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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
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 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…
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March 22, 2022
The Media Research Center (MRC) is proud to announce the addition of a new partner to the Free Speech Alliance, The Heritage Foundation. “Big Tech is an enemy of the American people,” Heritage President Kevin Roberts said in a press release. …
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March 24, 2022
To lobby, or not to lobby? That’s no longer a question for pro-censorship Twitter. A group of tech companies, including Twitter, are looking to push their policy objectives. Pro-censorship Twitter and Vimeo are among five companies forming the “Open…