On the Offensive: Lankford Slams Big Tech at CPAC
Over the weekend during a CPAC panel, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) slammed Big Tech dominance. A long proponent of reforming Section 230, Lankford stated reform was essential to protecting free speech. Lankford doubled down on this stance and argued Section 230 must be reformed since Big Tech platforms like Facebook and Twitter allegedly used it to censor conservatives.
UPDATE: TikTok Targets MRC 18 Times, 15 Times in Two months
TikTok has ramped up its censorship in 2022. The platform, affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, censored the Media Research Center three times last year and 14 times in the last two months for a total of 17 times.
Study: Twitter’s ‘Liberal’ Content Turned Voters Away From Trump
A new study from Princeton alleged that liberal content on Twitter turned moderate voters against former President Donald Trump.
Apple’s Siri Gets Gender-Neutral Voice: Report
Siri is reportedly getting a new voice.
NY Dem Pols Block Social Media Followers
Several prominent state politicians in New York blocked followers on social media.
TikTok Sidesteps Privacy Protections to Share Data: Report
A new report suggested that TikTok can bypass privacy protections to share data with ByteDance, its Chinese parent company.
BLM ‘Temporarily Suspended’ from Amazon Charity List: Report
AmazonSmile has removed Black Lives Matter from its charity list, according to the New York Post.
NEW: Twitter To Expand New ‘Safety’ Mode
Twitter has expanded its mode aimed at protecting user “safety.” The platform introduced “Safety Mode” in September of last year and said its aim was to “limit unwelcome interactions on Twitter.”
Lefty Yglesias Says Internet-Driven ‘Misinformation Crisis’ Is Fake
Maybe there isn’t a misinformation crisis after all. Even lefty journalist Matthew Yglesias, a columnist at Bloomberg, wrote on his “Slow Boring” Substack blog that there is no “misinformation crisis” on the internet.
TX AG Paxton Sues Facebook for ‘Deception, Lies and Brazen Abuses’
On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that he has sued Facebook (now known as Meta) for illegally capturing and using the biometric data of millions of Texans and failing to destroy the collected data in a reasonable period of time, in violation of Texas law.
Spotify Keeps Podcasts of Alleged Criminals and Racists
Since many on the left have called on Spotify to remove Joe Rogan’s podcast from its lineup, it is worth noting that the podcasts of convicted criminals and alleged racists are still up.
Internet Accountability Project Launches Ad on Curbing Big Tech Abuses
The Internet Accountability Project launched a national television ad that called for the break up of Big Tech.
Johns Hopkins Doctor Says Big Tech Censored, Reinstated COVID-19 Study
Johns Hopkins Professor of Surgery Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H. said LinkedIn removed a research letter he co-authored because the scientific research allegedly violated its “Professional Community Policies.” He later tweeted that Linkedin reinstated it “after a friend compl[ained] to the CEO.”
