Commentary On Monday, Justice Clarence Thomas announced that the Supreme Court soon will have to put an end to big tech tyranny. He cited the “glaring” problem of social media platforms like Facebook and Google wielding unlimited power to censor users whose views they don’t like. These tech giants, he argued, ought to be regulated […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A graphic novel for children from the wildly popular “Captain Underpants” series is being pulled from library and book store shelves after its publisher said it “perpetuates passive racism.” The book under scrutiny is 2010’s “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk” by Dav Pilkey, who has apologized, saying it “contains harmful […]

Facebook removed more than 1.3 billion accounts between October and December 2020, Facebook’s VP of Integrity Guy Rosen wrote in a blog post on Monday. “We take a hard line against this activity and block millions of fake accounts each day, most of them at the time of creation. Between October and December of 2020, […]

Commentary An old saying goes that the more things change, the more they stay the same. In 1988, the late President George H. W. Bush rolled out his vision for a “kinder, gentler America.”  This lofty ideal was met with disparagement for symbolism that lacked teeth. More than three decades later, the trudge to a […]

News Analysis While many Americans worry about ever-increasing censorship, those responsible for it have managed to amplify its effect by creating a climate of self-censorship. Due to the psychological mechanisms of self-censorship, a single account blocked, a single video deleted, or a book banned can result in a broad chilling of speech. Important policy debates […]

Commentary It’s undeniable that a crackdown on free speech is underway. Cancel culture’s body count continues to grow as more and more celebrities are crucified for not toeing the line of political correctness. Meanwhile, censorship runs rampant on college campuses as safe spaces are established and controversial speakers are shouted down. While these public tales […]

Social media platform Parler said it had referred violent content from its platform to the FBI ahead of the breach at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Parler made the disclosure in a letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, in response to the panel’s request for documents. The company said that it had referred […]

Former President Donald Trump is returning to social media. Only this time, it will be on his terms. Adviser Jason Miller revealed the plans on Fox News, saying his boss will be back on social media in a matter of months. Trump will reemerge on his own platform, Miller added. Miller said the move will […]

The investigative journalism group Project Veritas on Monday published an exposé and a highly edited undercover video it obtained of Facebook Global Planning Lead Benny Thomas arguing for the government to break up the social media giant, with him saying, “No king in the history of the world has been the ruler of two billion […]

While many complain about censorship, Gov. Greg Abbott is looking to take real action against big tech censorship in the state of Texas. Abbott held a press conference Friday where he proposed new legislation to prohibit social media sites from censoring viewpoints. As reported by the Blaze, Abbott held the conference with state senator Bryan […]

Video: Facts Matter (April 2): Suspect Identified in Capitol Crash, Likely Follower of Nation of Islam A Capitol police officer has died after a car crashed into a barrier outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The suspect was identified as Noah Green. Social media accounts belonging to him suggested he was a follower of the […]

Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation has declined donations from Google and Facebook because of the companies’ censoring of persons and groups with conservative points of view. Outgoing foundation president Kay C. James sent letters to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai explaining that the Heritage Foundation could “not in good conscience accept money” from companies […]

Controversial GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s (Ga.) Twitter account has been reinstated, Twitter and Greene have confirmed, after it having been temporarily suspended on Friday, which came as House Democrats move to expel her from Congress. A Twitter spokesperson, in a statement shared with this reporter Friday afternoon, said that the suspension was an automated systems […]

Commentary By now every person awake, as opposed to “woke,” knows the dangers of Big Tech. Through algorithmic manipulation, de-platforming and other noxious off-shoots of the tyrannical cancel culture these companies are changing history, reversing freedoms hard won since the Magna Carta, while having an unconscious numbing effect on our brains that eventually would render […]

Video: James O’Keefe, Ryan Hartwig, and Zach Vorhies on Blowing the Whistle on Big Tech “Even if we are removed from these platforms, we still have to be talked about on these platforms…The stories have to be strong enough [to] force them to talk about it,” says James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas. Project Veritas […]

Lara Trump, former President Donald Trump‘s daughter-in-law, has claimed that Facebook removed her interview with him, with an email from the social media site saying any content “in the voice of Donald Trump” would be wiped from its platform. Lara Trump, a recently hired Fox News contributor, on Tuesday published links to the 18-minute video […]

On Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) raised concerns surrounding social media platforms having banned former President Donald Trump, expressing worries about large tech companies having too much power. Sanders’ remarks come after a Trump advisor told Fox News on Sunday that the former president plans to return to “social media in probably about two or […]

Facebook announced Wednesday that it has implemented a number of changes on the social media platform that seek to reduce the reach of, and in some cases ban, groups that violate its policies. The tech giant said in a statement that it has taken action to curb the spread of “harmful content, like hate speech […]

Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Newt Gingrich was locked out of his Twitter account for over a week after he published a tweet that criticized the Biden administration’s approach to the southern border and raised concern over immigrants crossing the border illegally who may be infected with COVID-19. “If there is […]

Former President Donald Trump‘s YouTube channel will eventually be reinstated once the “risk of violence” has decreased, YouTube’s chief executive officer announced Thursday. At an event hosted by the Atlantic Council, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said the company will rely on a variety of indicators to determine the level of violence, including statements by government […]