Hi, Folks -

Sometime in 2014, money from our remote ad suppliers began going down, despite our readership remaining the same or increasing.

Then Google AdSense dumped us in early September, citing a specific 2006 post in our Archive that was said to be in breach of the "no gore" policy.

Then in late September, the hacker deleted over 300,000+ post files. That's had the effect of gradually making us seem to disappear from Google and probably other search engines, too. Nowadays we're seeing about 2/3 the traffic we had been steadily seeing before that. (Did someone 'sic' the hacker on us, with that exact goal in mind? We'll probably never know.)

So, we can relate :) to this pop-up notice one encounters these day on surfing to ForbiddenKnowledgeTV.com:

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Emergency: Please Donate to ForbiddenKnowledgeTV!

Due to recent Orwellian developments on the Internet, released publicly about programs that skew pageviews on websites, that have been ongoing for some time, this site, which used to be highly profitable has gradually been earning less and less. Currently, it can now barely sustain itself from ad income, based on search engine results and newsletter traffic, despite the site's subscribership being at an all-time high. This would make no sense, if there were no hanky-panky going on.

For nearly 5 years, we have striven to keep this service free for all - but must now ask for voluntary donations from the viewers who enjoy this site.

The imminent deployment of Google's Knowledge Vault will gravely impact all Alternative News sites, including FKTV. The Knowledge Vault's Artificial Intelligence analyzes data on a webpage. The further that this data deviates from State Propaganda, the lower the search engine results of that page.

Google search rankings will no longer be based on popularity but on an Orwellian, Artificial Intelligence-based "truthiness."

The content on FKTV often deviates substantially from "truthiness."

Please click on the donation button below, which offers many different payment options and donate an amount that you feel comfortable with, whenever you can. You do not need to have a PayPal account to donate, via this button.

If you do not have a PayPal account, look toward the bottom left of the page that opens up, after you click on the button below, to follow those options:

We will also accept checks, sent to:

ForbiddenKnowledgeTV

P.O. Box ...

[PO Box and bank account info redacted for RMN posting; it's easily found in the pop-up at the FKTV site]

I'm thunderstruck by the collision of gratitude between FKTV subscribers and myself, right now! I thank all who have sent letters, outpouring with kindness and love; I've literally wept, while reading your words of encouragement and the strong expressions of desire from so many, to keep this service alive. I've also been stunned by those who've spoken volumes by silently donating surprising amounts, ensuring the continued publication of the site for another two or three months.

By then, I will hopefully have devised a new business plan, which will force me to expand this operation beyond just myself...and the truth is, I can't keep doing everything by myself. I need a life, too. We'll just get there, one step at a time.

As soon as I've come up with a new system that pays the bills, this notice and this plea will be taken down. I could never possibly adequately thank all of you, who have chipped in so far!

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