Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey faced another round of questioning in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
A few moments stuck out to me: Sen. Da Nang Dick Richard Blumenthal
(D-CT) told Zuckerberg to ban Steve Bannon and Dorsey admitted it
was a mistake for the platform to...
In the past day there have been two very disturbing developments in internet deplatforming.
The pre-election panel discussion on Sunday, Nov. 1st seems ages ago. It is amazing how time slows down when your are in a nightmare.
Conservative commentator Mike Levin revealed Facebook censored his page “based on an extremely dishonest Politifact review” of an “accurate story” he posted.
In case there was still any question as to where Big Tech’s loyalty lies…
As you know, I have written a lot here about the creeping authoritarianism of big tech, particularly the massive social media platforms that dominate political communications. In my Dreadful 9th Anniversary post in 2017, I wrote of the danger:
Social media platforms, namely Facebook and Twitter, have hidden behind a specific provision, Section 230 of the Communications Act, maintaining that they are platforms, not publishers, justification they’ve used in broad and largely ideologically specific content and user censorship.
Thursday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai indicated those days may soon come...
The big story of the day was a NY Post blockbuster that shows Joe Biden may have been lying all along about what and when he knew his son Hunter was selling access to his father, the then Vice President of the United States.
Facebook communications guy Andy Stone said Facebook is purposely “reducing” the distribution of the New York Post‘s story on Hunter Biden’s emails.
Twitter is doing the same thing.
How close are social media giants like Facebook and Instagram to the communist Chinese government?
Democrats are laying the foundation for weeks of post-Election Day intrigue, protests, and maneuvers to defeat Trump by claiming that whatever else happens on Election Day, Biden will win when the surge of mail-in ballots is counted.
Facebook and Twitter have both removed videos of a Trump appearance on the cable show Fox and Friends, for what they claim is a violation of their “misinformation” policies. The posts removed were made by Trump himself and it’s not yet clear whether the two platforms have taken any action against...
So Legal Insurrection is on Parler, find us at @legalinsurrection.
Why? To reach our audience.
Trump just signed an Executive Order regarding social media bias.
The Wall Street Journal reported:
Anti-conservative bias by the social media giants which dominate our means of political communication has been a topic we’ve covered for many years.
That problem is a main focus of the Legal Insurrection Foundation, and our speaking appearances and online engagement.
Lockdown protests are popping up all over the country. Often used as an organizational tool for grassroots activity, Facebook is prohibiting the use of its platform to organize events or get togethers that defy government orders.
After allllllll the posturing about political ads and cracking down on political ads, Facebook has backtracked after Democrat presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg found an ad loop hole — influencers.
