Aug 27 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the Biden administration had pressured the company to “censor” COVID-19 content during the pandemic, apparently referring to White House requests to take down misinformation about the coronavirus and vaccines. In a letter dated Aug. 26, Zuckerberg told the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary…
Feb. 22 (UPI) — The social media platform X said Thursday it had blocked some accounts and posts in India in line with executive orders from the government in New Delhi that threaten hefty fines and/or imprisonment for failure to comply. X said it would appeal the orders, which come amid a long-running free speech…
At the opening of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for increased cooperation between governments and private businesses to enact tech censorship in the face of “industrial scale disinformation”. Following in the example of WEF Chairman Klaus Schwab’s ‘Global Risk Report’, EU chief Ursula…
Greetings from Tyler, Who does the media think they are, telling us what to believe all the time? We’ve watched in amazement as the angle is placed in the headline. They are literally telling us what we must think, or how we must view whatever situation. Whether it’s the war in Ukraine, the pretender’s corruption…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Twitter employees are expected to testify next week before the House Oversight Committee about the social media platform’s handling of reporting on President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. The scheduled testimony, confirmed by the committee Monday, will be the first time the three former executives will appear before Congress to discuss…
CHD has filed a first-in-the-country antitrust lawsuit against members of the “Trusted News Initiative” (“TNI”) for collusively censoring online news. The TNI is a self-proclaimed “industry partnership” formed around 2020, joining together some of the world’s largest legacy news organizations, such as The Washington Post, the Associated Press, Reuters, and its founder, the British Broadcasting Corporation…
The following is adapted from a lecture delivered at Hillsdale College on September 20, 2021, during a Center for Constructive Alternatives conference on “Critical American Elections.” Notwithstanding all the hysterical rhetoric surrounding the events of January 6, 2021, two critical things stand out. The first is that what happened was much more hoax than insurrection….
Former Trump advisor Stephen Miller argues the move is unconstitutional. Former White House Press Secretary and “Outnumbered” co-host Kayleigh McEnany joined “Hannity” on Friday and slammed the Biden administration for openly admitting to working with tech companies to flag what it considers misinformation. KAYLEIGH MCENANY: I hear a lot of things in the White House press briefings that I take issue…
(Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images) Ryan T. Anderson was recently named president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a respectable conservative think tank in Washington, D.C. He is a brilliant social commentator who spent several years at The Heritage Foundation. One of his books, “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Movement,” is…
Sen. Marco RubioPhoto by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The ban on President Trump and his allies by Big Tech companies following the US Capitol riot is part of an effort to silence right-wing voices by firms that have “monopoly power,” Sen. Marco Rubio, (R-Fla.) said Sunday. “We are now living in a country where four or…