Google CEO to testify before Congress, expected to discuss allegations of conservative censorship
President Donald Trump accused Google of bias against conservatives, including an Aug. 28 tweet calling Google search results “rigged.”
Twitter bans misgendering individuals as ‘hateful,’ but allows porn accounts
Twitter banned the use of biological pronouns to refer to transgender persons, adding a clause prohibiting the practice to its policy regarding hateful conduct.
Twitter’s initial classification of ‘illegal alien,’ ‘criminal alien’ as hateful shows social media’s censorship potential
They prefer terms such as “undocumented immigrant” that are intended to disguise the illegality of aliens who cross our borders without permission. The difference in meaning between these terms is actually crucial when understanding and correctly discussing different types of immigration.
Twitter rejects ads using the words ‘illegal alien’ and ‘criminal alien,’ calling that ‘hate speech’
Twitter rejected four tweets from a Washington-based immigration research center’s advertising campaign as “hate speech” Tuesday because they used the legal terms “illegal alien” and “criminal alien.”
Six key moments from the week’s social media congressional hearings
Sheryl Sandberg told senators that her company is working to eradicate fake news from Facebook. Jack Dorsey told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that Twitter is working to correct what led to the alleged shadow banning of some prominent conservatives on Twitter.
Roper: The media is not ‘the press’
The “freedom of the press” referred to in the Bill of Rights is a concept, not a class of people (i.e., journalists). It is a fundamental right that applies equally to all citizens.
Conservatives at Facebook form ‘FB’ers for Political Diversity’ to combat company’s ideological echochamber
More than one hundred conservative Facebook employees have joined an internal employee message board to protest what they call the company’s “intolerant” liberal culture.
Poll: Two-thirds of conservatives do not trust Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
Nearly two-thirds of self-described conservatives believe social media companies like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are censoring conservative voices, according to a poll released Wednesday.
Keelan: The free press is in no danger
The question to be answered is this: Is a free press in any danger from this president? I don’t think so, at least not from the president sounding off in response to what he perceives as negative or fake news about him or his administration.
Facebook implementing Chinese-like social media trustworthiness rating
Facebook is rating its users on a scale between zero and one to predict if they’re “trustworthy” — a system similar to one China is using on its citizens.
Guy Page: Trump, the press, and ‘enemy of the people’
Trump’s words can be divisive. Some people find them corrosive. But they are, after all, just words — and thanks to the same Constitution that protects the freedom of the press, he is free to speak them.
Censorship of Infowars exposes larger problem of Silicon Valley bias
Given the vague and increasingly expanding use of the term “hate speech,” it’s not unreasonable to think that purging Infowars is the tip of the iceberg.