Chinese Censorship Company Invests Millions in Reddit
February 7th, 2019 4:30 PM
What happens when the front page of the internet is funded by the company that made the Great Firewall in China? Reddit, the internet forum for communities, posts, and news, is currently fundraising to keep itself afloat, with a $300 million goal.
Instagram Protects Elizabeth Warren from ‘Bullying and Harassment’
February 7th, 2019 4:00 PM
Who knew that sharing a public fact about a liberal politician could count as bullying? GOP spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany tweeted on February 6 that she had been blocked from her Instagram account. It was not until the next day that Instagram noted the mistake it had made, due to public outcry from the Daily Caller and Breitbart, and restored McEnany’s account.
PayPal Bans Activist Laura Loomer
February 6th, 2019 5:36 PM
Censorship of conservatives isn’t limited to social media. Financial platforms are also guilty. Right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer was banned from Paypal on January 4. “PayPal just banned me for no reason whatsoever,” she declared. Loomer made a controversial name for herself as an activist and performance artist whose demonstrations to expose leftists have gone viral.
Facebook To Give Employees Bonuses for ‘Confronting Hate Speech’
February 6th, 2019 2:52 PM
A “bullying bounty? Social media platforms are now going to offer incentives to their employees to follow their company’s political agenda. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced to his company in a phone call in January that the social media platform would be offering bonuses to its employees based on what they have done for social progress
What Ratio? YouTube Discusses Removing Dislike Button
February 5th, 2019 1:22 PM
After numerous liberal videos have been downvoted by millions, YouTube is considering tactics to combat “dislike mobs.” Embarrassing cases such as YouTube’s famous 2018 Rewind and Gillette’s “anti-male” commercial have proved that the site has millions of users who don’t don’t share its progressive ideology.
‘Fake News’ Fact-Checkers Are Done With Facebook
February 5th, 2019 12:14 PM
Facebook once decided that partnering with a liberal fact-checker would help stop the spread of supposed “fake news.” On February 1, fact-checking site Snopes announced that it was no longer interested in working with Facebook and was pulling out of its partnership with the social media company.
Twitter CEO Admits He Can't Keep Track of Why Users Get Banned
February 4th, 2019 5:01 PM
Even Twitter’s CEO admits he can’t keep track of his company’s banning policy. Jack Dorsey made a few damning admissions and omissions during his interview with radio host Joe Rogan on February 2. While Rogan has been heavily panned by his fanbase for giving Dorsey “softball” questions, Dorsey has voiced openly contradictory positions on freedom of speech as well as his platform’s policies. …
Iran, Russia, Venezuela Have ‘Anti-West’ Social Media Projects
February 1st, 2019 3:30 PM
Foreign countries and governments that are at odds with the U.S. government will stop at nothing to influence elections. In announcements made on January 31, Facebook and Twitter stated that several hundred pages and accounts linked to Iran, Russia, and Venezuela had been taken down.
MIT Study Attacks Fox News as ‘Not to Be Trusted’
January 31st, 2019 3:58 PM
The schools and studies that are shaping technology’s approach to fake news and censorship are biased in favor of the left. A study released by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology opened with the premise that readers should be able to determine what fake news is and isn’t.
Google Employees Call Term ‘Family’ ‘Deeply Homophobic'
January 30th, 2019 3:38 PM
A Google executive sparked backlash from LGBT- supporting employees after using the term “family” in an internal presentation. The Daily Caller exposed a 2017 incident where Google was in uproar over a “family”-oriented product aimed at children. LGBT-sympathetic employees disparaged the term as “offensive, inappropriate, homophobic, and wrong” because it denies that non-traditional arrangements…
Facebook Hires Three From Soros-Funded Foundations to Fix Privacy
January 30th, 2019 2:52 PM
Want a job at Facebook? You’re a shoe-in if your resume includes having worked for liberal billionaire George Soros. According to Ars Technica, Facebook hired three people to analyze its privacy practices, which it mentioned on January 29.
Facebook to Create a Panel to Police Content
January 29th, 2019 3:45 PM
Facebook has mentioned that enforcing policies against “hate speech” is one of its priorities. In a new announcement released on Facebook’s blog, the platform stated that it was looking into creating a board to help determine content policing.
Slippery Slope? YouTube Cracks Down On Misinformation
January 29th, 2019 3:19 PM
YouTube announced it is restricting more videos — including “borderline content and content that could misinform users in harmful ways.” The platform has a bad history of policing content.
Twitter Accused of Banning Accounts for Tweeting ‘Learn to Code’
January 29th, 2019 11:25 AM
Left wing journalists once told working class Americans to “learn to code” and adapt to a globalized economy. Now those same journalists have been laid off, rumor has spread that users will be banned for tweeting the phrase back at them on the grounds of “targeted harassment.”
