New in PJ Media: A burner account, kids, is an anonymous account that a person, often a public figure, uses in order to have the freedom to say things that the public figure in question wouldn’t dare say if they could be attributed to him or her. One of the most notorious burner accounts was […]
Australia: Twitter loses bid to throw out complaint by Muslim group over ‘hateful’ content
The complaint by the Australian Muslim Advocacy Network was over comments such as “’Ramadan means killing infidels’ and claims that the Qur’an should be referred to as the ‘terrorist handbook’. Comments cited in the complaint refer to the Qur’an as ‘this satanic memoir’ and to Islam as ‘the most violent and sexually perverse cult.’” The […]
Saturday Is the Day of the Death of Twitter’s Blue Check
My latest in PJ Media is a VIP article. I am happy to be able to offer you a 5% discount on becoming a VIP member at PJ Media. Just enter the code SPENCER when you sign up here. Amid the death of the American republic, the death of Twitter’s blue check is comparatively trivial, but there are certain […]
Muslim wants those who insult Islam beheaded, prosecutor says case not about ‘mainstream Islam, a peaceful religion’
Because of course prosecutor Dan Pawson-Pounds knows far, far more about Islam than Ajmal Shahpal does. In reality, Dan Pawson-Pounds doesn’t have the faintest idea what Islam teaches, but he knows that a case in which someone who called for the beheading of those who insult Islam is the defendant could easily get him charges […]
UK: Muslim tweeted image of severed head, encouraged decapitation of anyone insulting Islam
“I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Then strike the necks and strike their fingertips.” (Quran 8:12) It’s now a done deal in the West: terror has indeed been struck in the hearts of disbelievers in the religion of peace. For some reason, while “opening the Crown’s case against Shahpal, prosecutor […]
Ireland: Open borders leaders now begging migrants to stay away
The groveling politicians of Ireland are free to decide who comes into their country and who doesn’t, but they have lost sight of this freedom, and most importantly, of their duty to protect their borders. Globalist states have been telling their populations that open borders were beneficial. Begging migrants to stay away hardly demonstrates the […]
‘Reforming’ Saudi Arabia sentences respected academic to death for sharing ‘hostile’ news on WhatsApp
For whatever reason, it may behoove Westerners to say that Saudi Arabia is reforming, but the real test of reform is freedom of expression. Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, who has been applauded by many, has begun a “sweeping crackdown against dissent, which saw some of the kingdom’s prominent academics, journalists, and preachers thrown into […]
Elon Musk Voted Out as Head of Twitter—Now What?
New in PJ Media: Early Sunday evening, Elon Musk posted a new Twitter poll: “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.” Over seventeen million votes were cast, and the Yes votes won with over 57 percent. So will Musk really give up Twitter after shaking up […]
Something more than ‘reform’ is going on in Saudi Arabia: Twitter employee spied on users for Saudi government
Is Saudi Arabia actually reforming? A closer look presents a different picture, one that is not without complexities. The article “Ex-Twitter employee sentenced to over 3 years in prison for spying for Saudi Arabia,” by Kevin Collier, NBC News, December 14, 2022, exposes a troubling trend, one of many, that escapes sustained media attention. […]
FBI May Have Violated First Amendment with Twitter Censorship. Will the FBI Investigate?
New in PJ Media: For years now, Leftists have waved away freedom of speech concerns over Big Tech’s censorship of voices that dissent from the Left’s agenda. Twitter, Facebook, Google and the rest are all private companies, you see, and so they can set any speech policies they want. Now that Elon Musk has bought […]