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Alexander Hall |

Twitter’s rules against “misinformation” don’t apply to everyone. The platform didn’t stop a full-blown anti-American propaganda video from being released by the Chinese government. And this isn’t the first time Twitter allowed Chinese propaganda…

Corinne Weaver |

Twitter does not seem to have a direct answer as to whether or not it has reduced visibility for President Donald Trump’s Twitter account.

Twitter’s U.K. Head of Government, Public Policy and Philanthropy, Katy Minshall, was asked by MP…

Alexander Hall |

Even a global pandemic isn’t enough to make Americans want to surrender their privacy to Big Tech.

Apple and Google will lay the groundwork for an unprecedented “contact tracing” project in mid-May that will notify users when they have…

Alexander Hall |

YouTube’s fact-checking panels will now be launched in America after being tested in India.

YouTube’s chief product officer Neal Mohan, was quoted in The Verge’s April 28 coverage explaining that “When users are searching on YouTube…

Corinne Weaver |

A popular video featuring California emergency doctors Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi was taken down by YouTube for “violating YouTube’s terms of service.”

Based on their own research, the hour-long conference asked, “Does this make sense…

Alexander Hall |

While YouTube is relying on the hapless WHO to fight misinformation, the platform is clamping down on reports of potential treatments that are being developed.

There has been some controversy about an ultraviolet light-based treatment for…

Alexander Hall |

Big Tech platforms have taken it upon themselves to police misinformation, but why are they glorifying the mistakes at the World Health Organization?

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki made a special appearance on Brian Stelter’s Reliable Sources…

Corinne Weaver |

A Facebook fact-checking partner determined that President Donald Trump did not tell people to inject themselves with disinfectants to cure the coronavirus.

Lead Stories, a fact-checking outlet run by former CNN employees, took a video…

Alexander Hall |

Even our own local Big Tech overlords are wary of an app overseen by the insidious Chinese government.

Reddit CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman blasted TikTok during a discussion panel at the “Social 2030” venture capital conference with…

Corinne Weaver |

Twitter allows manipulated media of President Donald Trump to remain on its platform. But memes of Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden are allegedly taken down if they are even mentioned.

A meme, made to look…

Corinne Weaver |

The liberal media has seemingly placed a heavy emphasis on what it considers to be disinformation and misinformation, and Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey had responded.

Dorsey testified to this phenomenon in an interview with Showtime hosts…

Alexander Hall |

Twitter made a huge update to its COVID-19 guidance to address "Unverified claims that incite people to action,” including those that “could lead to widespread panic, social unrest, or large-scale disorder."

Twitter Safety announced the…

Alexander Hall |

A bipartisan group of politicians is pushing a bill to prevent “online sexual exploitation of children,” but some civil liberty and tech experts have warned that it could jeopardize American privacy.

There is fierce debate over the bill.…

Corinne Weaver |

Censorship on college campuses can be problematic, especially if those campuses are public institutions.

“Restrictions on speech by public colleges and universities amount to government censorship, in violation of the Constitution,” wrote…

Corinne Weaver |

COVID-19 is a phenomenon that even the most trusted sources have known almost nothing about since it began to spread in Wuhan, China. Outlets like CNN and organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) have published material that later…

Alexander Hall |

After years of Big Tech scandals, Americans are unsure about giving away their data.

“About half (52%) of U.S. adults said they decided recently not to use a product or service because they were worried about how much personal information…

Alexander Hall |

The World Health Organization has been a dangerous source of misinformation in the COVID-19 pandemic, and Facebook is nudging users to read their info.

Facebook said it is concerned that COVID-19 is not the only plague sweeping across the…

Alexander Hall |

Are the liberal media truly concerned about online radicalization, or just salty because conservatives are better at YouTube?

New York Times reporter and columnist Kevin Roose has turned his wildly overhyped article “The Making of a…

Corinne Weaver |

An Idaho evangelical church might have had its app pulled from the Google Playstore for having references about the coronavirus within the app.

Christ Church, a church in Moscow, Idaho, alleged that its app was suspended on Good Friday,…

Corinne Weaver |

Fact-checkers base judgments on posts and news pieces on the information at hand. However, what happens when the information is outdated? Is the fact-check taken back?

An op-ed published in the New York Post (NY Post) by Population…