GROWING! Rumble Welcomes Gabbard, Greenwald, Other Thought Leaders

August 12th, 2021 4:59 PM

The new free speech-oriented video-sharing platform said it has experienced massive growth in recent months. “In just the past year, Rumble has experienced over a 25-fold increase in viewership – with no indication of slowing,” the platform said. Rumble’s primary audience has been users considered right wing, but the platform’s welcoming of a broader diversity of voices could bring even more…

Blackburn, Blumenthal, Klobuchar UNLEASH App Store Competition Bill

August 12th, 2021 1:12 PM

Big Tech’s greatest enemy may be bipartisan legislation, as politicians from both sides of the aisle unite to introduce the Open App Markets Act.

Constitutional End Run? Biden Admin Pressures Facebook to Censor

August 12th, 2021 10:20 AM

President Joe Biden is at odds with the First Amendment. His administration has reportedly pressured Facebook for several months to censor Americans who post views contradicting the administration’s COVID-19 narrative. The First Amendment prohibits the federal government from restricting the right of Americans to freely express their beliefs. However, in an attempted end run around the…

Don’t Mess With Texas: Cruz Torches PolitiFact for Absurd Fact-Check

August 11th, 2021 4:05 PM

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) roasted PolitiFact after the Facebook fact-checker tried to pretend it knew more about Texas law than Cruz did. Cruz reportedly proclaimed that there was “clear legal authority” to arrest Democratic legislators who fled Texas to avoid passing an election integrity bill. PolitiFact tried to correct the sitting senator and disgraced itself in the process. The fact-checker…

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15 Times Big Tech Censored Local Government Meetings, Officials

August 11th, 2021 9:50 AM

Four school board meetings, collectively from Connecticut, Illinois and Washington, were removed from YouTube within an eight-day period last month for violating the platform’s “COVID-19 medical misinformation policy.” Big Tech’s censorship of local government meetings and public officials, whether restored following criticism or not, is a slippery slope that keeps getting steeper.

We Don’t Need No Stinking Facts: Social Media Turns Lies into Truth

August 10th, 2021 5:43 PM

Fact-checking doesn’t rely on facts. It often pushes a liberal narrative on everything from abortion to the coronavirus. PolitiFact and other so-called fact-checkers have a history of fact-checking factually true statements that don't suit liberal narratives.

Mark Zuckerberg Funded Far-Left Candidates with DARK MONEY: Report

August 10th, 2021 11:19 AM

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly backed far-left candidates with “dark money” over the past few years, and the Capital Research Center said he went to great lengths to hide his donations from the public. 

INSANITY! PolitiFact Fact-Checks MRC for Using CDC Graphic

August 9th, 2021 4:56 PM

Facebook’s approved fact-checker PolitiFact rated a graphic from the Media Research Center as “FALSE,” even though the image merely shared a chart from the Center for Disease Control.

Conservative Radio Personality Erick Erickson Suspended From Twitter

August 7th, 2021 3:20 PM

Erickson was commenting on a post about the suspension of conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey, who had been suspended days before for the same violation.

Twitter ‘Temporarily Restricts’ Account of Trump's Chief Spokeswoman

August 6th, 2021 4:24 PM

Twitter has temporarily restricted the account of Liz Harrington, chief spokeswoman to former President Donald Trump (who is also a former MRC intern and former CNS News reporter). Twitter said the account was restricted because it contained “some unusual activity” and asks users if they “still want to view it.” Harrington had recently repeated Trump’s allegations of voter fraud online, the…

Privacy Is Dead! Apple to Begin Scanning Private Photos for Abuse

August 6th, 2021 2:37 PM

The resulting violation of privacy is so far-reaching that there’s now a debate over the ethics of Apple’s plans. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which describes itself as “the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world,” said it was an “understatement” to say the organization was “disappointed by…

Conservative Commentator Allie Beth Stuckey Suspended from Twitter

August 5th, 2021 6:39 PM

Blaze Media’s Allie Beth Stuckey was locked out of her Twitter account on Thursday after she tweeted that Olympian Laurel Hubbard is “still a man.”

HUGE: Nearly 65K Americans Submit Stories for Trump Big Tech Lawsuits

August 5th, 2021 3:27 PM

Former President Donald Trump and everyday Americans are now piling on Big Tech for their egregious acts of censorship. Trump has amended his lawsuits against Big Tech corporations and executives to include comments from what appears to be a huge grassroots army of 65,000 Americans.

Instagram Removed Video that Educates Others About Anti-Semitism

August 4th, 2021 6:40 PM

Instagram has removed a trailer from a series dedicated to teaching others about anti-Semitism because “it contains instances of Jews recounting their experiences.” Yair Rosenberg, the author of the series and Senior Writer at Tablet Magazine, says the video was removed because it attempts to educate others about anti-Semitism. The six-part series will be released on JewishUnpacked.com.