through automated accounts and websites masquerading as the legitimate press, particularly in the context of election interference and the war in Ukraine. But “media privilege” within new legislation would - [Threats to journalism posed by UK National Security Bill brushed aside by Parliament](https://truthdefence.org/threats-to-journalism-posed-by-uk-national-security-bill-brushed-aside-by-parliament/) - While the imprisonment of Julian Assange at London’s Belmarsh high-security prison — for the fourth consecutive World Press Freedom Day — was being raised by media outlets, civil liberty groups and press freedom organisations the world over, 3 May 2023 saw the UK House of Commons debate the latest iteration of the increasingly draconian National - [Brazilian President Lula denounces “shameful” imprisonment of Julian Assange, whilst in the UK](https://truthdefence.org/brazilian-president-lula-denounces-shameful-imprisonment-of-julian-assange-whilst-in-the-uk/) - Brazilian President Lula da Silva answered a question by a reporter with the Brazilian outlet Diário do Centro do Mundo, on 6 May 2023, about the treatment of Julian Assange. The left-wing Brazilian president, who has been on a tour meeting European presidents and prime ministers, met king Charles III the day before his - [Labour's shameful response to the Forde report](https://truthdefence.org/labours-shameful-response-to-the-forde-report/) - Following the publication of the long awaited Forde report, it has become plainly clear that the Labour Party intends to sweep its findings under the rug. The Forde Inquiry, commissioned by the Labour Party in 2020, investigated the extent of bullying, racism, misogyny, and discrimination within the Party, the allegations that senior Labour staff sought - [Israel’s $30 million plan to undermine the UN and inject propaganda into the West](https://truthdefence.org/israels-30-million-plan-to-undermine-the-un-and-inject-propaganda-into-the-west/) - The Israeli government have committed to investing 100 million shekels, the equivalent of $30 million to revive a government-funded, “non-governmental organisation” called Concert, formerly Kela Shlomo, which was set up in 2015 to undermine the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and oppose anti-Israeli discourse. Concert will covertly fund pro-Israel information campaigns in the - [The fog of war](https://truthdefence.org/the-fog-of-war/) - Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, the line between journalism and propaganda has become increasingly harder to draw. News stories that beyond reasonable doubt have been entirely fabricated, have become part of the ‘official narrative’ surrounding the conflict. But while the false stories put out by both Russia and Ukraine are a problem, the - [The National Security Bill could be used to target journalists and human rights defenders](https://truthdefence.org/the-national-security-bill-could-be-used-to-target-journalists-and-human-rights-defenders/) - [The extradition of Julian Assange is just the beginning](https://truthdefence.org/the-extradition-of-julian-assange-is-just-the-beginning/) - Make no mistake, despite the High Court ruling that the extradition of Julian Assange would not be an abuse of his human rights, this is a significant human rights issue – not just because the UK would be sending a man to a country that plotted to assassinate him and not just because of the - [How the false claims of a Ukrainian official undermined real victims of sexual war crimes in Ukraine](https://truthdefence.org/how-the-false-claims-of-a-ukrainian-official-undermined-real-victims-of-sexual-war-crimes-in-ukraine/) - After Russian troops withdrew from the towns and suburbs around Kyiv, women and witnesses began to come forward with stories of rape being carried out by Russian troops systematically, in public and in front of family members. Forensic doctors who carried out post-mortem examinations of the bodies found in mass graves in Bucha, Irpin and - [YouTube runs Israeli propaganda ads amidst Gaza bombardment](https://truthdefence.org/youtube-runs-israeli-propaganda-ads-amidst-gaza-bombardment/) - Following a weekend of violence in Gaza which saw the destruction of Palestinian residential areas and refugee camps by Israeli forces, resulting in the deaths of Palestinian citizens, a video titled ‘Israel is under attack’ was uploaded to the YouTube channel of the Israel Foreign Affairs Ministry and was advertised across the platform. The 15 second clip - [Labour has been exposed as racist, corrupt and “criminal” - where are the headlines?](https://truthdefence.org/labour-has-been-exposed-as-racist-corrupt-and-criminal-where-are-the-headlines/) - Over the weekend, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit aired its three part series The Labour Files, that discloses leaked internal Labour Party documents – what it calls “the largest leak in British political history” – within which a coup by unelected Labour officials “to take over one of the major political parties in Britain” is documented. - [Meta continues its censorship of Palestine amidst Israeli crackdown in the West Bank](https://truthdefence.org/meta-continues-its-censorship-of-palestine-amidst-israeli-crackdown-in-the-west-bank/) - Earlier this month the Palestinian death roll reached a seven year high amidst intensifying Israeli violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, leading up to the 1 November election. In Nablus, settler attacks have taken place under the protection of the Israeli army, 420,000 Palestinians have had their movements restricted by being blockaded and prevented - [The ‘long reach’ of Iran’s Islamic Republic ](https://truthdefence.org/the-long-reach-of-irans-islamic-republic/) - An estimated 15,000 people have been arrested in Iran during nationwide anti-government protests, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who was killed in police custody after being arrested by Iran’s ‘morality police’, allegedly for wrongly wearing her