(John Bickley) The New York Times’ massive campaign to pressure social media giants into restricting freedom of information — particularly dissemination from sources other than mainstream outlets — has now kicked into high gear. Tech columnist Kevin Roose warned the Times readership earlier this year that they should “buckle up for another Facebook election,” in which the platform will supposedly be “overrun with hyperpartisan misinformation” like the kind that “proved to be a decisive force in 2016.” Roose isn’t the only voice at the Times promoting the notion that Facebook’s role in allowing free flow of information results in election corruption. Contributing opinion writer Kara Swisher has devoted outsized attention to the supposed problem of Facebook’s unwillingness to crack down on those she deems insufficiently woke. The goal here is obvious: force Facebook to restrict content, thus re-establishing the monopoly on information the mainstream media lost with the rise of the internet.
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Fact-Checking the Facebook “Fact-Checkers”
(Brian S. Hooker) On May 27, 2020, the paper “Analysis of Health Outcomes of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Children: Developmental Delays, Asthma, Ear Infections and Gastrointestinal Disorders” that I coauthored with Neil Z. Miller was published in the journal SAGE Open Medicine. By June 2, 2020, Facebook “fact-checkers” declared the paper “unsupported” and flagged Children’s Health Defense’s references to the study on the social media platform.
“Woke” Cancel Purge Continues: Now It’s Bach, Mozart, and Aunt Jemima
(Joseph P. Farrell) I admit, when I woke up this morning and found the following article by Paul Craig Roberts in my email inbox from M.W., I became angry. In fact, I’m still angry, so I apologize for writing this in the heat of a purple passion.
Twitter Flags Trump Parody as “Manipulated Media” But Allows Violent Leftist Groups to Plot and Execute Terrorist Acts
(Jim Hoft) The President tweeted out a hilarious video mocking fake news CNN and Twitter jumped in and labeled it “manipulated media.”
It’s Happening… Bill Barr’s DOJ to Propose Rolling Back Big Tech Section 230 Protections – Opening Door to Lawsuits
(Jim Hoft) Last week Attorney General Bill Barr joined Bret Baier on Special Report and said he “clearly” believes the social media giants are “engaged in censorship” and are acting like “publishers.
AG Bill Barr: “Clearly” the Social Media Giants are “Engaged in Censorship” (VIDEO)
(Jim Hoft) FOX News reported: Attorney General William Barr told “Special Report” in the second part of an exclusive interview that aired Tuesday that he believes social media platforms are “engaged in censorship” and are acting more like “publishers”.
What Critical Thinking? Wayback Machine Is Now Complicit in Big Tech Censorship
(News Editors) (Natural News) The webpage archive service Wayback Machine’s decision to additionally label already-deleted articles as ‘disinformation’ is internet history revisionism that comes at a time when critical thinking is desperately needed.
Anatomy of President Trump’s Executive Order to End Political Bias by the Tech Giants
(Mike Adams) A draft of President Trump’s impeding executive order that targets the censorship and political bias of the tech giants has been leaked online. You can view the draft at this link from NewsTarget.com (PDF), which ironically is banned by Facebook and all the other tech giants.
Sorry, Twitter, But Trump Is Right About Mail-In Ballots, Mostly
(Michael Graham) President Donald Trump has had a problematic week on Twitter, engaging in political combat with foils like MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough has inspired a backlash beyond any he’s faced before as president.
‘I Will Never Let It Happen!’: Trump To Sign An Executive Order On Social Media Companies
(Ryan Saavedra) President Donald Trump will reportedly sign an executive order on Thursday pertaining to social media companies, according to White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany.
Youtube BUSTED for Auto-Deleting Anti-China Communist Party Comments, Denies Censorsip as “Mistake”
(AFP) YouTube said Tuesday it was investigating the removal of comments critical of the Chinese Communist Party from the video-sharing platform, saying the filtering appeared to be “an error.”
“Twitter Falsely Undermined the Truth… Thereby Misleading the American Public” – Senior Legal Adviser to @TeamTrump Responds to Twitter’s ‘Blatantly Partisan’ Attack on President
(Jim Hoft) On Tuesday Twitter added a fake fact-check to President Trump’s tweet on mail-in voting scandals.
BIG TECH BIAS EXPOSED: Twitter Slaps ‘Fact Check’ Censor On Trump Tweet About ‘Rigged Election’
(Steve Watson) “Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!”
Twitter to Add Warning Labels to “Misleading” Coronavirus Tweets – But Who’s Fact-checking Twitter?
(Franz Walker) Twitter announced Monday that it would start adding warning labels on tweets that make disputed or misleading claims about the coronavirus (COVID-19). According to the company, this is part of a new approach to misinformation that will eventually extend to other topics.
YouTube CEO Admits Users Don’t Like Boosting of “Authoritative” Mainstream Channels, But They Do it Anyway
(Paul Joseph Watson) YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki admits that the company knows its users don’t like the video giant rigging its own algorithm to boost “authoritative” mainstream sources, but that they do it anyway.