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Glimpsing Google’s Fate? SCOTUS Weighs In On Big Tech Liability Shield

February 24, 2023 by PA Pundits - International

By Autumn Johnson ~ We now know a bit about where some of the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are leaning in one family’s landmark case against Google. Google is being sued by the family of a woman killed in 2015 during an ISIS-led terrorist attack in Paris. The family has […]

‘The Worst’: FCC Commissioner Carr Shares Awful TikTok Malware Score

February 23, 2023 by PA Pundits - International

By Autumn Johnson ~ FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr shared the results of a study tracking the collection of user data and security issues on social media platforms. The study showed that communist Chinese government-tied TikTok currently has “the worst” score in the industry. A recent study from “Malcore,” an automated analysis tool designed to detect […]

Google-Tied Groups File Brief To Influence U.S. Supreme Court

February 22, 2023 by PA Pundits - International

By Autumn Johnson ~ A group with financial ties to Google is trying to convince the United States Supreme Court to strengthen the company’s liability protections—and censorship powers—under Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. Politico reported Friday that “prominent internet influencers and the nonprofit Authors Alliance filed an amicus brief” in support of Google […]

EATING CROW: WashPost Columnist Admits Musk ‘Broke Nothing’ By Axing Old Regime At Twitter

February 21, 2023 by PA Pundits - International

By Joseph Vazquez ~ It appears the liberal media doomsaying over how Twitter owner Elon Musk was supposedly going to make the company implode by cutting the old regime’s censorship-obsessed workforce in half was nothing but noise. And even a Washington Post columnist had to eat crow. Post columnist Megan McArdle was blunt in her […]

House Republicans Subpoena Big Tech To Reveal How The Government ‘Coerced And Colluded’ With Them To Censor Speech

February 16, 2023 by PA Pundits - International

By Fred Lucas ~ The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed five Big Tech executives to produce documents by late March about collusion with federal government agencies to suppress free speech. “To develop effective legislation, such as the possible enactment of new statutory limits on the Executive Branch’s ability to work with Big Tech to restrict […]

Game Changer ?

February 13, 2023 by PA Pundits - International

A Dry Bones Cartoon ~ Has GPT changed everything? What do YOU think? Are you a human? Am I? Hmmm…? Read more by Yaakov Kirschen at Dry Bones . http://drybonesblog.blogspot.com/

Judge DISMISSES Class Action Suit Brought By Twitter Employees From Pro-Censorship Regime

January 18, 2023 by PA Pundits - International

By Autumn Johnson ~ A federal court judge ruled on Friday that five former Twitter employees from the old censorship-obsessed regime must pursue their claims against the company in arbitration. The layoffs, which heavily impacted the platform’s content moderation team, were part of Musk’s changes to save the company money while turning the platform into […]

House Panel Probes Biden Family’s ‘Suspicious’ Finances, Twitter’s Suppression Of Scandal

January 12, 2023 by PA Pundits - International

By Fred Lucas ~ The House Oversight and Reform Committee has asked three former Twitter executives to answer questions about suppressing negative news of Hunter Biden before the 2020 election. The committee, now under Republican control, also seeks more information about financial transactions by President Joe Biden’s son as well as the president’s brother, Jim […]

House Republicans Call For Ban On Big Tech Private Funding Of Election Administration

January 11, 2023 by PA Pundits - International

By Fred Lucas ~ Some House Republicans are urging federal action to bar private money from bankrolling election administration after a Big Tech-aligned group that made controversial grants in 2020 is issuing another round of grants aimed at the 2024 elections. “Private money has no place in public election infrastructure,” Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., told […]

Rep. Comer: FBI Had Its Own ‘Ministry Of Propaganda

December 19, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Autumn Johnson ~ Rep. James Comer (R-KY) noted Friday on Fox News that the FBI had a task force of 80 agents to moderate social media. Journalist Matt Taibbi reported on Friday that the FBI exchanged more than 150 emails with former Twitter Head of Trust and Safety Yoel Roth between January 2020 and […]

WashPost Throws A Fit Over Musk’s Pro-Free Speech Changes To Twitter

November 27, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Autumn Johnson ~ Writers at the Washington Post are outraged that Elon Musk is making pro-free speech changes to Twitter. Technology reporters at The Post wrote an article Tuesday blasting Musk’s decisions that have monumentally changed the platform’s content moderation policies. The article says Musk’s “reign” has been “marked by chaos.” The headline: Musk’s ‘free speech’ […]

Musk: ‘We Have To Be Tolerant Of Views We Don’t Agree With’

