Technology

Alec Schemmel | August 12, 2021

YouTube alternative Rumble is gaining traction among more than just conservatives. The video-sharing platform just welcomed a diverse group of big name voices.

Rumble announced that “eight nationally recognized thought leaders” would be…

Autumn Johnson | August 8, 2021

At least eight GOP-controlled states have passed bans on donations to election offices in order to deter Big Tech influence. 

Last year, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $400 million to election offices during the…

Autumn Johnson | August 7, 2021

Twitter has temporarily suspended conservative radio personality Erick Erickson for tweeting that Laurel Hubbard “is a man.”

Erickson was commenting on a post about the suspension of conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey, who had…

Autumn Johnson | August 6, 2021

Twitter has temporarily restricted the account of Liz Harrington, chief spokeswoman to former President Donald Trump (who is also a former MRC intern and former CNS News reporter).

Twitter said the account was restricted because it…

Alec Schemmel | August 6, 2021

Apple attempts to position itself as a leader in privacy rights, but that’s just grandstanding. Apple has announced plans to search private pictures on its customers’ devices in an attempt to stop child abuse.

The resulting violation of…

Autumn Johnson | August 5, 2021

Blaze Media’s Allie Beth Stuckey was locked out of her Twitter account on Thursday after she tweeted that Olympian Laurel Hubbard is “still a man.”

Hubbard, a New Zealand weightlifter, is a transgender woman who competed in the 2020 Tokyo…

Autumn Johnson | August 5, 2021

Facebook Executive Dani Lever reportedly helped Gov. Andrew Cuomo fight sexual assault allegations by leaking confidential messages about an accuser.

Lever worked on Cuomo’s press team from 2014 to 2020, then leaving to join Facebook as…

Autumn Johnson | August 4, 2021

Instagram has removed a trailer from a series dedicated to teaching others about anti-Semitism because “it contains instances of Jews recounting their experiences.”

Yair Rosenberg, the author of the series and Senior Writer at Tablet…

Autumn Johnson | August 3, 2021

Jason Miller is pushing back after Politico wrote a “hit-piece” about GETTR, his new social media platform.

Miller, who was Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump during both the 2016 and 2020 campaigns, is the Chief Executive Officer…

Autumn Johnson | August 2, 2021

Apple has removed a dating app from its App Store for violating its COVID policies.

Unjected, a dating app focused on partnering individuals who are opposed to getting the COVID vaccine, was removed from the store.

Shelby Thomson…

Autumn Johnson | August 1, 2021

Sky News Australia is banned from uploading content to YouTube for seven days after the Big Tech giant accused the site of violating its medical misinformation policies.

YouTube said the news site posted videos denying the existence of…

Autumn Johnson | July 30, 2021

Anjem Choudary's Facebook and Twitter accounts were permanently shut down after just five days of use.

Twitter said his account was suspended for “violating the rules” of the organization’s policies on violence and hate.

Described…

Autumn Johnson | July 30, 2021

Canada’s Liberal government has introduced legislation aimed at targeting harmful content online.

If passed, the digital safety commissioner would oversee the censorship of child pornography, pro-terrorism content, hate speech, and other…

Autumn Johnson | July 30, 2021

Congressional Democrats have accused social media app Nextdoor of not doing enough to eliminate misinformation about the COVID vaccine.

The news comes after prominent Democrats, particularly President Biden, targeted Facebook and YouTube…

Autumn Johnson | July 24, 2021

Facebook will allow its users to post the phrase “death to Khamenei” for the next two weeks. 

The social media giant had previously censored the phrase amid ongoing protests in Iran, saying the phrase violated its…

Autumn Johnson | July 22, 2021

Senate Democrats introduced a bill on Thursday that would make Facebook liable for “misinformation” about the global pandemic.

The Health Misinformation Act, introduced by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), would use…

Autumn Johnson | July 18, 2021

A pro-Trump legal group is investigating the Biden administration’s coordination with Big Tech companies.

America First Legal, which is run by former Trump administration officials, filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests on…

Autumn Johnson | July 17, 2021

Google will once again allow Zero Hedge, a financial website, to run ads after the site removed “derogatory” comments the tech giant took issue with.

Google removed the site’s ability to run Google ads in June. In a recent review of the…

Autumn Johnson | July 16, 2021

The Biden administration announced at a press briefing on Facebook Friday that it was working with Facebook to censor posts that contained “misinformation.” 

The comments came after President Biden said misleading posts on Facebook…

Autumn Johnson | July 16, 2021

Two Amazon employees have resigned in recent weeks in protest of the company’s decision to continue selling “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters,” a book that explores transgenderism in teenage girls.

The…