The Empire Report with Guy Christensen

This Mass Internet Censorship Law Is BACK!

The Kids Online Safety Act is back in Congress, rebranded as child protection while quietly expanding the pressure on platforms to police “harmful” content. On paper, it targets mental health risks and dangerous material. In practice, it hands regulators and state attorneys general more leverage over what platforms allow to circulate online.That means exactly what you would expect: more algorithmic suppression and more political speech getting buried. Pro-Palestine content and dissenting narratives are always the first to get flagged when compliance becomes a priority. This is how censorship evolves in America. As always, you guys are the only sponsors I have. Please subscribe for free [https://yourfavoriteguy.com] to receive my future messages and consider upgrading to paid to support my work. Thanks for reading! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Guy Christensen at www.yourfavoriteguy.com/subscribe [https://www.yourfavoriteguy.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

How Are You Still Okay With This?

A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.” ― Kurt Vonnegut As always, you guys are the only sponsors I have. Please subscribe for free [https://yourfavoriteguy.com] to receive my future messages and consider upgrading to paid to support my work. Thanks for reading! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Guy Christensen at www.yourfavoriteguy.com/subscribe [https://www.yourfavoriteguy.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Double Standards at International Sporting Events

Russia gets banned from global sports for invading Ukraine. Israel flattens Gaza and keeps playing for shiny medals like they’ve never done anything wrong. This isn’t about human rights. It’s about which war crimes the West is willing to excuse. As always, you guys are the only sponsors I have. Subscribe for free [https://yourfavoriteguy.substack.com] to get my future posts directly — and consider going paid if you want to support my work. Thanks for reading! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Guy Christensen at www.yourfavoriteguy.com/subscribe [https://www.yourfavoriteguy.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Meta Turned Everyone Wearing Their Glasses Into a Spy

Exactly as predicted, Meta’s smart glasses are drifting toward something far more useful to corporations than sunglasses with a camera: a wearable surveillance network. Reports now show facial data collection features being enabled across devices, turning everyday users into walking data collectors whether they realize it or not. None of this should surprise anyone. Americans have been slowly surrounded by this infrastructure for years. Flock Safety cameras track license plates across cities. Ring doorbells build neighborhood surveillance grids. Alexa speakers sit quietly in living rooms listening for commands while collecting behavioral data. Meta’s glasses just take the next logical step and put the cameras directly on your face. Mass surviellance with walking legs. As always, you guys are the only sponsors I have. Please subscribe for free [https://yourfavoriteguy.com] to receive my future messages and consider upgrading to paid to support my work. Thanks for reading! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Guy Christensen at www.yourfavoriteguy.com/subscribe [https://www.yourfavoriteguy.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Zohran Mamdani Makes or Breaks the Democrats’ Future

Zohran Mamdani drew a line with his rhetoric, and the Democratic establishment now has a choice: follow the base or keep chasing AIPAC donors into oblivion. It’s about whether the Democrats have any future at all. As always, you guys are the only sponsors I have. Subscribe for free [https://yourfavoriteguy.substack.com] to get my future posts directly — and consider going paid if you want to support my work. Thanks for reading! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Guy Christensen at www.yourfavoriteguy.com/subscribe [https://www.yourfavoriteguy.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]