There is no greater or more ironic threat to free speech than liberal journalists and fact-checkers. PolitiFact Editor-in-Chief Angie Drobnic Holan’s piece for Poynter is a great example.
Censorship Project
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February 3, 2021
Yet another major European power has joined the growing alliance of nations against censorship by American Big Tech companies. Hungary is joining Poland as one of the premier European powers taking on Big Tech. “After consulting with the…
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February 3, 2021
YouTube has removed video footage of a U.S. Senate hearing — at least the second time the platform has censored a Senate hearing. YouTube took down “two videos of doctors testifying under oath,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) tweeted on January 27. The…
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February 3, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s new proposal could radically change American politics by holding Big Tech accountable with fines for censorship.
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February 2, 2021
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is stepping down and being replaced by the head of Amazon Web Services, which deplatformed Parler. Andy Jassy, who has led the company’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) division, will reportedly take over as the company’s CEO…
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February 2, 2021
The New York Times liberal tech writer Kevin Roose has made a career out of condemning social media for allowing free speech. In the second week of President Joe Biden’s first term, Roose and a gaggle of liberal experts have suggested America…
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February 1, 2021
A group called Robinhood Stock Traders lost out to the sheriff — in this case, Facebook. The social media site removed the group from the platform and later restored it without explanation, according to Reuters.
The group is similar to…
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February 1, 2021
In a sign of the times, Twitter censored Catholic World Report over its accurate description of a biological male identifying as a transgender woman.
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February 1, 2021
A study released by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights decided that the argument that conservatives are being censored by Big Tech is “not legitimate.” “False Accusation: The Unfounded Claim that Social Media Companies Censor…
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February 1, 2021
Facebook executives were caught describing their plans to work together with President Joe Biden on censoring free speech. Guerrilla journalism company Project Veritas released a devastating leak on Sunday showing Facebook leadership…
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February 1, 2021
Twitter had many rules and regulations cited when it came to taking down tweets from former President Donald Trump. But when members of the Hollywood elite call for violence, Twitter has no issue with it.
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January 29, 2021
The Robinhood stock trading app stopped everyday Americans from profiting massively off the stock market this week. Now the Big Tech establishment has been defending the app from criticism.
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January 29, 2021
Twitter slapped warning labels on tweets questioning the results of the 2020 presidential election all day long. But if a Democrat congressman falsely accuses a conservative senator of attempted murder, the platform turns a blind eye. A sitting…
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January 28, 2021
The Facebook Oversight Board (the Board) released its first several decisions. And as it turns out, Facebook could have saved a lot of time and effort by simply not censoring posts on the platform in the first place. The Board overturned…
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January 28, 2021
Twitter censored 668 tweets from former President Donald Trump before banning his account, claiming his tweets were inaccurate and that some were a “risk of violence.” But when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) falsely accused a U.S. Senator…
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January 28, 2021
The land down under may have the upper hand on Big Tech by passing regulation that could disrupt Google’s dominance on advertising.
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January 28, 2021
A group of users on Reddit essentially decided to poke Wall Street with a stick. The result was a surge of GameStop’s stock, crocodile tears from hedge fund managers, and of course, Big Tech censorship.
Discord reportedly banned the…
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January 28, 2021
CEO Susan Wojcicki announced in a Jan. 26 blog that it removed over half a million videos under its COVID policies since February. It’s not just wacky conspiracy theories being taken down either. “We’ve continued to make updates to our COVID…
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January 28, 2021
Facebook, one of the internet’s biggest social media platforms, is planning to depoliticize its users’ newsfeeds.
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January 27, 2021
YouTube is the internet’s biggest video platform, and yet it appears to have allowed little room for conservative dissent.
