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Researcher Finds Big Tech Manipulated 2020 Election: “Google’s Search Results Were Strongly Biased in Favor of Liberals and Democrats”

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 24, 2020 34 Comments

In his opening monologue last night, Tucker Carlson talked about how big tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter affected the outcome of the 2020 election. He suggested that they acted on behalf of just one party, the Democrats.

Virginia Wesleyan U. Dean Who Criticized Biden Voters on Facebook Resigns

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 18, 2020 4 Comments

"Virginia Wesleyan University announced the resignation Monday in a statement on its website"...

Prepare for the Great Decoupling – Deplatforming moves downstream to WordPress.com and Mailchimp

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 16, 2020 70 Comments

In the past day there have been two very disturbing developments in internet deplatforming.

Virginia Wesleyan University Dean Criticizes Biden Voters in Facebook Rant

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 16, 2020 3 Comments

"If you were ignorant, anti-American, and anti-Christian enough to vote for Biden, I really don’t want to be your social friend on social media."...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lNYZq-uKl0

My digital landscape is changing post election

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 11, 2020 104 Comments

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.

https://twitter.com/CalebJHull/status/1321479011449688075

Jack Dorsey: Twitter Doesn’t Influence Elections, Admits No Policy Against Holocaust Denial

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 28, 2020 50 Comments

Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) asked Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey what happens if someone on the platform denies the Holocaust ever happened. Dorsey admitted the company does not "have a policy against that type of misleading information." Then Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) tore into Dorsey for blocking The New York Post over Hunter Biden's laptop reports

https://www.newsweek.com/backlash-against-big-tech-was-long-time-coming-opinion-1541487

Backlash against Big Tech censorship may destroy their business models, and “they will have no one but themselves to blame”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2020 51 Comments

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySJ4-rHxhdQ

Top Democrat Twitter Accounts Share Fake Email Stating Joni Ernst Lost Iowa Farm Bureau’s Support

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 19, 2020 13 Comments

Weird. Twitter deleted a tweet from a COVID-19 advisor to President Donald Trump because he said masks don't work. The platform didn't allow people to post articles from The New York Post about Hunter Biden's emails. Yet they did nothing about a tweet shooting around with a fake email from the Iowa Farm Bureau stating it doesn't support Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst. SO WEIRD.

https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/1316446749729398790

Twitter Changes ‘Hacked Materials Policy’ After Backlash From Blocking New York Post’s Hunter Biden Stories

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 16, 2020 28 Comments

Vijaya Gadde, Twitter's global, policy, and trust & safety lead, announced on Thursday the social platform changed its Hacked Materials Policy after severe backlash from blocking stories on Hunter Biden.

After Censorship Outrage, FCC Will Move Forward with Rulemaking to Clarify Free Speech Rights of Social Media Companies

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on October 15, 2020 70 Comments

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 to an end.