Skeptical Of Big Tech? Be More Careful With Your Data
A lesson of the FaceApp Challenge? One non-regulatory way to help correct the excesses of Big Tech is for us to become smarter users.
Newly Energized National Conservatives Take Aim At Libertarianism
The libertarian-conservative coalition might survive in the domain of foreign policy, given the return to noninterventionist roots, but in domestic politics, a rift seems inevitable.
The Intersection Of Twitter, Polarization, And Our Vanishing Institutions
Brookings Senior Fellow Jonathan Rauch explains why social media needs a pause button and his vision for how we can depolarize American politics.
More Lawmakers Lean Toward Revoking Section 230 To Regulate Big Tech Companies
Senators Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz may join Josh Hawley in his goal of revoking special exemptions for big tech companies who engage in bias censorship.
Instagram’s Creepy New Comment Feature Could Be Worse
Instagram thinks it has an algorithm capable of identifying ‘offensive’ content and wants AI to ‘intervene’ before users post anything objectionable.
Courts Advance Ridiculous Legal Theory To Force Trump To Listen To Twitter Hecklers
In the name of sticking it to the president, courts may have paved the way for congressional regulation of the social media giants.
Why Hawley’s Bill Is The Right Tool To Fight Big Tech’s Censorship Of Conservatives
If big tech is to receive the benefits, monetary and otherwise, of Section 230 protection, then they should be obligated to treat users without regard to their political views.
First Facebook Censored Pro-Life Content. Now A Top Exec Donated A Million Bucks To Abortion Factory
Just months before Facebook COO made a $1 million donation to Planned Parenthood, the social media giant was caught removing pro-life political ads.
This Week In Weird Twitter, Volume 125
Pardon me, gentle voters, but ¿Donde está la biblioteca?
Best Tweets Of The Second Democratic Primary Debate
Some candidates were blasts from the past, others a hint of the future, and a few provoked millions across America to ask ‘Who the heck is that?’
10 Terrible Things Pinterest Still Allows While Choking Bible Verses And Pro-Life Info
I never thought that something as simple as ‘I don’t like it when babies are murdered’ would qualify for censorship. Apparently that’s problematic, but not porn and self-starving.
5 Reasons Ravelry Banning Trump Support Is A Much Bigger Deal Than You Might Think
Hundreds of thousands of crafters use Ravelry to find new ideas, new patterns, new projects, new yarns. Allowing political leftism but not conservatism will affect them.
Australian Rugby Star Sacked For Posting Christian Meme On Instagram
GoFundMe, where Israel Folau initially located his legal defense fund after being fired over a Christian Instagram meme, abruptly closed his account, accusing him of bigotry.
Hawley’s Big Tech Bill Is An Undeniably Good Thing For Free Speech
It is probably more accurate to frame the issue of regulating social media as more a matter of a free market than one of free speech, although one depends on the other.
How Tech Bias Became A Kitchen Table Issue
This is not a conversation limited to activists or media members when families are talking about mom losing her income and her friends.
Knitting Site Ravelry Casts Off Trump Supporters For ‘White Supremacy’
‘If I had to guess, I would say the vast majority of women…who are crafting with their hands tend to be more conservative than average, not liberal,’ says this minority Ravelry user.
In New Bill, Sen. Josh Hawley Warns Big Tech: Stop Political Censorship Or Lose Your Precious Legal Immunity
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation on Wednesday aimed at cracking down on ‘Big Tech’s political censorship.’
Here’s How Conservatives Can Defeat Big-Tech Censorship
Dear big-name conservative media figures: you hold the power to win the struggle against online censorship, but only if you choose to fight back.
Left Wing Media Hacks Rush To Defend AOC’s Absurd Nazi Comparison
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made a ridiculous comparison between the situation on the southern border and Nazis. He fanboys rushed to her defense.
Teddy Roosevelt Taught Us How To Break Up Monopolies Like YouTube
Remember Teddy Roosevelt when dealing with today’s Big Tech domination. We need to make a more competitive, less monopolistic environment. But can we?
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