Quote from: yankeedoodle on November 07, 2024, 10:27:43 PM
The broadcaster ITV edited an episode of the reality show "Big Brother" to remove clips showing a contestant's watermelon shirt.
Watch: Before and After Editors Censored a "Big Brother" Contestant's Watermelon Shirt
ITV deployed a series of editing techniques to remove all imagery of a watermelon — a long-standing icon of Palestinian solidarity.
https://theintercept.com/2024/11/01/tv-big-brother-censor-watermelon-palestine/?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udFofXCGiAw&t=1s
Quote"The plan, dubbed 'Project Esther,' casts pro-Palestinian activists in the U.S. as members of a global conspiracy aligned with designated terrorist organizations. As part of a so-called 'Hamas Support Network,' these protesters receive 'indispensable support of a vast network of activists and funders with a much more ambitious, insidious goal — the destruction of capitalism and democracy,' Project Esther's authors allege.
This conspiratorial framing is part of a legal strategy to suppress speech favorable to Palestinians or critical of the U.S.-Israel relationship, by employing counterterrorism laws to suppress what would otherwise be protected speech, legal experts told Drop Site News."
Quote"concepts like the 'Hamas Support Network' or 'Hamas Supporting Organizations,' another term that the authors use to describe pro-Palestinian activist groups, is intended to construct a narrative justifying the use of counterterrorism and sanctions laws to suppress the First Amendment rights of individuals involved in the pro-Palestine movement ..."
'They need to make a claim that these organizations are being directed and controlled by Hamas, which they're not,' attorney Dylan Saba said. 'So their claim now is that these organizations are effectively serving as a propaganda wing for designated terrorist organizations.'"