Dating App Bumble Donates To Planned Parenthood
April 23rd, 2018 3:01 PM
Bumble, a dating app that claims to be women-centered, has made another round of donations to Planned Parenthood. This followed last month’s move to ban gun photos on the app.
Man Fined for YouTube Video Teaching Pug to ‘Sieg Heil’
April 23rd, 2018 11:11 AM
A Scottish YouTuber has been fined after being found guilty of being “grossly offensive” online for uploading a video of his girlfriend’s pug responding to “sieg heil” and “gas the Jews.”
Majority of Americans Against Government Restricting Fake News
April 20th, 2018 4:20 PM
A new poll by the Pew Research Center shows a majority of Americans do not believe the government should rein in the spread of fake news.
Liverpool Teen Given Ankle Monitor For Quoting Rap Lyrics on Instagram
April 20th, 2018 11:43 AM
A 19-year-old from Liverpool was reportedly found guilty of sending a “grossly offensive message” when she posted rap lyrics on her Instagram account. Prosecutors reportedly increased the teenager’s sentence “as it was a hate crime.”
Jewish Woman Banned from Facebook for Discussing Black-on-Jewish Crime
April 19th, 2018 4:16 PM
A resident of the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn was reportedly banned from Facebook for 30 days for discussing the problem of black-on-Jewish crime in the area.
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Popular YouTubers Debate Leaving Over Secret Algorithms
April 18th, 2018 4:54 PM
With over 6 million subscribers, Philip DeFranco is one of the most prolific and popular YouTubers. The site’s lack of transparency when it comes to demonetization, however, is driving him and many other YouTubers away. DeFranco, like other YouTubers, also claimed his videos are being suppressed by internal YouTube algorithms.
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MRC's Bozell: Tech Giant Censorship Is Worst in The 'History of Man'
April 17th, 2018 12:05 AM
In a Monday appearance on Fox News Channel’s The Ingraham Angle, MRC founder and president Brent Bozell ripped into the liberal tech giants for censoring conservative thought on their social media platforms. “This is emerging, the greatest censorship of free speech worldwide in the history of man,” he exclaimed, referring to the findings of the blockbuster study conducted by the MRC’s Ashley Rae…
CENSORED! How Online Media Companies Suppress Conservative Speech
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April 16th, 2018 9:06 AM
Executive Summary Like it or not, social media is the communication form of the future — not just in the U.S., but worldwide. Just Facebook and Twitter combined reach 1.8 billion people. More than two-thirds of all Americans (68 percent) use Facebook. YouTube is pushing out TV as the most popular place to watch video. Google is the No. 1 search engine in both the U.S. and the world. War is…
Media Virtually Ignoring Women's March's Unhinged Position on Backpage
April 10th, 2018 11:50 PM
Saturday was, as Katie Yoder at NewsBusters noted Tuesday afternoon, a "sad day." That's when the Women's March sprang to the defense of Backpage.com, tweeting that its Friday seizure by the Justice Department "is an absolute crisis for sex workers." In that same tweet, the group declared that "Sex workers rights are women’s rights." Backpage and seven associated individuals were indicted Monday…
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Nets Ignore GOP Senators Pressing Facebook on Bias and Censorship
April 10th, 2018 9:08 PM
The political highlight Tuesday was the joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees where Senators grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about his company’s conduct for hours. Of course, a focus for three major liberal news networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) was the probing questions regarding the information allegedly used in the 2016 election. But they ignored questions by Senators…
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Zuckerberg Struggles to Answer Sasse’s Plea to Define Hate Speech
April 10th, 2018 7:08 PM
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg grappled with questions of all stripes at Tuesday’s Senate hearing on the social media platform and the 2016 election, but it was Nebraska Republican Senator Ben Sasse’s questions about hate speech that should alarm free speech advocates. Along with inquiries from Texas Republican Ted Cruz, Sasse stood out.
Ted Cruz Grills Zuckerberg on Facebook’s Alleged Neutrality
April 10th, 2018 6:31 PM
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg ran smack into questions about the site’s neutrality during his testimony in front of members of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) questioned Zuckerberg, asking if the site is a neutral platform for people to express different political opinions. Zuckerberg said he is “very committed to making sure that Facebook is a platform for all…
Cowards: ‘The Atlantic’ Fires Conservative Writer Kevin Williamson
April 5th, 2018 3:29 PM
In another sign of extreme cowardice and censorship of conservatives, The Atlantic and editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg decided to fire conservative and former National Review writer Kevin Williamson on Thursday after just over two weeks since the announcement following vicious backlash to the hiring. The excuse was holding a pro-life position about women aborting children facing the death…
Facebook Responds to Claims It Gathered Android Phone Data
March 26th, 2018 3:47 PM
Android users who installed Facebook’s Messenger app on their devices may have had their call and text histories logged for approximately two years, according to a report in Ars Technica.
Ars Technica reported that the issue occurred when certain Android users downloaded Messenger in 2015. Apparently, Facebook started chronicling information related to phone calls and text messages made from…
