(Patty McMurray) Parler is the fastest growing social media alternative to Facebook and Twitter. Parler CEO John Matze, a graduate of the University of Denver, is a true believer of free speech. The rate at which free speech advocates are flocking to his social media platform is evidence that Parler should be taken seriously.
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We Strongly Condemn Internet Shutdowns: Twitter Condemns Shutdown — In Uganda
(Hank Berrien) “They are hugely harmful, violate basic human decency and the principles of the #OpenInternet.”
Parler Sues Amazon Over Ban from AWS Servers, Says They’re Colluding with Twitter, Leaked Emails to Buzzfeed
(JACK HADFIELD) “It will kill Parler’s business – at the very time it is set to skyrocket,” the lawsuit reads
BUSTED: Twitter Accused of Lying After Admitting to Mass Bans, Had Claimed Disappearing Followers Was Totally Normal
(JACK HADFIELD) Twitter banned over 70,000 accounts in a mass purge.
Emergency Alert: Parler Could Shutdown AT Midnight After Amazon Kicked Parler Off Their Web Hosting Service
(Anthony T) There’s an all-out war against free speech right now. Amazon has just decided to kick Parler off their web hosting service by midnight tonight which could lead to Parler being shut down for about a week.
CURES for COVID-19, Confirmed by Medical Experts
(Derek Knauss) ‘There is no cure for COVID-19. Therefore, we have to make your life impossible with unhealthy face masks, horrible social distancing and destructive lockdowns, and… get everyone injected with an unsafe vaccine as soon as possible!’ That is the message of the mainstream media and political leaders.
Trump Tweets from Other Gov’t Accounts after Being Banned — Twitter Deletes Them and Restricts the Accounts
(Carlos Garcia) President Donald Trump attempted to tweet from other government accounts after he was banned from the social media platform, but Twitter deleted the messages and rushed to restrict the accounts.
The Top 10 Suppressed News Stories of 2020
(Frank Miele) Back in the day, when I was managing editor at the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell, Mont., I enjoyed the end-of-year ritual of voting in the Associated Press’s poll of the Top 10 news stories.
Cartoonist Scott Adams censored by YouTube for discussing vote fraud
(Cassie B.) Cartoonist Scott Adams is the latest victim of Big Tech’s out-of-control censorship, with YouTube removing the “Dilbert” creator’s video of a podcast about election fraud from the platform.
Twitter Says It Will REMOVE All Posts Claiming Vaccines Can Harm People
(Steve Watson) Twitter has declared that it will remove all posts that suggest there are any “adverse impacts or effects of receiving vaccinations,” despite reports already emerging of health workers getting sick from taking Pfizer’s coronavirus shot.
Mollie Hemingway: When People Claim The Election Was Rigged, They Include Big Tech And Big Media
(Tristan Justice) Federalist Senior Editor Mollie Hemingway said on Fox News Thursday that allegations of a rigged election include big tech and big media conspiring to elect Joe Biden in addition to charges of voter fraud.
“Move on…there’s nothing to see here”…YouTube Will Delete Videos Questioning 2020 Election Results
(Leisa Audette) YouTube wants you to zip it about the possibility of election fraud in the 2020 election. Nope, you cannot question the results.
The 7 Censorship Tactics ‘Big Tech’ Uses to Control the Flow of Information
(William Ammerman) Big Tech publishers, including Facebook, Twitter, and Google, use seven major censorship tactics to control the flow of information through their products. Under the beneficent guise of “content moderation” most censorship by Big Tech publishers was traditionally directed at vices such as obscenity, violence, drugs, and gambling, often in direct response to advertisers who don’t want their ads to appear adjacent to such content. But increasingly, these publishers are applying censorship tactics to more slippery categories such as disinformation, bullying, and hate speech, where definitions are elusive and judgments are subjective and prone to bias. As the public increasingly relies on these publishers for news and information, it is vital to understand these censorship tactics and the potential risks they pose to free speech. Here are the 7 D’s of Big Tech censorship:
Facebook and Twitter Take New Actions to Censor ‘Hate Speech’
(Chris Pandolfo) Big Tech companies Facebook and Twitter are developing plans to further automate identification of posts that violate rules against what they deem is “hate speech.”
YouTube Suspends, Demonetizes One America News Network
(Kristinn Taylor) Big tech censorship strikes conservatives again. This time the target is One America News Network which has been suspended for one week and been demonetized by YouTube for allegedly posting a video promoting a cure for the COVID-19 China coronavirus.