Movie Star Mark Wahlberg Creating Faith-Based-Film

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March 23rd, 2021 4:45 PM

It’s a rare but refreshing sight when an A-list celebrity stars in a film surrounding the concept of faith and religion but even more rare when the film is his idea!

5 Questions Congress Must Ask Big Tech Leaders at Thursday Hearing

March 23rd, 2021 3:45 PM

Congress, once again, has the chance to grill Big Tech CEOs about their censorship of conservatives , but whether members will actually take advantage of this opportunity is questionable at best. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Google CEO Sundar Pichai are scheduled to testify before the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and the Subcommittee on…

MEDDLING? Facebook Purges Candidate’s Page Before Election

March 23rd, 2021 12:41 PM

Facebook has obliterated GOP gubernatorial candidate Amanda Chase’s state Senate page as a critical Virginia election approaches.

NY Times, Joke Newspaper: Babylon Bee 'Trafficked in Misinformation'

March 21st, 2021 6:58 AM

The New York Times headline was promising: “For Political Cartoonists, the Irony Was That Facebook Didn’t Recognize Irony -- As Facebook has become more active at moderating political speech, it has had trouble dealing with satire.” Would it be a long-overdue defense of the Babylon Bee?  Of course not.

INTERROGATION: Senate Might Grill Big Tech CEOs Again

March 19th, 2021 11:28 AM

Senate Democrats have considered bringing several Big Tech leaders to make their way to Capitol Hill again soon to defend their business practices. Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), chair of the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, said that he’s “very likely” to call Big Tech executives to testify before the subcommittee, according to Politico.

Veritas: Facebook Exec Admits Tech Can Be Weapon Against Conservatives

March 16th, 2021 4:11 PM

Facebook executive Benny Thomas was caught by guerrilla journalism outlet Project Veritas explaining how Facebook’s algorithms can be weaponized against conservatives. Thomas, the Global Planning Lead at Facebook, confirmed the right’s worst fears in a devastating exposé released by Project Veritas: the algorithms used by Big Tech platforms are biased and can be weaponized against…

Sports Site Owner: ‘Facebook Tanked Our Traffic’ After Trump Interview

March 15th, 2021 8:38 AM

The owner of a sports and opinion website testified Friday before a House Judiciary subcommittee that Facebook removed a large portion of its audience and new users after he interviewed former President Donald Trump about the need to resume college sports.

House GOP SLAM Big Tech, Recap Some of Worst Moments in Censorship

March 12th, 2021 4:24 PM

Big Tech’s greatest hits have been some of their worst moments in censorship. House Republicans appeared eager to make sure Americans never forget.

In a hearing titled “Reviving Competition, Part 2: Saving the Free and Diverse Press,” House Republicans took a walk down memory lane. They discussed Big Tech’s censorship of the Hunter Biden scandal, the ban of former President Donald…

Facebook WHINES, Files Motion to Dismiss Antitrust Lawsuits

March 11th, 2021 12:45 PM

Facebook has whined about pending antitrust litigation for some time, and now the social media platform has decided to hit back. Facebook filed motions to dismiss two pending antitrust lawsuits against the company and called the claims “misguided.” The Federal Trade Commission, along with a coalition of 48 states and territories, had both filed separate antitrust lawsuits against Facebook.…

Hide Your Memes! Facebook Fact Checker Attacks ‘Family Circus’ Meme

March 5th, 2021 4:57 PM

Apparently, a Facebook fact-checker’s idea of a perfect start to the weekend included censoring memes on the platform. PolitiFact provided a fact-check of a meme that poked fun at the idea of young children being able to “take hormones” and “change [their] sex.” 

The image featured the father and a son from “The Family Circus,” with text that reads, "Can I have a cigarette? No, you’re…

Study RIPS Far-Right News on Facebook, Ignores Platform’s Liberal Bias

March 5th, 2021 10:20 AM

A New York University-affiliated organization has joined the left-wing bandwagon to attack conservative media on Facebook. In so doing, it ignored the social media platform’s obvious bias against conservatives. A study from Cybersecurity for Democracy claimed that “far-right” news sources received greater engagement on Facebook than news sources from other political parties. “When we look only…

Big Tech Platforms Allow Farrakhan to Spread Vaccine Conspiracies

March 3rd, 2021 4:25 PM

Big Tech continues to let Rev. Louis Farrakhan, the infamous leader of the Nation of Islam, to spread conspiracies that would cause conservatives to be censored. Farrakhan spoke at the Nation of Islam’s annual Saviours’ Day, and condemned both the COVID-19 vaccine as a “vial of death” and the people who defend it. Farrakhan commented, “You laugh at Reverend Jim Jones with Kool-Aid, this is the…

Laying Down the Law! Iowa Legislature Joins Fight Against Big Tech

March 2nd, 2021 4:26 PM

Iowa Republicans have decided to lay down the law against Big Tech censorship and have joined the growing list of state legislatures fighting against abuses by Big Tech. Iowa State Representatives Jon Jacobsen (R), Anne Osmundson (R), and Skyler Wheeler (R) have introduced a bill to discourage and potentially penalize social media platforms that engage in online censorship.

Fed Judge Approves $650M Settlement in MASSIVE Facebook Privacy Case

March 1st, 2021 12:39 PM

A federal judge in California approved a settlement, dealing a massive blow to Facebook’s creepy facial recognition technology, an approval that may set a precedent for future Big Tech cases. U.S. District Judge James Donato ended a nearly six-year-long legal battle and approved a $650 million class action privacy settlement against Facebook. The lawsuit challenged Facebook’s “tag suggestions…