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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.

Facebook and Twitter declared digital war today by throttling NY Post blockbuster Biden story

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2020 82 Comments

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFlZPnS0gKc

Facebook, Twitter ‘Reducing’ the Distribution of New York Post Story on Hunter Biden Emails

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 14, 2020 27 Comments

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zUH4JdWyZs&t=24s andhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEMavKjl4CA&feature=youtu.be

‘I was Being Nice!!’: Tom Arnold Tweets, Deletes Hope Hicks’ Phone Number After Positive COVID Test

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 02, 2020 24 Comments

Actor Tom Arnold thought it'd be cool to tweet out Hope Hicks' number after she tested positive for COVID-19.

Prof Complains of Threats After Calling for Death of All Cops and Capitalists

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 02, 2020 23 Comments

"the university stands behind Jun’s right to make such statements on his own time"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGj3L-v9JQI

ABC News Town Hall Labeled Two Anti-Trump Voters as ‘Uncommitted’

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 22, 2020 18 Comments

The ABC News town hall with President Donald Trump brought on "uncommitted" voters to question the president. The Washington Free Beacon discovered through social media posts that at least two of the voters have expressed anti-Trump feelings.

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Facebook, Instagram Now Flagging Tucker Carlson’s Coronavirus Posts as ‘False Information’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 17, 2020 23 Comments

How close are social media giants like Facebook and Instagram to the communist Chinese government?

Cornell Students Petition for Expulsion of Freshman TikTok Star for Flouting Coronavirus Rules

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 28, 2020 6 Comments

“The people who you wouldn’t expect to snitch will snitch”...

Federal Government Investigating Case of Fordham U. Student Disciplined Over Social Media Post

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 22, 2020 3 Comments

"The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Fordham University"...

VIDEO: Fordham Student Banned From Campus Over Social Media Post Commemorating Tiananmen Square

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 14, 2020 3 Comments

"Don't tread on me."...

Auburn University Lecturer in Hot Water Over Anti-Police Tweets

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 02, 2020 11 Comments

“F*ck every single cop. Every single one”...

College Student Expelled for Racist Social Media Content, Then Reinstated Because She Didn’t Post it

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 01, 2020 43 Comments

A student at Wesleyan College in Georgia, a women's college, was recently expelled for allegedly posting something deemed racist on social media. The school ultimately reversed this decision and reinstated her when it became apparent that she had not published the material.