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Big Four News Apps Silence Detransitioner’s $2M Landmark Trial Verdict

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David Bozell Tells Joe Concha: Apple News Could Be Deceiving Users

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In 100 Days Apple News Pushes Leftist Outlets Over Right: 1,379 to 1

Heather Moon and Michael Morris
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Big Four News Apps Erase Don Lemon’s Grand Jury Indictment

Luis Cornelio
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New Year, New Me? Google News Still Censoring Right: 67% L vs. 3% R

Luis Cornelio
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Apple News Continues Rejection of Right-Leaning Outlets in January

Heather Moon

Americans Are Watching Two Different Movies as Media Bias Goes Digital

Michael Morris
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15 to 2: MSN Recommends Leftist Outlets 7.5x More than Right-Leaning

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AI Giants Whitewash, Lionize Anti-Ice Protester Alex Pretti

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Joe Rogan Spurns YouTube, Picks $100M Exclusive Deal with Spotify

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…

Alexander Hall
 

Oversight Board: Conservatives Think Board ‘Loaded' with Progressives

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…
Corinne Weaver
 

Mark Zuckerberg WARNS: West Must Lead Internet, Not ‘Dangerous’ China

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…
Alexander Hall
 

Wikipedia Founder: Wikipedia Has Abandoned ‘Neutrality’ as a Policy

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…
Corinne Weaver
 

Twitch Names Trans Streamer Who Identifies as Deer to Safety Council

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…
Alexander Hall
 

WSJ: DOJ, State AGs May Launch Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google

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…

Alexander Hall
 

Liberal NewsGuard Expands Partnership with Microsoft

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,…

Alexander Hall
 

Facebook Shuts Down Two Groups Opposed to Michigan’s Shutdown

Facebook has shut down two of the Michigan shutdown protest groups. “Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine” and “Michigan United for Liberty” were Facebook groups created as a result of the Michigan lockdowns. According to The Center Square, Facebook indicated that both groups were found to have “violated the platform[’s] Community Standards,” and were shut down.
Heather Moon
 

Did Google Reduce Diversity Programs to Avoid Conservative Backlash?

After years of Big Tech being in the spotlight for anti-conservative bias, Google appears to have cut back its far-left diversity and inclusion programs. “Google has significantly rolled back its diversity and inclusion initiatives in an apparent effort to avoid being perceived as anti-conservative,” eight current and former employees told NBC News in a May 13 article. One example of a program…
Alexander Hall
 

MRC Founder Bozell to Facebook: ‘Get Rid of This Oversight Board'

Facebook’s new Oversight Board poorly represents conservatives. That was the conclusion of a new Media Research Center report “The Radical Views Behind Facebook’s New Oversight Board.” “If Facebook wants to be a real platform, let people speak and get rid of this Oversight Board,” said Media Research Center founder and President Brent Bozell, at an official press conference hosted by the MRC…

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Bloomberg News: China Attacks U.S. with ‘Russian-Style’ Disinformation

Move over Russia. China is waging a massive disinformation war in an attempt to destabilize the United States by scapegoating it for spreading the COVID-19 virus. “An army of bot accounts linked to an alleged Chinese government-backed propaganda campaign is spreading disinformation on social media about coronavirus and other topics, including an exiled businessman, according to a London-based…
Alexander Hall
 

The Radical Views Behind Facebook’s New Oversight Board

Facebook’s new Oversight Board has been criticized as too liberal and too international to decide on American content. The current structure of the board ensures that. Fifteen of the 20 board members are from outside the United States. Facebook has committed to having only one member from the U.S. on five-person panels ruling on American content restrictions. That means 80 percent could well be…
Corinne Weaver
 

Facebook Unleashed AI to Purge Platform of ‘Hate Speech’

Facebook unleashed an artificial intelligence program to scour users’ posts for “hate speech” and “misinformation.” “Facebook on Monday released a new report detailing how it uses a combination of artificial intelligence and human fact-checkers and moderators to enforce its community standards,” The Verge reported. Facebook’s Community Standards Enforcement Report was then followed up by company…
Alexander Hall
 

Facebook Co-Chair: ‘May Get One or Two More’ ‘Conservative' Members

Out of the first 20 members on Facebook’s new Oversight Board, only two are on the right. Michael McConnell, one of those two, told the Media Research Center in an exclusive interview not to expect many more conservatives from the next 20 members. “If what you’re looking for is politically conservative people, my guess is that you may get one or two more, but you’re not going to be getting more…
Corinne Weaver