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September 20, 2022
Canada’s CBC, a government-funded outlet, pushed increased online censorship to stop “radicalization” -- by conservatives like Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief and political commentator Ben Shapiro.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) published a…
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November 9, 2021
Congress and Big Tech are still battling it out over which will have more control over the online speech of Americans. A new bipartisan congressional bill would allow users to experience social media without the algorithms.
The “Filter Bubble…
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October 21, 2020
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its antitrust lawsuit against Google yesterday, and Google released its response. Spoiler: the company is not happy.
Google released a statement October 20 expressing outrage at the lawsuit, describing…
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November 12, 2019
Skeptical of Big Tech’s power over your life? Recent reports reveal Google may know all about your medical history.
One of the world’s largest companies is reportedly involved in a massive plan to “collect and crunch” the…
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September 25, 2019
After an Australian academic website called The Conversation tweeted “it’s time to ban climate denial” in the media, UC-Boulder Professor Roger Pielke, Jr., weighed in to show the consequences of such censorship.
Pielke is a…
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June 10, 2019
While YouTube has been panicking over one offended LGBT reporter, the platform’s overreaction has both sides outraged.
YouTube announced a crackdown on Wednesday June 5 on videos promoting or glorifying racism and discrimination.…
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June 10, 2019
Democrats are threatening to regulate Big Tech. But they’re saying it while their pockets are stuffed with donations from these companies.
The House Judiciary Committee announced it was having a hearing concerning “Online Platforms and…
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November 21, 2018
The news media have figured out a way to fight the big social media companies — they want Congress to let them “collude against Google and Facebook,” according to Buzzfeed News.
The site reported that publishers are uniting behind…
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September 4, 2018
Apocalyptic screeds are hard to accept from people who hypocritically demand governmental action without making changes in their own lives.
But that never seems to stop entertainment elite.
Two hundred actors, musicians and scientists signed on to…
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January 4, 2017
Now even the price of razors is sexist, according to one Huffington Post UK editor.
Associate Women’s Editor Jenavieve Hatch applauded a British supermarket chain Tesco for lowering the price of women’s razors to that of men’s on…