Facebook Declares Right to Censor to Protect from Regs, Liability
Facebook declared it would remove any content that might bring legal controversy or government regulation to the platform. Facebook has announced new Terms of Service. The platform’s new rules will allow it to “remove or restrict access to your content, services or information if we determine that doing so is reasonably necessary to avoid or mitigate adverse legal or regulatory impacts to…
Twitter Flagged Rep. Steve Scalise Over Biden Video
Twitter has, once again, bowed to pressure from the left to silence conservatives. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) reportedly removed a video from his Twitter account on Sunday after the platform flagged the video as having been “manipulated.”
Twitter Censors Claim About COVID-19 Deaths Retweeted by Trump
Twitter censored a post retweeted by President Donald Trump indicating that the amount of COVID-19 deaths has been greatly exaggerated. Twitter only appears to censor COVID-19 posts as “misinformation” when it comes from sources it doesn’t like. Meanwhile, the platform has let others off the hook. Trump retweeted a post from Mel Q on August 30 that stated, “only 6% of all the 153,504 deaths…
Facebook Threatens to Unpublish Black Conservative Creators Hodgetwins
Facebook claims it wants to promote racial equality by “elevating Black voices.” But if those voices promote conservative content, then Facebook does not want to elevate it.
Google and YouTube Censored Ad Promoting Christianity in America
It seems ads promoting religion in America are just too “sensitive” for Google and YouTube to handle. A trailer for the upcoming documentary "America! America! God Shed His Grace on Thee!" was removed several times from Google and YouTube advertising. Centennial Institute, a part of Colorado Christian University (CCU), had bought ad space for the video and worked with Google to ensure that…
Leftist Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Social Media Order
Leftist organizations are suing President Donald Trump over his recent executive order to investigate Big Tech censorship in an effort to protect the First Amendment rights of Americans.
Several voting advocacy groups, including Rock the Vote, Voto Latino, and Common Cause, along…
Dems 48%, Republicans 49% Want Candidates Tougher on Big Tech: Survey
Even amidst national strife, Americans seem united in their distrust of Big Tech. “48 percent of Democrats and 49 percent of Republicans now want candidates to be more critical of the [Big Tech] industry — 6- and 5-point jumps, respectively, from last year,” Morning Consult reported August 26. One difference existing between the two sides, however, is how highly the issue is ranked among their…
GoFundMe Cancels Funding for Alleged Kenosha Shooter: Report
The teenager who was charged with shooting rioters while defending stores in Kenosha has reportedly been shafted from gathering donations on GoFundMe, but other organizations have stepped up. “A legal team says it will defend Kyle Rittenhouse, charged in the fatal shooting during protests in Kenosha this week, and has set up a fund for the 17-year-old's legal fees,” the Milwaukee Journal…
Apple Update Requires Apps to Get Permission to Track Users
After Apple snuck COVID-19 contract tracing software onto its iPhone updates in May, the company is now at least pretending to care about user privacy.
One feature of Apple’s iOS 14 update, originally announced in June, is intended to help protect…
WHO Stalks Your Conversations in ‘Social Listening’ Program
In the latest dystopian story in the year of COVID-19, the World Health Organization is now monitoring conversations to have machines understand how to manipulate public conversation. “The World Health Organization is collaborating with an analytics company to scan people’s social media conversations for ‘coronavirus misinformation;’ something the WHO calls ‘social listening,’” Reclaim The Net…
Republican Convention Speakers BASH Big Tech Censorship
Republican National Convention (RNC) speakers have not been afraid to call out Big Tech for its role in censoring conservatives. Speakers like Charlie Kirk, Nick Sandmann and Tiffany and Melania Trump have stressed the importance of maintaining American freedoms, and have called out Big Tech companies to do so over the first three nights of the RNC.
WHAT?: Twitter Approves BLM Activist’s Threats Against Police
Twitter censors President Donald Trump for declaring he will enforce law and order, but issuing an ultimatum to randomly threaten police officers is A-OK with Twitter moderators. “A Twitter spokesman says activist and accused fraudster Shaun King’s threat to name Kenosha, Wisc., police officers is ‘not in violation’ of its rules — including its ban on ‘a threat of harm against an identifiable…
Report: Google Engineers Confused by Platform's Privacy Settings
Google doesn’t seem to understand privacy. Perhaps its employees need to Google it. A recent lawsuit against Google included emails from employees claiming that the company’s privacy settings are so complicated, even its own engineers don’t fully understand them.
Big Tech on Notice: Melania, Tiffany Trump Blast Social Media Tyranny
First Lady Melania Trump and the president’s youngest daughter Tiffany Trump blasted Big Tech during their speeches at the Republican National Convention. Many members of the Trump family have given the 2020 Republican National Convention a personal touch. They used it as an opportunity to defend their family patriarch’s presidency while raking the far-left over the coals.
