X owner Elon Musk is looking to overhaul the platform’s Community Notes fact-checking, which is good news for free speech advocates.
Russia invades Ukraine
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October 5, 2022
American Big Tech platforms Facebook, Twitter and Google-owned YouTube allow the authoritarian regimes of China and Russia to spread their anti-American propaganda and lies online to nearly a billion followers. Meanwhile, these same platforms…
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May 6, 2022
Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) said Twitter responded to her April 1 letter blasting the platform for going soft on Russian propaganda. But the platform completely ignored the congresswoman’s accusations of bias.
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April 15, 2022
Twitter dealt harsher penalties to conservative U.S. political leaders and investigative news outlets than it does to Russian war propaganda. So, Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) and six other House Republicans wrote a letter to Twitter demanding the…
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March 29, 2022
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube allow seven dictators, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, unfettered access to post on their platforms, influencing approximately 50 million followers as of March 28. Meanwhile, former leader of the free…
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March 18, 2022
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt called for Big Tech to get more involved with national security, drawing backlash from Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL). Schmidt has reportedly been tied to the defense industry for years, including through Obama’s…
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March 14, 2022
Social media influencer An0maly blasted Big Tech giants Instagram and TikTok, asking whether they worked in cahoots to silence him on their platforms.
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March 12, 2022
YouTube blocked all Russian media outlets globally.
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March 11, 2022
Browsing app and search engine DuckDuckGo, formerly a go-to for free speech advocates sick of Big Tech censorship, is now going to downrank sites it deems connected to “Russian disinformation.”
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March 11, 2022
Advocacy groups have warned the Biden administration against cutting off the internet in Russia. In recent weeks, Microsoft, PlayStation, Cash App, and more have disabled their services in Russia to boycott the war. Internet service providers…
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March 10, 2022
YouTube censored the “Ukraine on Fire” (2016) documentary showing the purported history of U.S. involvement in Ukraine.
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March 5, 2022
Visa and Mastercard have both suspended operations in Russia as tensions escalated in the war with Ukraine. The effort was aims to crack down on Russia and encourage an end to the war.
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March 2, 2022
It’s Episode 27 of CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how Big Tech is blocking posts that report on the Russia/Ukraine conflict and censoring content that stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people … all while allowing the…
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March 1, 2022
DirecTV dropped Russian propaganda outlet RT America on Tuesday as a belated response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. DirecTV absurdly refused to renew One America News Network earlier this year while RT’s programming was only suspended…
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March 1, 2022
Despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine being condemned by the U.S. and kindred countries around the world, Twitter continues to allow Russian President Vladimir to post on its platform.
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February 28, 2022
Russian state-affiliated accounts on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are still allowed to influence their approximately 38.7 million followers even as Russia attacks Ukraine.
