A prominent black sports journalist barred from Twitter for the ‘crime’ of discussing the $1.4 million house bought by a Black Lives Matter co-founder slammed the company for trying to silence legitimate debate.
Tag: Censorship
New York Times staff survey shows half don’t think ‘free exchange of views’ are welcome
Even before controversies in recent weeks over New York Times management’s handling of free speech issues, according to a New York Post report published Saturday, only 51% of Times employees agreed in a company survey that “there is a free exchange of views in this company; people are not afraid to say what they really think.”
Florida governor Ron DeSantis declares war on big tech cartels
In a press conference on Tuesday, DeSantis issued a series of recommendations that are expected to be included in legislation as the Transparency in Technology Act, saying ‘Big Tech’ is becoming more like ‘Big Brother’ with ‘each passing day.’
Project Veritas releases leaked video of Facebook Executives admitting they are too Powerful
The latest exposé by Project Veritas reveals hours of video obtained by an anonymous Facebook insider with Mark Zuckerberg and other executives admitting that they ‘have too much power’.
Antifa sues Apple to remove Telegram from AppStore for allowing Free Speech
A lobbyist group affiliated with Antifa is suing Apple in an effort to get free speech messaging platform Telegram removed from the app store, claiming that it allows ‘extremists’ to spread ‘hate speech’.
“This is Going to be much bigger Than Just One Account” says Jack Dorsey on Twitter censorship
Footage from an employee inside Twitter shows the company’s CEO Jack Dorsey discussing how he plans to wage a massive censorship campaign in the wake of President Trump’s account suspension.
French Government echoing Merkel, calling Big Tech a threat to Democracy
The French government has echoed Angela Merkel’s sentiment in saying it is “shocked” at Twitter’s banning of President Trump, asserting that Big Tech is a threat to democracy.
Ron Paul blocked from Facebook after criticising Community Standard Violations
Facebook has blocked former Congressman Dr. Ron Paul from being able to edit his page, the former US Rep noted.
Merkel backs Trump and the MAGA movement
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized Twitter for banning President Trump, saying that social media networks shouldn’t have the power to decide who is allowed to exercise free speech.
Democrats ‘beginning to sound like ISIS’ says Candace Owens
Demands for Donald Trump backers to seek “redemption” of sorts make Democrats look as intolerant as the most hard-line Islamists, political commentator Candace Owens has said.
Erdogan ditches WhatsApp as Ankara urges Turks to use domestic apps in fight against digital fascism
The media office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reportedly shutting down its WhatsApp groups over privacy concerns.
Parler: Amazon to remove site from web hosting service, following Apple and Google
Amazon is removing free speech social network Parler from its web hosting service for continuous disregard to censor free speech and not offering a save space for far-left ideologies.
Parler suspended from Google Play Store over lack of free-speech censorship
Google has purged social media site Parler from its Play Store, calling for the need to “protect user safety” while saying the platform allows posts that “incite violence,” as Apple considers a similar move.
Iran’s Supreme leader is a better human being than Trump, according to Twitter’s ban of America’s anti-war President
Many concerned intellectuals and other activists of free speech have pointed fingers at messages from Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, accusing the platform of double standards amid Presidents Twitter ban.
Twitter shuts down President Trump
Twitter removes ‘like,’ ‘reply’ and retweet count functions from multiple Trump Tweets about the Election. The platform also removed the retweet count, so that people cannot see how many times it has been shared.
Facebook to remove COVID-19 vaccine-related assumed misinformation
Facebook said Thursday it will start removing supposedly false claims about COVID-19 vaccines, in its latest move to counter a tide of coronavirus-related online free-thoughts exchange.
No COVID-19 vaccine, no normal life, UK minister demands
People who refuse a vaccine for COVID-19 could find normal life halted as restaurants, bars, cinemas and sports venues could block entry to those who don’t have proof they are inoculated, Britain’s new vaccine minister said on Monday.
Five reasons why Donald J Trump is the best President and why the world needs him
Many people around the world who don’t follow Trump on social media or watch Fox News, don’t know the positive ‘side effects’ of a loudmouth President.
Cancel Culture and Censorship have their limits. Glenn Greenwald resigns from The Intercept
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Glenn Greenwald denounced The Intercept, the news outlet he co-founded six years ago, and announced his immediate resignation.