Hijab. So far 2,000 have been officially charged and eight have been sentenced to death, while - [Sunak’s anti-strike laws are immoral, ill-conceived and likely illegal](https://truthdefence.org/sunaks-anti-strike-laws-are-immoral-ill-conceived-and-likely-illegal/) - In the fight against worsening pay, worsening working conditions and worsening public sector services, 2022 saw huge swathes of the British work force wield what little power they still hold in strike actions across the UK. In December, Unite won a 15% pay rise for Wirral bin strikers and last week Sunderland’s bus strikes came - [Is “wokeism” really the biggest threat to free speech at universities?](https://truthdefence.org/is-wokeism-really-the-biggest-threat-to-free-speech-at-universities/) - Ever Since the Tories first promised to ‘strengthen free speech at universities’ in their 2019 manifesto, they have done their best to mischaracterise the threat of “cancel culture” on UK campuses. ‘No-platforming’ has been a subject of contentious debate at universities for decades – the tactic was adopted by NUS in the 1970s as part - [Mischievous and Provocative: The Riley-Murray Libel Judgment and the Threat to Democratic Speech](https://truthdefence.org/mischievous-and-provocative-the-riley-murray-libel-judgment-and-the-threat-to-democratic-speech/) - This week, Sir Ian Austin and the Telegraph were forced to apologise for a libellous opinion piece penned by Austin that commented on the outcome of the libel trial between Rachel Riley and former Labour staff Laura Murray. Just before Christmas last year, Nicklin had found in favour of Rachel Riley, awarding her £10,000 in - [What BBC News fails to mention…](https://truthdefence.org/what-bbc-news-fails-to-mention/) - Bias and the bended truth in the BBC's coverage of Kill the Bill Bristol - [Truth Defence Special Report: Lawfare in the UK](https://truthdefence.org/truth-defence-special-report-lawfare-in-the-uk/) - Lawfare – the use of litigation for political or ideological ends – appears to be on the rise. In this special report based on a month-long investigation, we reflect on some of the cases and characteristics that have given rise to allegations of lawfare, and its implications for free speech and public debate in the - [The Labour Party’s Shameful Attack on Whistle Blowers](https://truthdefence.org/the-labour-partys-shameful-attack-on-whistle-blowers/) - An opinion editorial by TRUTH DEFENCE Emily Oldknow, a former executive director in the Labour Party under General Secretary Ian McNicol, has brought a legal application asking the Labour Party to disclose the identity of the people who put the ‘leaked’ Labour report into the public domain. Oldknow is seeking this information in order to - [What will it take for IPSO to launch a standards investigation?](https://truthdefence.org/what-will-it-take-for-ipso-to-launch-a-standards-investigation/) - The Leveson Inquiry This year marks the 10 year anniversary of the Leveson Inquiry, which was tasked with reviewing the practices and ethics of the press after the phone hacking scandal. It found the existing regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission insufficient and called for a “genuinely independent and effective system of self-regulation”. Leveson’s proposed - [Free speech is under threat](https://truthdefence.org/free-speech-is-under-threat/) - Draft Online Safety Bill: The Latest The Joint Committee’s report on the Draft Online Safety Bill, published yesterday, made significant recommendations including a number of new offences designed to protect children and vulnerable people online. It also calls for the “Duty of Care” to be removed from the bill, which would require social networking companies to - [Keeping up Appearances: The Labour Party’s ‘campaign against racism’](https://truthdefence.org/keeping-up-appearances-the-labour-partys-campaign-against-racism/) - The Latest The Forde Inquiry’s first term of reference was in part to uncover “the extent of racism, sexism and other discriminatory culture” within a major political party. It stopped taking evidence in August 2020. The Inquiry’s last update stated that: The Forde Inquiry Panel (the Panel) has been unable to proceed with its - [If the Met is serious on tackling sexism in the ranks, it must address how it treats whistleblowers](https://truthdefence.org/if-the-met-is-serious-on-tackling-sexism-in-the-ranks-it-must-address-how-it-treats-whistleblowers/) - On Wednesday a Met tribunal found two officers, who shared images of the bodies of Bibaa Henry and Nicola Smallman, guilty of gross misconduct and advised that they would likely be looking at jail time when they are due to be sentenced in December. Jamie Lewis and Deniz Jaffer took images of the sisters’ bodies - [Remember, remember the 12th of December.](https://truthdefence.org/remember-remember-the-12th-of-december/) - There’s a really good case to say that the 2019 general election in Britain was the most dishonest, the most fraudulent election in British political history. (Patrick Geogeghan, Open Democracy) The 2019 General Election – held just over a year ago – was supposed to be different. Concerns about the role of social media in the - [End of the road?](https://truthdefence.org/end-of-the-road/) - A controversial decision by OFCOM over BBC standards has been tested in the High Court, and failed It’s been just over a year since the BBC broadcast its highly controversial current affairs programme entitled Is Labour Antisemitic? Within a fortnight, the programme attracted over 1,500 complaints, none of which were upheld. After exhausting the BBC’s - [The EHRC Report is Neither Robust nor Reliable. It is Deeply Flawed](https://truthdefence.org/the-ehrc-report-is-neither-robust-nor-reliable-it-is-deeply-flawed/) - The issue of antisemitism has been central to my personal and political life. My mother was a survivor of the holocaust, hidden in a cellar in Nazi-occupied Vienna for three and a half years. 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