Senator Hawley: Why is Google Helping China, Spurning the US?

March 29th, 2019 3:32 PM
Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri and his allies are putting Big Tech companies on notice for collaborating with a foreign power. Hawley’s own website features video and transcript of his exchange with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford over the troubling collaboration between American tech companies and foreign countries. “Google, an American company based in…

Whistleblower Leaks Google’s ‘White Privilege’ Diversity Training

March 28th, 2019 3:40 PM
A software engineer at Google has made another devastating reveal of Google’s liberal bias. Mike Wacker leaked two pages of far-left dogma on race, privilege, and sexuality published in Google’s Allyship 101 “diversity training” materials. He quipped on Twitter, “At Google, we are a nonpartisan company…so long as you first accept our highly partisan definitions of key terms.” He elaborated that…

Google Proposes Censorship for New Gaming Platform Before Its Release

March 27th, 2019 1:41 PM
Google’s new gaming platform comes with a big hitch — more censorship. Google has announced the launch of Stadia, a new streaming service that will allow people to pay to play a wide selection of games online. The goal is to have it become the gaming equivalent of Netflix. Only Google wants Stadia to become a gaming safe space. As CNET observed “Google wants to prevent its new Stadia from filling…

Trustworthy? Wikipedia Drops the Ball on Mueller Report

March 25th, 2019 3:34 PM
One of Google and YouTube’s trusted partners is not exactly trustworthy when it comes to reporting the facts. Google and YouTube elevated Wikipedia to the level of fact by using the volunteer-run encyclopedia site to fill in the blanks on “Knowledge Panels.”  

Voting App Linked to Social Media Sites Failed To Work Properly

March 18th, 2019 9:49 PM
It should come as no surprise that a “voting company” that partnered with social media companies in 2018 failed to help voters register as advertised. Facebook and Twitter touted TurboVote as a voting reminder and an aid in registering to vote.

Donald Trump Jr. Blasts Big Tech For 'Attack’ Against the Right

March 18th, 2019 8:57 AM
The case against social media platforms and their consistent censorship of conservative content is growing rapidly. In a new op-ed by Donald Trump Jr., the president’s son slammed Facebook, Instagram, and Google for their latest mistakes in removing and downranking posts made by the right.

Hawley Hammers Big Tech: ‘Americans Have Not Signed Up For This’

March 14th, 2019 3:02 PM
Big Tech just ran into a big buzzsaw. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) scorched a Google executive during a Committee hearing on consumer privacy, complaining about “creepy” revelations of misbehavior. Hawley sparred with Google’s senior privacy counsel Will DeVries over user privacy concerns. Hawley condemned the company, asking if they imagine a user would be surprised if he found that Google was “…

How to Protect Your Kids From Google Predators

March 13th, 2019 2:29 PM
The father of the World Wide Web is right: It’s time to take back “complete control of your data.” Tim Berners-Lee, who conceived the first internet browser 30 years ago this week, warned of its increasing threats to “privacy, security and fundamental rights.” To mark the anniversary, he argued that demanding transparency is key to stopping the web's “downward plunge to a dysfunctional future.”

YouTube to Unleash New ‘Hoax Alert!’ Fact-Checking Feature

March 8th, 2019 1:51 PM
YouTube is launching new initiative to combat what it calls fake news and “misinformation.” A YouTube spokesperson told Buzzfeed that “As part of our ongoing efforts to build a better news experience on YouTube, we are expanding our information panels to bring fact checks from eligible publishers to YouTube.” While this was originally launched to combat serious and malicious misinformation in…

ADL CEO Works with Big Tech to Create ‘Right’ Not to Be Hated

March 5th, 2019 7:06 PM
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt spoke recently about how he has worked with Silicon Valley tech elites to crush speech he finds offensive. In a February 26 panel hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, Greenblatt announced that he has worked with big tech companies like Google, YouTube, and Facebook in order to restrict what people are allowed to say online. He emphasized his goal was to, “…

Gender Gap! Google Researches Wage Inequality, Finds it Underpays Men

March 5th, 2019 2:14 PM
When Google investigated itself for gender wage gaps, it found a result few would have expected: it was underpaying men for doing the same general work as women. Google’s “pay equity analysis” released on Monday March 4 revealed unexpected truths about its gender pay gaps. Lead Analyst for Pay Equity Lauren Barbato began the memo titled “Ensuring we pay fairly and equitably” by proclaiming “…

Conservative Leaders Call for Investigation Into Social Media Censors

February 21st, 2019 2:52 PM
On Thursday, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell and other conservative leaders released the following joint letter to Attorney General William Barr, detailing the growing threat of online censorship from social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, Google and YouTube. 

Google Partners With Liberal Media to Ensure ‘Quality Journalism’

February 19th, 2019 12:07 PM
Google is engaged in partisan warfare. And it picked the liberal side, choosing to work with two of the most prominent liberal outlets in the U.S. — The New York Times and Washington Post. The company detailed its efforts to fight “misinformation” at the Munich Security Conference on February 16. Google boasted that users trust the information they find on Google Search, and that information “…

Justice Dept. Funds Project to Predict So-Called ‘Hate Crimes’

February 18th, 2019 3:00 PM
The U.S. and United Kingdom governments have funded an artificial intelligence project to target so-called “grossly offensive” anti-PC speech and “predict” when people will commit “hate crimes.” The $2,209,932 “HateLab” is supported by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and the U.S. Justice Department. Together they have financed five projects including an Obama-era effort to take a “…