Tumblr suppressed net neutrality content, users say

Social media users are accusing Tumblr of unsubscribing accounts from tags related to net neutrality. Many allege that Verizon, the social media site’s parent company, is purposefully trying to stop users from seeing the content. On Monday, Tumblr user polygonfighter posted a message that said the coverage of net neutrality disappeared from their dash “almost […]

New evidence shows the sugar industry suppressed studies linking sugar to heart disease and cancer

Flickr/Coralie Ferreira New evidence shows the sugar industry suppressed scientific research that linked sugar to heart disease and bladder cancer in rats. The Sugar Research Foundation, the group funding the studies, cut the project short and didn’t publish the results.  Nutritionists caution that sugar, not fat, is largely to blame for many of the problems in our modern diets.  For decades, sugar lobbyists […]

Media coverage of Iraqi Mosul op ‘censored & suppressed’ – RT reporter in embattled city

The Iraqi Army keeps press coverage of its operation in Mosul “censored and suppressed,” only allowing access to certain locations, RT’s Murad Gazdiev, reporting from the scene, says, as the UN warns of soaring civilian casualties. When Murad Gazdiev arrived in the embattled city to cover the latest events, Iraqi officers warned his crew not […]