by Tyler | Apr 17, 2020 | Asia, Chinese virus, coronavirus, Epoch Times, Facebook, Facebook fact checking, Health, Masters of the Universe, Tech, Trending, Wuhan coronavirus
Facebook is relying on a “fact checker” that uses “expert opinion” from a researcher who conducted projects with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the biolab next to the wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan where the Chinese virus...
by Tyler | Mar 30, 2020 | Bill Gates, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Chinese virus, coronavirus, Economy, Facebook, Health, Mark Zuckerberg, Masters of the Universe, Tech, Trending, Wuhan coronavirus
The philanthropic arm of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s empire, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, has reportedly committed to $25 million to a research fund that aims to identify and develop treatments for the Wuhan coronavirus.
by Tyler | Mar 2, 2020 | Academic Insanity, Education, Facebook, Free Speech Online, Gab, hate speech, Politics, Tech, Trending, Twitter, USC
Researchers at USC used federal funds to compile a “corpus” of “hate speech” on Gab, the First Amendment-friendly social media network that provides an alternative to increasingly censorious platforms like Twitter and Facebook.
by Tyler | Feb 15, 2020 | coronavirus, Economy, Facebook, Health, San Francisco, Tech, Trending
There are no confirmed coronavirus cases in San Francisco but Facebook just canceled a big event anyway.
by Tyler | Jan 19, 2020 | Censorship, Economy, Facebook, Florida, Free Speech Online, hate speech, Internet Censorship, Joe Gruters, laura loomer, Politics, Tech, Trending
Florida State Senator and GOP Leader Joe Gruters will announce a bill next week that will allow Floridians to sue social media companies that censor their political speech, and will restrict the ability of social media companies to use “hate speech”...
by Tyler | Dec 27, 2019 | California, data privacy, Economy, Facebook, Lyft, Masters of the Universe, Politics, silicon valley, Tech, Trending, Uber
In a display of unapologetic defiance, Silicon Valley giants including Facebook and Uber are planning to ignore new California laws scheduled to take effect in 2020, laying the groundwork for a collision course between the tech giants and state lawmakers.
