Big Tech was once seen as a haven for whistleblowers and journalists. But Twitter has changed all that and has been using its tools to besmirch news outlets for reportedly exposing nefarious government activity.
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February 24, 2021
Since he’s been permanently banned from Twitter, former President Donald Trump enlisted the help of one of his 2020 campaign advisors to post “Get Well” wishes to Tiger Woods after the five-time Masters Tournament winner was hurt in a car…
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February 19, 2021
Former President Donald Trump has reportedly been in talks with donors about his much anticipated return to social media. After years of censorship, and with politicians refusing to solve it, Trump may once again take action where others…
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February 10, 2021
Twitter has made it loud and clear via its company CFO: the platform will never allow former President Donald Trump back in the platform. Twitter chief financial officer (CFO) Ned Segal told CNBC's Squawk Box on Wednesday that former…
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January 21, 2021
Facebook’s infamously liberal Oversight Board has accepted a case to decide whether to allow former President Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram. Facebook was one of many Big Tech companies whose choice to censor then-President…
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January 15, 2021
There’s a high price to pay for banning President Donald Trump from social media platforms, and both Twitter and Facebook are feeling the massive bite out of their wallets for doing just that.
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January 14, 2021
On Thursday night, Project Veritas released a secretly recorded video of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey talking about his company’s censorship plans beyond President Donald Trump and his exit from office.
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January 14, 2021
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended the platform’s decision to ban President Donald Trump in — what else? — a Twitter thread. Dorsey’s defense of Twitter’s decision to ban Trump called the banning of Trump’s account “dangerous.” “I do not…
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January 14, 2021
The Washington Post Editorial Board praised the shutdown of free-speech platform Parler by the company owned by the same “world’s richest person” that owns The Washington Post.
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January 13, 2021
YouTube has joined Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, TikTok and even Shopify in censoring President Donald Trump. The platform suspended Trump’s account “in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence.”
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January 13, 2021
Although President Donald Trump has been censored on most major social media platforms, he has still called for an end to violence and a peaceful transition of power. Trump called upon Big Tech and the American people to ensure a peaceful…
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January 12, 2021
Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is “glad” that the platform decided to ban President Donald Trump’s account indefinitely. Sandberg, who has donated abundantly to Planned Parenthood and a myriad of liberal members of…
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January 8, 2021
Twitter has finally lost it. The social media site purged President Donald Trump, going against its own rules. This from a site that has allowed foreign dictators and even pro-genocide propaganda. But it won’t allow a sitting U.S. president to…
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January 8, 2021
One of the world’s largest e-commerce service providers removed online stores operated by The Trump Organization and Trump Campaign following the siege of the U.S. Capitol building by pro-Trump protesters. The online stores, Shop.DonaldJTrump.com…
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January 4, 2021
Online platforms got to use their favorite tool in 2020 before and even after the election: censorship.
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December 28, 2020
Twitter’s censorship push against President Donald Trump and his campaign continued this week. The site labeled videos from One America News Network. It also labeled part of an address by Trump, and a tweet by Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) featuring…
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December 22, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden will reportedly have a long way to go to build up his Twitter presence, assuming, as currently projected, he takes over as president in January. Twitter has reportedly told the Biden team that the official @POTUS…
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December 22, 2020
So-called “fact”-checking websites often jump at any chance they get to attempt to prove President Donald Trump wrong. But they aren’t so eager to fact-check themselves.
Reuters fact-checked a Nov. 19 tweet from President Donald Trump but…
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December 21, 2020
Twitter’s censorship crusade against President Donald Trump and his campaign pressed on this week. The site labeled videos from Fox News and One America News Network. It also labeled Peter Navarro’s report on election irregularities, and the…
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December 8, 2020
Facebook fact-checker PolitiFact produced eight fact-checks that either used or relied on World Health Organization (WHO) numbers that have proven to be untrue. A new report from CNN shows that communist China was lying about how many of its…
