Three Big Tech CEOs are headed to the Senate to testify tomorrow October 28 in the midst of the worst example of online censorship this election. Republican senators are ready for a fight.
The hearing has gained attention following…
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October 23, 2020
Facebook has now added a new level to its censorship process.
On October 22, Facebook announced that its Oversight Board (the Board) will now be taking cases for review, less than two weeks before the presidential election.…
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October 22, 2020
Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination passed the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing today, which will soon go to the Senate floor for a vote. But that was not the only item on the agenda.
The Senate Judiciary Committee (the Committee…
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October 22, 2020
Google has already released its statement about the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit, but now, a former CEO of the company has decided to speak out as well.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke at The Wall Street Journal’s…
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October 21, 2020
After a policy change and a week’s worth of criticism, you would have thought Twitter would have learned its lesson. But today, the official account for the House Judiciary GOP said Twitter has slapped a warning label on another article about…
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October 21, 2020
Twitter reversed its decision to censor the New York Post’s Hunter Biden story. But the war isn’t over yet.
The Post’s Twitter account has remained locked for a full seven days, according to New York Post Deputy Politics Editor Emma…
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October 21, 2020
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its antitrust lawsuit against Google yesterday, and Google released its response. Spoiler: the company is not happy.
Google released a statement October 20 expressing outrage at the lawsuit,…
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October 20, 2020
Facebook may have hit a new low today in its seemingly eternal quest to rid the world of, well, anything the platform deems problematic.
Seth Dillon, CEO of The Babylon Bee (The Bee) said that Facebook demonetized the Babylon Bee…
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October 20, 2020
The heat has steadily risen for Big Tech over the last few years, and it appears, at least for Google, that the hot water has reached a boiling point. Google’s day of reckoning may finally be upon us.
The Department of Justice (DOJ…
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October 19, 2020
Social media can often appear to be an echo chamber, especially to those closely following election events. But a recent survey suggests that Big Tech is shifting users’ political views.
A study from the Pew Research Center…
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October 19, 2020
Nothing to see here. Twitter may want to move on from the firestorm of criticism it received following last week’s censorship of a bombshell New York Post article, but the Senate GOP has not forgotten about it.
In a shocking story…
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October 16, 2020
With the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit against Google still pending, it appears as though some state attorneys general may be taking matters into their own hands.
Several states are now planning to open their own…
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October 16, 2020
On Thursday, a day after social media platforms Facebook and Twitter censored a New York Post article reporting allegations potentially harmful to former Democrat Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced…
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October 15, 2020
Leading Republicans were furious following the Twitter and Facebook dumpster fire of censorship yesterday.
Both sites censored an article from the New York Post, which claimed to expose the alleged corrupt dealings of Democratic…
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October 14, 2020
Now even the U.S. Supreme Court may be ready to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Honorable U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas hinted at the need to reform Section 230 in his opinion attached to a denial of a…
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October 12, 2020
With the presidential election looming, the Department of Justice (DOJ) appears to be determined to strike Big Tech as soon as possible.
The DOJ could file an antitrust lawsuit against Google in the coming weeks, and may force the company…
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October 12, 2020
Yet another of President Donald Trump’s tweets has fallen victim to Twitter’s endless battle against information that the platform deems “misleading.”
Twitter placed an interstitial, or filter, over the tweet, which stated, “A total and…
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October 9, 2020
Twitter has been losing its mind over allegations of mail-in voter fraud over the last few weeks. But now, the platform is going to the extreme.
Twitter locked the account of former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell…
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October 8, 2020
Facebook has continued to change its rules about Election Day ads. Now, the platform plans to restrict all political ads as soon as the polls close.
The platform reportedly “now plans to prohibit all political and issue-based advertising…
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October 8, 2020
“What chance do average Americans have for free speech” if Big Tech platforms like Facebook blatantly censor conservative commentator and Constitutional Scholar Mark Levin, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) asked Thursday, prompting Levin to agree and vow…
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