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Visit CensorTrackFact-Checker: Trump ‘Did NOT Urge People to Inject Disinfectants'
A Facebook fact-checking partner determined that President Donald Trump did not tell people to inject themselves with disinfectants to cure the coronavirus. Lead Stories, a fact-checking outlet run by former CNN employees, took a video from popular Facebook page March for Science and found it to be a “false accusation.”
Reddit CEO Condemns Chinese App TikTok as ‘Spyware’
Even our own local Big Tech overlords are wary of an app overseen by the insidious Chinese government. Reddit CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman blasted TikTok during a discussion panel at the “Social 2030” venture capital conference with other Big Tech experts, TechCrunch reported in late February. Huffman declared the app to be “fundamentally parasitic” and explained that he tells people…
Twitter Reportedly Cracks Down on Memes Mocking Biden
Twitter allows manipulated media of President Donald Trump to remain on its platform. But memes of Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden are allegedly taken down if they are even mentioned. A meme, made to look like a fake Biden ad, showed the candidate smiling with a beam of light coming from his chest. A statement that says, “His brain? No. His heart,” sits to the…
Twitter CEO: We Would Label Trump Tweets to ‘Show a Disagreement’
The liberal media has seemingly placed a heavy emphasis on what it considers to be disinformation and misinformation, and Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey had responded. Dorsey testified to this phenomenon in an interview with Showtime hosts Desus Nice and The Kid Mero on April 22, 2020.
Twitter to Purge COVID-19 Tweets that May Incite ‘Harmful Activity’
Twitter made a huge update to its COVID-19 guidance to address "Unverified claims that incite people to action,” including those that “could lead to widespread panic, social unrest, or large-scale disorder." Twitter Safety announced the platform’s plans to crack down on “unverified claims that incite people to engage in harmful activity, could lead to the destruction or damage of critical 5G…
Bipartisan Act to Protect Children Pushed, Privacy Advocates Concerned
A bipartisan group of politicians is pushing a bill to prevent “online sexual exploitation of children,” but some civil liberty and tech experts have warned that it could jeopardize American privacy. There is fierce debate over the bill. The EARN IT Act, or “Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020,” was introduced in the Senate on March 05, 2020.
Report: 154 Universities Use Secret Facebook ‘Blacklist’ to Censor
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.