Facebook Co-Founder: Zuckerberg Wants Domination, So Break It Up
May 9th, 2019 2:27 PM
A former Facebook executive is interested in seeing Facebook get chopped into pieces. An op-ed written by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes in the New York Times expressed a resolve to “break up Facebook.” In the lengthy article , Hughes addressed many of the company’s ills, including Facebook’s privacy scandals and the concept that Facebook helped Donald Trump become president.
Reddit Wants an ‘Anti-Evil’ Moderator to ‘Handle Sensitive Issues’
May 9th, 2019 10:07 AM
The front page of the internet wants to fight evil. But is it actually evil? Reddit is opening a new office in Ireland, and looking to recruit an “Anti-Evil” moderator to take down content that breaks the rules. Job responsibilities include: “Reviewing reported content and assess for policy compliance quickly and effectively.”
Google CEO Sees the Light on Privacy? Critics Call him a False Prophet
May 8th, 2019 3:58 PM
Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times on how Google has actually been aiming to protect user privacy. “[P]rivacy is for everyone — not just for the few,” he declared. His critics are not convinced. The same day another Times opinion piece titled “Google Says It Has Found Religion on Privacy” addressed his claims as well as his critics’ concerns. It described the…
Horowitz Suspended from Twitter TWICE in Two Days
May 8th, 2019 2:12 PM
Is it possible for someone to be banned more than once in a week? The answer, according to Twitter, is yes. Conservative pundit and prolific author David Horowitz was suspended from Twitter in April, but appealed and was back online on May 7.
Twitter Suspends Account That Tracks Violence Against MAGA Supporters
May 8th, 2019 11:57 AM
A conservative news host’s account tracking violence against Trump supporters was deplatformed. One America News Network host Jack Posobiec’s Twitter account “@MAGAphobia” was taken down from Twitter May 6. Posobiec said he started this account to “track violence against Trump supporters all in one place.” He tweeted, “Today Twitter banned it.” Posobiec defined “MAGAphobia” as either a “…
Instagram Will Be Fact-Checking and Limiting Posts
May 8th, 2019 11:39 AM
Instagram is testing the same model of censorship as its sister company, Facebook. Poynter, the liberal, Soros-funded fact-checking institute that verifies all fact-checking organizations for Facebook, announced May 6 that Instagram was testing shadowbanning all “disinformation” on its platform.
Twitter Silent on AOC Parody Account’s ‘Permanent Suspension’
May 7th, 2019 5:33 PM
There are parody accounts and satire accounts on Twitter for almost every politician, red or blue. But not for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Twitter removed a parody account (that clearly stated multiple times on the account page that it was a parody) for “creating fake and misleading accounts.” The account owner, Michael Morrison, was also “permanently suspended.”
Loomer Crashes Facebook HQ, Exposes Anti-Christian/Jewish Bias
May 7th, 2019 11:32 AM
Recently deplatformed activist Laura Loomer showed up to Facebook’s lobby, skewering the company for showing solidarity for everybody but Jewish and Christian people. A poster, possibly handmade by a local worker, hangs in the lobby right next to the entrance. It says “Take care of Muslim, Black, Women + Femmes, Queer, Latinx, Native, Immigrant, P.O.C, Trans, Disabled, Incarcerated, L.G.B.T.Q.+…
Twitter Removes Account Mocking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
May 7th, 2019 10:06 AM
Twitter supposedly allows parody and satire accounts on its platform. But those privileges seem to only apply to accounts mocking the GOP. An account that parodied Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was suspended on May 6.
Election Interference: YouTube Restricts Irish Party’s Pro-Life Video
May 7th, 2019 9:30 AM
An Irish Pro-Life political party has had its most recent video restricted on YouTube without comments or recommendations. The National Party, An Páirtí Náisiúnta in Irish-Gaelic, has received intense media scrutiny for its strong pro-life and anti-mass immigration positions. National Party President Justin Barrett claimed there are many cases “where the Big Tech companies have clearly designed…
Google Blocks Claremont From Slamming PC, ‘Identity Politics’
May 6th, 2019 2:40 PM
Claremont Institute President Ryan P. Williams tweeted that his organization’s advertisements are being blocked on bogus charges. He claimed that Google operatives were “punishing us for our political thought by refusing to let us advertise to our own readers.” He elaborated that his organization sought to advertise an upcoming May 11 gala, “But Google refuses to allow us to do so.”
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CNN to Facebook and Twitter: Trump Is ‘Dangerous’ Too
May 6th, 2019 11:45 AM
CNN is ready to push Big Tech into banning President Donald Trump -- as a “dangerous” person. Facebook and Instagram banned six individuals and all links to conspiracy website InfoWars as “dangerous” last week.
Dear Facebook: Are Anti-ISIS Kurdish Freedom Fighters ‘Dangerous?’
May 3rd, 2019 4:16 PM
Facebook has a way of labelling and categorizing ideologies and individuals that it has banned. But how does it view other groups it hasn’t banished? On May 2, Facebook banned Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam, Infowars’ Alex Jones and Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer, and a handful of others. These individuals and any links promoting them were banned from Facebook and Facebook’s…
Oops! Poynter Scraps Disastrous ‘UnNews’ Blacklist of Conservatives
May 3rd, 2019 12:29 PM
After slamming at least 29 conservative outlets and websites as “unreliable,” it appears Poynter was unprepared for the negative response it caused — for publishing something incredibly unreliable. When the Washington Examiner reacted to the Poynter blacklist, which included 515 websites and at least 29 conservative sites, Poynter took the Examiner off the list. Later, on May 2, it removed a…
