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June 13, 2021
Facebook Vice President Nick Clegg admitted that the tech giant’s “fact-checkers” employed to weed out “fake news” from the platform could be biased.
Facebook reportedly uses 80 different organizations across the world to flag misinformation.
The…
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June 18, 2021
A book review discussing the irreversible damage of gender dysphoria in children was removed after backlash.
A favorable review on Science-Based Medicine about “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters” by Abigail Shrier…
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June 18, 2021
Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports, was inexplicably suspended from Twitter on Friday.
@BFFsPod, the Twitter account for the weekly podcast hosted by Portnoy and TikTok star, Josh Richards, tweeted screenshot of Portnoy's account with the…
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June 20, 2021
Twitter continues to allow users to spread the false narrative that Saturday night’s Pride parade car crash in Florida was an assassination attempt on Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
One man was killed and another was injured after a truck driven by…
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June 20, 2021
Former Congressman Denver Riggleman and Jack Rosen, president of the American Jewish Congress, argue that hate speech “precedent” should be used to ban extremism online.
In an op-ed for Newsweek, the two criticize Gab, a social media platform that…
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June 25, 2021
A video channel dedicated to highlighting human rights violations in China has been blocked by YouTube.
Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights channel is run by Serikzhan Bilash, a Xinjiang-born activist who has been arrested for his pro-freedom activism…
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June 26, 2021
Former TikTok employees have disclosed that the popular social media platform is largely controlled by its Chinese parent company.
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, supplies the Chinese government with endless American user data since Chinese law…
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June 27, 2021
Former President Donald Trump has joined YouTube alternative Rumble.
Trump’s account is verified and has just one video so far, an upload of Saturday’s rally in Ohio.
Several prominent conservatives have also joined Rumble. Charlie Kirk, Sean…
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June 28, 2021
A federal court judge dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust complaint against Facebook on Monday.
The FTC and attorney generals from 48 states argued that Facebook deliberately sabotaged attempts to prevent a monopoly during the…
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July 1, 2021
Former Trump advisor Jason Miller will launch a new social media platform designed to “declare independence” from Big Tech platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
“GETTR,” which Miller says evolved from “getting together,” will launch on…