What Ratio? YouTube Discusses Removing Dislike Button
After numerous liberal videos have been downvoted by millions, YouTube is considering tactics to combat “dislike mobs.” Embarrassing cases such as YouTube’s famous 2018 Rewind and Gillette’s “anti-male” commercial have proved that the site has millions of users who don’t don’t share its progressive ideology.
‘Fake News’ Fact-Checkers Are Done With Facebook
Facebook once decided that partnering with a liberal fact-checker would help stop the spread of supposed “fake news.” On February 1, fact-checking site Snopes announced that it was no longer interested in working with Facebook and was pulling out of its partnership with the social media company.
Twitter CEO Admits He Can't Keep Track of Why Users Get Banned
Even Twitter’s CEO admits he can’t keep track of his company’s banning policy. Jack Dorsey made a few damning admissions and omissions during his interview with radio host Joe Rogan on February 2. While Rogan has been heavily panned by his fanbase for giving Dorsey “softball” questions, Dorsey has voiced openly contradictory positions on freedom of speech as well as his platform’s policies. …
Iran, Russia, Venezuela Have ‘Anti-West’ Social Media Projects
Foreign countries and governments that are at odds with the U.S. government will stop at nothing to influence elections. In announcements made on January 31, Facebook and Twitter stated that several hundred pages and accounts linked to Iran, Russia, and Venezuela had been taken down.
MIT Study Attacks Fox News as ‘Not to Be Trusted’
The schools and studies that are shaping technology’s approach to fake news and censorship are biased in favor of the left. A study released by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology opened with the premise that readers should be able to determine what fake news is and isn’t.
Google Employees Call Term ‘Family’ ‘Deeply Homophobic'
A Google executive sparked backlash from LGBT- supporting employees after using the term “family” in an internal presentation. The Daily Caller exposed a 2017 incident where Google was in uproar over a “family”-oriented product aimed at children. LGBT-sympathetic employees disparaged the term as “offensive, inappropriate, homophobic, and wrong” because it denies that non-traditional arrangements…
Facebook Hires Three From Soros-Funded Foundations to Fix Privacy
Want a job at Facebook? You’re a shoe-in if your resume includes having worked for liberal billionaire George Soros. According to Ars Technica, Facebook hired three people to analyze its privacy practices, which it mentioned on January 29.
Facebook to Create a Panel to Police Content
Facebook has mentioned that enforcing policies against “hate speech” is one of its priorities. In a new announcement released on Facebook’s blog, the platform stated that it was looking into creating a board to help determine content policing.
Slippery Slope? YouTube Cracks Down On Misinformation
YouTube announced it is restricting more videos — including “borderline content and content that could misinform users in harmful ways.” The platform has a bad history of policing content.
Twitter Accused of Banning Accounts for Tweeting ‘Learn to Code’
Left wing journalists once told working class Americans to “learn to code” and adapt to a globalized economy. Now those same journalists have been laid off, rumor has spread that users will be banned for tweeting the phrase back at them on the grounds of “targeted harassment.”
Study Blames Conservatives For ‘Fake News’ on Twitter
Left-wing academia attacks conservatives and conservative news for “fake news.” But their studies fall short of proving this theory. A new study found that “fake news was most concentrated among conservative voters.” Yet it highlighted 11 sources as “fake news” or “questionable” that constitutes a large part of conservative media
This Might Explain a Lot: Facebook Touted That LGBTQ Staffing Hit 8%
Facebook celebrates that it is “one of the best places to work for LGBTQ equality.” The company’s LGBTQ employment has jumped to eight percent in 2018, far higher than the 2017 Gallup Poll estimate that claims only 4.5 percent of the national population is LGBT.
Zuckerberg: Facebook Tries to Take Down All ‘Divisive Content’
When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about content now, he talks a lot about restricting speech. Zuckerberg wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal to explain the platform’s nebulous position on free speech.
Banned! Facebook to Silence More Pages for ‘Misleading Headlines’
Yet another new Facebook content policy has hit the platform, enabling Facebook to censor even more pages than before. Facebook updated its fake news policy on January 23, to include some more reasons to take down pages and groups. Facebook updated its fake news policy on January 23, to include some more reasons to take down pages and groups.
