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Twitter locked The Babylon Bee’s account Sunday evening.

The platform locked the account after the satire site posted that Rachel Levine was the site’s “Man of the Year.” Levine is a transgender woman.

The Bee’s CEO Seth Dillon…

Twitter appeared to block links posted on the platform that linked to a Daily Mail article questioning the number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in the U.K.

The article was written by Eve Simmons, the Daily Mail’s deputy health editor, and…

Correction: The name of the transgender swimmer is Lia Thomas.

Twitter has flagged tweets from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the wake of his comments on two transgender women.

According to the Washington Examiner, Paxton…

Joe Rogan blasted “woke” Big Tech CEOs in a recent podcast.

Rogan hosted Daryl Davis, a black musician and author who befriended members of the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis in an effort to turn them away from racism. Bill Ottman, an…

If you thought you could easily be anonymous on social media, think again. 

Cybersecurity expert Jeff Kosseff warned that people are losing their ability to be anonymous online. He said he thinks “everyone should be concerned about…

YouTube removed an interview with former President Donald Trump for election “misinformation.”

Fortune magazine reported on Friday that Trump sat down with the NELK channel to discuss golf, Ukraine, and the 2020 election.…

Researcher Lara Putnam alleged that Facebook has a problem with “child predation.”

Putnam, a history professor at the University of Pittsburgh, was working on a project about “disinformation” when she said she discovered some concerning…

YouTube blocked all Russian media outlets globally.

Previously, YouTube only blocked RT and Sputnik’s channels in Europe. The channels are state-funded.

“We began blocking RT & Sputnik’s YouTube channels across Europe,”…

One America News Network filed a lawsuit against DirecTV and AT&T.

Among other accusations, the complaint alleged that DirecTV and AT&T breached their contracts.

OAN said that the service providers caved to “political…

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…

Snapchat launched a show aimed at challenging media that is “hostile” to transgender identity.

The platform partnered with Pink News, a popular UK-based site for LGBT+ news, to host “Pure Trans Joy.”

“Young trans and non-binary…

Visa and Mastercard have suspended operations in Russia as tensions escalate in the war with Ukraine.

The effort was aims to crack down on Russia and encourage an end to the war.

“Visa will work with its clients and partners…

Russia reportedly banned the BBC to stop the spread of so-called “misinformation” regarding its war against Ukraine.

According to Reuters, Putin has complained that western media organizations have unfairly covered the conflict.

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In an interview Thursday with The New York Times, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy demanded Big Tech platforms turn over so-called “misinformation” about COVID-19 by May 2, saying they “have the opportunity to be open and transparent…

Rachel Bovard, Conservative Partnership Institute’s senior director of policy, said Big Tech has changed everything about us.

In an interview with The Daily Signal, Bovard said Big Tech has fundamentally changed human nature as well…

Over the weekend during a CPAC panel, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) slammed Big Tech dominance. A long proponent of reforming Section 230, Lankford stated reform was essential to protecting free speech.

Lankford doubled down on…

UPDATE: TikTok removed another Reality Check with Brittany Hughes clip and then restored it a couple of hours later since the publishing of this blog. Including the most recent incident, the platform censored MRC 18 times, 15 times in 2 months…

A new study from Princeton alleged that liberal content on Twitter turned moderate voters against former President Donald Trump.

Social media platforms, especially Facebook and Twitter, have long had a complex relationship with politics.…

Siri is reportedly getting a new voice.

Axios reported that Apple is beta testing a gender-neutral device for the latest iOS. The voice was available to the public for beta testing earlier in the week.

Apple said the new option…

Several prominent state politicians in New York blocked followers on social media.

New York State Sen. Julia Salazar, Councilmen Rafael Salamanca Jr., and Ari Kagan are some of the elected officials who blocked followers, even…