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May 13, 2024
An Australian federal judge has swooped in to defend free speech by siding with Elon Musk in the tech billionaire’s latest spat with Australia’s Ministry of Truth.
On May 13, Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett blocked the application for the…
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April 23, 2024
Elon Musk has been targeted by yet another authoritarian government for his company X’s reluctance to censor political content.
In an April 23 interview with Sky News, Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie appeared to threaten Elon Musk over his…
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February 16, 2024
Australia’s Communications Minister threatened that X (formerly Twitter) will be in “big trouble” if it does not comply with the country’s proposed new censorship laws.
The Australian Financial Review reported February 12 that Australian…
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May 24, 2022
Australian eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant called for a “recalibration” of “freedom of speech” online during the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland on Monday. BusinessWorld contributing editor Pranjal Sharma also claimed…
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April 9, 2021
Posts on social media are considered to have historical significance. But Twitter put its anti-conservative bias and outright disdain for former President Donald Trump on full display when it declared it would not allow his archived tweets to remain…
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February 24, 2021
Big Tech was once seen as a haven for whistleblowers and journalists. But Twitter has changed all that and has been using its tools to besmirch news outlets for reportedly exposing nefarious government activity.
After years of enabling leaks about…
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February 24, 2021
Facebook has come to an agreement with the Australian government in order to bring back Australian news to its platform.
In retaliation to a proposed law in Australia that would require tech giants like Facebook and Google to pay for news content…
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February 18, 2021
A proposed law from the Land Down Under did not go over well with Facebook.
Facebook has decided to block all news in and from Australian users in response to a proposed law that would require the platform to pay news publishers for stories that…
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September 8, 2020
Twitter censors edited videos that the right tweets on the platform, but Twitter allowed a “deceptively edited” video of Trump to go viral.
Twitter came under fire for its hesitancy to remove a “deceptively edited” video of President Donald Trump…
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August 27, 2020
Republican National Convention (RNC) speakers have not been afraid to call out Big Tech for its role in censoring conservatives.
Speakers like Charlie Kirk, Nick Sandmann and Tiffany and Melania Trump have stressed the importance of…