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March 4, 2022
If tech giant Google succeeds in a new project, devices will not even need cameras to track a user’s every movement.
What if your thermostat reminded you to take an umbrella with you, or your TV automatically paused your Netflix show when you stood…
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March 8, 2022
Live-streaming platform Twitch is reportedly instituting stricter bans on “misinformation,” including supposed COVID-19 “misinformation” according to a report from last week.
Amazon-owned Twitch is banning “'harmful misinformation superspreaders…
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March 9, 2022
It’s Episode 28 of CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how YouTube censored The Hill for reporting on the news, and censored Media Research Center for posting about the shift of national COVID-19 conversation.
The Hill posted a…
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March 9, 2022
Does biased NewsGuard automatically favor state-affiliated media? The liberal online “credibility” arbiter gave seven traditionally non-autocratic state-affiliated media outlets around the world an average score of 98.6/100.
MRC Free Speech America…
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March 11, 2022
NewsGuard co-CEO Steven Brill claimed that NewsGuard’s goal is “not to block anything,” but “just [to] give people straight information.” However, in a recent interview, he revealed NewsGuard’s real game of demonetizing anything the “credibility”…
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March 11, 2022
A new bill introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) could drive censorship online. Klobuchar said the NUDGE Act would help address so-called “misinformation.”
Klobuchar introduced the “Nudging Users to Drive Good Experiences on Social Media Act” or…
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March 11, 2022
Browsing app and search engine DuckDuckGo, formerly a go-to for free speech advocates sick of Big Tech censorship, is now going to downrank sites it deems connected to “Russian disinformation.”
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg tweeted, “Like so many…
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March 15, 2022
UPDATE: This piece has been updated to include a quote from Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).
Notable conservatives tore into Facebook after a report from WIRED emerged that alleged the platform has allowed child exploitation groups to flourish.
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March 16, 2022
It’s Episode 29 of CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how YouTube censored a podcast episode featuring former President Donald Trump.
Full Send Podcast features a group of “boys havin some honest convos,” according to the…
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March 18, 2022
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt called for Big Tech to get more involved with national security, drawing backlash from Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL).
Schmidt has reportedly been tied to the defense industry for years, including through Obama’s…