by Tyler | Jun 19, 2020 | antitrust, Censorship, Communications Decency Act, Facebook, first amendment, free speech, Google, Instagram, Marsha Blackburn, Masters of the Universe, On The Hill, Politics, Radio, Section 230, Social Media, Tech, Trending, Twitter
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) described the world’s largest technology companies — naming Google, Facebook, and Twitter — as “monopolies,” adding that she and her colleagues are considering the use of antitrust laws and reevaluation of the...
by Tyler | Jun 12, 2020 | Big Tech, Censorship, Facebook, Masters of the Universe, Politics, Tech, Trending, Twitter, William Barr
Appearing Tuesday on the Fox News Channel’s Special Report, Attorney General William Barr judged that social media platforms are “engaged in censorship” and are behaving more like “publishers.”
by Tyler | Jun 4, 2020 | Debra Messing, Donald Trump, Entertainment, Masters of the Universe, Politics, silicon valley, Tech, Trending, Twitter, Twitter Fact Check
Actress Debra Messing got hit with a Twitter fact check after Breitbart News reported that she posted a fake photo in an attempt to conflate President Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler.
by Tyler | May 30, 2020 | Crime, Donald Trump, Jack Dorsey, Masters of the Universe, Minneapolis Riots, Politics, Tech, Trending, Twitter, Twitter Fact Check
Twitter censored tweets from President Donald Trump and the White House, falsely alleging that they “glorified violence.” But it has also allowed a tweet from a user claiming “violence IS the answer” to go viral, accumulating over 60,000...
by Tyler | May 30, 2020 | 2020 Election, Censorship, Donald Trump, Jack Dorsey, Masters of the Universe, Politics, Tech, Trending, Twitter, White House
Twitter appeared to inadvertently admit that one of President Donald Trump’s tweets, now censored by the platform, did not in fact violate the site’s rules.
by Tyler | May 29, 2020 | Donald Trump, Entertainment, Ferguson, Ice Cube, Jack Dorsey, Masters of the Universe, Minneapolis, Politics, Riots, Tech, Trending, Twitter, Twitter Fact Check
Yesterday, Twitter took twelve hours to add a “manipulated media” label to viral tweets from verified celebrities that included a photo of a man who appeared to be the Minneapolis cop who killed George Floyd, wearing a hat saying “Make Whites Great...