Free Speech

Apps collect data about their users. What happens when a foreign government owns that data?

The U.S. military did not want to find out. According to an NBC News report, the Defense Information Systems Agency advised employees to avoid…

One of the top YouTube creators, PewDiePie, warned that the site is under threat — from the very people who run it.

PewDiePie addressed questions from his fans in a December 28 video and questioned the future of the entire platform…

Hate crimes are tragic. Now they are typically followed by calls for government crackdowns on speech.

In the wake of the attack on a Hanukkah celebration at a Rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, weekday morning CNN Newsroom co-host…

UK's government-funded news media giant BBC is considering measures to discourage its “top correspondents” from biased tweeting.

The actions follow election criticism from both left and right.

The Guardian…

The photo sharing platform Instagram has launched the rise of many influencers ranging from aspiring models to artists, but now it is restricting what products these influencers can be paid to promote.

“Across the Facebook company,…

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Some in Big Tech have made swipes at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for his company’s free speech stance on political ads, and the hits keep on coming.

The CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey unfollowed Mark Zuckerberg handle “@finkd…

It’s the future you probably didn’t ask for -- being nagged by Artificial Intelligence to stop being “offensive” and “bullying.”

Instagram touted its new anti-bullying Artificial Intelligence program in…

Facebook is taking another shot at improving its fact-check process, by adding a large group of part-time contractors to help sort information from disinformation.

In an attempt to assuage the concerns of conservatives and free speech…

The 2020 election is going to be fought online and the left has decided to create its own fact-check unit.

The Democratic National Committee started a “counter-disinformation unit” to “serve[] as a knowledge base and…

Some content creators are concerned about the direction platforms are taking after recent policy change announcements. Will free speech be allowed on social media?

YouTube’s Vice President and Global Head of Trust & Safety Matt…

Facebook announced a new policy to label state-funded media on its platform. Qatar-backed outlet Al Jazeera has a problem with that.

In a letter sent by the media outlet’s lawyers to Facebook’s Vice President Jennifer Gillian…

As the hashtag “#youtubeisoverparty” trended following a YouTube policy update, Steven Crowder warned viewers and fellow creators their days on the platform may be numbered.

Yesterday, YouTube’s Vice President and Global…

The video sharing platform and sister organization to Google may be cracking down on free speech -- this time under the guise of protecting users from “harassment.” YouTube’s Vice President and Global Head of Trust & Safety…

Ex-founder of Wikipedia Larry Sanger’s Twitter followers reported that they couldn’t see the tweets he had put out about a social media strike.

“Who wants me to organize mass tryouts of decentralized social media…

A Pinterest tech insider received an award for his part in blowing the whistle on Pinterest’s bias and censorship of conservative content.

Whistleblower Eric Cochran received an Impact Award during the 3rd Annual Impact Awards…

“Journalists play a critical role in our society: keep the world honest and balanced. They are true servants of the people,” said Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in a tweet from 2015. But it seems only certain kinds of journalists “play…

A former Facebook employee says that social media companies “owe it to democracy” to increase restrictions on Facebook’s political advertising and “fix the mess” they allegedly created.

Facebook’s…

One of the four constitutional scholars who testified at the impeachment hearings on Dec. 3 played an instrumental role in the building of Facebook’s Oversight Board.

Noah Feldman, professor at Harvard Law School and director of the…

Sources claim that the Democratic National Committee ("DNC") directly lobbied Facebook to police the platform for “malicious actors” and “disinformation” from politicians.

The DNC CEO Seema Nanda…