- Masters of the Universe Turn on Far Left: Facebook Censors Socialist Workers Party, Leftist Activists
Britain’s Socialist Workers Party (SWP) was censored from Facebook on Friday, as Silicon Valley tech giants turn their censorship apparatus upon the radical left in the U.S. and the UK. The leftist party claimed in a statement that they were “silenced” by Facebook for expressing opposition to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and expressing support for […]
- Twitter Says Internet Shutdowns ‘Violate Basic Human Rights’ — in Uganda
Twitter has spoken out in favor of free speech, and against the shutdown of the Internet — in Uganda. Twitter’s public policy department tweeted in opposition to reported efforts to shut down internet access ahead of Uganda’s election this week, where President Yoweri Museveni is asking voters for a sixth term. He has been in office […]
- Poland to Pass Law Protecting Online Free Speech Against Big Tech Censorship
Poland’s national conservative government has detailed a new law protecting free speech online against Big Tech censorship, backed by a new court and big fines. Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro has announced the draft ‘Act for the Freedom to Express One’s Views and Obtain and Disseminate Information on the Internet’ will give social media users a […]
- Twitter suspends CBP head for border wall tweets: The Federalist
October 29, 2020 Twitter has reportedly suspended the account of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan for allegedly violating its hateful content policy after he attempted to tweet a statement about the border wall on the southern U.S. border, The Federalist is reporting exclusively. The Federalist‘s Thursday report says that it obtained […]
- Sen. Judiciary Committee to vote to subpoena Twitter CEO over censorship of Hunter Biden exposé
October 15, 2020 The Senate Judiciary Committee announced that on Tuesday they will vote to subpoena Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey over his platform suppressing two New York Post articles about exclusively obtained emails alleging that Hunter Biden took advantage of the position of his father, former Vice President Joe Biden, in his business dealings abroad. […]
- Federal judge strikes down Parler’s attempt to force Amazon to host it
A federal judge struck down an attempt by Parler to force Amazon Web Services (AWS) to reinstate it, ruling Thursday that AWS was within its rights to remove the conservative social media platform from its web-hosting service. U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein in Seattle rejected the request by Parler for a preliminary injunction that aimed […]
- Ron Paul says he’s blocked from managing his Facebook page
Former Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) on Monday announced that Facebook has prevented him from managing his page, part of the latest wave of suspensions affecting many conservatives on social media sites, most notably President Donald Trump. “With no explanation other than ‘repeatedly going against our community standards,’ @Facebook has blocked me from managing my page,” […]
- Dennis Prager on Big Tech Censorship: ‘Twitter Is the Worst’ — ‘Thuggish’
Friday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” radio host Dennis Prager ripped big tech companies like Twitter for their efforts to censor conservative voices on their platforms. Prager emphasized that Twitter, which has been putting its own fact check on President Donald Trump’s tweets about voter fraud in the 2020 election, “is the worst” at censorship. He […]
- 3 Killed in Islamic Terror Attack at French Church
Three people were killed by an attacker at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, in an incident the city’s mayor described as terrorism. Mayor Christian Estrosi said on Twitter the knife attack had happened at the city’s Notre Dame church, and two of the victims died inside the church. The attacker […]
- Separate Toilets ‘No Longer Necessary’: Anti-Discrimination Commissioner
The Equal Opportunity Commission has summoned Liberal Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler over remarks she made about free speech and that women’s sports and toilets should remain as spaces exclusively for biological women. The letter from Tasmania’s anti-discrimination commissioner, reportedly seen by News Corp’s Mercury newspaper, said Chandler’s remarks might be seen as discriminatory against those who […]
- PA Lt. Gov. Fetterman: ‘You Do Not Have the Right’ to Spread Lies That Are ‘Yelling Fire in a Crowded Theater’
On Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) said that advancing “lies that are demonstrably false is yelling fire in a crowded theater when there is none.” And “you do not have the right, that is not protected speech.” Fetterman said, “The idea that you have unlimited free speech to advance lies that are […]
- Apple Suspends Parler From App Store for Not Taking ‘Adequate Measures’ to Address Threats of Violence
Apple has suspended social media platform Parler from its App Store for not take “adequate measures” to address alleged “threats of violence and illegal activity” by its users. “We have always supported diverse points of view being represented on the App Store, but there is no place on our platform for threats of violence and […]
- Report: UK Needs Free Speech Law Modelled on US First Amendment
The UK needs to create an unassailable law to protect free speech, modelled on the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, according to a new report. The Adam Smith Institute report (pdf) says that freedom of expression is increasingly under threat from “speech crimes” under poorly drafted current laws. The report also singles out proposed […]
- Senate committee votes to subpoena Twitter, Facebook CEOs over censorship allegations
October 22, 2020 The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to authorize subpoenas for the CEOs of Twitter and Facebook after both sites suppressed the spread of a New York Post exposé on their platforms last week for allegedly violating their “hacked materials” policies. RELATED: Twitter Updates ‘Hacked Materials’ policy after censoring NY Post’s Hunter Biden […]
- Censored?: Education Bureau Reportedly Tells Hong Kong To Remove Protest Slogans From Textbooks
Hong Kong publishers have allegedly been told by the Education Bureau to remove any reference to separation of powers and protest slogans from school textbooks, according to Hong Kong Free Press. The largest teachers’ union in Hong Kong raised concerns after six publishers altered content in eight sets of Liberal Studies textbooks following a voluntary […]
- Video: Dennis Prager—‘This Is the Reichstag Fire, Relived’
On the heels of the breach of the U.S. Capitol, big tech companies have swiftly censored the President, the emerging social media platform Parler was effectively shut down, and there are growing calls for no-fly lists. Does the assault on the Capitol warrant such a response? “We’re living in a gigantic lie that is reminiscent […]
- ‘Dystopian’ ‘Big Tech Tyranny’: House Republicans React to Twitter Suspension of Trump
House Republicans expressed outrage after Twitter permanently suspended President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, and Google and Apple moved to remove the conservative social media app Parler from their stores. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of […]
- Moroccan Man Arrested in Spain for Praising France Beheading
Spanish police have arrested a Moroccan man for praising the beheading of a French schoolteacher earlier this month and inciting more Islamic terrorist attacks. The arrest follows a terror attack on Thursday at a church in the southern French city of Nice, where a 21-year-old Tunisian man, shouting “Allahu Akbar,” beheaded an elderly woman and killed […]
- Twitter Updates ‘Hacked Materials’ policy after censoring NY Post’s Hunter Biden Exposé
October 16, 2020 After intense backlash for suppressing the spread of the New York Post‘s Hunter Biden emails exposé on its platform, including a Senate subpoena, Twitter announced Thursday night that it’s changing its policy on “hacked materials.” “Over the last 24 hours, we’ve received significant feedback (from critical to supportive) about how we enforced […]
- WATCH: Democrats Refuse to Condemn Antifa in Senate Hearing
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) walked out of a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution on Tuesday and refused to condemn Antifa — as did the other seven Senate Democrats who had spoken. The hearing focused on the issue of freedom of speech, and the violence surrounding recent Black Lives Matter protests, especially […]
