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Parler is Back!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2021 62 Comments

Despite the attempts of the cabal of Amazon Web Services, Google, Apple, and many other high tech monsters to take it down, Parler has been brought back to life. It's unclear if Parler is completely back, but I just logged in and the Legal Insurrection page is up and running and we still have almost 400,000 followers. Our prior "parleys" have not populated yet, but I assume that will take time.

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Twitter Permanently Suspends Project Veritas, Locked James O’Keefe’s Account

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 12, 2021 47 Comments

Twitter kicked off Project Veritas from the platform for breaking its "private information policy." It also locked founder James O'Keefe out from his personal account.

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The Mandalorian Star Gina Carano Fired, Dropped by Talent Agency for Social Media Posts

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 11, 2021 100 Comments

The mob has gone after Gina Carano, who plated Cara Dune in The Mandalorian, for months over her social media posts. They won after she compared being a Republican today to Jews during the Holocaust. Lucasfilm said Carano is "not currently employed" by them, "and there are no plans for her to be in the future."

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Parler Vindicated: Study Finds Facebook ‘Far and Away’ Most Used Social Media By Capitol Hill Rioters

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on February 10, 2021 52 Comments

The coordinated Big Tech deplatforming of Parler is looking more and more suspect. Last month, I reviewed every arrest report the DOJ had made available at that time, and the overwhelming number of social media posts cited in these reports were those posted on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. There was barely any mention of Parler.

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1619 Project Brainchild Hannah-Jones Doxxed Free Beacon Reporter

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 09, 2021 31 Comments

Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times magazine reporter and the brainchild behind the controversial 1619 Project, doxxed Washington Free Beacon associate editor Aaron Sibarium. She posted a screenshot of his email, which included his phone number.

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New App Allows Twitter Users to Block All NY Times Reporters With One Click

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 08, 2021 15 Comments

Someone has developed a new app called "Block The New York Times," which allows Twitter users to block "New York Times-linked accounts" to help "control the flood of corporate disinformation online."

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Biased NYU Study Claims ‘No Reliable Evidence’ of Big Tech Bias Against Conservatives

Posted by Stacey Matthews on February 03, 2021 11 Comments

Any doubts a conservative might have had about persistent claims from Republicans that Big Tech actively worked to censor conservative voices likely vanished after several tech giants took drastic actions in the aftermath of the Capitol riots.

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San Francisco Teacher: Bernie’s Mittens Oozed ‘White Privilege, Male Privilege, and Class Privilege’

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 01, 2021 55 Comments

Former Berkeley professor and current San Francisco teacher Ingrid Seyer-Ochi provided proof that no male is off-limits when it comes to the privilege label.

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Is the GameStop Saga Really an Army of Investing “Davids” vs Hedge Fund “Goliaths”?

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 01, 2021 25 Comments

In 2007, Glenn Reynolds wrote An Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and Other Goliaths.

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The Purge Deepens, Literary Agent Fired Merely For Having Parler and Gab Accounts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2021 33 Comments

We have covered a gazillion cases since last spring of people 'cancelled' for social media posting or public statements that offend the dominant leftist orthodoxy on campus and elsewhere. It's very personal combat, almost always left cancelling right, and it's setting the nation against itself.

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Capitol Hill Riot: DOJ Arrest Reports Focus On Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Barely Mention Parler

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 28, 2021 15 Comments

The takedown of Parler was purportedly based on its unique role in fomenting hate online relating to its alleged outsize role in the events at the Capitol on January 6th.  Having spent a couple days weeding through the DOJ's published arrest reports, I found little mention of Parler, but plenty of alleged criminal conduct referencing Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, in the charging document.

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Revenge of the Nerds: Reddit “WallStreetBets” Short Squeezes Hedge Fund on GameStop Stock

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 28, 2021 65 Comments

The last time I headed into GameStop, a chain store selling a wide variety of games (software, board, role-playing), was about four years ago when my son participated in a "Magic the Gathering" tournament.

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Trust in Traditional Media Hits 46%, a New Low

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 21, 2021 63 Comments

Axios reported that Edelman's annual trust barometer showed a major drop in Americans trusting traditional media and social media.

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Hungary Mulls Sanctions Against Social Media Giants Over Free Speech Curbs

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 19, 2021 20 Comments

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government has considered sanctions against Facebook, Twitter, and other social media giants for silencing free speech.

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Mexican President Launches International Campaign Against Social Media Censorship

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 15, 2021 15 Comments

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador began an international campaign to fight against censorship by social media companies after they all banned President Donald Trump.

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Retired Chicago Firefighter Falsely Accused of Murder at Capitol Riot by Social Media Trolls

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 15, 2021 22 Comments

A retired firefighter in Chicago named David Quintavalle, who wasn't even in Washington, DC on the day of the unrest at the Capitol, was accused of murder during the incident by people fanning the flames on social media.

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Twitter Insider Video Shows Jack Dorsey Admitting Political Censorship Won’t End Soon

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 14, 2021 32 Comments

A Twitter insider gave James O'Keefe's Project Veritas a video of CEO Jack Dorsey admitting that more political censorship is coming. He is not talking about the left.

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Hard-Hitting Journalism: Media Slams Vogue Magazine Over ‘Disrespectful’ Kamala Harris Cover

Posted by Stacey Matthews on January 14, 2021 36 Comments

Anyone wondering if the MSM would go soft on the incoming Biden-Harris administration should fret no more. Just this week, reporters and anchors alike have spent a considerable amount of time reporting not just on the fallout from the Capitol riots but also on the "outrage" surrounding Vogue's Kamala Harris cover.

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