Twitter is on a mission to rid its platform of “intolerance” and “incivility.” But it’s doing it in a way guaranteed to anger conservatives.
Based on the academics the site chose to partner with, those two…
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July 30, 2018
Twitter says it wants to improve the “health” of their “conversation” on its site, but its going after the wrong people.
On Friday, July 27, conservative commentator Kathleen McKinley discovered her Twitter account…
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July 30, 2018
InfoWars founder Alex Jones is currently in the midst of a 30-day Facebook suspension for allegedly violating the site’s rules against “bullying” and “hate speech.” It has even resulted in surprising support from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Jones…
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July 27, 2018
Tech companies are re-writing the dictionary and its hard to keep up with all the changing definitions.
President Trump, the RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, and GOP members of Congress all reacted on July 26 when Vice released a study…
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July 26, 2018
It seems like “healthy conversation” can now be a code word on the left for “censorship.”
Twitter was forced to explain itself after Vice published a study on July 25 accusing Twitter of “shadowbanning…
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July 25, 2018
Following a report from Gizmodo, left-wing news site Vice News has accused Twitter of “shadow banning” right-wing personalities, politicians, and political pundits.
In a piece, Vice proclaimed in the headline, “Twitter…
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July 25, 2018
Facebook admitted it made a “mistake” when it rejected the pro-gun advertisement posted by a Republican running for agricultural commissioner in Florida.
State Rep. Matt Caldwell’s 15-second advertisement features him…
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July 24, 2018
Starting in August, anyone with access to a 3D printer can yet again download the blueprints to print their own firearms at home. In response, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America launched an online campaign to “#StopDownloadableGuns…
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July 23, 2018
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey responded to criticism of the site and suggested that the company might be able to “determine credible voices per topic in real-time.” Dorsey was answering complaints from New York Times White House…
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July 19, 2018
Shortly after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fl.) brought up violent Facebook threats against Republicans during a congressional hearing, the page vanished from Facebook. Facebook, however, says it is not responsible.
On Tuesday, during the House…
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July 19, 2018
In a departure from President Trump’s previous attitude towards Silicon Valley, Trump on Thursday tweeted a defense of Google against a fine levied by the European Union.
In his tweet, Trump said, “I told you so! The European…
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July 18, 2018
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has recently been trying to strike a balance between cracking down on fake news, hoaxes, and hate speech and allowing a diversity of opinions on the site. In a recent interview with Recode, Zuckerberg took one of his…
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July 18, 2018
President Trump’s team appears to be bucking the mainstream media for positive publicity and, instead, is relying on Facebook advertisements. A study shows that from May until June, Trump and his political action committee have reportedly…
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July 17, 2018
Liberal news sources appear to have a problem with more than just InfoWars: now they’re going after the Daily Caller.
According to The Wall Street Journal, during an off-the-record meeting with Facebook last week, editors from…
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July 17, 2018
Even congressmen can’t get calls for assassination deleted from Facebook — unless they bring them up at a congressional hearing.
During the House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Examining the Content Filtering Practices…
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July 17, 2018
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, came out swinging at the House Judiciary hearing about censoring conservatives. He criticized Facebook’s eagerness to address Democrat questions about Russian use of the platform, but less so about GOP inquiries…
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July 16, 2018
The controversy over social media censorship of conservatives has not died down, and the House Judiciary Committee is holding a second hearing on the topic.
On July 13, 2018, the House Judiciary Committee announced that it would have…
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July 13, 2018
CNN attempted to test the limits of Facebook’s new campaign against fake news by questioning the presence of InfoWars on its site.
In a piece on the CNN website, senior media reporter Oliver Darcy said he asked multiple members of…
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July 11, 2018
On Monday, YouTube announced a $25 million investment in the “future of news.” According to its official blog, one of the three members of YouTube’s original working group is Vox Media, which runs liberal news site Vox.com.…
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July 10, 2018
A teenage Iranian gymnast was arrested by the Iranian government for dancing in videos that were posted on Instagram.
The Independent reported Maedeh Hojabri posted hundreds of videos of herself dancing on Instagram to both traditional…
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