Report: 154 Universities Use Secret Facebook ‘Blacklist’ to Censor
April 22nd, 2020 2:45 PM
Censorship on college campuses can be problematic, especially if those campuses are public institutions. “Restrictions on speech by public colleges and universities amount to government censorship, in violation of the Constitution,” wrote the American Civil Liberties Union.
Microsoft Partner NewsGuard Slimes Limbaugh’s Facebook Page as ‘False’
April 21st, 2020 3:01 PM
COVID-19 is a phenomenon that even the most trusted sources have known almost nothing about since it began to spread in Wuhan, China. Outlets like CNN and organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) have published material that later turned out to be untrue. Yet somehow, conservative media outlets get called out for “misinformation.”
Pew: 52% in US Won’t Use a Product or Service Over Privacy Concerns
April 20th, 2020 5:09 PM
After years of Big Tech scandals, Americans are unsure about giving away their data. “About half (52%) of U.S. adults said they decided recently not to use a product or service because they were worried about how much personal information would be collected about them,” Pew Research Center (Pew) reported in a study published April 14. The Pew study indicated that “Roughly one-in-five Americans (…
Facebook Fights Misinformation by Recommending Hapless WHO
April 20th, 2020 10:25 AM
The World Health Organization has been a dangerous source of misinformation in the COVID-19 pandemic, and Facebook is nudging users to read their info. Facebook said it is concerned that COVID-19 is not the only plague sweeping across the globe. There has also been an “infodemic” (a term coined during the SARS outbreak) of fake information about the COVID-19 virus, its cures and its origins.…
NY Times Podcast Implies YouTube, Internet Can Cause Radicalization
April 17th, 2020 3:41 PM
Are the liberal media truly concerned about online radicalization, or just salty because conservatives are better at YouTube? New York Times reporter and columnist Kevin Roose has turned his wildly overhyped article “The Making of a YouTube Radical” into a podcast. Roose’s 2019 article featured the misfit 20-something Caleb Cain who allegedly “turned on to far-right conspiracy theories on the…
Google Allegedly Censors Church for Violating Coronavirus Guidelines
April 17th, 2020 12:35 PM
An Idaho evangelical church might have had its app pulled from the Google Playstore for having references about the coronavirus within the app. Christ Church, a church in Moscow, Idaho, alleged that its app was suspended on Good Friday, April 10.
Facebook Fact-Checker Allegedly Censors New York Post Op-Ed
April 17th, 2020 9:07 AM
Fact-checkers base judgments on posts and news pieces on the information at hand. However, what happens when the information is outdated? Is the fact-check taken back? An op-ed published in the New York Post (NY Post) by Population Research Institute President Steven Mosher in February was fact-checked by Facebook’s fact-checking partner, Science Feedback.
Iran Caught Spreading Disinformation on Social Media Against US
April 16th, 2020 3:35 PM
Copying notes from China? The Iranian regime has been waging a massive disinformation war to accuse the United States for the COVID-19 virus. A special report has revealed that Iran has attempted to wage a massive disinformation campaign against the U.S. … but it may want to leave the election meddling to the pros.
All 9 Fact-Checkers Ignore Media’s Promotion of Chinese Propaganda
April 16th, 2020 2:32 PM
Facebook fact-checkers are quick to jump on when they claim conservative media gets it wrong. But what happens when CNN and NBC get stories wrong? On April 1, Bloomberg News reported that the U.S. intelligence community believed that China lied about the number of people who died from the coronavirus.
Apple, Google Launch COVID-19 Tracking Tech That’s Voluntary…for Now
April 15th, 2020 10:25 AM
Ready for Big Tech companies to review your movements to avoid the COVID-19 pandemic? In mid-May, Apple and Google will roll out an optional app that will notify users when they have entered the presence of a person with the coronavirus. This project was launched with the intention “to protect people and get society back up and running,” according to an April 10 announcement via Apple’s newsroom…
Former Reddit CEO Says, ‘We Can Measure’ Trump’s ‘Failures in Deaths’
April 14th, 2020 4:20 PM
Censorious tech activist and former Reddit CEO Ellen K. Pao took a swing at President Donald Trump during a time of crisis. Pao bashed the president in a tweet April 14. Pao included in her tweet an article from The Washington Post headlined “What it really means when Trump calls a story ‘fake news.’” The piece condemned Trump’s handling of the coronavirus and his lack of trust in the media. Pao…
Politico: Biden, Libs Are Losing to Conservatives on YouTube
April 13th, 2020 3:19 PM
It apparently took a lockdown for liberals to realize how badly they need to step up their game on YouTube. With much of the country staying at home on their computers, liberals are flailing in their attempts to utilize the internet as effectively as conservatives. “Joe Biden isn’t much of a YouTuber. But his campaign and Democrats are hastily trying to address a longstanding weakness and reach…
Twitter Is Taking Away Your Privacy, But at Least It Warned You
April 10th, 2020 4:56 PM
Can you put a price on your privacy? Twitter can, apparently. Say goodbye to your information privacy on Twitter. It now belongs to advertisers. “Twitter has removed a privacy feature that allowed all users to stop sharing some private information with advertisers,” The Verge wrote on April 8. It added, “The setting prevented Twitter from sharing information like the ads you saw or interacted…
Grammy-Nominated Eric Carmen Complains Twitter Is ‘Suppressing’ Him
April 10th, 2020 4:25 PM
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Eric Carmen (@RealEricCarmen) is battling Twitter. The open conservative and supporter of President Trump often complains that his tweets are being suppressed and that Twitter is deleting his followers.
