Technology

Autumn Johnson | May 8, 2022

Journalist Ezra Klein wrote that former President Donald Trump was "right" about TikTok parent company ByteDance and that the Biden administration should follow his lead.

Klein, who once predicted that Hillary Clinton would carry 42…

Autumn Johnson | May 8, 2022

Big Tech companies have a challenge looming when it comes to states that restrict abortion.

Protocol reporter Ben Brody wrote on May 3 that Big Tech companies like Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, and Twitter struggled to balance…

Autumn Johnson | May 7, 2022

Twitter reportedly locked the account of the CEO of Concerned Women for America.

The Blaze reported that Penny Nance, the CEO of the Concerned Women for America (CWA), was locked out of her account after she referred to Lia Thomas as a “…

Autumn Johnson | May 6, 2022

Missouri and Louisiana filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration Thursday for allegedly colluding with Big Tech companies.

Fox News reported that the lawsuit claimed that the Biden administration “pressured and colluded” with…

Autumn Johnson | May 3, 2022

Twitter announced it is testing a new feature that allows users to share with a specific number of people. “Twitter Circle” allowed users to restrict tweets to 150 specific people or less as a group.

“Some Tweets are for everyone &…

Autumn Johnson | May 1, 2022

A federal judge ruled that a journalist’s lawsuit against Twitter can proceed. Alex Berenson, an independent journalist, sued Twitter after he said the platform suspended him for his tweets on the COVID-19 vaccine.

Interestingly, Politico…

Autumn Johnson | May 1, 2022

A new report suggested that the FBI searched through the data of Americans millions of times last year–all without a warrant.

The Wall Street Journal on April 29 reported that “as many as 3.4 million searches” of data occurred.…

Autumn Johnson | April 30, 2022

Facebook "whistleblower" Frances Haugen said the United States should be more like Europe when it comes to social media.

Haugen famously exposed Facebook for internal practices she said overwhelmingly increased the platform’s profits at…

Autumn Johnson | April 29, 2022

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) discussed social media regulations on MSNBC.

Fox News reported that Warren, who had long been a proponent of government regulation of social media platforms, insisted that Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter…

Autumn Johnson | April 28, 2022

Twitter must remain “politically neutral” in order to gain public trust, Elon Musk said. Musk sent out several tweets that expressed his desire to uphold freedom of speech on the platform. “For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be…

Autumn Johnson | April 27, 2022

Elon Musk had a lot to say about free speech since he purchased Twitter for $44 billion this week.

“Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate,” he…

NB Staff | April 26, 2022

Billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter was totally about protecting the First Amendment, and had little to do with labor considerations or investing for financial gain. MRC President and founder Brent Bozell made those remarks during an…

Autumn Johnson | April 26, 2022

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was optimistic about Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the platform. NewsBusters reported that after several days of back and forth negotiations, Twitter and Musk finally reached a deal.

A statement from…

Autumn Johnson | April 25, 2022

The Washington Post issued a correction in an article about conservatives on Telegram after it was called out.

Telegram advertised itself as “a freeware, cross-platform, cloud-based instant messaging service.” The service competed with…

Autumn Johnson | April 24, 2022

Last week, The Epoch Times reported on yet another case of censorship involving basic biology as Google allegedly censored an app that promoted “womanhood.”

The Times said the ad claimed that “womanhood is a birthright.”…

Autumn Johnson | April 24, 2022

Twitter will use a new feature on the platform to promote “safety” on the platform. TechCrunch reported that users would see third-party apps promoted on Twitter using “Twitter Toolbox.”

“The Twitter Toolbox offers more solutions to…

Autumn Johnson | April 23, 2022

Twitter announced on Earth Day that decided to remove any ads on the platform that contain so-called “misinformation” about climate change.

The Washington Post reported that the platform said the removed ads “contradict the scientific…

Autumn Johnson | April 21, 2022

A new report alleged that Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Meta, used her position to pressure a tabloid to drop an article about her then-boyfriend.

At the time, Sandberg dated Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision. Activision Blizzard is a…

Autumn Johnson | April 19, 2022

Sen. Ted Cruz said Elon Musk’s battle with Twitter is one of the most important battles for free speech in decades. Musk offered to buy Twitter for $43 billion dollars.

In response, Twitter implemented a “poison pill” strategy in an…

Autumn Johnson | April 17, 2022

The former CEO of Reddit said in an interview that Elon Musk had no idea what he was in for when he offered to buy Twitter.Yishan Wong said that Musk was “in for a world of pain” if he bought Twitter and that “he has no idea.”

Wong’s…