Neil Campbell
Neil lives in Canada and writes about society and politics.
Oil Used in Oreos and Toothpaste Becomes 10% More Expensive After Indonesia Bans Exports
Just days after Indonesia, the world’s largest exporter of the world’s most widely used vegetable oil, palm oil, relaxed markets by announcing an export ban set to come into effect April 28 would only be...
Under Musk, Twitter Already Headed for Change, But Hurdles Lie Ahead
News Analysis For many users on social media platform Twitter, this week’s announcement of SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s acquisition of the company brought hope for positive change in an ever-escalating climate of censorship...
Ex-Lehman Bros Trader Charged in Alleged Multi-billion Dollar Viacom, Discovery Pump Scheme
The founder and Chief Financial Officer of one of the most shocking cases of squandered generational wealth seen in 2021 were arrested and charged in New York after the FBI unsealed a Grand Jury Indictment...
Apple Complied With 100% of Chinese Government App Store Takedown Requests in 2020: Report
The world’s largest company acquiesced to 100 percent of App Store takedown requests made by the Chinese Communist Party in 2020, according to a new report published by Great Fire, a self-described China-based anti-censorship organization. ...
Virtual Reality an ‘Effective Tool’ To Force Consumer Behavior Change: Study
Virtual reality environments are capable of playing the role of forcing consumer behavior changes, shows a recent systematic literature review of more than a thousand peer reviewed studies. The findings are notable in light of...
Indonesia, the Top Producer of the World’s Most-used Vegetable Oil, Set to Ban Exports
Indonesia, which produces the most palm oil of any country in the world, is set to ban exports amid a domestic supply shortage. Palm oil is the world's most-used kind of oil. The ban was...
RCMP Logged Journalists, Twitter Users Who Shared Musical Ride WhatsApp Leak Scandal
Canada’s federal police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), began cataloging media outlets, their writers, and various Twitter users who shared a leak of highly unprofessional WhatsApp messages from a private group composed of...
Understanding Alberta and Ontario Digital ID Systems
The Canadian provinces of Ontario and Alberta are on the cusp of transforming the traditional card-based government identification systems into a web-based, cellphone-oriented identification system, generally referred to as digital identification or a digital ID....
Critical US Power Grid Hardware Wide Open With Backdoors, Warns CISA
The United States Government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned that critical hardware devices utilized in the U.S. power grid and produced by a trio of major manufacturers are sitting ducks for Advanced...
Fires Hit Russian Research Center, Country’s Largest Chemical Plant on the Same Day
Just one day after the Russian Federation showcased a new and highly destructive intercontinental ballistic missile, which it calls the RS-28 Sarmat, but is nicknamed “Satan II” by the West, the country’s largest chemical plant...
A String of Fires Destroys Food Processing Facilities Across America
A curious string of fires and plane crashes over the last month have destroyed the facilities of at least five major food processors across four different states, exacerbating an escalating inflation and supply chain crisis...
Federal Judge Strikes CDC Mandate, But Mask Requirement Still Up in the Air
Mandatory masking for U.S. travelers still remains up in the air even after a federal judge struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Mask Order on April 18. Florida District Court Judge...