Fascism for the digital age

Old-school fascism controlled the press with a fist; the new version controls the data with a contract. When the state and the corporation agree on which words—and which images—are ‘dangerous,’ the truth is not only suppressed; it is simply made unsearchable. The official American narrative of the ‘miraculous’ rescue mission in the Zagros mountains on 3rd April 2026 serves as a perfect case in point. Despite America’s digital iron curtain, the truth keeps breaking. The narrative concerning the rescued pilot is already in ruins, and the Trump administration has moved from defending the story, to managing the wreckage. The first signs came over Telegram:  grainy phone photos of debris, an empty ejection seat, and videos of helicopters flying low over […]