How come you don't see certain books in ANY display?
Not even bestsellers (!) from the "Enlightenment" category can be found there, not even on the shelves of our trusted bookshop!
Could it be that a certain algorithm prevents even the bookseller searching from finding such educational books?
But Article 5 of the Basic Law states: "There shall be no censorship."
Or is it?
DSA - the EU's new Digital Services Act - has been in full force and effect since February 17, 2024.
It is intended to prevent the distribution of "illegal content" or, more precisely, books that are suspect to the narrative.
Ms. Gesa is the publisher of etica media and experiences first-hand how the DSA affects
the trade and ultimately the reading public.
Using the example of an explosive book, she shows the devastating consequences of this law:
For example, online services do not want to "hand over" certain books to retailers for fear of penalties.
But listen to Ms. Gesa herself.
Hello, my name is Gesa, I am a publisher and there is no censorship -
only some content is not published.
And content that the population would be better off not consuming because it might make them think twice.
And if such content is possibly printed, then everything possible is done to block it so that few people find out about it.
And it is one such book that was published on March 26, a few days ago, by David Rogers Webb - The Great
Expropriation - also known - as The Great Taking.
This is information from a whistleblower in the financial sector.
David Webb observed extreme things there that prompted him to take a stand and warn people.
And he got out, I know him personally, I think he is absolutely credible and authentic.
And I also think that the content he has to say is absolutely important, that the more people learn about
it, the better - because only then are you actually in a position to make your own decisions.
But of course that only works if you have this choice - the choice between content and content. But there is no censorship.
This book is known in the English-speaking market as The Great Taking and has thankfully been translated.
There are also great documentary films on the subject, made by David Webb himself and translated into German by "Augen Auf
Medien Analyse", which are also included with this book on DVD.
However, this book cannot be found on the normal platforms, the book platforms.
So if you look at Thalia or Hugendubel or something else, for example, you simply won't
find this book or this author or this person.
Although the framework data is stored everywhere in all the usual directories and is well maintained and this information is
of course available, a blockade has been created so that this book reaches as few people as possible by printed means.
It will probably be rare to find this in a bookshop.
So I thought, because the content is so very, very relevant, that it would be a good idea to offer it as an e-book.
Of course, you can then reach people in different places.
The whole thing can then be even cheaper because you don't have the printing costs, for example, and don't have to send it out.
And there are various ways in which you can publish books both as a publisher and as a self-publisher.
After all, we have all learned that anyone can write and publish books, because there is no censorship.
And one such platform is tolino media, for example.
It is suitable for both publishers and self-publishers to publish books, especially e-books.
Or so you might think.
And then you simply create an account there. You then upload the text there, then a blurb and the
title, and the price and the cover and dates and so on.
Then click on OK to confirm.
Then it's off to the Tolino team.
And then in less time this title will actually be published in all the stores of the Tolino
Alliance, which is a relatively large number.
Thalia and Hugendubel etc. are also part of it.
You can also confirm that you would also like this to be delivered to Amazon and Apple Books and whatnot.
Really great!
So I did that too, so that this book can reach more people, at least in digital form.
I'll get to the content in a moment.
Then there was feedback from Tolino - from the self-publishing platform, if you like, where anyone (!) can publish books.
With the title: "Not suitable for publication: The great expropriation."
I quote: "Your book The Great Expropriation is not suitable for publication.
Therefore, we cannot release your book to the trade.
We ask for your understanding. We are always available for your feedback and questions. Contact us via publishing@tolino.media."
Yes -
there is no censorship.
I have or it was written back: "Why not?"
And a reply came back very quickly: "Thank you for your e-mail.
We have classified the book as "not suitable for publication" in accordance with
section 3.2 of our General Terms and Conditions."
So, what are these GTC 3.2 all about?
3 is the publication and distribution of tolino media.
3.2 Quality assurance and testing.
Now it's getting exciting, I'll quote once:
"When the publisher releases their work for publication and delivery to retailers or print, it is
checked by tolino media's quality assurance team.
This is a manual, content-based check and not an automatic algorithm.
In addition to checking the correctness and completeness of the metadata and the user-friendliness for the reader, quality
assurance checks the work according to the following criteria:
Criminally questionable content (non-consensual sexual acts as well as pedophilia and incest, zoophilia, right-wing extremist
ideas, glorification of violence, conspiracy theories, hate speech, discrimination against certain population groups, racism,
anti-Semitism, transophobia, homophobia, incitement to commit crimes such as tax evasion, infringement
of copyright and personal rights, defamation, etc.).
I can assure you that there is no criminally questionable content in this book.
Yes, it is fascinating, because there is no censorship.
This author David Rogers Webb, I know him personally and I think he is absolutely authentic and credible.
