Senate Panel Threatens to Subpoena Google, Facebook, Twitter: Report
The CEOs of four major Big Tech companies have been given an ultimatum: testify in the Senate or face the music. “The Senate Commerce Committee plans to subpoena the CEOs of Google, Facebook and Twitter to testify at an Oct. 1 hearing about the tech industry's prized liability protections if the three do not agree by Thursday night to requests to appear,” Politico wrote on September…
House Subcommittee Hearing Explores How Big Tech Radicalizes America
Amidst calls for Section 230 reform and antitrust lawsuits against Google and Facebook, a House subcommittee hearing today explored the relationship between Big Tech’s lack of accountability and the radicalization of their respective platforms’ users.
The House Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce held a hearing entitled “…
Big Tech Reckoning: WH Roundtable Demands Section 230 Overhaul
Big Tech’s reckoning may have finally arrived. The White House hosted a roundtable announcing the overhaul of Section 230, a change which has massive implications for Big Tech and online speech. No more “bad faith” moderation! The Department of Justice has proposed a bill to overhaul Section 230 and punish companies for political censorship.
Facebook Is Attempting to Hide Anti-Vax Groups
Regardless of your stance on vaccination, hiding information about anti-vaccine groups and content probably doesn’t help anyone.
ZDNet, an Australian news website, reported that Facebook is attempting to hide what it deems “vaccine misinformation” from users.
California Bill to Criminalize Misinformation About Elections: Report
Prepared to give up your liberty for the sake of “public peace, health, or safety”? A new California bill would criminalize the spread of election misinformation — even on social media. Americans can be prosecuted for their private messages on social media platforms if they contain misinformation, according to new legislation. Senate Bill 739 declared that “A person is guilty of a misdemeanor…
YouTube Restricts More Content Without Transparency Through AI
YouTube has modified its policies and will begin using machine-learning to automatically apply age-restrictions. This will require users to verify their age before viewing flagged content and has also changed how that content is identified. Furthermore, when viewers discover age-restricted content on third-party websites, they will now be required to login to YouTube and verify their age…
Trump to Urge State Attorneys General to Fight Big Tech Censorship
President Donald Trump isn’t finished with his fight against Big Tech censorship. Trump is planning to meet with several Republican state attorneys general today to urge them to investigate Big Tech censorship of conservatives online.
NYT Admits Facebook Wrestling with Chinese Election Hackers
After years of blaming President Donald Trump’s 2016 victory on Russia, even liberal media outlets are starting to admit that China is attempting to meddle in our elections.
Facebook Preparing to Censor Election Night Posts: Financial Times
Facebook is too willing to censor political content from the right, but now, the site is preparing to restrict even more content on election night.
In a recent interview with Financial Times, Nick Clegg, Facebook’s…
Twitter Allows Chinese Media to Threaten Taiwanese Leader
Twitter seems to allow the Chinese government to spread propaganda, and now the communist nation can apparently make brazen threats against political enemies at its leisure too. Global Times, which has been labeled by Twitter as “China state-affiliated media,” has been accused of issuing a direct threat against a Taiwanese politician via Twitter. India Today Foreign…
Facebook Allows Event to Harass Sen. Graham, Then Allows Group to Stay
Facebook allowed leftist organizations to post the purported private address of a conservative senator in order to organize protests and harass. The posting was a violation of its rules. “Protesters on Monday gathered outside South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham's house to ‘wake him up’ over his push to quickly replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away Friday,” …
WashPost: DOJ Moves Closer to Bringing Antitrust Case Against Google
The Department of Justice (DOJ) may now be one step closer to bringing down Google’s massive empire. The DOJ is expected to brief state attorneys general on plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google as early as this week, according to sources cited in The Washington Post.
Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s WeChat Ban at Eleventh Hour
Just hours before President Donald Trump’s executive order banning the WeChat app was to go into effect, a federal judge blocked it.
On Sunday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler temporarily blocked Trump’s ban of the Chinese-owned messaging app, citing a…