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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.

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.