PornHub Changes Rules After Scathing NYT Report, Investigation Threat

December 9th, 2020 4:38 PM

In a huge win for victims of sexual exploitation and their families, Pornhub has changed several of its rules. All it took was a scathing New York Times report and the threat of a federal investigation.

Several of the new site rules, as described by its help center, were actually suggested by Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. “[A]side from limiting immunity so that companies are…

New FCC Commissioner Terrifies Big Tech Liberals

December 9th, 2020 2:39 PM

A new FCC member who terrifies Big Tech liberals has been confirmed in the eleventh hour of President Donald Trump’s first term.

Zuckerberg Supports Liberal-Funded Org Under Guise of Election Aide

December 9th, 2020 12:17 PM

With the results of the 2020 election still being contested in several states, the need to uphold election integrity is incredibly important. With few other options, voting jurisdictions found help from organizations, including to one that censorious Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $350 million.

Counties all across the nation found themselves underfunded and unprepared for what…

Former NYT Reporter Bemoans Big Tech Censorship over COVID-19

December 8th, 2020 4:53 PM

Conservatives have long bemoaned the lack of viewpoint diversity in the discussion surrounding COVID-19, but for one Wall Street Journal columnist, the issue is personal.  Former New York Times reporter and author Alex Berenson claimed in a recent article for The Wall Street Journal that Amazon “has twice tried to suppress” several booklets that he wrote about COVID-19.…

National File Editor-in-Chief Says Facebook Censored His Account

December 8th, 2020 4:36 PM

Censoring the New York Post’s Biden bombshell was just the beginning. Now National File's Editor-in-Chief said Facebook is censoring its outlet.

GOP Senators Hawley, Sasse Call to End Exploitation on PornHub

December 8th, 2020 11:22 AM

Pornhub has long attempted to hide its exploitive content, but this content’s time online may be quickly coming to a close. Several prominent Republican senators have called for an investigation into PornHub following a recent New York Times investigation revealing that the website is “infested” with videos depicting brutal rapes and assaults, even including some victims who are…

Facebook Fact-Checker Relied on China, Fails to Update COVID Numbers

December 8th, 2020 10:06 AM

Facebook fact-checker PolitiFact produced eight fact-checks that either used or relied on World Health Organization (WHO) numbers that have proven to be untrue. A new report from CNN shows that communist China was lying about how many of its citizens had contracted COVID-19 and how many deaths resulted from it.

Facebook Fact-Checker Censors Rep. Jordan for Questioning Election

December 7th, 2020 4:11 PM

Although the presidential election was more than a month ago now, Facebook is continuing to crack down on what it has decided is misinformation about the election. A Facebook fact-checker marked an article that Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) posted on December 4 as “Partly False Information” for the apparent sin of calling the results of the 2020 election into question. 

Big Tech Bias Hawk Is One Vote Closer to FCC Nomination

December 7th, 2020 3:22 PM

The Senate Commerce Committee voted to advance the nomination of a man who, if elected commissioner, could protect free speech on the internet. 
 

Facebook Fact-Checker Has Not Fact-Checked Its Own COVID Misinfo

December 7th, 2020 2:01 PM

A fact-checking website may not even be able to properly check the facts in its own articles when the facts don’t line up with its narrative. FactCheck.org, which  partners with Facebook to fact-check articles and social media posts, has not corrected a January article that provides incorrect information regarding the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in China. 

Twitter Censors Trump and Campaign 436 Times, Biden Still at 0

December 7th, 2020 10:09 AM

Twitter’s war with President Donald Trump and the Trump campaign has claimed at least 100 more casualties in the form of labeled tweets. Since Monday, Nov. 30, Twitter has slapped 111 labels on Trump’s tweets and the tweets from his official campaign count, Team Trump.

Facebook Planning to Remove COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation

December 4th, 2020 4:20 PM

Facebook has, once again, decided to step up its censorship game.

The social media platform has reportedly decided that it will remove what it deems to be “false claims” about the COVID-19 vaccine that could be available around the world fairly soon, according to Bloomberg News. 

OAN Declaring Independence: Preps to #MakeTheSwitch to Rumble Platform

December 4th, 2020 1:22 PM

One America News Network (OAN) proclaimed that it will switch to Rumble, a free speech alternative to YouTube. OAN announced it has “decided to #MakeTheSwitch to #Rumble, where we can freely report the news without restrictions or censorship,” in a Dec. 3 tweet.

WashPost: FB Hitting ‘Anti-Black’ Speech More Than ‘Anti-White’ Speech

December 3rd, 2020 1:34 PM

Even The Washington Post has called out Facebook for its new racial double standards. Facebook “is overhauling its algorithms that detect hate speech and deprioritizing hateful comments against Whites, men and Americans,” The Washington Post reported on Thursday. This overhaul of Facebook’s moderation projects is “known as the WoW Project,” according to internal documents…