Far-Left Facebook Engineer QUITS, Claims Racism, Disinformation

September 10th, 2020 12:14 PM

As if we needed more proof that Facebook is overrun by leftists, one of the platform’s engineers just quit because the company was — wait for it — not leftist enough. Facebook engineer Ashok Chandwaney left the company on Tuesday morning, claiming in a letter, “I can no longer stomach contributing to an organization that is profiting off hate in the US and globally,” reported The…

GOP Senators Introduce Section 230 Bill to Hold Big Tech Accountable

September 9th, 2020 4:38 PM

Several prominent Republican senators have introduced legislation designed to turn up the pressure on Big Tech. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced The Online Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Act, on September 8. The Act aims to amend Section 230…

Disney ‘Thanks’ Uighur-Detaining CCP in ‘Mulan' Credits

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September 8th, 2020 7:49 PM

The Walt Disney Company’s hypocrisy has reached epic proportions. Despite how woke the House of Mouse likes to come off here in the United States, the “family-friendly” media empire dances a different routine for their masters in Beijing. Their latest dance, though, is particularly offensive as it involves the film company giving special thanks to government agencies in China that are linked…

Twitter Allowed ‘Deceptively Edited’ Video of Trump to Go Viral

September 8th, 2020 4:28 PM

Twitter censors edited videos that the right tweets on the platform, but Twitter allowed a “deceptively edited” video of Trump to go viral. Twitter came under fire for its hesitancy to remove a “deceptively edited” video of President Donald Trump from the platform. The video reportedly depicted him as “lost and disoriented,” according to The Daily Wire.

AG William Barr to Bring Antitrust Case Against Google

September 4th, 2020 4:30 PM

Oh, how the mighty may fall. For years, Google has expanded into a massive tech empire, but it now finds itself in the midst of an antitrust case in the United States.


Attorney General William Barr is reportedly planning to bring an antitrust case against Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google and YouTube, as early as this month,…

Zuckerberg Steps in to Settle Internal BLM Debate: The Daily Beast

September 3rd, 2020 3:32 PM

With tensions on the rise over the Black Lives Matter movement, many people have taken to social media platforms like Facebook to express their opinions. This issue has caused strife even among Facebook employees. On September 1, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to step in regarding controversy over a post made by an employee on Facebook’s internal message board, according to The Daily Beast…

Twitter Asks Democratic Candidate to Remove Post

September 2nd, 2020 3:08 PM

Once in a blue moon, Twitter actually targets the left. Twitter urged Democratic House candidate Elizabeth Hernandez to remove a tweet on September 1 that the platform claimed violated its policies.

Twitter Flagged Rep. Steve Scalise Over Biden Video

August 31st, 2020 4:26 PM

Twitter has, once again, bowed to pressure from the left to silence conservatives. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) reportedly removed a video from his Twitter account on Sunday after the platform flagged the video as having been “manipulated.”

Leftist Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Social Media Order

August 28th, 2020 4:36 PM

Leftist organizations are suing President Donald Trump over his recent executive order to investigate Big Tech censorship in an effort to protect the First Amendment rights of Americans.

Several voting advocacy groups, including Rock the Vote, Voto Latino, and Common Cause, along…

Apple Update Requires Apps to Get Permission to Track Users

August 27th, 2020 5:25 PM

After Apple snuck COVID-19 contract tracing software onto its iPhone updates in May, the company is now at least pretending to care about user privacy.  

One feature of Apple’s iOS 14 update, originally announced in June, is intended to help protect…

Report: Google Engineers Confused by Platform's Privacy Settings

August 26th, 2020 5:05 PM

Google doesn’t seem to understand privacy. Perhaps its employees need to Google it. A recent lawsuit against Google included emails from employees claiming that the company’s privacy settings are so complicated, even its own engineers don’t fully understand them.

 

YouTube AI Censors Twice as Many Videos in Second Quarter

August 26th, 2020 3:03 PM

When faced with the choice earlier this year, YouTube chose to censor more content on its platform during its second quarter than it had in any previous quarter.


YouTube reported that it removed twice as many videos in its second quarter than its first after sending its content moderators home during the COVID-19 shutdowns earlier this year in its…

House Judiciary Committee Republicans Call Out Amazon for Using SPLC

August 25th, 2020 3:36 PM

Several Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee took a big step in holding Amazon accountable for discriminating against conservatives.


Republicans on the House Committee on the Judiciary…

TikTok Filing Complaint that Challenges Trump EO Banning App in US

August 24th, 2020 4:57 PM

TikTok is reeling after two executive orders have threatened the Chinese-owned apps existence in the U.S. Now it has decided to take to the U.S. courts.

Today, TikTok filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government after President Donald Trump…