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April 25, 2021
A fake tweet purportedly placing the Chicago Police Department in solidarity with Derek Chauvin — the former cop convicted of killing George Floyd — has been retweeted nearly 50,000 times, but Twitter has refused to take it down.
The photoshopped…
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April 26, 2021
Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN after an anchor purportedly made a false claim about Twitter’s decision to permanently suspend his account.
O’Keefe claimed that CNN anchor Ana Cabrera defamed his…
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April 27, 2021
California pressured social media companies to censor posts about the 2020 presidential election, according to Judicial Watch. The conservative legal organization announced the news Tuesday after it obtained over 500 pages of documents.
The…
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April 30, 2021
A third-party fact-checker on Instagram labeled a quote from Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) on racism in America as “missing context.” The post that was flagged came from Turning Point USA's account.
The fact-checker Science Feedback bizarrely…
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May 1, 2021
After a controversial blog post banned “societal and political discussions” at Basecamp, roughly one-third of the company’s employees resigned.
Basecamp is a web application development company. The backlash came after company CEO Jason Fried…
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May 4, 2021
The Heritage Foundation has promised to no longer to accept financial support from Big Tech companies so long as the platforms suppress conservative viewpoints.
Heritage previously rejected a $225,000 donation from Google and returned $150,…
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May 7, 2021
Twitter revealed the “tip jar” feature this week, enabling users to contribute to a small number of users. But the social media giant neglected to mention the sender’s address is revealed to the recipient.
The new feature supports several payment…
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May 7, 2021
The Biden administration signaled its intent to join an international agreement to stop “violent” extremism online.
The controversial agreement is named after the New Zealand city where a far-right gunman murdered 51 people in a mosque in 2019…
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May 14, 2021
After being banned by Facebook and Twitter, former President Donald Trump is considering new platforms to share his content.
Trump is reportedly considering Clouthub and FreeSpace, new social media networks created to take on Big Tech.
Jeff Brain…
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May 15, 2021
The summit dedicated to the controversial Christchurch Agreement announced that participating governments will use algorithms to monitor “extreme” speech.
The agreement is named after the New Zealand city where a far-right gunman murdered 51 people…
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