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Alexander Hall | January 17, 2020

Facebook has taken some free speech stances that drew heavy criticism from fellow Big Tech companies, liberal commentators, and now the Democratic primary frontrunner.

Former Vice President Joe Biden told The New York Times editorial…

Corinne Weaver | January 15, 2020

Even Facebook admits the 2016 Trump campaign benefited from the platform. But the liberal media try to interpret the use of a tool as something sinister.

State-funded PBS thinks both President Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin…

Corinne Weaver | January 13, 2020

Only Hollywood can so fantastically misunderstand a free speech policy and protest its existence.

Actor Mark Hamill (Star Wars) announced on Twitter that he was deleting his Facebook account in order to take a stand against the policies…

Corinne Weaver | January 9, 2020

The media and Democrats want to limit Facebook ads before the 2020 election. But Facebook refused to cave in to their demands.

In a Jan. 9 blog post published by Facebook Director of Product Management Rob Leathern, the company argued…

Alexander Hall | January 8, 2020

At least one person on the conservative side appears to understand the importance of free speech on social media. President Donald Trump touted the critical importance of social media in the face of a biased liberal media.

Trump praised…

Alexander Hall | December 17, 2019

Facebook is taking another shot at improving its fact-check process, by adding a large group of part-time contractors to help sort information from disinformation.

In an attempt to assuage the concerns of conservatives and free speech…

Corinne Weaver | December 17, 2019

The 2020 election is going to be fought online and the left has decided to create its own fact-check unit.

The Democratic National Committee started a “counter-disinformation unit” to “serve[] as a knowledge base and…

Corinne Weaver | December 16, 2019

Facebook announced a new policy to label state-funded media on its platform. Qatar-backed outlet Al Jazeera has a problem with that.

In a letter sent by the media outlet’s lawyers to Facebook’s Vice President Jennifer Gillian…

Alexander Hall | December 9, 2019

A former Facebook employee says that social media companies “owe it to democracy” to increase restrictions on Facebook’s political advertising and “fix the mess” they allegedly created.

Facebook’s…

Corinne Weaver | December 6, 2019

One of the four constitutional scholars who testified at the impeachment hearings on Dec. 3 played an instrumental role in the building of Facebook’s Oversight Board.

Noah Feldman, professor at Harvard Law School and director of the…

Alexander Hall | December 6, 2019

Sources claim that the Democratic National Committee ("DNC") directly lobbied Facebook to police the platform for “malicious actors” and “disinformation” from politicians.

The DNC CEO Seema Nanda…

Alexander Hall | December 5, 2019

After taking a stand for free speech on several occasions, is Facebook now backsliding?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided to take a pro-free speech stand and allowed political ads without fact-checking as early as October 2019, and…

Alexander Hall | December 4, 2019

Dave Rubin has launched two platforms on the same day, which he believes could solve the free speech and censorship problem online.

In a Dec. 4 livestream, the host of the Rubin Report Dave Rubin described two platforms he created, Locals…

Alexander Hall | December 3, 2019

Even after persistent attacks by liberal critics, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on defending one of America’s most iconic values -- free speech.

Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan appeared in a CBS This Morning…

Corinne Weaver | November 26, 2019

A Facebook employee lauded by the Trump campaign in 2016 as an “MVP” is not happy that he helped President Trump’s election strategy.

James Barnes, a former member of Facebook’s political ad sales team, wrote in a…

Alexander Hall | November 25, 2019

An actor and comedian famous for his shenanigans as the character Borat blasted the Big Tech community for being “the greatest propaganda machine in history” and knocking Facebook for its recent free speech stance.

Sacha Baron…

Alexander Hall | November 21, 2019

Facebook has become more open to some policies that the right has fought for.

“President Donald Trump hosted a previously undisclosed dinner with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook board member Peter Thiel at the White House…

Corinne Weaver | November 21, 2019

Liberals complain about Big Tech platforms that allow for free and unfettered speech in political advertising. It seems as though some of these companies are listening.

Google announced on Nov. 20 that it was restricting microtargeting on…

Alexander Hall | November 20, 2019

Facebook has taken heat for supporting free speech and for including Breitbart in its “News” tab, and now its VP of global marketing solutions is making a stand.

Yesterday, Gizmodo wrote its not-so-objective commentary that…

Alexander Hall | November 20, 2019

In what could be perceived as a subtle barb at Facebook, and perhaps even Twitter too, Snapchat declared its commitment to battling “misinformation” with the upcoming election in mind.

“We subject all…