Free Speech

Alexander Hall | February 11, 2020

Far-left media outlet The Young Turks launched a new project to train a new generation of liberals to dominate local media -- all funded by Big Tech giant YouTube and its owner, Google.

Axios announced that the Cenk Uygur-founded…

Corinne Weaver | February 11, 2020

Amazon has decided to quietly crack down on books it deems offensive. But the company’s enforcement of standards seems lopsided at best.

The New York Times reported that third-party booksellers on Amazon have been forbidden from…

Corinne Weaver | February 10, 2020

Twitter bans accounts for transphobia and won’t allow pro-life organizations to run ads on its platform. But a cartoon encouraging terrorism is apparently allowed to spread.

The video, tweeted out by a pro-Palestine account, depicts…

Alexander Hall | February 10, 2020
When actor/comedian Sacha Baron Cohen blasted Facebook, world famous industrialist Elon Musk was quick to support him.   Cohen, known for his prankster Borat role, slammed Facebook and its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a Feb. 5 tweet. He…
Corinne Weaver | February 10, 2020

President Donald Trump tweeted an edited video that showed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi repeatedly tearing up the State of the Union speech, with other clips of the president’s successes pieced in the video.

Democrats were…

Alexander Hall | February 7, 2020

Oh how the times have changed. One of the most popular liberal tech writers has lamented that Republican social media strategy in the Trump era has changed the game.

Recode co-founder and New York Times contributor Kara Swisher wrote an…

Alexander Hall | February 7, 2020

The billionaire candidate who came out of nowhere has apparently decided that paying young social media stars to promote him is the key to success.

The Daily Beast alleged that former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg is using Tribe, a…

Corinne Weaver | February 6, 2020

Do YouTube’s hate speech policies try to protect even demonic entities?

A video produced by The Catholic Talk Show entitled, “7 Secrets Catholic Exorcists Want You to Know,” was deleted by YouTube for violating hate…

Corinne Weaver | February 6, 2020

President Donald Trump’s presence on Twitter receives almost countless mentions in the media. Imagine what that’s done to Twitter’s notoriety.

The social media platform Twitter has gone up in market value significantly…

Alexander Hall | February 6, 2020

Will Facebook’s new oversight board be the platform to ensure free speech or a Big Tech kangaroo court?

The site’s in-house newsroom posted a developer blog on Jan. 28 which announced the platform’s upcoming oversight…

Michael Morris | February 5, 2020

Republicans and Democrats do not tend to agree on a much these days, but both sides of the aisle have come together to agree on at least one thing -- neither trusts Big Tech.

Pew Research Center reported Jan. 29 on a survey of “12,…

Alexander Hall | February 5, 2020

Meme creators and free speech advocates feel they will be the first casualty of the latest war on “manipulated content” by Big Tech.

Twitter Safety announced via tweet on Jan 4 a new rule that forbids “manipulated media…

Alexander Hall | February 4, 2020

The GOP thinks that fighting Big Tech censorship might be a winning election issue. So much so, that the party is surveying voters about the issue as part of a nationwide grassroots effort.

Former D.C. bureau chief for Investor's…

Alexander Hall | February 4, 2020

Facebook declared in its terms of service update that "denying existence" of people based on “protected characteristics” is a violation of its community standards on "hate speech."

Facebook updated its…

Corinne Weaver | February 4, 2020

Disinformation is the new buzzword for the left to push for more censorship on Twitter. While results from the Iowa Caucus are still being counted, journalists from the left want tweets from the right taken down.

“Trump campaign folks are…

Alexander Hall | February 3, 2020

“Comfortably Smug,” an anonymous but vastly popular Twitter account with 178.3k followers, was reportedly censored by Twitter on Monday for poking fun at a gaffe Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden made on the campaign trail.

Corinne Weaver | January 31, 2020

 

Update: Lila Rose tweeted that TikTok restored Live Action's account. However, the company had no communication with the pro-life organization whatsoever during the process. TikTok admitted to "human error" in…

Alexander Hall | January 31, 2020

What will be the deciding factor in Senate impeachment trial? How badly do the senators wish to go home, theorized Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).

In an episode of the Verdict with Ted Cruz podcast titled “A Day in the Life” on…

Alexander Hall | January 27, 2020

One of the internet’s foremost tech journalists has tried to call out one of Trump’s tweets as potentially “problematic” and also blasted the GOP on impeachment.

Recode co-founder and New York Times contributor…

Alexander Hall | January 24, 2020

Is Twitter’s leadership offended by babies and young families?

Twitter’s warning used to keep viewers from unknowingly seeing inappropriate videos was censoriously applied to a Trump campaign pro-life promo. With Trump…