Censorship
WashPost: DOJ Moves Closer to Bringing Antitrust Case Against Google
The Department of Justice (DOJ) may now be one step closer to bringing down Google’s massive empire. The DOJ is expected to brief state attorneys general on plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google as early as this week, according to sources cited in The Washington Post.
Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s WeChat Ban at Eleventh Hour
Just hours before President Donald Trump’s executive order banning the WeChat app was to go into effect, a federal judge blocked it.
On Sunday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler temporarily blocked Trump’s ban of the Chinese-owned messaging app, citing a…
Twitter Censors Tim Tebow Video About Christian Truth and Love
It is fairly common for Twitter to censor or flag conservative content it deems offensive. Now, the platform has decided that a video discussing Christian love and truth constitutes sensitive material.
Twitter placed an interstitial, or filter, on a video that former NFL quarterback and Christian icon Tim…
Facebook, Google Partner with Liberal Org for 2020 Election Strategy
Big Tech giant Facebook informed the Media Research Center that it would be partnering with the nonpartisan digital encyclopedia Ballotpedia and the radical left-wing organization Democracy Works to help formulate the online platform’s 2020 election strategy.
OF COURSE! Twitter Public Policy Director Leaves, Joins Biden Campaign
It’s no secret that Twitter skews sharply to the left. A recent job change by a top employee of the platform shows why.
Hawley Says Voters Are Tired of Power Wielded by Big Tech ‘Juggernaut’
American’s rights online have been trampled by major tech companies who have leveraged favorable government policy to suppress or censor user’s content without fear it will come back to hurt them.
Study: One-Third of Americans Want More Regs on Big Tech
It's no secret that Americans have a complicated relationship with Big Tech, and a recent study from FleishmanHillard highlights just how complicated this relationship can be. FleishmanHillard, a St. Louis-based marketing agency and public relations firm, found that “consumers want the technology sector to take a long hard look at its policies and practices.”
FTC May Bring Antitrust Case Against Facebook: WSJ
Google testified in an antitrust hearing before the Senate yesterday, but the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appears to be gearing up to crack down on Facebook. The Wall Street Journal reported that the FTC is preparing “a possible antitrust lawsuit against Facebook,” potentially by the end of the year, citing several sources familiar with the matter.
Trump Defends CNBC’s Cramer from Woke Twitter Mob, Says ‘No Pandering’
CNBC’s Jim Cramer may have made a Freudian slip yesterday when he called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “Crazy Nancy” to her face on live TV. He has since apologized. But the Twitter woke mob had smelled blood. In response to Cramer’s gaffe, blue check marks all over the Twitterverse were either blowing their collective gaskets or calling for Cramer’s head to be served up on the proverbial silver…
Sens. Lee, Hawley and Cruz BASH Google’s Anti-Conservative Bias
Google has long tried to hide its anti-conservative bias, but today, Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) were not having it. Big Tech representatives faced off with the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights on September 15. The hearing was titled “Stacking the Tech: Has Google harmed competition in online advertising?”
YouTube Censors Hoover Institute Doc for Contradicting COVID Narrative
Only some experts are allowed to comment, apparently. That much was made clear when YouTube censored White House presidential advisor and Dr. Scott Atlas, M.D, for going against the World Health Organization’s narrative. “YouTube has yanked down a video produced by Stanford University's Hoover Institute featuring public health expert Dr. Scott Atlas, M.D., because it ‘contradicts the World…
Facebook Removal of Exploitative ‘Cuties’ Clip Puts Netflix on Blast
Although Netflix streaming service has a "Big Pedo Problem,' most recently with the film Cuties, it appears as though Facebook is refusing to allow despicable content on its platform. Facebook allegedly removed a clip from the Netflix movie Cuties for violating its terms of “adult sexual exploitation,” tweeted Brittany Martinez. The founder and editor-in-chief of Evie…
Sen. Blackburn Pushes Section 230 Reform to Hold Big Tech Accountable
Big Tech’s reign of terror may soon come to an end, and today, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) further explained how. Blackburn held an informal discussion via Zoom to discuss The Online Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Act, which she introduced alongside Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MI) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
MIT Technology Review Gaslights Conservatives for Concern Over Riots
Conservative journalists who post videos of riots are the problem, not the riots. That’s the word from a professor at Harvard Kennedy’s prominent Shorenstein Center. Joan Donovan, director of the Technology and Social Change Research Project at the center, blamed conservatives for being the real source of America’s modern violence. Her September 3 op-ed ran in the MIT Technology Review…
