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11/7/22

Several Government agencies have been secretly working with the big social media platforms to censor speech online.

Questions you might consider answering on your news sheet:

·      Why is free speech important?

·      Why does it matter if government is censoring speech?

·      US History Students: How is this story reminiscent of the Alien and Sedition acts?  

 

Benjamin  Netanyahu is once again Israel’s Prime Minister.

Questions you might consider answering on your news sheet:

·      Who is Netanyahu, and why does it matter that he’s back?

·      What does Netanyahu’s return say about the way people now view Iran?

 

The Midterm elections are going to be held Tuesday. The Democrats want to keep control of congress, while the Republicans want to take control of congress.

Questions you might consider answering on your news sheet:

·      Why do we allow our government to change every two years? (instead of every year, or every four years or ten years?)

·      What would you like to see the Congress (new or old) do next year?

·      What powers does congress possess or not possess?   

 

 

speech

https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/25/cyber-officials-may-have-testify-about-alleged-social-media-collusion/

https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/ags-sue-biden-administration-over-claims-it-colluded-with-social-media-giants-to-censor-speech/article_59db14ec-cd72-11ec-8f27-736909a8c7f4.html

https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/probe-launched-into-homeland-security-s-taxpayer-funded-censorship-campaign/article_452fb226-5b7c-11ed-9dbc-dbede093842c.html

https://fism.tv/document-leak-dhs-fbi-colluding-with-big-tech-for-years-to-shape-online-discourse-by-policing-information/

https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/leaked-docs-show-facebook-created-portal-for-federal-agencies-to-report-misinformation-report

https://www.dailywire.com/news/big-tech-worked-closely-with-the-fbi-and-dhs-to-police-disinformation

 

Israil

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/3/middle-east-round-up-netanyahus-back-back-again

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/arabs-view-revived-netanyahu-with-concern-balance-against-iran-2022-11-02/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/its-official-israels-benjamin-netanyahu-is-backwith-a-vengeance

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/02/benjamin-netanyahu-israeli-election/10650849002/

https://www.foxnews.com/world/likud-candidate-predicts-netanyahu-be-next-israeli-pm-help-hold-iran-accountable

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/03/middleeast/israel-election-benjamin-netanyahu-intl/index.html