In his introductory statement made to the Department of Justice Section 230 Workshop, Attorney General William Barr discussed the problems brought on by the rise of Big Tech.
“No longer are tech companies the underdog upstarts,” said Barr…
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Facebook is finding some forms of government regulation to be too much for the company, even as CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls for more of it.
Facebook has been "legally compelled," according to Bloomberg News, by the government of Singapore…
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The fate of free speech on the internet could be discussed at an upcoming discussion hosted by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
The News Media Alliance (NMA), a thousands-strong coalition of U.S. news organizations, is criticizing…
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The origin of the coronavirus is still being debated, but Twitter has responded to one skeptic outlet by censoring it.
The ZeroHedge founder reportedly, under the pseudonym Tyler Durden, asked “Is This The Man Behind The Global…
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In a country where the squeaky wheel gets the grease, the Democratic Party may be getting led astray by a small but vocal minority on social media.
A Pew Research Center study released February 3 found that “The political views and…
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Instagram announced in May of 2019 that it would be fact-checking and “reducing distribution” for what it considered to be “disinformation.” Since then, it seems to be targeting pro-life content.
Brazilian third-party fact-checker Aos…
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Twitter defines “sensitive content” as something that might contain “violence or nudity.” So why did a photo of a Nascar racer and the president get flagged by the platform as potentially sensitive content?
NASCAR star Hailie Deegan posed…
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YouTube, once again, is doing everything it can to stop discussion about the alleged “whistleblower.”
YouTube removed a clip of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) of him speaking on the Senate floor, the National Review reported. In the video, Paul…
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The man whose complaints single handedly caused an entire adpocalypse on YouTube has returned to the platform to “flood its airwaves with leftist propaganda.”
Carlos Maza is leaving Vox to establish his own channel according to The Verge…
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How dangerous is a single tech-savvy conservative? Enough to politically divide Silicon Valley itself and get a CEO to rant about the future of “democracy.”
Digital Content Next CEO Jason Kint, in an article-filled tweetstorm about…
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Major social media platforms are removing Iranian disinformation and coordinated behavior from their platforms. But Republicans don’t think that’s enough.
Four Republican senators wrote a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Feb. 6 saying…
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The British government may be free from Europe thanks to Brexit, but it appears to be sliding into authoritarianism as it drafts regulations to crack down on freedom of speech.
Ofcom, the United Kingdom’s media watchdog, according to…
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A wealthy billionaire tech CEO has endorsed the economically irresponsible concept of a universal basic income. Unfortunately for him, its advocate Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has dropped out of the race.
Twitter head…
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Far-left media outlet The Young Turks launched a new project to train a new generation of liberals to dominate local media -- all funded by Big Tech giant YouTube and its owner, Google.
Axios announced that the Cenk Uygur-founded…
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Amazon has decided to quietly crack down on books it deems offensive. But the company’s enforcement of standards seems lopsided at best.
The New York Times reported that third-party booksellers on Amazon have been forbidden from selling…
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Twitter bans accounts for transphobia and won’t allow pro-life organizations to run ads on its platform. But a cartoon encouraging terrorism is apparently allowed to spread.
The video, tweeted out by a pro-Palestine account, depicts a…
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When actor/comedian Sacha Baron Cohen blasted Facebook, world famous industrialist Elon Musk was quick to support him.
Cohen, known for his prankster Borat role, slammed Facebook and its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a Feb. 5 tweet. He…
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President Donald Trump tweeted an edited video that showed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi repeatedly tearing up the State of the Union speech, with other clips of the president’s successes pieced in the video.
Democrats were outraged…
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Oh how the times have changed. One of the most popular liberal tech writers has lamented that Republican social media strategy in the Trump era has changed the game.
Recode co-founder and New York Times contributor Kara Swisher wrote an…
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The billionaire candidate who came out of nowhere has apparently decided that paying young social media stars to promote him is the key to success.
The Daily Beast alleged that former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg is using Tribe, a…
