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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Fred Lucas ~ Two days after the Arizona Republican Party requested an investigation, the state’s GOP attorney general isn’t saying whether his office will look into specific actions of Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs, a Democrat. Hobbs, Arizona’s outgoing secretary of state, flagged certain tweets last year in her official capacity that Twitter then removed. Her […]
By Autumn Johnson ~ The Department of Justice is asking the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to block depositions of important officials in the Biden administration. Court documents obtained by Politico show that the department is asking the court to vacate an order allowing the depositions of Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Joseph Vazquez ~ The New York Times is having another meltdown over so-called “election misinformation” on social media and trying to pressure Big Tech companies to up their already bloated censorship operations. Times technology reporter Tiffany Hsu screeched in an Aug. 14 story headlined: “On TikTok, Election Misinformation Thrives Ahead of Midterms.” Hsu mourned […]
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, […]
By Alexander Hall ~ Disinformation Governance Board leader Nina Jankowicz has a history of deriding the very concept of free speech when speaking with political leaders. Jankowicz called to curtail free speech in the name of protecting women from criticism, according to a transcript of a meeting in the UK to consider the Draft Online […]
By Autumn Johnson ~ Big Tech companies have a challenge looming when it comes to states that restrict abortion. Protocol reporter Ben Brody wrote on May 3 that Big Tech companies like Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, and Twitter struggled to balance compliance with state laws and private user data. “These issues would likely give anyone thinking […]
By Autumn Johnson ~ Twitter announced on Earth Day that decided to remove any ads on the platform that contain so-called “misinformation” about climate change. The Washington Post reported that the platform said the removed ads “contradict the scientific consensus on climate change.” “We recognize that misleading information about climate change can undermine efforts to […]
By Adam Houser ~ Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Tesla and SpaceX, has purchased 73.5 million shares of Twitter stock, making him the largest shareholder. He now owns 9.2% of shares. The move comes after Musk published a series of tweets raising concerns with the tech giant’s position towards free speech on its platform. […]
By Alexander Hall ~ President Joe Biden called for social media companies to censor American citizens online during a speech Jan. 13, amidst a presidency marked by censorship and government crackdowns. Biden made a “special appeal to social media companies and media outlets” calling them to “please deal with the misinformation and disinformation that’s on […]
By Joseph Vazquez ~ Only approved journalism, thank you! That appears to be Twitter’s logic behind suspending Just the News founder John Solomon for 12 hours. Solomon bashed the censorship as “outrageous and unfair.” Just the News released a report Dec. 28 noting that Solomon was suspended from the leftist Big Tech platform “for sharing an […]
By P.J. Gladnick ~ The new CEO of Twitter, Parag Agrawal, is a man of his word. He has declared that Twitter is “not to be bound by the First Amendment,” and he began to immediately act upon this belief as soon as he recently took up the reigns of the social media giant. One […]
By Autumn Johnson ~ In a scathing Twitter thread, the editor of the Daily Caller slammed Big Tech social media platforms for continuing to favor leftist viewpoints online. Geoffrey Ingersoll, the Caller’s editor-in-chief, tweeted no one should be surprised by the continued bias against conservatives, despite the claim that conservatives hold top spots at many social […]
By Alexander Hall ~ Liberal Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey resigned, but conservatives bashed his immediate replacement Parag Agrawal for potentially being far worse. Agrawal has a history of odious left-wing commentary including this tweet: “‘If they are not gonna make a distinction between muslims and extremists, then why should I distinguish between […]
By Alexander Hall ~ Media mogul and Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch reportedly skewered Facebook and Google for undermining conservatives with censorship and called for “algorithmic transparency.” The man behind America’s biggest conservative news network slammed Big Tech companies for sabotaging conservatives online during a meeting with his stockholders. “There is no doubt that Facebook […]
By Autumn Johnson ~ Nick Clegg, Vice President of Global Affairs at Meta, says the world needs a “global internet.” “Meta” is the new name for Facebook. In an op-ed at Financial Review, Clegg said “global rules” were needed for a “global internet.” Clegg said the solution to disputes about online content moderation can be […]
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