50% of U.S. Adults Say Trump Should NOT Be Permanently Banned Online
Nearly all major social media platforms banned former President Donald Trump in January after he called for “peace” following the Capitol riot. A new study from the Pew Research Center revealed just how controversial the bans were to the American people. The Pew Research Center conducted a study of 4,623 U.S. adults who were asked about their views on permanently banning Trump from social…
Stefanik WARNS: Big Tech Taking Us in 'More Authoritarian Direction'
“These companies have too much power,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) said Monday, calling for Congress to break the stranglehold giant platforms like Facebook and Twitter have on social media freedom of speech.
ANOTHER! Former Dow Jones Exec Plans to Launch News Service
A former Dow Jones CEO has decided to launch his own news media startup aimed at handling “misinformation” on social media. Because the world needed another one. Former Dow Jones CEO William Lewis launched “The News Movement” to tackle what he reportedly saw as a “global crisis of misinformation,” according to Bloomberg News. The focus of the organization appeared to be a social media…
SHOCK! Rasmussen: 59% Voters Say Social Media Operators Are Biased
“Do the operators of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter edit their content in a fair and balanced way, or are they politically biased in the decisions they make?”
STIFLED! Twitter Censors Accounts for Sharing Trump Statements
Twitter is now even restricting statements made by former President Donald Trump on its platform. The social media giant has reportedly censored accounts that have shared statements from Trump, which he released from his new website,…
Another One Bites the Dust: LifeSiteNews Says Facebook Deleted Page
Facebook quietly unpublished a pro-life page as the tech world focused on former President Donald Trump. The platform’s Oversight Board had an upcoming decision on the former president’s Facebook suspension when LifeSiteNews lost its page. The LifeSiteNews Facebook page was removed on May 4 in what appeared to be the platform’s latest attempt to silence any dissent about COVID-19 vaccines. A…
Stefanik Asks Why Censorship Errors 'ONLY Happen to Conservatives?’
“BIG TECH on the MOVE! Twitter just suspended my Communications Director,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) tweeted early Thursday morning.
Children’s Health Defense Goes to Court Over Facebook’s Censorship
An alleged “vaccine safety” organization has fought to have its case against Facebook censorship heard in court.
The Children’s Health Defense (CHD) appeared in court May 5 to fight a motion to dismiss its lawsuit against Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and several of the platform’s fact-checkers for censorship. San Francisco, California Senior District Judge Susan Illston heard…
F! Oversight Board Confirms MRC Big Tech Report Card with Trump Ruling
The Facebook Oversight Board upheld Facebook’s decision to suspend former President Donald Trump’s Facebook account. The Board also chastised Facebook for assessing a “vague, standardless penalty.” The ruling confirmed the Media Research Center’s assessment that Facebook’s transparency is abysmal.
SHOCK: NBC Scrutinizes Facebook’s Trump Ban, Focuses on Criticisms
While their competitors over on ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS Evening News used GOP infighting to muddy their reporting on the Facebook oversight board’s decision to uphold the ban on former President Trump, NBC Nightly News focused on the board’s criticisms of the social media giant and their unfair ban of the former president. In addition, nearly every soundbite…
HYPOCRISY: Facebook Continues to Protect Leftists Who Promote Violence
Facebook can continue its ban of former President Donald Trump, but the company has ignored prominent leftists on its platform who have called for violence and unrest. Facebook’s Oversight Board punted Trump’s suspension back to Facebook and gave the company six months to review the ban. In the meantime, several leftist political influencers have broken Facebook’s rules or called for unrest in…
UPSET! Lib Tech Journos Respond to Facebook Oversight Board Decision
Even when decisions appear to go their way, liberal journalists on Twitter still find a way to complain. The Facebook Oversight Board decided to at least temporarily uphold Facebook’s ban of former President Donald Trump but insisted Facebook review the decision within six months. Liberal tech journalists still appeared upset, despite the Board’s attempts at splitting the baby in the left’s…
Hollywood Thinks Trump’s Facebook Ban Has to Do with ‘Rule Of Law’
Hollywood’s worst are reacting to Facebook extending its ban of the 45th president for another six months, and they either gloated or complained Facebook hadn’t gone far enough.
Oversight Board Reaches Decision, Bans Trump from Facebook — for Now
In a massive blow to free speech online, the Facebook Oversight Board decided to uphold the platform’s ban of former President Donald Trump. But with limits. The Board “upheld” Facebook’s decision to ban Trump after more than three months of deliberation. The decision further solidified the Board’s role in strengthening Facebook’s censorship power. But it insisted that Facebook review the…