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Merkel’s Government Seeks to Revive Hate Speech Law Citing Capitol Hill Events

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 09, 2021 32 Comments

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government wants to revive a controversial hate speech law citing the recent mayhem on the U.S. Capitol Hill.

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Facebook Purges #WalkAway Movement Page, Thousands of Testimonials Gone

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 09, 2021 57 Comments

The WalkAway movement was started by Brandon Straka, who left the Democrat party and became a Trump-supporting conservative after the 2016 election. Straka inspired hundreds of thousands of other Americans who felt the Democrats had moved too far left and also walked away from the party. Now Facebook has purged his page.

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University Assistant Football Coach Fired for ‘Hateful’ Tweet Critical of Stacey Abrams

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 09, 2021 6 Comments

"assistant football coach for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga"...

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Dan Bongino Leaves Twitter for Parler After Being Locked Out of His Account

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 08, 2021 30 Comments

Conservative commentator Dan Bongino has announced that he is leaving Twitter for good after his account was suspended for sharing the video of President Trump telling DC protesters to go home. Social media censorship and bans have increased in recent days, as even Trump was locked out of multiple accounts.

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Facebook, YouTube, Shopify All Move to Deplatform Trump and Questions About 2020 Election

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on January 07, 2021 54 Comments

In response to the breach of the Capitol building, several online platforms have deplatformed Trump.

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Key Biden Transition Team Positions Go To Facebook and Google Execs

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 12, 2020 29 Comments

Throughout the Obama-Biden reign and especially as it came to a close, Obama administration officials flooded into Silicon Valley, taking top jobs at Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, and other Big Tech entities.  Now Biden is tapping the Obama admin-Silicon Valley revolving door for top spots in his administration.

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YouTube to remove videos suggesting “fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election”

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 09, 2020 25 Comments

YouTube announced Wednesday that it will remove content posted that "misleads people by alleging that widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election."

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Home of Florida Data Tech Rebekah Jones Raided for Allegedly Hacking the State’s Emergency Alert System

Posted by Stacey Matthews on December 08, 2020 14 Comments

In May, Florida data technician Rebekah Jones was fired for what state records reportedly showed was a pattern of making unauthorized public remarks about the Florida coronavirus dashboard she helped manage.

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Parler Is Over The Target – Catching Flak From Mainstream Media And Twitter Trolls

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2020 38 Comments

Have you noticed? The mainstream media is obsessed with Parler. Obsessed with trying to marginalize Parler, to be more precise.

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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.

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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"...

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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.

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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."...

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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.

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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

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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:

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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.

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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.

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