George Floyd

Alec Schemmel | April 21, 2021

Facebook has once again shown that on its platform only certain viewpoints are allowed in discussions about controversial topics. Facebook announced it would be censoring so-called “misinformation” and “hate speech” regarding the verdict in…

Joseph Vazquez | September 21, 2020

Big Tech giant Facebook informed the Media Research Center that it would be partnering with the nonpartisan digital encyclopedia Ballotpedia and the radical left-wing organization Democracy Works to help formulate the online platform’s 2020…

Alexander Hall | June 15, 2020

Not one to leave all the activism to rioters vandalizing statues, Big Tech appears to be joining the removal of western icons. “Images of Winston Churchill failed to appear Sunday during Google searches for the former British prime minister—but…

Alexander Hall | June 12, 2020

Now that Microsoft has joined other Big Tech companies in refusing to help police, President Donald Trump has retweeted a call to have them barred from government contracts. Microsoft followed the lead of IBM and Amazon in vowing to stop…

Joseph Vazquez | June 11, 2020

The New York Times continues to embarrass itself. This time, the paper claimed advertisers were pulling their Facebook ad spending because CEO Mark Zuckerberg balked at censoring President Donald Trump. But that story reportedly didn’t check…

Alexander Hall | June 8, 2020

As the George Floyd protests rage on, a Big Tech company has kept an eye on posts including FBI stats about race and crime in the United States, just in case the truth is too offensive. “Instagram is banning federal crime statistics,…

Alexander Hall | June 5, 2020

Twitter is dead set on blocking President Donald Trump on the platform, even when he’s mourning the death of George Floyd. Twitter “disabled” a video by the Trump reelection campaign, alleging a copyright violation. The “Healing, not Hatred”…

Alexander Hall | June 3, 2020

Leadership at The Verge have called for the mass censorship of the president and his allies in a damning article headlined “BAN THEM ALL” in all-caps. Even in a time as hyperbolic as 2020, an article with a lede paragraph that states: “President…

Alexander Hall | June 2, 2020

Even after Mark Zuckerberg’s $10 million donation to social justice groups, liberals are still hounding him for not censoring the president of the United States. President Donald Trump threatened a crackdown on the violent riots tearing apart the…

Corinne Weaver | June 1, 2020

Facebook made a point to take down protest pages during the shutdowns. But it doesn’t seem to want to do the same for the leftist protests occurring in 16 states.