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May 7, 2019
Recently deplatformed activist Laura Loomer showed up to Facebook’s lobby on May 3, skewering the company for showing solidarity for everybody but Jewish and Christian people.
A poster, possibly handmade by a local worker, hangs in the lobby…
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May 8, 2019
A conservative news host’s account tracking violence against Trump supporters was deplatformed.
One America News Network host Jack Posobiec’s Twitter account “@MAGAphobia” was taken down from Twitter May 6. Posobiec said he started this account to…
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May 8, 2019
Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times on how Google has actually been aiming to protect user privacy. “[P]rivacy is for everyone — not just for the few,” he declared. His critics are not convinced.…
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May 10, 2019
After being suspended for paraphrasing an iconic line from Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Woods announced he is done with Twitter.
The conservative actor was upset that the platform deleted a tweet of his amid widespread outrage over censorship…
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May 13, 2019
Twitter will desperately defend its stance on transgender rights, even if it means snuffing out the voices of the opposition.
Dr. Ray Blanchard, who helped write the official psychological position on transgender identity, was temporarily…
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May 14, 2019
An upcoming documentary will explore five people who have been shut down and silenced on social media.
The official Twitter account @CensorshipMovie tweeted a trailer of the documentary May 12. The caption read: “Five high profile…
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May 15, 2019
Google has laid down the law that employees can be severely punished for accessing internal information without permission.
Because employees have leaked information over ethical concerns and staged sit-ins and walkouts, the company plans to crack…
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May 16, 2019
The White House has announced a new system that gives Americans the power to call out foul play by tech companies.
As of May 15 it read, “SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS should advance FREEDOM OF SPEECH.”
“Too many Americans have seen their…
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May 17, 2019
The man who created some of most famous Trump memes is back on Twitter after a bogus suspension.
The account that goes by @CarpeDonktum tweeted that while he was restored as of May 10, his account’s restoration is “is not the fairy tale…
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May 20, 2019
Facebook’s COO claims that breaking up the company will put America at a disadvantage to China.
During a May 17 CNBC interview with Julia Boorstin, Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg tried to dodge government regulation by appealing to American…