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Google & Apple Shielded Radical El-Sayed, David Bozell Tells Sinclair

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Is Google News Responsible for Al Jazeera’s US Media Viewership Rise?

Heather Moon and Michael Morris
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Big Media and Big Tech Threaten Democracy—Again

Michael Morris

Google Tries, Fails to Rebut MRC’s Tech Giant-Platner Special Report

Gabriela Pariseau
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Inside Apple and Google’s Failed Attempt to Effectively Shield Platner

Luis Cornelio
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Big 4 News Apps Couldn’t Bring Themselves to Celebrate America’s 250th

Luis Cornelio
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FIFA Tourists Expected Worst. Apple News Gaslights, Hides Good US News

Heather Moon and Luis Cornelio

Google News Turns America's 250 Milestone into Negative Onslaught

Gabriela Pariseau
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Big Tech’s New Favorite Outlet Fundraised Off of Charlie Kirk’s Death

Luis Cornelio and Abel Jones

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Former World of Warcraft Developer Disavows Company Over China

Video game industry legend Mark Kern disavowed Blizzard for kowtowing to Chinese censorship, encouraging gamers to “rise up” and “#BoycottBlizzard.” Kern, who grew up in Asia, was involved in some of Blizzard Entertainment’s most famous games. He worked as a producer for demon-slaying epic “Diablo 2” and as a team lead on “World of Warcraft.”
Alexander Hall

PC Robots? Disney ‘Corrects Gender Bias’ with AI

Entertainment empires are turning to artificial intelligence to prevent offensive scripts from heading to the big screen. Actress and activist Geena Davis announced that her new digital tool, “GD IQ: Spellcheck for Bias,” will partner with Disney Studios, which includes ABC News and 20th Century Fox.
Corinne Weaver

Kickstarter Allegedly Rejects Comic for Featuring Villain Latino Gang

Are gangs now off-limits to crime-fighting superheroes? Allegedly, the South American MS-13, whose motto is “kill, rape, control” is considered to be a “marginalized group” by Big Tech liberals. American comic book creator Mike S. Miller alleged via his Twitter account on Oct. 2 that Kickstarter had deplatformed his comic book project on the grounds that it “subjugated” a “marginalized group.”…
Alexander Hall

Elizabeth Warren Slams Facebook for Helping ‘Elect Donald Trump’

Democrats want to persecute any business, person, or group that has helped or even simply not hindered President Donald Trump. Even top social media companies. Senator and Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren came after Facebook on Twitter on Oct. 7, for “help[ing] elect Donald Trump once” and for labeling her own campaign as “an ‘existential’ threat to Facebook.”
Corinne Weaver

Blizzard Bans Competitive Gamer for Shouting Hong Kong Protest Slogan

Another American company bowed to Chinese censorship in order to protect their bottom line. Blizzard Entertainment found itself in the same hot water as the NBA about China. The computer gaming firm, famous for titles such as “World of Warcraft” and “Starcraft,” has publicly announced a one-year suspension as of Oct. 8 for a professional video game player Chung Ng-wai, better known as Blitzchung…
Alexander Hall

Facebook Defends Free Speech! Platform Allows Trump Ad That CNN Banned

Facebook is taking a free-speech approach to political campaign ads, and letting users decide what is or is not fake news. Naturally, the left is upset about it. President Trump’s re-election campaign launched a new ad both on television and social media last week that condemned Vice President Joe Biden’s role in the Ukraine controversy. 
Alexander Hall

Journalism Study Claims Search Engines and Social Media ‘Not Neutral’

The liberal media are ready to redefine social media platforms as something only they can use freely. Harvard Kennedy School’s Joan Donovan and Data and Society head Danah Boyd wrote in a white paper that tech companies were responsible for a “new wave of hate groups.”
Corinne Weaver

Amazon Alexa Has ‘New Ways’ to Detect, Listen for Things in Your Home

In a recent piece on Amazon’s “Day One” blog, Amazon detailed some of the “[n]ew ways Alexa makes life simpler and more convenient” and “your home smarter and safer” all the while keeping your “family and friends connected, and bring[ing] your favorite entertainment to  you, wherever  you are.”

Michael Morris

Black Conservative Warns Twitter ‘Coming After Trump Supporters'

Comedian Terrence K. Williams of “The Deplorables” comedy troupe, pleaded for help Friday amidst fears Twitter was targeting his account for his support of President Trump. A popular blue check conservative with over 600,000 followers, Williams received a legal warning from Twitter right before he was to go to the White House’s “Young Black Leadership Summit.”
Alexa Moutevelis

Dems Gabbard, Warren Defend Trump’s Free Speech on Twitter

Strange political times make for unexpected allies as Democratic primary candidates defend Trump’s right to have a platform on Twitter. Democratic presidential nominee rivals Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii and Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts rejected comments by Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (D-CA) calling for Trump to be suspended from Twitter.
Alexander Hall

Is Google CEO Op-Ed on Fox Business a Shift to the Right?

The massive search engine monopoly that is Google is now defending small businesses and it did so on Fox Business. That raises an interesting question: Do conservatives suddenly look more appealing to Big Tech in the face of regulatory statements by Democrat candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
Corinne Weaver

China’s TikTok Video App Censors Posts about Trump, Christianity, LGBT

One of the news social media apps is copying the strategies of big name sites — censorship. TikTok, a wildly popular app that is managed by a sinister moderation system, is censoring posts about President Donald Trump, Christianity and the LGBT community, according to leaks sent to The Guardian.

Alexander Hall

EU: U.S. Tech Firms Must Remove Posts If They Are Illegal in Europe

So much for the Declaration of Independence? The top court in the European Union ruled that Facebook, an American company, must delete content globally if a European court deems it defamatory. As the Court of Justice of the European Union press release wrote, “EU law does not preclude a host provider such as Facebook from being ordered to remove identical and, in certain circumstances, equivalent…
Alexander Hall

Twitter Removes Trump’s Meme Video From Twitter

President Trump’s sense of humor has been limited by good old-fashioned copyright claims. After the president tweeted a video with a clip from Nickelback’s music video, “Photograph,” the meme was removed promptly.
Corinne Weaver