Free Speech
|
March 8, 2019
YouTube is launching new initiative to combat what it calls fake news and “misinformation.” A YouTube spokesperson told Buzzfeed that “As part of our ongoing efforts to build a better news experience on YouTube, we are…
|
March 7, 2019
Facebook has been the public image of social media with 2.5 billion users. Now Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he wants the company to focus on making things private. While tech commentators have debated his motivations, Zuckerberg vowed a…
|
March 6, 2019
Twitter CEO controls what people say on his platform. He found out he doesn’t have the same power appearing on the latest episode of the Joe Rogan podcast. It featured Rogan and journalist Tim Pool teaming up against representatives from…
|
March 5, 2019
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt spoke recently about how he has worked with Silicon Valley tech elites to crush speech he finds offensive. In a February 26 panel hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, Greenblatt announced that he has worked with…
|
March 5, 2019
When Google investigated itself for gender wage gaps, it found a result few would have expected: it was underpaying men for doing the same general work as women. Google’s “pay equity analysis” released on Monday March 4…
|
March 4, 2019
A computer game job applicant claims his final interview was made up of nothing but political questions, nothing about actual job skills. A developer for the game program “Dragonpunk” lamented via Twitter on March 3 that most…
|
March 4, 2019
Facebook has banned another right-winger, but Wired UK isn’t impressed, slamming the ban as disingenuous. The magazine apparently wants Facebook to get serious about repressing conservative speech, and even has a suggestion about who to ban…
|
March 1, 2019
Conservative commentator Michelle Malkin gave a speech at the 2019 CPAC conference on Friday, which included a fiery call to action against big tech censorship. “Nice is not enough,” Malkin said. “Logic and facts and appeals to…
|
February 28, 2019
Former Vice President Joe Biden is taking his sweet time in deciding if he’s going to run for President in 2020. But a look at his plans might determine the answer anyway. CNBC interviewed an anonymous source from Twitter who said Obama’…
|
February 28, 2019
Whose side is Big Tech on? That’s the question as Microsoft employees signed a petition calling on their employer to stop working with the United States military. Nearly 100 employees united against Microsoft working with the Defense…
|
February 27, 2019
Tuesday night on the Fox News Channel, Donald Trump Jr. and Fox News host Tucker Carlson went off on how ‘woke capitalism’ may doom the American people — especially thanks to tech companies. Carlson and Don Jr. are both wary…
|
February 27, 2019
In a troubling new video released by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas, a former Facebook employee detailed the alleged suppression of conservative content on the social media platform. Facebook has denied the allegations. The…
|
February 27, 2019
Financial processors who ban websites and businesses based on political ideology practice another, more insidious form of social media censorship. If blog or account depends on donations or sales of merchandise, it is vulnerable to being starved of…
|
February 26, 2019
Facebook has once again betrayed its commitment to being a platform for free speech. The site announced its ban of activist Tommy Robinson early February 26. Facebook staff alleged he had called for “violence.” Robinson responded by…
|
February 25, 2019
Silicon Valley has already sunk its claws into the 2020 election. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is running for president, along with many other Democrats. But he may have an advantage that the others don’t in connections with Silicon Valley.…
|
February 25, 2019
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has proclaimed a new global initiative against hate speech. Guterres lamented that “hate” is moving into the mainstream and has “poisoned” debate on migration policy. He claimed this…
|
February 25, 2019
Twitter has claimed in the past that it does not discriminate against conservatives. That’s just not true. In the past five years, there have been at least 113 different cases of conservative, pro-Trump or anti-establishment figures on…
|
February 22, 2019
YouTube has taken decisive action to combat “any content — including comments — that endangers minors,” according to The Washington Post. YouTube said it has deleted hundreds of channels and millions of comments for…
|
February 22, 2019
Some of the motivating forces behind the 2020 elections could prove to be sinister for the First Amendment and media outlets the left hates. The founder of Data for Progress, a far-left think tank that endorses socialism and the Green New Deal…
|
February 21, 2019
This past weekend, conservative author Rod Dreher and Daily Caller reporter Jen Kerns’ articles were both censored on the site. "You are not allowed to say on Facebook that Jussie Smollett carried out a hate hoax,” Dreher tweeted…