November 11, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Autumn Johnson ~ Twitter CEO Elon Musk reaffirmed his commitment to free speech in a meeting with advertisers Wednesday. The Washington Post reported that Musk discussed some of his plans for Twitter in an effort to attract advertisers to the platform. The public broadcast was viewed by over 100,000 people online: “Musk took questions […]

GOOD RIDDANCE: CNBC Says Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Out After Musk Takes Charge

October 28, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Joseph Vazquez ~ Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal is reportedly out as head of the platform as the world’s richest man completed his $44 billion acquisition after a tumultuous negotiations process. CNBC reported that Agrawal and Twitter Chief Finance Officer Ned Segal “left the company’s San Francisco headquarters” after Musk took charge as the new […]

Associated Depressed: Lib Outlet Cries Big Tech Not Doing Enough To Handle Election Misinfo ‘Mayhem’

October 26, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Joseph Vazquez ~ The Associated Press is throwing a hissy fit that Big Tech companies like Facebook and Twitter aren’t doing enough to censor political speech before the midterm elections. The liberal outlet whined in an Oct. 21 piece that “misinformation about voting and elections abounds on social media despite promises by tech companies […]

Politico Worries That Elon Musk Will Force Twitter To Drop Censorship

October 9, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By P.J. Gladnick ~ Nowadays when you hear that a reporter covers “misinformation and content moderation” you know they support censorship, although they absolutely hate that ugly but accurate description. And among the reporters with such a job description is Rebecca Kern of Politico. The title of Kern’s Wednesday article is also a reflection of […]

Twitter Is Refusing Musk’s Renewed Offer: Report

October 8, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Autumn Johnson ~ Twitter has reportedly declined Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s renewed offer to purchase the platform for $44 billion in an effort to keep the trial going. ABC News reported Thursday that the Tesla CEO’s attorneys claim that the company “will not take yes for an answer.” “Twitter will not take yes for […]

ENTER SCOTUS: High Court Agrees To Hear Case Threatening Big Tech’s Section 230 Protections

October 4, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Joseph Vazquez ~ The leftist Big Tech overlords may finally face a day of reckoning as the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to the Section 230 law that governs how tech platforms moderate free speech. SCOTUSblog tweeted Oct. 3 that SCOTUS granted a writ of certiorari to Gonzalez v. Google, “involving […]

Fifth Circuit Upholds Texas ‘Free Speech’ Law

September 20, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Autumn Johnson ~ The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld Texas’s “free speech” law on Friday, which would prevent social media companies from censoring certain viewpoints online. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that the ruling was a major win. “I just secured a MASSIVE VICTORY for the Constitution & Free […]

Twitter Shareholders Approve Musk Deal Amid Privacy Scandal

September 15, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Autumn Johnson ~ Despite contentious legal battles, Twitter’s shareholders approved Elon Musk’s deal to purchase the platform for $44 billion. The Verge reported Tuesday that the company confirmed it has enough votes to approve the purchase. Musk, however, shows no signs of backing down amid a protracted legal battle with Twitter. NewsBusters reported in […]

Lawmakers Must Act As Biden Weaponizes Big Tech Against Americans

September 7, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Jake Denton ~ Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt last week exposed the symbiosis of the deep state and the Silicon Valley elites. Schmitt’s revelation came just days after Americans learned that Facebook coordinated with the FBI to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story a few weeks before the 2020 election. It is now clearer […]

‘Prebunk/Debunk’? Biden Official Complains Big Tech Doesn’t Censor Enough

September 6, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Autumn Johnson ~ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director (CISA) Jen Easterly is reportedly upset that “Big Tech” social media platforms don’t censor enough. Her alleged comments were discovered in the discovery phase of a lawsuit that seems to grow more contentious by the day. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff […]

Microsoft Goes Full Big Brother With Minecraft Bans

August 5, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Douglas Blair ~ Careful what you say online: Microsoft is listening in. The tech giant recently implemented some changes to its massively popular game Minecraft. The game currently holds the record for being the bestselling video game of all time, and hundreds of thousands of players are playing at any given moment. In June, […]

Musk Tells Twitter He Needs More Raw Data: Report

June 29, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Autumn Johnson ~ Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly told Twitter he needs more raw data from Twitter to determine the number of bot accounts on the platform. Insider reported that attorneys for Musk sent a letter to Twitter and said the data it recently provided to Musk was “insufficient” and that he could not […]

CREEPY: Google Engineer Says AI Has Come To Life

June 14, 2022 by PA Pundits - International

By Autumn Johnson ~ A Google engineer claimed an artificial intelligence bot that belonged to the company came to life. Google engineer Blake Lemoine told the Washington Post that the tech giant’s artificial intelligent bot, LaMDA, became a sentient being. In a Medium blog post Lemoine said The Post wrote “a good article” but that […]