And he really has a lot to say. In my opinion, this is basically relevant for all of us.
This book also has stronger biographical features because he comes from the financial sector.
He is a former hedge fund manager on a par with George Soros.
He even knows him personally and he has experienced things that he shares here and backs up with sources and evidence.
And I think it wouldn't be wrong if everyone could form their own opinion about it and then come
to their own conclusions - whatever they may be.
In my opinion, this is not content from which a population should be protected.
On the contrary - you should protect the population and therefore show them this content.
So, why has this content been banned here like this - 'not suitable for publication'? Not suitable for anyone to read.
What is it all about?
The title The Great Expropriation already says a lot.
David Rogers Webb's family, namely his parents and grandparents, lived through the Great Depression, mainly in America.
They lost everything back then. They had flourishing companies.
They were really in a good middle class.
And they lost all their belongings in the space of just a few weeks.
The children could no longer go to school. The children had to work and the like.
And after the so-called "bank holidays", when all banks were closed, not all banks reopened.
But only those who were directly subordinate to the FED, the Federal Reserve, or at least worked with
them - i.e. who received a Go! from the FED.
The others remained closed and people lost everything as a result.
But the debts remained, of course.
And this expropriation has already taken place.
And he then went into business.
He went into the financial sector to understand these mechanisms and then somehow looked: What is linked to what?
And he has become an absolute, brilliant expert in these areas.
And then he recognized mechanisms and patterns from back then that can also be found today.
And he warns of this urgently.
So he really does see a catastrophic scenario coming our way.
Because this sentence, which is perhaps still buzzing around in many people's heads "You will own nothing." - David Rogers
Webb has explained in this book how this is to be achieved.
That this coming great expropriation is also linked to certain patterns that can now be found again.
Laws have been changed so that now not only companies or banks or something like that
are being hacked, but also private property.
And I think that's quite relevant to know, so that you can protect yourself against it if necessary.
There are also plenty of tips on what you can do.
As I said, you can come to whatever conclusion you like.
But to now say: "This content is completely shielded for our security", I find that
quite a lot and I find that quite worrying.
As I said, he has a lot of sources and the like in there.
In some places he also gives interpretations of what he means, why the whole thing is
happening or in which direction it is being driven.
There are also indications of this.
But even that doesn't correspond to what tolino somehow means here.
But it is important to know, and to read an interpretation, an opinion and the like out of it as such.
So, in my opinion, it is very threatening that such content is completely shielded.
I would like to remind you that on April 3, 2024, the public broadcaster or employees of the public broadcaster
published a manifesto in which they communicated problems.
Unfortunately, I have to say that it's not just public service broadcasting that is affected by
this, which you can now think what you want of anyway.
But there is also the problem that the Digital Services Act has been in full force since February 17, 2024.
This was already decided in 2022. But now it really affects everyone, and mainly all
platforms, because it has been very cleverly regulated.
We as a population are supposed to be 'protected' again, because there is no censorship.
So we have to have certain mechanisms in place for our security. And that has now mainly been shifted to the platforms.
If there is also possible content with hate speech, discrimination, conspiracy theories, etc., then the
platform operators are in danger of having to pay heavy fines if they don't take care of it and delete this content.
And this is very likely to lead - as you can see from examples like this - to anticipatory obedience.
So platform operators are already saying:
"This content is too controversial for us. We could possibly get a lawsuit or something else
on our hands. So we don't publish this content."
Of course, some content may not be published.
But others may simply be worried that they will otherwise have to pay these fines.
And I don't think everyone can afford such a court case.
And not everyone has the time and the capacity or anything else for that.
So it's better to say out, out, out in advance.
Then there are also so-called fact checkers, which are used for precisely this purpose.
In this case, they are called "trusted flaggers", who can then say:
"Okay, this is now discriminatory content. This has to go or, if you don't delete it immediately, you'll pay a heavy fine."
The question that now arises for me is how can we, as alternative media or even as free media, combat this?
In some places, we are still in a situation where we want to access such platforms, at least because we want to reach people.
Because hardly anyone comes to a single website. So it has to be distributed somehow.
And YouTube is a platform - okay, that's Google, that's another topic.
But even something like Telegram or now here tolino, where anyone can be a self-publisher.
Yes, there are all these things.
And that will become more problematic, even for alternative media, to find any distribution at all when this Digital
Services Act is properly in force for the first time.
And there may also be a few lawyers who are employed to look for such things.
And if you don't want certain content to be published and distributed, then you can
find ways and means to prevent it with laws.
So thinking for yourself may become increasingly difficult.
That means:
Stay alert, stay curious, don't be intimidated!
We'll find some ways and means, but we might have to cut through the undergrowth a bit.
With this in mind, all the best and thank you for your attention.