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March 15, 2019
Social media outlets raced to remove content in the wake of the New Zealand mosque shooting. In the aftermath, media members criticized the tech companies for their inability to restrict the shooter’s footage and manifesto of the New Zealand…
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March 14, 2019
As if searching for a way to criticize the late 2017 tax cuts, the broadcasts networks aired a series of panicked reports about tax returns in February. Roughly 80 percent of Americans taxes were cut by the legislation, yet the broadcasts complaints…
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March 14, 2019
Big Tech just ran into a big buzzsaw. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) scorched a Google executive during a Committee hearing on consumer privacy, complaining about “creepy” revelations of misbehavior.
Hawley sparred with Google’s…
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March 13, 2019
Twitter is getting ready to make major changes that are already being criticized as new ways to limit speech and benefit what the company CEO calls “healthy conversation.”
Twitter unveiled new changes at the SXSW (South by…
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March 13, 2019
While YouTube may publicly deny demoting videos based on their "specific political perspectives,” both right and left wing commentators have noticed a huge drop in recommendations.
In February there has been a massive drop in YouTube…
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March 13, 2019
What do Bill Gates, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders have in common? They all want the rich to pay higher taxes. Bloomberg News appears to be on board with their goal.
“Gates is saying what the Democratic candidates appear to be…
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March 12, 2019
CNN is expanding it’s partnership with Twitter to better cater to advertisers on the platform.
Where previously companies could only buy ad space according to content category, now they can purchase ad space around the most popular CNN…
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March 12, 2019
The blog site news blog Zero Hedge complained that Facebook has banned users from sharing its posts.
Zero Hedge pseudonym "Tyler Durden" (named for the rebellious anti-hero from Fight Club.) has claimed via his blog that “some…
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March 12, 2019
There was good news in the latest jobs report. The national unemployment rate fell back to 3.8 percent in February, although the numbers of jobs added was well below expectations. The Hispanic unemployment rate also fell to a new record low of 4.3…
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March 11, 2019
Democrats have warned they are coming after big tech. Now presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, says she wants to break up the major tech firms.
Warren has joined a chorus of political leaders on both sides of politics voicing their…