Technology

Autumn Johnson | August 24, 2021

Leftist journalists appear to be setting their sights on Facebook after the platform allegedly shelved a controversial report from 2021’s first-quarter.

Facebook was accused of deliberately hiding its first-quarter report from the public…

Autumn Johnson | August 24, 2021

On Tuesday, The Washington Post lashed out at The Daily Wire for posting so-called misinformation that actually took the form of real news about COVID vaccines. Along with the Daily Wire, The Post also took aim at TMZ, The Epoch Times, and…

Autumn Johnson | August 24, 2021

Facebook is doubling down on its efforts to suppress conservative satire, according to Seth Dillion, CEO of The Babylon Bee.

Dillon said Facebook uses biased fact-checkers to flag content that leans conservative, especially satire that…

Autumn Johnson | August 23, 2021

An independent fact-checker has instructed readers to “proceed with caution” when viewing content from PragerU.

NewsGuard described itself as “The Internet Trust Tool,” and claimed it rates websites for truth and credibility. NewsGuard…

Autumn Johnson | August 21, 2021

Christina Pushaw is back on Twitter after a twelve-hour suspension -- and she's ready to set the record straight about Big Tech.

Governor DeSantis’s press secretary was suspended from Twitter Friday night after the Associated Press sent…

Autumn Johnson | August 20, 2021

On Friday night, Twitter decided that, without warning, it would temporarily suspend Christina Pushaw, the press secretary for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. According to a screenshot from Pushaw, the ban will last 12 hours.

Michael Morris, Alec Schemmel | August 20, 2021

Though the Biden administration suggested it would not implement a federal COVID-19 verification system, Big Tech has taken the reins and plans to step in as Big Brother. Google and Apple have announced updates that will allow users to display…

Autumn Johnson | August 19, 2021

Facebook is taking action after pressure from the White House. The Biden administration blamed the platform for the majority of coronavirus “misinformation.”

The news comes after the White House blamed accounts on the platform for…

Autumn Johnson | August 19, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission has refiled its lawsuit against Facebook, arguing that the social media giant is a monopoly.

The refiling comes after a federal court judge dismissed the FTC’s complaint in June.

The FTC and attorney…

Autumn Johnson | August 18, 2021

"Why Trump's banned and the Taliban aren't: they play by the rules." Such was the absurd comment tweeted by Technology Policy Editor of The Washington Post Mark Seibel.

Facebook has issued a blanket ban on the Taliban…

Autumn Johnson | August 18, 2021

Amazon and its third-party sellers have outsold Walmart for the year, according to a report from The New York Times.

The sales make the online retailer the largest retailer outside China. This year also marks the first year that a company…

Alec Schemmel | August 18, 2021

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) appeared to be very unhappy with China’s new stake in TikTok. He called on the Biden administration to “take immediate action” to block the platform and its parent company ByteDance from operating within the United…

Autumn Johnson | August 18, 2021

Lead Stories, a liberal fact-checker site, labeled a satire article from The Babylon Bee as “false.”

The fact-check on the Facebook post said the article had “false information” and that “independent fact-checkers say the information has…

Autumn Johnson | August 17, 2021

The Chinese Communist government has reportedly taken a stake and board seat in ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company.

On April 30, ByteDance sold a one percent stake to WangTouZhongWen Technology, a Beijing company owned by three state…

Autumn Johnson | August 16, 2021

YouTube received criticism from a U.S. congresswoman after it reportedly removed a video of a news conference that discussed a legal challenge to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “vaccine passports.”

In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal,…

Autumn Johnson | August 15, 2021

A purported Taliban spokesman still has an active Twitter account, despite the platform's suspension of former President Donald Trump for “hateful” and “violent” content.

The Taliban is actively moving to retake Afghanistan after U.S…

Autumn Johnson | August 14, 2021

Google whistleblower Zach Vorhies says Google altered its news algorithm to directly target former President Donald Trump.

Vorhies was a senior software engineer at YouTube and Google. He left after discovering the companies censored…

Autumn Johnson | August 13, 2021

Snopes co-founder David Mikkelson has been accused of publishing plagiarized articles under a false name.

The notorious fact-checking website holds itself out as an arbiter of truth in an age of “fake news.”

A Buzzfeed News…

Autumn Johnson | August 13, 2021

Three Australian publishers have accused Facebook of taking their content for its newly-launched news service without compensation.

Broadsheet Media, Urban List, and Concrete Playground publish entertainment news and reviews.

The…

Gabriela Pariseau | August 13, 2021

Fox News host Tucker Carlson said that mainstream news outlets should consider it their “duty” to reject Big Tech censorship before ultimately claiming “that's not going to happen.”

Carlson criticized the blatant hypocrisy of “legacy…