Bozell to Congress: Rein in Big Tech's Censorship Agenda

December 2nd, 2020 10:05 AM

MRC President Brent Bozell on Wednesday sent a letter to several House Committees calling for Congress to rein in Facebook after the company’s post-election attempts to suppress what its two billion users can and cannot see. According to Bozell, “Such manipulation of Facebook’s algorithm, especially at such a precarious time in our country, is wholly unacceptable. Such manipulations are…

Just Can’t Win: ‘Not the Bee’ Blog Fact-Checked for Reporting News

December 1st, 2020 4:32 PM

A straightforward report from Not the Bee, covering Johns Hopkins University’s (JHU) deletion and retraction of a student article covering a professor’s analysis that challenged the lethality of COVID-19, was fact-checked. Facebook’s left-wing fact-checkers jumped at the opportunity to call the article untrue and pile on doubt concerning the piece once it was posted to the platform.…

MRC Poll: The Most Clueless Biden Voters Relied on Social Media

December 1st, 2020 8:35 AM

Last week, NewsBusters reported on a new poll showing that, at the time they cast their ballot, many Biden voters were unaware of important news stories involving either their candidate or President Trump. A deeper dive into the data shows that the problem was especially acute among those Biden voters who said they typically depended on social media for their election news.

Facebook Fact-Checker Accused of Pushing ‘Half-Truths’ about Elections

November 30th, 2020 6:17 PM

Facebook’s latest faulty “fact check” shows how little regard the company has for facts or experts. Facebook added a USA Todayfact check” to a post of a Just Facts…

Facebook Manipulated ‘Secret’ Algorithm to Suppress ‘Misinformation'

November 24th, 2020 2:55 PM

Facebook used its power to modify user news feeds to suppress what it called “election misinformation.” This new policy used a “secret internal ranking” after the Nov. 3 election to alter users’ feeds on the platform. The company altered its users’ newsfeeds to prioritize “mainstream publishers” like CNN, The New York Times and NPR, according to The Times

Financial Times: Facebook Plans to ‘Charm’ Biden, Push Vaccine

November 24th, 2020 11:21 AM

It appears that Facebook is willing to do whatever it can to get on former Vice President Joe Biden’s good side. Facebook is reportedly planning to promote the COVID-19 vaccine and the Paris climate agreement in order to “charm” Biden, the Financial Times reported.

Ashley StClair Says Instagram Threatened to Ban Her for Hunting Pic

November 23rd, 2020 4:11 PM

Big Tech has declared Open Season on conservatives. Conservative commentator Ashley StClair said Instagram removed a hunting photo and threatened her account with deletion, in its latest bout of censorship.

Big Tech to Surrender POTUS Accounts to Biden Jan 20

November 23rd, 2020 11:57 AM

Big Tech has declared that Democratic nominee Joe Biden will receive the official verified presidential accounts from Twitter and Facebook/Instagram in late January, despite the fact that several states are still contested.
 

Wife of NFL QB Torches MI Lockdowns Then Apologizes

Culture
November 20th, 2020 5:57 PM

Apparently, you don’t want to go on record complaining about the lockdowns in the state of Michigan if you want to keep your reputation. After social media backlash, the wife of a Detroit NFL player had to apologize for a viral video she made which criticized the state's overbearing China plague lockdown orders.

Bill Gates Blasts Parler as ‘Great’ for ‘Holocaust Denial’

November 20th, 2020 4:50 PM

American billionaire and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, said Parler is a haven for the promotion of conspiracy theories. Following increased censorship around the election, many conservative voices have urged their audiences to transition to Big Tech alternatives like Parler, and YouTube alternative Rumble.

Borat, Hulk Use Twitter to Demand Social Media Censor Speech

Culture
November 20th, 2020 4:10 PM

Anybody who looks at leftist celebrity tweets can deduce that their writers are hypersensitive, impulsive, and therefore ready to blurt out invectives at the slightest provocation. They’re also not exactly civil libertarians.

Report: Rock Band Censored for Sharing Proud Boys Meme

November 20th, 2020 1:48 PM

American band TRAPT was reportedly booted from Facebook for sharing a meme.
 

INSANE: Facebook Removed 180 Million Election Posts

November 20th, 2020 1:04 PM

Facebook has reached a whole new level in its censorship practices, and is not at all shy to tell reporters about it. In a recent call with reporters, Facebook’s Vice President of Integrity, Guy Rosen, revealed the specific numbers of how many posts were flagged or removed after Facebook considered them to constitute “misinformation.” 

Mark Levin: ‘I Will Be Leaving Facebook Probably’ Due to Censorship

November 19th, 2020 5:32 PM

Mark Levin, the host of Fox’s Life Liberty & Levin, has had enough social media censorship. After getting throttled yet again by Facebook, Levin has said he will “probably” be leaving the platform “by the end of the year.” For the third time since October, Levin received a notification from Facebook indicating the social…