Censorship

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Like it or not, social media is the communication form of the future — not just in the U.S., but worldwide. Just Facebook and Twitter combined reach 1.8 billion people. More than…

Ashley Rae Goldenberg | April 10, 2018

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg ran smack into questions about the site’s neutrality during his testimony in front of members of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) questioned Zuckerberg, asking if the site is a…

Ashley Rae Goldenberg | March 26, 2018

Android users who installed Facebook’s Messenger app on their devices may have had their call and text histories logged for approximately two years, according to a report in Ars Technica.

Ars Technica reported that the issue…

Sam Dorman | December 30, 2016

One liberal academic argued for censorship of politicians who dissent from liberal orthodoxy on climate change.

History professor at California State University, Sacramento Joseph A. Palermo argued President-Elect Donald Trump should not…

Sam Dorman | November 28, 2016

The CEO of Reddit recently admitted he “abused” his power to alter comments in a pro-Donald Trump subreddit.

CEO Steve Huffman  told The Washington Post on Nov. 25 he violated the company’s policies and altered…

Sam Dorman, Aly Nielsen | October 21, 2016

It isn’t just the news media censoring viewpoints on climate change anymore.

According to a WikiLeaks email, the left-wing website Think Progress took responsibility for getting a professor ousted from writing at Nate…

Sam Dorman | March 7, 2016

Journalist and filmmaker Phelim McAleer said Facebook censored him after he challenged anti-drilling activists on his documentary’s social media site.

McAleer issued a press release on March 7, claiming Facebook suspended the…

Sarah Stites, Julia A. Seymour | August 4, 2015

Gracing the cover of August’s Bloomberg Businessweek was a smiling, daisy-garlanded head of a billionaire tycoon that suggested he is a “feminist icon.”

That tycoon was the “Oracle of Omaha” and CEO…