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June 19, 2019
How do Americans feel about Big Tech companies policing content? Most people are for it but even more people doubt the companies can do it properly.
Sixty-six percent of Americans, approximately 2/3rds of those surveyed say “social media…
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June 20, 2019
In the wake of terror attacks, Big Tech companies are being taken to task over content policing.
The June 26 hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee will feature testimonies from Facebook, Twitter, and Google’s parent company,…
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June 21, 2019
XBox has video game smack-talk in its crosshairs.
In an interview with Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo, Xbox head Phil Spencer proclaimed that “Xbox Live is not a free speech platform.” He added that “It is not a place where…
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June 24, 2019
An Antifa-related activist group called “All Out DC” has been putting up posters with the personal information of Fox News host Tucker Carlson, as well as other free speech figures, in an effort to “Block the Alt-Right.”
The group’s poster…
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June 25, 2019
When the U.S.-based crowdfunding website GoFundMe booted Australian athlete Israel Folau, critics had no idea it would be the best thing they could do for him.
Folau is a popular national figure both as an athlete and an outspoken Christian.…
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June 26, 2019
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) warned Big Tech companies and his Democratic counterparts Wednesday that free speech is a fundamental value, and losing it will “tear us apart.”
Crenshaw was commenting during the June 26 hearing (viewable at 1:…
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June 27, 2019
Democratic leaders have not only accused social media of enabling misinformation, but speculated Big Tech companies profit from it.
Politicians on both sides of the aisle raked social media over the coals at a June 26 hearing before the House…
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June 27, 2019
Twitter is launching a new program to flag tweets as offensive. And it’s No.1 target appears to be President Donald Trump.
The company announced via its blog June 27 that it will mark the tweets of politicians who break its rules,…
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June 28, 2019
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg doesn’t even pretend to be neutral. She donated $1 million to Planned Parenthood’s abortion advocacy to aid ‘marginalized,’ ‘women of color.’
HuffPost quoted Sandberg in a June 28 article, where she said “I think this…
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July 1, 2019
Hate preacher Louis Farrakhan and his Nation of Islam organization’s pages were deplatformed from Facebook on May 2 during its purge of “hate speech.” While most remain banished, Facebook strangely has allowed one dedicated to…
