Alexander Hall works as a Staff Writer for the Free Speech America division of NewsBusters at the Media Research Center. He is also the host of TechShark, a show featuring weekly tech/politics stories, a joint project of MRC Free Speech America and MRCTV. Before his current position, he graduated from Saint Mary’s College of California with a bachelor’s degree in Communications.
Alexander Hall
MRC Free Speech America Staff Writer
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The deputy editor for a popular tech outlet says she has just the solution for improving the coronavirus response: President “Donald Trump should resign.” No, really. That’s in the headline of a piece by The Verge. Elizabeth Lopatto of The Verge has…
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A project launched by Vox Media, the parent company of the outlet (Vox) that gave us Carlos Maza and a constant stream of loony leftism, is now being backed by Google. The Google News Initiative program will invest an estimated sum upward of $1…
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The Department of Justice has asked an important question about Section 230: Is the rule that helped shape the internet as we know it due for an update? Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen gave a speech about possible changes to Section 230 of…
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How much does the Washington, D.C. think tank establishment hate President Donald Trump? Apparently enough to question if the president dying to a disease would be “poetic justice.” Berin Szóka, president of Big Tech policy think tank TechFreedom,…
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Twitter has censored the journalist who exposed YouTube’s favorite communist as a champagne socialist. YouTuber Carlos Maza, whom The New York Times has described as a “New York-based socialist,” has told his viewers to “STOP taking political advice…
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Facebook labeled a video shared by President Donald Trump of former VP Joe Biden stammering as “partly false information” after the Joe Biden campaign and liberal media condemned the platform. Former Vice President Biden was caught on video…
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton blasted Facebook for enabling disinformation while using the mainstream liberal media to misinform viewers. Clinton condemned Facebook, claiming the platform “aided and abetted” the "right-wing echo chamber…
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An embarrassing clip of Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden stammering during a speech has been spun by liberal media as “manipulated media.” Former Vice President Biden was caught on video seemingly endorsing President Donald Trump for…
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Twitter has once again expanded its idea of “hateful conduct.” Wouldn’t it be easier for Twitter to let people know what handful of jokes are still okay in the current year?Twitter’s company blog announced the platform is expanding its rules against…
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A liberal journalist blasted Facebook until it removed certain Trump campaign ads as the 2020 Census approaches. Founding Editor-in-Chief of the now defunct outlet Think Progress Judd Legum scorched Facebook for “running more than 1,000 ads on…
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As if the Big Tech video game industry wasn’t liberal enough, now Soros has bought $45 million worth of shares in one of its biggest contenders. Liberal billionaire George Soros has reportedly purchased “758,000 shares, which were worth over $45…
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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has led a crusade against the Chinese-owned video platform TikTok, and now he has reportedly proposed legislation to ban federal workers from using it on their government-issued devices. Hawley dropped the hammer on TikTok…
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The Verge’s tech survey has a few big takeaways: Americans are skeptical of Facebook, want Big Tech broken up, and seemingly say Twitter is a menace to society. The Verge has conducted surveys, starting with “the hangover of the 2016 US presidential…
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The New York Times sees YouTube purges as a start, but still not good enough. “YouTube’s efforts to curb conspiracy theories pose a major test of Silicon Valley’s ability to combat misinformation,” The Times wrote in its March 2 coverage. It cited…
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YouTube has been overhauling its policies, and one result is clear: chances to successfully appeal your content once it has been removed are slim. In YouTube’s latest Community Guidelines enforcement report spanning from Oct. to Dec. 2019, the…
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Google critic Dr. Robert Epstein warned of Big Tech’s potential for abuse in elections -- and apparently Americans are beginning to heed his concerns. Both Republicans and Democrats appear to agree that Big Tech will be unable to prevent their…
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Conservative leaders spoke at a game-changing panel about how the movement will take on Big Tech censorship. Donald Trump, Jr., House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) blasted Bich Tech bias at a Feb 28 CPAC panel “…
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After a brief controversy where the viral video app TikTok censored and reinstated a pro-life organization, the platform has allowed a viral video showing young women seemingly giddy about abortion. Live Action founder Lila Rose blasted TikTok via…
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The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that YouTube may censor whomever it chooses, and is not bound by the First Amendment. The ruling in Prager University v. Google dealt a blow to PragerU’s cause this past Wednesday, according to The…
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Worried about the rise of socialism? The Big Tech oligarchs over at Twitter don’t appear to be. Despite a Twitter rule which states that the platform will censor accounts for using “hateful symbol[s],” a Twitter spokesperson defended the use of the…
