Free Speech

Alexander Hall | April 24, 2019

On Wednesday, it was announce that liberal actress Kathy Griffin is hosting the Shorty Awards, the online social media awards show with a heavily liberal slant. 

Even by Hollywood standards, these awards appear remarkably politicized…

Corinne Weaver | April 24, 2019

After a meeting with President Trump on April 23, Twitter rolled out some stronger policy changes.

Twitter is ready to prevent misinformation on its platform, says Twitter Safety’s new blog post. The article stated that “Any…

Alexander Hall | April 24, 2019

One way to fight Big Tech tyranny might be a new Texas bill that aims to stop companies from discriminating against conservative viewpoints. 

The bill by Republican state Sen. Bryan Hughes would prevent Big Tech companies from…

Corinne Weaver | April 24, 2019

Note: Language may offend some readers.

The liberal narrative is that President Donald Trump cannot accomplish anything in office.

So when Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey met with Trump April 23, the general consensus from the media and…

Corinne Weaver | April 23, 2019

Election manipulation is something the media have typically associated with Russians. But one liberal billionaire funnelled 56 times more money into manipulating content to win elections than the Russians.

News for Democracy, a political…

Alexander Hall | April 22, 2019

Logic and identity politics are clashing as tech workers openly question the dogma of diversity.

Quartz reported on an internal conflict at Microsoft as employees accused the tech company of discriminating against Asian and white men. The…

Corinne Weaver | April 22, 2019

Social media platforms have pledged to rid their sites of “hate” and “terrorism.” But after the horrific bombing in Sri Lanka that killed nearly 300 Christians on Easter, they have remained strangely silent.

Corinne Weaver | April 19, 2019

Social media platforms and Big Tech companies have been slowly working to censor content on their platforms more efficiently.

Emma Llanso, Director of Free Expression at the Center for Democracy and Technology, wrote in an op-ed for Wired…

Alexander Hall | April 19, 2019

Social media companies are going to have to come up with a solution for privacy scandals. Otherwise, the government will do it for them and their bosses won’t like it.

On Thursday, two sources told NBC News that regulators are…

Corinne Weaver | April 18, 2019

Big Tech bias hits even at times of major news. After the Mueller Report was released April 18, journalists and pundits took to social media to analyze the findings. But no one would know there was  “no evidence of Trump campaign…

Corinne Weaver | April 18, 2019

Ideological diversity is crucial when it comes to building a well-balanced fact-checking team. But the left won’t accept anyone who isn’t on their side.

Facebook’s controversial fact-checking program announced on April…

Alexander Hall | April 17, 2019

On April 16 cartoonist Ben Garrison announced on Twitter that he had been banned by Instagram for supposedly “violating their terms.” But he said it more likely posting conservative speech Instagram didn’t like. 

Corinne Weaver | April 17, 2019

While Twitter might not be sure as to who is a Nazi and who isn’t, it thinks bots can help decide. And, like it or not, more censorship is on the horizon.

At a TED talk/interview given on April 16, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey spoke…

Alexander Hall | April 17, 2019

Antitrust is coming for Big Tech, at least according to one business expert.

Prof. Scott Galloway, of the NYU Stern School of Business, said it will take some time, but there will a bipartisan breakup of Big Tech. “I believe DOJ or…

Alexander Hall | April 16, 2019

Google gathers so much data on its users that police are relying on that information to help solve crimes. And that has privacy advocates very worried.

Google’s phone location tracking system Sensorvault has been dubbed the “…

Corinne Weaver | April 16, 2019

Data gathered from millions of individual users was apparently handed out as gifts at Facebook.

In a new leak published by NBC, it was determined that Facebook did not sell data to third-party companies or advertisers. Instead, that data…

Corinne Weaver | April 16, 2019

Social media companies are not only censoring, but they are also adding a new item to the agenda: make sure no one mentions that it’s happening.

The TV company Starz asked Twitter to take down users’ tweets on a story…

Alexander Hall | April 15, 2019

A tech company that investigates job applicant social media posts has found “red flags” in roughly 24.5 percent — marking them for sexism, racism, and hate speech.

Companies are hiring California-based Fama Technologies…

Corinne Weaver | April 15, 2019

An organization that includes an offensive tweeter has no business petitioning to ban someone else from Twitter.

The Women’s March has launched a petition asking Twitter to ban President Donald Trump on March 13. The group reacted…

Alexander Hall | April 12, 2019

Google has joined other tech companies in trying to explain its bias against the pro-life film, Unplanned. 

Unplanned is the story of Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson, experienced a profound change of heart after…