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February 4, 2020
Facebook declared in its terms of service update that "denying existence" of people based on “protected characteristics” is a violation of its community standards on "hate speech."
Facebook updated its community…
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February 4, 2020
The GOP thinks that fighting Big Tech censorship might be a winning election issue. So much so, that the party is surveying voters about the issue as part of a nationwide grassroots effort.
Former D.C. bureau chief for Investor's Business Daily…
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February 5, 2020
Meme creators and free speech advocates feel they will be the first casualty of the latest war on “manipulated content” by Big Tech.
Twitter Safety announced via tweet on Jan 4 a new rule that forbids “manipulated media,”…
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February 6, 2020
Will Facebook’s new oversight board be the platform to ensure free speech or a Big Tech kangaroo court?
The site’s in-house newsroom posted a developer blog on Jan. 28 which announced the platform’s upcoming oversight board. While…
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February 7, 2020
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 talent pool…
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February 7, 2020
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 opinion…
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February 10, 2020
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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February 11, 2020
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 progressive…
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February 12, 2020
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 Forbes…
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February 13, 2020
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…
