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February 28, 2022
UPDATE: Social media companies as of Tuesday morning have reportedly announced various actions against Russia state-affiliated accounts and material. YouTube will block channels that are linked to Sputnik and RT across Europe, Reuters reported…
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March 1, 2022
DirecTV dropped Russian propaganda outlet RT America on Tuesday as a belated response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. DirecTV absurdly refused to renew One America News Network earlier this year while RT’s programming was only suspended…
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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 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 29, 2022
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube allow seven dictators, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, unfettered access to post on their platforms, influencing approximately 50 million followers as of March 28. Meanwhile, former leader of the free world…
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October 5, 2022
American Big Tech platforms Facebook, Twitter and Google-owned YouTube allow the authoritarian regimes of China and Russia to spread their anti-American propaganda and lies online to nearly a billion followers. Meanwhile, these same platforms…
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February 21, 2025
X owner Elon Musk is looking to overhaul the platform’s Community Notes fact-checking, which is good news for free speech advocates.
X’s Community Notes function as a form of ubiquitous censorship on the platform, as the crowdsourced fact-checking…
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