Twitter Temporarily Restricts Popular Satire Account Titania McGrath

June 3rd, 2020 11:16 AM

In the time of the COVID-19 virus, Twitter apparently sees conservative satire as the true plague. The parody Twitter persona Titania McGrath,created by comedian and Spiked columnist Andrew Doyle to satirize social justice advocates, is the latest example. Doyle said in a June 3, 2020 Tweet that “she” was “temporarily restricted” by Twitter. The McGrath account was previously suspended for…

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MRC's Bozell: Zuckerberg Can't Give in to ‘Social Media Brown Shirts’

June 2nd, 2020 7:13 PM

Appearing early Tuesday evening on the Fox Business Network’s Evening Edit, Media Research Center Founder and President Brent Bozell urged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to remain strong and refuse to give into the “social media brown shirts” at his company, which have demanded censorship of President Trump. In contrast, Bozell noted that his employees haven’t made the…

Workers, Leftists Blast Facebook for NOT Censoring Trump

June 2nd, 2020 4:19 PM

Even after Mark Zuckerberg’s $10 million donation to social justice groups, liberals are still hounding him for not censoring the president of the United States. President Donald Trump threatened a crackdown on the violent riots tearing apart the country with fire, looting, and racial attacks. And his critics went berserk demanding he be banned from social media.

Twitter Censors Gaetz Tweet Against Antifa for ‘Glorifying Violence’

June 2nd, 2020 12:19 PM

After President Donald Trump called for “designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization,” a GOP congressman was censored for demanding the group be treated as such. Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) tweeted after days of violent riots: “Now that we clearly see Antifa as terrorists, can we hunt them down like we do those in the Middle East?” Twitter placed an interstitial, or a filter, over the…

54% Say Social Media Should 'Allow Free Speech Without Interference'

June 2nd, 2020 12:03 PM

More than twice as many likely voters want social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, to allow free speech by users as want them to regulate what is posted, a new national survey by Rasmussen Reports reveals.

Big Tech Throws Support, Millions Behind Race Protests

June 1st, 2020 6:38 PM

Let no crisis … or marketing opportunity go to waste? Big Tech and entertainment corporations across the country have declared solidarity for protestors as the country burns. Many of the household name companies that are a staple of modern American life have declared their support for protestors. Google, Twitter, Facebook, Netflix, Amazon, and many other companies have made public statements…

Facebook Takes Down COVID-19 Shutdown Protests But Not Antifa Protests

June 1st, 2020 2:02 PM

Facebook made a point to take down protest pages during the shutdowns. But it doesn’t seem to want to do the same for the leftist protests occurring in 16 states.

Satire Site The Babylon Bee Claims More Facebook Censorship

May 29th, 2020 5:20 PM
The Babylon Bee has come under fire for its satirical posts on Facebook before, and it appears it’s happening again.

Cruz Urges Criminal Probe of Twitter for Possible Sanctions Violations

May 29th, 2020 4:22 PM

Twitter’s overreach has caused conservative leaders to declare an all-out political and legal response. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), sent an open letter to the Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury on Friday to call for a criminal investigation into Twitter for violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and Executive Order 13876. Cruz quoted the wording of…

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Trump Cites NewsBusters in Making Strong Case Against Twitter

May 29th, 2020 12:44 PM

President Donald Trump hit back at Big Tech bias by signing an “Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship” in the Oval Office on Thursday. And he relied on information from the Media Research Center’s TechWatch to do it. Before Trump signed the executive order that interprets Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA), he showcased a blog by NewsBusters MRC TechWatch…

Twitter Censors Trump, Won’t Remove Iranian Threats of Violence

May 29th, 2020 12:01 PM

After fact-checking President Donald Trump by using statements from CNN and The Washington Post, Twitter fired another salvo at Trump again over a tweet about the Minneapolis riots. 

Gaetz, Hawley Push Campaign Against Big Tech Section 230 Protections

May 28th, 2020 5:27 PM
An executive order AND proposed legislation? Social media may be in for a reckoning. “Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Wednesday separately announced they were both working on legislation to strip Twitter of federal protections that ensure the company is not held liable for what is posted on its platform,” The Hill reported on May 27. Lawmakers are fiercely debating over…

33 Examples of Twitter’s Anti-Conservative Bias

May 28th, 2020 1:35 PM
President Donald Trump is right that social media companies have been targeting conservatives. Twitter, in particular, has been engaging in a relentless attack on the American political process by censoring conservatives.

Trump Expected to Launch Executive Order on Big Tech Censorship Today

May 28th, 2020 12:15 PM
Twitter’s choice to fact-check the president’s genuine concern over the hazards of mail-in voting appear to have been the last straw. “President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order today that seeks to punish social media companies for making editorial judgments about the content on their platforms,” NBC News & MSNBC senior media reporter Dylan Byers wrote in his May 28 Byers…