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U.S. 05/07/21, 06:15

According to The New York Post, an account taken down from Twitter for claiming to belong to Donald Trump's newly launched messaging site was not developed by the former president's team. Shortly after the former president introduced his own social site, "From the Desk of Donald J. Trump," which the president ...

U.S. 05/06/21, 04:31

Facebook decided on Wednesday, May 5, to uphold its suspension of Donald Trump from the platform. In his response, the former president lashed out at Big Tech firms as "a total disgrace and an embarrassment" to the United States. Facebook's Oversight Board, a body chosen to weigh in on content moderation decisions ...

U.S. 05/05/21, 19:18

Former President Donald Trump launched his own communication platform, enabling him to speak directly to his followers.  This platform has begun posting messages from the former president. Trump started the platform after months of being blocked by popular social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook over the claims he incited the ...

Asia & Pacific 04/26/21, 05:27

India is struggling to cope with a massive increase in CPP Virus (coronavirus) cases that have crippled the country. Twitter has agreed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to censor tweets critical of its response to the pandemic, BuzzFeed reported. Modi and his government were facing mounting criticism for letting its ...

U.S. 04/22/21, 19:56

Seven House Republicans on Wednesday, April 21, signed a letter pledging not to accept any Big Tech donations. "With this pledge, we, as conservatives, are taking a firm stance against Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Twitter," Reps. Ken Buck ofColorado, who leads the group, told The Federalist. Reps. Chip Roy of Texas, Greg ...

U.S. 04/20/21, 16:21

Following his permanent ban by Twitter, Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe continued his vow to file a lawsuit against the social media giant. Project Veritas' #ExposeCNN hashtag, which dominated Twitter last week, is listed in the lawsuit, which was filed in Westchester County, New York. Project Veritas posted footage of a CNN ...

U.S. 04/19/21, 16:09

James O’Keefe of Project Veritas said that he is preparing to take legal action against Big Tech and the mainstream media a day after being permanently banned from Twitter. "We're going to sue CNN, and we're going to sue Twitter,” the combative 36-year-old conservative activist and guerrilla journalist told the New ...

U.S. 04/04/21, 19:15

A bipartisan group of senators is questioning eight big U.S. companies over the sharing of American consumer data to international bidders, which is often used for digital ads. “We write to seek information about your company’s sharing of Americans’ personal data in order to understand how that information may be obtained ...

U.S. 03/31/21, 23:26

Former President Trump will directly compete against the world's largest social media companies to bypass their alleged suppression of free speech. Donald Trump has decided to proceed with his earlier proposal to establish a new social networking platform after being permanently banned from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. Insiders, who know about ...

U.S. 03/25/21, 10:19

In the midst of Colorado shooting, Rep. Ilhan Omar is facing backlash for tweeting about how "narratives" shift depending on a suspect's race or ethnicity. and in this case the narrative is Omar particular brand of truth. She retaliated after Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was charged with 10 counts of ...

U.S. 03/20/21, 15:08

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a controversial freshman congresswoman, was locked out of her account for 12 hours on March 19, just as one of her Democratic colleagues began a campaign to remove her from Congress. A Twitter representative told POLITICO that the company enforces its rules in both technology and ...

U.S. 01/31/21, 23:56

A Californian social media giant employs an overwhelming majority of staff who supported the Democrats at the November election, new data revealed. Twitter Inc. workers and their families donated nearly 63 times more money to the 2020 Biden campaign compared to the 2020 Trump campaign. Twitter employees and their immediate family members ...

U.S. 01/22/21, 08:15

After Twitter repeatedly refused to remove images and videos involving two teenage boys engaged in sexual acts under duress, one of them and his mother sued the tech giant on Jan. 20. The disturbing lawsuit argues that Twitter knowingly harbors offenders who traffic in child pornography and profits from it by ...

2020 Campaign 01/17/21, 23:20

A Republican from Georgia accused a Californian social media giant of censoring her for questioning the intelligence of her fellow party members. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) personal Twitter account was suspended without notice after she repeatedly posted critical remarks about the professional conduct of both Georgia Secretary of State Brad ...

U.S. 01/15/21, 18:27

The Lincoln Project, known as the anti-Trump PAC, is involved in a significant legal scandal after its co-founder, John Weaver, was accused by several young people after "coming on to" them for sex. According to the Washington Free Beacon, on Thursday night, following reports that people had stepped forward on Twitter ...

2020 Campaign 01/12/21, 05:39

As part of a massive purge targeting President Donald Trump's supporters and conservatives, the big tech companies took another step to suppress free speech by targetting the QAnon movement. Twitter on Monday, Jan. 11, said that it had removed more than 70,000 accounts that shared "QAnon-associated content" following the protest at ...

2020 Campaign 01/11/21, 18:19

It’s not only Twitter that has banned President Trump from its social media pages, but also Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, and even Pinterest. When his followers began searching for other platforms to voice their opinions, they flocked to Parler. It quickly became the number one in the Apple App store, with one ...

U.S. 01/09/21, 15:32

Former ambassador to the UN.. Nikki Haley, joined her voice of protest to that of several legislators, against the tyranny of Twitter, and declared that this type of censorship is similar to that of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to Fox News on Jan. 9. The abuse of Big Tech ...

U.S. 01/04/21, 09:53

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) stated that Google is the “most dangerous company on the face of the planet.” During an interview with Breitbart News, he described the problems he experienced with Alphabet Inc. and with the social networks Twitter and Facebook regarding the interference they created during the elections. Cruz described Google ...

U.S. 12/22/20, 18:02

Ten states have accused Google and Facebook of organizing themselves and creating a "secret pact" to divide and conquer the advertising market. The pact, it was reported, also included a promise to cooperate if the other would face an antitrust suit. According to the complaint, the firms maintained a secret agreement ...