Twitter Speeds Up Push Against ‘Dehumanizing Speech’
Just a day after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Twitter did not suspend Alex Jones’ account because he has not violated the site’s rules, Twitter indicated that evolving rules might be used against him.
YouTube Overrules Opposition to Climate Change via Wikipedia
YouTube has decided that its viewers and content creators are only allowed to believe what they decide is right — especially when it comes to climate change.
Tech Companies Move to Ban InfoWars Across Platforms
In the running war against freedom of speech, tech companies have started to take down extremist content.
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Rep. McCarthy: Facebook, Twitter Must ‘Stop the Bias’
Twitter’s fight with conservatives has gotten so bad that politicians want to do something about it.
Jack Dorsey: Twitter’s ‘Conversational Health’ Is Based on Feelings
Amidst allegations of shadowbanning conservatives, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sat down for an interview with Fox News Radio’s Guy Benson. During the conversation, Dorsey portrayed Twitter’s “conversational health” initiative as something intuitive and compared the company’s measures to drinking lemon water when you have a fever.
Google Is Reportedly Planning a Censored Search Engine for China
Google is reportedly considering launching a search engine in China in compliance with censorship demands by the government, according to a report in The Intercept. The Intercept report claims project Dragonfly has been around since last year, although “knowledge about Dragonfly has been restricted to just a few hundred members.” An alleged insider, however, told The Intercept the search engine…
Antifa Doesn’t Want Its Facebook Pages Deleted
Facebook is mistaking anti-fascist pages for Russian fake accounts. The shoe is now on the other foot. According to the Daily Beast, Facebook removed “fake accounts engaged in covert influence operations against Americans.” However, the site also removed events and pages connected to the anarchist and anti-fascist movement, including an event scheduled for August 12 called No Unite the Right 2,…
Facebook Removes 32 Pages For ‘Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior’
On Tuesday, Facebook announced that it removed 32 profiles and pages that it suspected “coordinated inauthentic behavior” on the site. Of those 32 pages, Facebook said the most popular pages were ones such as “Resisters,” “Aztlan Warriors,” and “Black Elevation,” some of which promoted liberal political narratives.
Twitter Suspends Pro-Gun Senate Candidate For Stalin Joke
Once again, Missouri Republican congressional candidate Austin Peterson has fallen afoul of Twitter. This time it was for a simple joke.
Christian Podcast Plummets on iTunes After Posting Prayer for Trump
Twitter and Facebook aren’t the only tech companies accused of downplaying or demoting conservative media. Pastor James MacDonald posted a prayer on Facebook for President Donald Trump just before the new SCOTUS nominee was announced. His podcast, Walk in the Word, vanished from the Top 25 chart completely in a matter of 24 hours. According to CBN News, “In the past the podcast had never dipped…
Twitter Partners With Academics Who Call RNC Speeches ‘Hate’
Twitter is on a mission to rid its platform of “intolerance” and “incivility.” But it’s doing in a way guaranteed to anger conservatives.
Twitter Suspended Conservative Blogger For Bogus ‘Hateful Conduct’
Twitter says it wants to improve the “health” of their “conversation” on its site, but its going after the wrong people.
Sen. Cruz Defends Alex Jones Against 30-Day Facebook Suspension
InfoWars founder Alex Jones is currently in the midst of a 30-day Facebook suspension for allegedly violating the site’s rules against “bullying” and “hate speech.” It has even resulted in surprising support from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Jones has said extreme and untrue things, such as falsely asserting that the shooting of six-year-old kids at Sandy Hook was fake.
