Elon Musk Says Censorship on Twitter Poses ‘Civilizational Risk’
Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk said Thursday the reason he’s trying to buy Twitter is not to make money but to ...
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DuckDuckGo Updates Search Engine, Will Penalize Sites ‘Associated With Disinformation’
The search engine DuckDuckGo has begun penalizing sites linked to “Russian disinformation” amid the Russia–Ukraine war, according to the company’s ...
Facebook to Shut Down Facial Recognition System, Delete Data of 1 Billion Users
Facebook Inc. on Tuesday announced it is shutting down its facial recognition system that identifies users in videos and photos, ...
Facebook Oversight Board Reviewing ‘XCheck’ System for VIPs
Facebook’s semi-independent oversight board says it will review the company’s “XCheck,” or cross check, system following an investigation by The ...
Apple Will Scan iPhones for Illegal Child Abuse Images, Sparking Privacy Debate
Apple announced Thursday is it planning to scan all iPhones in the United States for child abuse imagery, raising alarm ...
Trump Amends Big Tech Lawsuit as 65,000 Americans Submit Censorship Stories
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has amended his class action lawsuit against Big Tech to incorporate additional class representatives ...
State AGs Fight Dismissal of Facebook Antitrust Case
A coalition of state attorneys general, led by New York’s Letitia James, appealed the dismissal of their antitrust lawsuit against ...
Fox News Responds to CNN Report Claiming Fox Executives Secretly Met With Biden Admin
A Fox News spokesperson said reports that White House officials held high-level talks with Fox Corporation officials are inaccurate. A ...
Wikipedia Co-Founder Criticizes Site for ‘Reliably Establishment’ Bias, Leftist ‘Propaganda’
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger said in a recent interview that the site has become little more than “propaganda” and denounced ...
Google Sued by 36 states, DC Over Alleged Antitrust Violations
Google on Wednesday was hit by a lawsuit from a group of state attorneys over alleged violation of antitrust laws ...
United States Ranks Last in Global Media Trust: Report
A recent survey found that the United States ranks last among 46 nations in media trust, with only 29 percent ...
Sean Davis: Big Tech Companies Are Outsourcing Censorship Through Dishonest “Fact Check” Firms
Big Tech companies are outsourcing censorship through dishonest “fact check” firms, according to co-founder of the Federalist, Sean Davis. In an interview ...
US Senator Slams Apple, Amazon, Nike for Enabling Forced Labor in China
WASHINGTON—A U.S. senator on June 10 slammed American companies, including Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., and Nike Inc. for turning a ...
Ohio Files Lawsuit Seeking to Declare Google a Public Utility
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit against Google on Tuesday, asking the court to declare the company a ...
‘Location Off Should Mean Location Off’: Google Hit With Lawsuit Over Data Collection ‘Schemes’
In the latest update of a lawsuit against Google, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich alleged that the tech giant has ...
Tech Groups File Lawsuit Against New Florida Law Aimed at Big Tech Censorship
Two internet trade groups sued Florida on May 27 over a new law that allows Floridians to take legal action ...
Russia, Iran Top Sources of Disinformation: Facebook Threat Report
Russia and Iran were the top sources of influence operations on Facebook, the company said in a threat report released ...
Republicans: Break Up Big Tech After Facebook Board Upholds Trump Ban
Congressional Republicans on May 5, upset with the decision by Facebook’s Oversight Board to uphold the company’s ban of former ...
Iowa Officials Coordinated With Big Tech to Censor Election Posts: Judicial Watch
Iowa State officials worked with Big Tech last year to censor posts related to the 2020 election, government watchdog group ...