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December 1, 2021
Facebook has reversed its crackdown of searches related to Kyle Rittenhouse now that he has been found not guilty.
During a national wave of riots in the summer of 2020, teenager Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people in Kenosha, Wis., in self-defense…
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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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December 26, 2019
UK's government-funded news media giant BBC is considering measures to discourage its “top correspondents” from biased tweeting.
The actions follow election criticism from both left and right.
The Guardian reported that the BBC…
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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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July 25, 2019
The climate doomsday countdown got a dramatic update from the BBC, which claimed there could be as little as 18 months left to “save the planet” from a “global heating crisis.”
“Do you remember the good old days when…
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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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May 9, 2019
A week is not a long time. It’s only 1/52nd of a year. But eco-warriors determined to be rid of fossil fuels will latch on to anything to try to prove renewables can shoulder the demand for energy.
Think Progress and EcoWatch did just that on…
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February 18, 2019
Foreign governments are preparing to crack down on social media monopolies.
An English House of Commons committee, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, released a report claiming Facebook’s flaws were “risking the U.K.…
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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…