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Corinne Weaver | October 17, 2018

Twitter is very keen on promoting “healthy conversation” and removing “dehumanizing language.” The exception to the rule? Louis Farrakhan.

In a video tweeted by Farrakhan, the minister compared  Jewish people to “termites.” Gripping…

Jacob Comello | October 17, 2018

Celebrities and other leftists are excited to unleash the awesome electoral power of #Resist during the midterm elections in November. The catch is, they must actually mobilize people to vote - and if they can’t do it by getting arrested,…

Corinne Weaver | October 4, 2018

Twitter can be like the aggressor in a bad relationship, picking and choosing which rules to enforce based on how employees feel at the time.

A suspect who allegedly posted the personal information of Republican senators online was…

Corinne Weaver | October 3, 2018

Social media companies have been under fire recently -- mostly from the left -- for their participation in the spread of “fake news” during election cycles.

So of course, whenever pressure from the left is involved, companies…

Corinne Weaver | September 26, 2018

Big tech companies want to help impact the upcoming midterm election.

On National Voter Registration Day, several top social media/search media firms — including Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat — urged users to…

Corinne Weaver | September 25, 2018

Twitter has proposed a new policy to crack down on “dehumanizing speech.” And with a new policy comes a new reference for its actions.

In a Twitter blog post written by Del Harvey, Twitter’s Vice President of Trust and…

Corinne Weaver | September 25, 2018

Editor's Note: As of the afternoon on September 25, Smash Racism DC took down their posts from Twitter and Facebook. Their pages are still up, however. 

Twitter and Facebook are eager to take down or block users who…

Corinne Weaver | September 24, 2018

Liberal Hollywood can tweet or post whatever it wants. But when a conservative posts something, it’s considered “a violation” — even when it’s just a humorous meme.

Actor James Woods was recently suspended…

Corinne Weaver | September 17, 2018

Pro-life advertisements on Twitter are censored immediately. But ads for female genital mutilation? Those got approved.

The Dawoodi Bohra Women for Religious Freedom posted a tweet on September 9 promoting khafz, or female circumcision.…

Corinne Weaver | September 14, 2018

Even though Twitter apparently promotes “healthy conversation,” conservatives who work there are afraid to express their opinions.

In an interview on NYU liberal journalism Professor Jay Rosen’s podcast, posted on Recode…

Corinne Weaver | September 10, 2018

Apparently questioning someone’s intelligence counts as hate speech.  Twitter has decided to crack down on just that (but only when conservatives do it.) On Sept., CIA security contractor Kris Paranto was suspended from Twitter for…

Gabriel Hays | September 6, 2018

On Wednesday, MRC’s Dan Gainor appeared alongside tech expert Lance Ulanoff on Fox Business’ After the Bell to discuss Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s testimony before Congress. At the hearing the Dorsey denied any allegations that…

Corinne Weaver | September 5, 2018

Denial might be a river in Egypt but today it looked an awful lot like the Potomac.

At the Energy and Commerce hearing about Twitter on Sept. 5, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey answered many questions about his platform, but one topic he…

Gabriel Hays | September 5, 2018

During Wednesday’s Senate hearing concerning foreign influence on social media platforms, Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey stated that his goal in combating the proliferation of fake or misleading accounts was to amplify the voices of…

Corinne Weaver | September 5, 2018

It’s worth asking big tech companies whether they practice core American values on a global scale.

In the Sept. 5, Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on social media, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) asked Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and…

Corinne Weaver | September 4, 2018

Wouldn’t it be nice if Twitter allowed people to see posts from everyone they followed in the order that things were posted?

On September 2, TwitterSafety, one of the many official accounts of Twitter, posted a tweet thread…

NB Staff | September 4, 2018

RESTON, VA — On August 31, Media Research Center founder and president Brent Bozell sent individual letters to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC)…

Corinne Weaver | August 31, 2018

Twitter jumps on conservative content at the first opportunity. But how long does it take for the platform to remove actual threatening posts? If the target is conservative, the answer is too long.

On August 30, shortly after a memorial…

Gabriel Hays | August 29, 2018

MRC Vice President of Business and Culture Dan Gainor recently appeared on the Fox Business Network’s After the Bell to discuss President Donald Trump’s concerns about conservative censorship online and to call for "fairness…

Corinne Weaver | August 27, 2018

On social media, hate speech will be swiftly removed. Unless the victim is perceived to be on the wrong side of the conversation.

Conservative commentator, radio host, and NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch tweeted a screenshot of a comment she…