Category: Big Tech

How Could We Have Been so Naive About Big Tech?

Commentary The 1998 movie “Enemy of the State” starring Gene Hackman and Will Smith seemed like fiction at the time. Why I didn’t regard that movie—which still holds up in nearly every detail—as a warning I do not know. It pulls back the curtain on the close working relationship between national security agencies and the communications industry—spying,…


[Premiering 8/15 at 1PM ET] Louisiana AG Takes on Federal Government and Big Tech in Censorship Lawsuit | Facts Matter

This video is brought to you by Sekur: https://ept.ms/3yW0Wul At the Conservative Political Action Conference, we had the opportunity to speak with Louisiana’s Attorney General Jeff Landry. A few months ago, Landry filed a lawsuit in Louisiana alleging that the government either co-opted, colluded with, or encouraged Big Tech to censor American speech during the COVID…


Louisiana AG Takes on Federal Government and Big Tech in Censorship Lawsuit | Facts Matter

This video is brought to you by Sekur: https://ept.ms/3yW0Wul At the Conservative Political Action Conference, we had the opportunity to speak with Louisiana’s Attorney General Jeff Landry. A few months ago, Landry filed a lawsuit in Louisiana alleging that the government either co-opted, colluded with, or encouraged Big Tech to censor American speech during the COVID…


Besties: Twitter, Facebook, Google, CDC, NIH, WHO

Commentary Many of us with a libertarian frame of mind presume as a matter of theory that the interests of business are at odds with those of government. That’s generally true for businesses of a certain size. The regulations and taxes one faces in running an enterprise in the “land of free” are utterly shocking,…


The Censoring of The Epoch Times

Commentary There was great drama over the weekend when Twitter, without explanation then or now, suddenly started labeling all content from the domain of The Epoch Times as unsafe. The page to which the reader was referred was once reserved for sites that are malicious or spammy or otherwise represent a technological threat. Years ago,…


Subpoenas Going to Return ‘Treasure Trove’ of Documents From Biden Administration: Louisiana AG

The subpoenas and discovery requests sent out as part of a lawsuit against the federal government are going to bring back reams of information, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry says. Landry and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, both Republicans, sued the Biden administration in May, arguing the government colluded with Big Tech companies to violate…


New Lawsuit Targets Biden Admin for Colluding With Social Media Giants to Stifle Free Speech | Truth Over News

Hi everyone and welcome to Truth over News. The First Amendment in the Bill of Rights states that Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Our Founders recognized the inherent dangers of outlawing what might be considered to be undesirable speech. They also foresaw the threat of government…


How CHIPS for America Act Chips Away at America’s Economic Freedom

Commentary Congress and the Biden administration are gearing up a bloated Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act, but the CHIPS for America Act runs the real risk of chipping away at America’s economic freedom and competitiveness, rather than enhancing it. The Senate is scheduled this week to vote on the bill, whose…


How Big Tech Plans to Keep a Grip on Local Elections Amid Funding Bans

Commentary Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says he has sworn off bankrolling local election administration, but other Big Tech executives are positioned to play a role in running future elections. The Center for Tech and Civic Life distributed $350 million in Zuckerberg-funded election grants to localities in 2020 to promote mail-in voting, drop boxes, and other projects. Now the center has launched the…


Snap’s Report Incinerates $80 Billion in Ad Industry Market Cap

Facebook-owner Meta Platforms, Google-owner Alphabet, and other companies that sell online ads lost about $80 billion in combined stock market value on Thursday after Snap posted poor quarterly results and warned of an uncertain outlook. Slammed by a weakening economy, increased competition from TikTok, and recent privacy changes on iPhones, the Snapchat owner missed second-quarter…