Neil Campbell

Neil lives in Canada and writes about society and politics.

In this photo illustration, a mobile phone can be seen displaying the logos for Chinese apps WeChat and TikTok in front of a monitor showing the flags of the United States and China on an internet page, on September 22, 2020 in Beijing, China. A recent investigation by Wall Street Journal found TikTok’s algorithm can learn its users' desires in as little as 40 minutes and will quickly bury the account in a rabbit hole of related content.

TikTok Learns User Desires in 40 Minutes, Curates Rabbitholed Content

Chinese Communist Party controlled video-based social influencing app TikTok learns a user’s desires and attachments in as little as 40 minutes before beginning the process of bombarding the client with curated content designed to keep...

A woman checks the website of Israel-made Pegasus spyware at an office in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on July 21, 2021. The Pegasus Project scandal revealed world leaders, human rights defenders, journalists, and lawyers have been surveilled without their knowledge or consent by government actors for years.

Israeli Pegasus Spyware Spied on Macron, Dalai Lama, Telegram Founder

An investigation by a Paris-based non-profit and Amnesty International uncovered military-grade spyware licensed by an Israeli tech firm that was used to tap cell phones of journalists, human rights defenders, national leaders, and even kings...

A health worker holds up a vial of Covishield, AstraZeneca-Oxford's injection, at the Ayeyarwady Covid Center in Yangon, Myanmar on January 27, 2021. Kevin Street, a Canadian, has developed Functional Neurological Disorder and became disabled after accepting the first dose of AstraZeneca’s offering.

Canadian Man Develops Functional Neurological Disorder After First Dose of AstraZeneca Vaccine

A middle-aged Canadian man developed severe neurological side effects after taking the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. He now shakes, has memory issues, suffers from ringing in the ears, and has extreme difficulty walking,...

A woman holds a placard reading "We are not laboratory subjects! Freedom to refuse experimental injection"during a demonstration against the Macron administration’s use of mandatory vaccine passports, which come with jail time for businesses and individuals who circumvent them, to erode the nation’s vaccine hesitancy in Nantes, western France, on July 17, 2021.

France to Imprison Vaccine Passport-Defying Business Owners for up to 1 Year

Draft text of a new French law announced by President Emmanuel Macron on July 12 requiring citizens to present a clean Health Pass QR code scan, the country’s vaccine passport app, to prove their vaccination...

Martin Doermann tries out Crytek’s CryEngine at the Gamescom 2016 gaming trade fair during the media day on August 17, 2016 in Cologne, Germany. According to a German newspaper, Chinese Communist Party tech giant Tencent is looking to acquire Crytek for its CryEngine, used to create military simulations.

China’s Tencent Looking to Purchase Crytek for 3D Engine Technology Used in Military Simulations: Report

A Chinese company with heavy ties to the Communist Party is in talks to purchase a German game developer whose special 3D engine is used by the U.S. military and others around the world to...

Chinese National Handed 3.5 Years in Prison for Attempt to Obtain Maritime Raiding Craft for Reverse Engineering

A Chinese national has been sentenced to 42 months in prison after pleading guilty to charges arising after his company lied to manufacturers during an attempted purchase of military-grade combat-use seacraft with multi-fuel engines for...

In this photo illustration, a teenager poses for a picture with a laptop in Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2021. A UK study found suicide killed five times more people under 18 than COVID-19, and abuse more than ten times more.

5 Times More UK Children Died From Suicide Than COVID During Lockdowns

A new study by UK researchers found the fatality rate for youth and children under the age of 18 from COVID-19 was five times lower than from suicide and ten times lower than from trauma....

What healthy Canadian canola crops are supposed to look like.

Extreme Weather Crushing Canadian Canola, Fruit, and Shellfish Harvests

A record heat wave that began when Western Canada saw the British Columbia village of Lytton eclipse the all-time high set in Las Vegas, Nevada at 49.6 C (121.28 F) at the end of June...

Falun Gong practitioners march in memorial of fellow members who were murdered by the Chinese Communist Party in a 2018 rally in Washington, D.C. Practitioners once again rallied in America’s capital on July 16 to call for an end to the soon-to-be 22-year-long campaign of genocide against the 100 million Chinese citizens who once practiced and studied the meditative exercises.

Falun Gong Practitioners Rally in Washington for End to Beijing’s Persecution as 22nd Anniversary Looms

The month of July is host to one of the most solemn and tragic anniversaries in the history of human society: the beginning of the 22-year-long persecution of the 100 million practitioners of Falun Gong,...

Ray Liberge (R) interviews for a job as a line cook with a human resources manager before being hired during a Zislis Group job fair at The Brew Hall on June 23, 2021 in Torrance, California. As many as 1.84 million Americans may return to work when the Biden administration’s additional $300 per week in unemployment insurance payouts come to a full stop

Nearly 2 Million Workers Expected to Rejoin US Labor Force When Federal UI Bonus Ends

The U.S. economy is projected to regain 1.84 million workers when federally sponsored COVID-19 unemployment insurance benefits end, a new survey says. A July 14 article by analyst firm Morning Consult, relying on a poll...

A vaccine station is prepared for Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and a group of "Covid-19 Student Ambassadors" to accept the Pfizer variant of the SARS-CoV-2 injection during a vaccine acceptance stunt at Ford Field on April 6, 2021 in Detroit, Michigan. Vaccine acceptance lotteries in Michigan and Idaho were complete flops in stimulating vaccine uptake among citizens.

Vaccine Acceptance Lotteries Failed to Stimulate Uptake in Michigan, Idaho

Multi-million dollar vaccine acceptance lotteries launched by state governments in Idaho and Michigan to promote vaccine acceptance sputtered and failed to achieve their goals according to data. June 30 reporting by Detroit Free Press chronicled...

Drug Overdose Deaths Up 30 Percent Amid 2020 Lockdowns: CDC Data

U.S. drug overdose deaths took a dramatic turn for the worse in 2020 according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control on July 14. The CDC showed 71,130 people had been reported...

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