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August 13, 2021
Snopes co-founder David Mikkelson has been accused of publishing plagiarized articles under a false name.
The notorious fact-checking website holds itself out as an arbiter of truth in an age of “fake news.”
A Buzzfeed News investigation found…
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August 13, 2021
Three Australian publishers have accused Facebook of taking their content for its newly-launched news service without compensation.
Broadsheet Media, Urban List, and Concrete Playground publish entertainment news and reviews.
The publishers say…
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August 13, 2021
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said that mainstream news outlets should consider it their “duty” to reject Big Tech censorship before ultimately claiming “that's not going to happen.”
Carlson criticized the blatant hypocrisy of “legacy media outlets…
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August 12, 2021
YouTube alternative Rumble is gaining traction among more than just conservatives. The video-sharing platform just welcomed a diverse group of big name voices.
Rumble announced that “eight nationally recognized thought leaders” would be joining its…
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August 8, 2021
At least eight GOP-controlled states have passed bans on donations to election offices in order to deter Big Tech influence.
Last year, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $400 million to election offices during the…
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August 7, 2021
Twitter has temporarily suspended conservative radio personality Erick Erickson for tweeting that Laurel Hubbard “is a man.”
Erickson was commenting on a post about the suspension of conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey, who had been…
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August 6, 2021
Twitter has temporarily restricted the account of Liz Harrington, chief spokeswoman to former President Donald Trump (who is also a former MRC intern and former CNS News reporter).
Twitter said the account was restricted because it contained “some…
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August 6, 2021
Apple attempts to position itself as a leader in privacy rights, but that’s just grandstanding. Apple has announced plans to search private pictures on its customers’ devices in an attempt to stop child abuse.
The resulting violation of privacy is…
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August 5, 2021
Blaze Media’s Allie Beth Stuckey was locked out of her Twitter account on Thursday after she tweeted that Olympian Laurel Hubbard is “still a man.”
Hubbard, a New Zealand weightlifter, is a transgender woman who competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics…
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August 5, 2021
Facebook Executive Dani Lever reportedly helped Gov. Andrew Cuomo fight sexual assault allegations by leaking confidential messages about an accuser.
Lever worked on Cuomo’s press team from 2014 to 2020, then leaving to join Facebook as…