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April 26, 2018
Social media took center stage on Capitol Hill again Thursday, April 26, 2018. The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing examining the “Filtering Practices of Social Media Platforms.” While certain Republican members of Congress and…
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April 27, 2018
Google, Microsoft, and Facebook have officially announced their plans to join other tech giants by swapping out their gun emojis for less offensive toy water guns.
Emojipedia, a blog dedicated to news related to emojis, announced that Google’…
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April 27, 2018
Managers at Google are allegedly not allowed to congratulate employees for behaviors that support the “U.S. White/male dominant culture.”
On Tucker Carlson Tonight on Thursday, April 26, 2018, Tucker Carlson discussed new information…
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May 2, 2018
Facebook will be bringing in an adviser to address concerns about anti-conservative bias on the platform.
Axios reported on Wednesday that Facebook will be bringing in an advisory team led by former Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl to tackle the…
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May 2, 2018
Facebook is apparently testing out a new feature that appeared to allow posters to report content as hate speech.
On Tuesday afternoon, Facebook users saw an option to report every post in their feeds for “hate speech,” regardless of…
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May 3, 2018
A new Instagram filter will reportedly help crack down on bullying on the site by flagging words reportedly associated with behavior.
On the heels of Facebook publishing its Community Standards, which outline what kinds of language constitute hate…
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May 4, 2018
The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is reportedly the latest organization to lose its ability to raise money through Amazon due to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) anti-conservative mission.
According to a letter by ADF CEO Michael…
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May 8, 2018
Facebook has started banning foreign advertisements related to Ireland’s referendum on its Eighth Amendment, the constitutional amendment that bans abortion in the country.
The Irish Times reported that on Tuesday, Facebook issued a statement…
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May 9, 2018
Several digital rights organizations have banded together to urge social media sites to be more transparent. The Electronic Freedom Frontier (EFF), the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and other groups…
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May 9, 2018
Following Facebook’s lead, Google announced that it is banning all advertisements relating to the Ireland’s upcoming abortion referendum.
On Tuesday, Facebook decided to ban foreign ads related to Ireland’s Eighth Amendment vote…
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