RT @wikileaks: David Cameron vs Outlander: PM met with Sony execs to stop Scottish rebel drama before referendum vote

Cameron is said to have met with the executives 10 weeks before the historic referendum to discuss the TV show, which was shown in the US last August but delayed in the UK until several months after the vote in September. Outlander is based on the multi genre novels by Diana Gabaldon. The story is set between 1945 and the 18th century Scotland, featuring Scottish rebels fighting against British rule as part of the Jacobite risings.

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Lutte contre la propagande terroriste : le Gouvernement mobilise les dirigeants d’internet

Les organisations terroristes, notamment, ont malheureusement bien compris l’enjeu de la communication et l’instrument efficace de propagande, d’endoctrinement et d’enrôlement que pouvait constituer cet espace numérique sans frontières.

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RT @wikileaks: Sony CEO had his WikiPedia page edited to praise his “leadership” More:

emails indicate that Wikipedia is a standard part of film promotion for Sony. Numerous marketing strategy documents contain the instruction "Please create a Wikipedia (or other collaborative website) page if you are able", and Wikipedia is listed on other documents as one of their "standard tactics" for social media promotion

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reveals Ben Affleck censored slave owner ancestor in Finding Your Roots

Hollywood star explored his family's past on PBS documentary Finding Your Roots but viewers were not told one ancestor owned slaves Leaked Sony emails reveal how Henry Louis Gates Jr told a friend Affleck was trying to 'censor' documentary - a breach of PBS rules Gates asked his friend Sony boss Michael Lynton for advice and was told by Hollywood chief: 'I would take it out if no one knows' Instead show was about prominent liberal Affleck's Freedom Rider mother and distant ancestor who was mystic in civil war Gates claimed today that the slave-owning ancestor was not 'interesting' Latest embarrassing disclosure from leaked Sony emails posted by Wikileaks raises questions over PBS's integrity and for Gates, a Harvard professor

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