Autumn Johnson
Contributing Writer

Autumn is a practicing attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. When not working, Autumn enjoys reading, writing, playing video games, and spending time with her cats.

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A report suggested a new chat app for Amazon employees would ban “insensitive” words and phrases.

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YouTube once again removed content that involved former President Donald Trump. The Washington Times reported that the platform removed the Republican National Committee’s podcast with Trump for so-called election “misinformation.” McDaniel…

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Once again, it appears Twitter has operated by a different set of rules. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling had been criticized for her comments on transgenders in the past, but a new response to her comments included a death threat.

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Two committees of the parliament of the European Union voted for a bill that would strip all privacy protections from cryptocurrency. Axios reported that the bill “would ban transactions that state authorities can't readily tie to a person or an…

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Google threatened to demonetize publishers for “dissent" on Ukraine. Publishers received a message from Google warning that it would not monetize content that “exploits, dismisses, or condones” the war in Ukraine.

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Big Tech faced yet another blow from the Department of Justice. Originally reported by The Wall Street Journal, the DOJ sent letters to members of the congressional judiciary committees and asked them to support an antitrust bill that prevented…

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A senior editor at The Federalist was locked out of his Twitter account over the weekend after he called Rachel Levine a man. According to The Federalist, Senior Editor John Daniel Davidson tweeted that Levine “is in fact a man” and was locked…

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A new law in the European Union would force Apple to allow sideloading and third-party app stores. According to The Verge, Apple would be prevented from requiring users to download apps in its own app store under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).…

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he is giving “serious thought” to creating a new social media platform to rival Twitter. “Would you consider building a new social media platform, @elonmusk?” an account asked on Saturday. “One that would consist an open…

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Podcaster Joe Rogan said that “woke” employees of Big Tech companies like Facebook and Twitter are “mentally ill.” The New York Post reported that Rogan made the comment on his Spotify podcast during an interview with Antonio García Martínez, a…

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Tesla’s Elon Musk tweeted in support of free speech and questioned Twitter’s “adherence” to it. Musk asked his followers to vote “yes” or “no” in a poll that asked his users whether the platform supported free speech.

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YouTube removed hours of videos that were live-streamed at last month’s Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC).

 

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Twitter censored The Federalist’s reporting and warned that links to the publication’s reporting “may be unsafe.” According to The Federalist, Twitter displayed the following message to users who attempted to access the publication’s content: “…

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The Department of Justice requested that Google be sanctioned in an ongoing antitrust lawsuit. The basis of the suit was surrounded by the argument that Google was a monopoly. Reclaim The Net reported that the DOJ alleged in a pleading that…

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The chief executive of a megafund dedicated to health care workers attacked Facebook for allowing “misinformation.” Debby Blakey is chief executive of HESTA, a megafund worth $68 billion.

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Twitter locked The Babylon Bee’s account Sunday evening. The platform locked the account after the satire site posted that Rachel Levine was the site’s “Man of the Year.” Levine is a transgender woman.

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Twitter Blocks Links To Daily Mail Article Questioning COVID-19 Deaths. The article was written by the Daily Mail’s deputy health editor, Eve Simmons, and alleged that the UK’s government may have vastly overstated the number of deaths from the…

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Twitter flagged tweets from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the wake of his comments on two transgender women. According to the Washington Examiner, Paxton tweeted last week about Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine and swimmer Lea…

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Joe Rogan blasted “woke” Big Tech CEOs in a recent podcast. Rogan hosted Daryl Davis, a black musician and author who befriended members of the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis in an effort to turn them away from racism. Bill Ottman, an internet…

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YouTube removed an interview with former President Donald Trump for election “misinformation.” Fortune magazine reported on Friday that Trump sat down with the NELK channel to discuss golf, Ukraine, and the 2020 election.