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.

Autumn Johnson | April 9, 2022

A podcast host with The New York Times insisted that Twitter doesn’t censor people.

Kara Swisher, who hosts the publication’s “Sway” podcast, was a guest on MSNBC’s Morning Joe where she discussed content moderation.

Fox News…

Autumn Johnson | April 7, 2022

Seth Dillon, CEO of The Babylon Bee, explained why the satire site’s account was still locked. Twitter locked the account after The Bee posted that Rachel Levine was the site’s “Man of the Year.” Levine is a biological male that is being…

Autumn Johnson | April 5, 2022

Research from N.C. State University indicated that Google’s anti-spam algorithm overwhelmingly labeled emails from right-wing candidates as “spam.” The paper, titled A Peek into the Political Biases in Email Spam Filtering Algorithms During US…

Autumn Johnson | April 5, 2022

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

The Intercept reported that words like “prison,” “plantation,” and “restrooms” would be automatically flagged by an automatic word monitor.…

Autumn Johnson | April 3, 2022

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…

Autumn Johnson | April 3, 2022

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.