Free Speech

Autumn Johnson | August 25, 2022

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is taking another look at Twitter’s claim that less than 5 percent of its users are spam accounts.

 

Follow the “science.” But what about when the “science” changes? Apparently Big Tech changes the censorship rules in the middle of the game.

Joseph Vazquez | August 25, 2022

The Washington Post cheered a reported ban of a gamer who made a pro-America modification that offended the rainbow-praising Big Tech overlords.

Joseph Vazquez | August 25, 2022

The Department of Homeland Security has officially terminated its Orwellian plans for a Disinformation Governance Board. The action follows MRC Free Speech America, in conjunction with MRC Business, exposing the DGB’s leftist bias — including its…

Gabriela Pariseau | August 24, 2022

The Babylon Bee Editor-in-Chief Kyle Mann told Reason Editor-at-Large Nick Gillespie why his company has refused to delete the infamous tweet that got it kicked off Twitter.

Catherine Salgado | August 24, 2022

Chinese Communist Party-tied ByteDance not only owns other tech companies like the U.S. app TikTok, it also is extending its influence to sectors including news and the medical industry, Forbes reported.

Autumn Johnson | August 23, 2022

Some civil rights experts say that Google’s Ph.D. fellowship is “illegal.”

 

Autumn Johnson | August 23, 2022

Truth Social will be Rumble’s first publisher.

 

Joseph Vazquez | August 23, 2022

A former Twitter executive just blew the whistle against the Big Tech platform for allegedly ignoring serious cybersecurity problems and apparently misleading prospective owner Elon Musk on spam bots.

Brian Bradley | August 22, 2022

The World Economic Forum is trying to set guardrails for the future of augmented reality, and microchipping people is part of its vision for a “brave new world.”

Catherine Salgado | August 22, 2022

“[T]he Islamic Jihad Movement … is able to crush the enemy,” Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei tweeted, praising Palestinian terrorists in his latest violent Twitter screed, which has stayed posted on the platform uncensored for 11 days.…

Autumn Johnson | August 20, 2022

The World Economic Forum is pushing for digital identity systems around the world.

 

Autumn Johnson | August 20, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly complained that Twitter is requesting information from individuals who know nothing about the deal to purchase the platform.

 

Catherine Salgado | August 19, 2022

Major tech companies, including TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent shared details for the first time about their algorithms with the Chinese Communist Party, as the CCP demanded more user data information from companies–…

Autumn Johnson | August 18, 2022

Mozilla has made its stance on abortion clear.

 

Gabriela Pariseau | August 18, 2022

Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon told podcaster Joe Rogan that despite harassment policies, Big Tech platforms have no qualms in sometimes allowing such behavior.

Catherine Salgado | August 18, 2022

Tech outlet WIRED complained that Google’s search results need improvement—through more censorship! WIRED whined in an Aug. 16 piece that content on Google, just like on social media platforms, can create an “information trap.” …

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | August 17, 2022

It’s Episode 51 of CensorTrack with TR. This week, we talked about how Big Tech has an anti-conservative and anti-Christian bias. 

Autumn Johnson | August 17, 2022

Oracle will vet and audit TikTok’s algorithms.

 

Gabriela Pariseau | August 17, 2022

Fox News “Unfiltered” host Dan Bongino asked podcast host Tim Pool about his website’s recent clash with NewsGuard. “I think it’s a joke,” Pool said. “They gave us a good rating, but it is not a legitimate agency.”