Tech Groups Fight to Defend Censorship, Sue FL for New Free Speech Law

May 28th, 2021 12:49 PM

Some groups on the left have organized in an effort to fight back against Florida’s new free speech law and have taken their complaints to court. NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) filed a complaint against several high-ranking Florida officials in an attempt to stop Florida’s new law combating Big Tech censorship. NetChoice and the CCIA each have…

IRONY: Day After COVID Origin Backtrack, Facebook Plans to Censor More

May 27th, 2021 3:16 PM

A day after Facebook backtracked on its policy of censoring content that questioned the origins of COVID-19, the platform declared it was launching a new wave of censorship on content it qualifies as “misinformation” using its so-called “independent” “fact-checking program.”

Bozell SLAMS Facebook Fact-Checkers for Spreading ‘Chinese Propaganda’

May 27th, 2021 11:58 AM

Media Research Center President L. Brent Bozell slammed the “fraudulent” Facebook fact-checker program for spreading communist Chinese propaganda after Facebook announced it was backtracking on its policy of censoring content that questioned the origins of COVID-19. Early in the pandemic, Facebook and its fact-checkers censored claims that COVID-19 was manufactured in a laboratory in Wuhan,…

Candace Owens Says Facebook Censored Her for COVID Vaccine Criticism

May 27th, 2021 9:29 AM

Conservative commentator Candace Owens said her Facebook account was silenced for 24 hours after inquiring whether COVID-19 vaccines were pushed too hastily.

DC Attorney General Files Antitrust Complaint Against Amazon

May 26th, 2021 4:37 PM

Washington, D.C. has entered the battle against Big Tech with a new antitrust lawsuit against Amazon. D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine filed the antitrust complaint against Amazon. The lawsuit alleged that “[c]ompetition and consumers were directly harmed” by Amazon’s “anticompetitive business practices.” It also alleged that Amazon’s practices actually raise prices for consumers.

Russell Brand TORCHES Big Tech for Meddling in 2020 Election

May 26th, 2021 2:26 PM

Comedian, actor and commentator Russell Brand interviewed independent journalist Glenn Greenwald and raked Big Tech companies over the coals for interfering with the 2020 election.

Sen. Blackburn BASHES Big Tech for COVID Origin Theory Censorship

May 26th, 2021 12:04 PM

Throughout the pandemic, Big Tech censored mountains of claims that COVID-19 may have originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China. Now, however, new evidence has made the laboratory origin claim a more widely accepted theory. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released a statement condemning Big Tech for censoring Chinese virologist Dr. Li-Meng Yan’s comments about the potential origin of COVID-19…

Anti-Free Speech Facebook Says America Should Spread Free Expression?

May 25th, 2021 4:44 PM

Have you no shame? Facebook VP of Global Affairs Nick Clegg wrote an opinion piece calling to spread the American value of free expression after a year of unprecedented censorship.

Paul SLAMS Twitter: ‘Reprehensible’ It Lets Celeb ‘Encourage Violence’

May 25th, 2021 11:49 AM

Twitter is infamous for censoring conservatives. It even censored then-President Donald Trump after he called for “peace” during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. But this week, Sen. Rand Paul reportedly said the platform “allows C-list celebrities to encourage violence against me and my family.”

Omar Once Retweeted Post Mocking Attack on Paul, Mum on Latest Threat

May 25th, 2021 11:19 AM

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who in 2019 retweeted a post by actor Tom Arnold justifying a brutal attack that left Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) with five broken ribs in 2017, has yet to tweet about this week’s anonymous threat to “finish” the job Paul’s attacker started.

Facebook BRAGS About Increased Censorship of So-Called ‘Hate Speech’

May 24th, 2021 3:24 PM

Facebook recently took the opportunity in a new report to brag about how much content it has censored. The Big Tech company released its quarterly Community Standards Enforcement Report. Facebook VP of Integrity Guy Rosen noted in the report that in the first Quarter (Q1), which included January through March of 2021, that so-called “hate speech” on the platform “continues to decrease.”

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Demands End to Big Tech’s ‘Free Ride’

May 24th, 2021 1:20 PM

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr declared that the burden of supporting the communications infrastructure should no longer be reliant on a telephone service model developed back in 1996: “We should start requiring Big Tech to pay its fair share.”

Woke Mob Win? Tech Author Says Apple ‘Fired’ Him in ‘Snap Decision’

May 21st, 2021 4:46 PM

Antonio García Martínez said that Apple “was well aware” of what he wrote in his controversial but best-selling book Chaos Monkeys before hiring him. But Apple appears to have caved to pressure from liberal employees and cut ties with him.

Love Wins? WH Pushing Dating Apps to Give Perks to COVID-Vaxxed Users

May 21st, 2021 2:59 PM

Some dating sites will now make it easier than ever for people to treat their COVID-19 vaccine like a personality trait. The White House has turned to dating apps in an attempt to convince more people to take a COVID-19 vaccine. These dating apps “are offering various types of premium content such as boosts, super likes and super swipes to those who get vaccinated as well as ways for people to…