Tech Mogul Says YouTube Deleted His Comments About Chinese Propaganda
May 26th, 2020 3:15 PM
YouTube is blocked in China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). But that doesn’t seem to stop the censorship of criticism about the CCP. According to Palmer Luckey, the founder of tech companies Oculus and Anduril, YouTube deleted his comments on its platform. He tweeted, “YouTube has deleted every comment I ever made about the Wumao ((五毛), an internet propaganda division of the Chinese…
Twitch Leadership Tries, Fails to Ease Concerns About ‘Deer’ Advisor
May 23rd, 2020 2:38 PM
Twitch tried to downplay concerns over an advisory board member who identifies as a deer and believes many gamers are “white supremacists.” Twitch, the platform for watching internet celebrities broadcast as they play video games, lit fire to a cultural powder keg in mid-May. The company appointed a transgender streamer who identifies as a deer among its “Safety Advisory Council.” Now it’s trying…
Twitter CEO Donates $5 Million to Push Universal Basic Income
May 22nd, 2020 1:47 PM
What liberals can’t achieve with the ballot box, they can count on Big Tech mega donors to bring to life. “Jack Dorsey, the billionaire CEO of Twitter and mobile-payment company Square, is giving $5 million to Humanity Forward” in order to “build the case for a universal basic income,” Rolling Stone reported. Democrat presidential primary dropout Andrew Yang made his mark in the primary debates…
Forget the 1st Amendment? Oversight Board Embraces International Rules
May 22nd, 2020 1:41 PM
Facebook’s new Oversight Board promises to be committed to freedom of expression. But that principle might better reflect an international standard, rather than a First Amendment-based American one. In an op-ed published by JustSecurity.org, law professor Sejal Parmar wrote that “Facebook’s creation of the board suggests a clear and conscious turn from such a U.S. constitutional-law paradigm…
Apple Sneaks COVID-19 Contact Tracing into Latest Phone Update
May 21st, 2020 5:42 PM
If you install updates on your phone without reading the details then you might get an unwanted surprise. The latest involves contact tracking technology. Contact tracing technology, in theory, will notify users when they have entered the presence of a person with the coronavirus. This project was begun in an effort “to protect people and get society back up and running,” according to an April 10…
Mika Brzezinski Demands Twitter Censor Trump, Gets Torched by Ted Cruz
May 21st, 2020 1:41 PM
MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski has called for Twitter to deplatform a sitting president. Brzezinski used both her show and her Twitter to demand that President Donald Trump be deplatformed. She even went so far as directly accusing him of “libel” and claimed “world would be safer” if he were censored. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) schooled Brzezinski by replying, “The media should NOT be asking Silicon…
Trump Retweeted Video of Michelle Malkin on Saturday…And It’s Gone
May 20th, 2020 2:59 PM
President Donald Trump retweeted a video on Saturday that was quickly deleted.
The video was a short clip from a speech that conservative Michelle Malkin gave decrying social media censorship of conservative voices.
Joe Rogan Spurns YouTube, Picks $100M Exclusive Deal with Spotify
May 20th, 2020 1:48 PM
While clips will be available on his YouTube channel, world-famous podcast host Joe Rogan is moving his massively popular and free talk show exclusively to the Spotify platform. “The Joe Rogan Experience, one of the most popular podcasts in the world, is coming to Spotify via a multi-year exclusive licensing deal,” Spotify announced in a May 19 announcement. The announcement summarized Rogan’s…
Oversight Board: Conservatives Think Board ‘Loaded' with Progressives
May 19th, 2020 3:07 PM
A co-chair of the Facebook Oversight Board admitted that conservatives had reason to believe that the Board was “loaded” with “people from the progressive side of the spectrum.” Four members of the Facebook Oversight Board answered some questions in an interview, hosted by the Aspen Institute. Co-chair Michael McConnell, a former federal circuit judge and professor at Stanford Law, answered a…
Mark Zuckerberg WARNS: West Must Lead Internet, Not ‘Dangerous’ China
May 19th, 2020 2:41 PM
Facebook’s CEO has taken flak from both the left and the right for how he runs his platform, but Mark Zuckerberg appears to have set his sights on preventing China from corrupting the internet. Zuckerberg warned in a livestream discussion with an EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, European that “Western countries” must set the standard for freedom and privacy on the internet, not countries like…
Wikipedia Founder: Wikipedia Has Abandoned ‘Neutrality’ as a Policy
May 19th, 2020 8:31 AM
The founder of Wikipedia, Larry Sanger, has some harsh words for his old platform, which he said has changed from what he wanted it to be. “Wikipedia no longer has an effective neutrality policy,” he wrote in his blog on May 14. “Wikipedia no longer has an effective neutrality policy,” he wrote in his blog on May 14. He used as an example the difference between the entry for former President…
Twitch Names Trans Streamer Who Identifies as Deer to Safety Council
May 18th, 2020 4:15 PM
If normal radical liberals in Big Tech weren’t bad enough, Twitch has named a transgender streamer who self-identifies as a deer to be on the platform’s “Safety Advisory Council.” Steph “FerociouslySteph” Loehr who is listed as a “Professional Community Leader” with the Anti Defamation League (ADL) now serves as a member on Twitch’s Safety Advisory Council. The council, according to Protocol’s…
WSJ: DOJ, State AGs May Launch Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google
May 18th, 2020 3:03 PM
The U.S. Justice Department and state attorneys general may file antitrust lawsuits against search giant Google, The Wall Street Journal reported. Attorney General William Barr, according to The Journal May 15, sees this probe against Alphabet Inc.-owned Google as a top priority. He reportedly told the outlet in March that he hopes the Justice Department will make its decision by this summer…
Liberal NewsGuard Expands Partnership with Microsoft
May 15th, 2020 5:31 PM
Liberal website ratings firm NewsGuard has expanded its partnership with Microsoft in order to spread “news literacy.” NewsGuard describes itself as a company that provides “credibility ratings” and detailed “Nutrition Labels” on news and information websites across the internet. The online gatekeeper company, which allegedly determines whether news and information sources are worth reading,…
