NBCUniversal is reportedly partnering with Chinese state-linked social media app TikTok for an advertising campaign designed to promote NBC’s coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Free Speech
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January 25, 2022
U.S. citizens are more distrusting of the information they get from search engines than are those of any other nation surveyed in Edelman's 22nd annual global Trust Barometer.
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January 25, 2022
Neil Young has reportedly demanded that Spotify become a safe space for him. The Once-legendary Canadian-American singer delivered an ultimatum to Spotify, according to Rolling Stone: Get rid of the massively popular Joe Rogan Experience…
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January 25, 2022
Twitter and Facebook allow Russian state-controlled media to maintain verified accounts even as Russia prepares to invade Ukraine. Both sites ban organizations involved in violence. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump remains banned from the…
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January 24, 2022
The Internal Revenue Service will partner with a third-party facial recognition company to confirm the identity of taxpayers for certain transactions.
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January 24, 2022
A social media app is facing criticism for reportedly using artificial intelligence to include only biological women.
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January 24, 2022
Politics and sports commentator Clay Travis condemned YouTube for censoring an interview with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). Travis called a penalty against Big Tech. “YouTube has refused to post our @clayandbuck interview with @RandPaul. Think about…
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January 24, 2022
Instagram has written in clear terms that the company’s moderators will reduce the spread of content not merely for violating the platform’s rules, but for even having the potential to offend viewers.
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January 23, 2022
Devin Nunes, CEO of Trump Media and Technology Group, discussed with Breitbart his plans for the company.
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January 23, 2022
Twitter commemorated the anniversary of Roe v. Wade instead of the March for Life.
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January 22, 2022
YouTube reportedly classified a recent sermon from evangelical pastor John MacArthur as “hate speech.”
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January 21, 2022
Gab founder/CEO Andrew Torba proclaimed the essential role of cryptocurrency in the struggle for free speech during his appearance on the Timcast IRL podcast.
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January 21, 2022
Google reportedly increased its U.S. lobbying spending by 27 percent in 2021, as lawmakers began a push to enact new tech legislation to regulate the industry.
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January 21, 2022
A threat by Facebook to permanently shut down the account of the head of a leading Geneva-based non-governmental group prompted an outcry this week – and the tech giant reversed an earlier decision to take down a post for allegedly violating its…
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January 21, 2022
Twitter temporarily suspended a congressional candidate in Washington for his tweet in support of the Second Amendment.
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January 20, 2022
Facebook and Twitter are doing nothing to curb flagrant disinformation spouted by President Joe Biden. During his press conference Wednesday, Biden falsely claimed conservatives are already manipulating the 2022 midterm elections.
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January 20, 2022
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday that Big Tech censorship is the “single greatest threat” to “free speech” and “fair elections” in America. Cruz also called for legislation specifically targeting Big Tech’s biased…
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January 20, 2022
YouTube “terminated” the Reintegrative Therapy Association’s channel for alleged “hate speech,” accusing the group of pushing “conversion therapy.”
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January 19, 2022
CNN has hired ex-NBA player, and prolific misinformer Rex Chapman to host a weekly show on CNN+, its subscription streaming service.
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January 19, 2022
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer decides what bills come up for a Senate vote. But with Schumer’s daughters employed by Facebook and Amazon, antitrust legislation may go the way of President Joe Biden’s popularity: down into oblivion.
