A recent Politico podcast detailed the importance of Twitter in the new age, but the platform has a history of amplifying some voices more than others.
Free Speech
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Kyle Rittenhouse said his Instagram account was disabled again just days after his social media accounts were reinstated. Rittenhouse was acquitted of all criminal charges against him.
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Meta is doubling down on its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to detect alleged “harmful content,” even though AI algorithms have been shown to be biased or error-prone in censoring content.
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A leftist figurehead blatantly told lawmakers on Thursday that social media companies should treat woke elites and ordinary people differently. Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said social media companies should sanitize their…
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According to a new study on algorithms, Google is the search engine with the most “conspiracy-free” search results. The study, from professors at German and Swiss universities, examined how algorithms filter “conspiratorial information” in search…
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Twenty-four members of Congress are urging Google to stop its suppression of pro-life voices and reinstate Live Action’s life-saving advertisements promoting a method of abortion-pill reversal.
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) repeatedly praised U.K. regulation of social media platforms and called for the U.S. to adopt the U.K. model at a Dec. 8 Senate hearing on Instagram. Both the U.K. government and Blumenthal tend to support increased…
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Comedian, actor and commentator Russell Brand called out the fact that Twitter once represented the Wild West of free speech, but has since become a machine for controlling public opinion. The unexpected rise of former President Donald Trump…
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Snap CTO Bobby Murphy is the latest tech executive who announced he is all in on augmented reality (AR), which is a key piece in how some envision the metaverse. Murphy said Snap is developing its own AR Spectacles and hoping to have applications…
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Liberals infamously told censored conservatives that they should build their own platforms. Now that conservatives have built everything from payment processors to video hosting platforms, liberals have now condemned these platforms as echo…
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Apple’s recent pro-China behavior now makes sense. The tech giant’s CEO reportedly signed a secret deal with the country worth hundreds of billions of dollars five years ago, according to a new report.
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It’s Episode Fifteen of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week, Big Tech showed their desire to protect the leftist narrative at all costs — even if that means censoring information that could benefit public health.
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MRC’s CensorTrack found 100 examples of Big Tech censoring content and users who affirm only two genders or recognize biological gender differences over the last 11 months. That’s an average of about two censorship incidents a week.
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Life360, an app designed to help parents track the movements of their children, reportedly sells customers’ locations to data brokers. According to its website, Life360 is used by 31 million members. The company’s privacy policy states that it…
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Apparently history is too dangerous to teach children. YouTube has censored a Young America’s Foundation (YAF) video about “Victims of Socialism,” restricting the video on the grounds that it is not “suitable” for kids.
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Less than a day before its CEO testifies in front of Congress, Instagram announced it will roll out new safety features for teenage users, hoping the changes will help make them "even safer" when using the social media platform. Instagram CEO…
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Is this the start of a big conservative splash in the tech sphere? Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) will reportedly resign from his position as a congressman to join former President Donald Trump’s burgeoning Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG.)
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“As it turns out, remembering the politically inconvenient is a risky thing. To help others to remember is even more dangerous.” Leftist WIRED published these words as part of a report on Chinese online censorship. The irony is that WIRED…
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House Democrats are pushing legislation that would allow platform users to sue Big Tech companies for “emotional injury.” House Energy and Commerce Committee ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) skewered the legislation and those pushing…
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A new social network being created by former President Donald Trump reportedly said it has $1 billion lined up in capital.
