Category: Big Tech

Big Tech Ad Revenue Growth to Taper as Pandemic Bubble Pops: Analyst

After unprecedented revenue growth last year, digital platforms including Alphabet Inc., Meta Platforms Inc., Snap Inc., and Twitter Inc. now face a sobering reality as pandemic-driven advertising trends dissipate, according to an analyst report on Thursday. Research firm MoffettNathanson cut its 2025 revenue estimates for each of the four companies by double-digit percentages. U.S. digital…


EXCLUSIVE: Expect ‘More Censorship’ of Conservative Voices as Midterms Approach, Says Former Trump Counsel

Arizona’s front-running Republican gubernatorial candidate, Kari Lake, has found her recent interview with talk show host Jenna Ellis taken down by YouTube on the grounds that it contains “misinformation” about the 2020 election. “Content that advances the false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches changed the outcome of the U.S. 2020 presidential election is…


Woke Culture, Communist Ideas Are National Security Threats: A Conversation with Bradley Thayer

Woke culture can threaten national security. What happens when the Pentagon embraces communist ideologies but abandons true strength, or when the corruption of socialist principles under new names takes hold in America? We discuss the risk of embracing critical race theory, woke culture, socialist ideas, and communist goals. Joining me is Bradley Thayer, author and…


Big Tech, Major Websites Are Caught Swiping Personal Data Without Consent

Researchers from KU Leuven, Radboud University, and the University of Lausanne conducted a study that found tens of thousands of websites captured—without permission—every word typed into an online form, even if users left a site without submitting their info, according to a May 12 article in Fortune. “Considering its scale, intrusiveness, and unintended side effects, the…


Conservatives Should ‘Use Power’ in Fighting Woke Companies and Big Tech Censorship: Legal Expert

American conservatives should use institutional authority to punish companies, including Big Tech corporations, that go “too woke” and control “every major cultural institution in America,” said a legal expert during a panel discussion on Thursday. “There is literally one institution, broadly speaking, that liberal progressives do not monolithically, unilaterally control. It is the government,” said…


Robert Epstein Warns Against Big Tech Manipulation

This Harvard-trained psychologist breaks down the ephemeral methods Google is using to manipulate us via ways we can’t counteract. It’s the ideal form of sinister manipulation – here’s what to watch for to ensure they’re not pulling the wool over your eyes. Story at-a-glance Robert Epstein, Ph.D. warns about Google’s ability to control public policy,…


UK Competition Watchdog to Get Legal Powers to Fine Big Tech Firms

Tech giants such as Google, Facebook, or Apple could face fines of up to 10 percent of their global turnover if they fail to comply with proposed pro-competition rules, the UK government said on Thursday. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) confirmed that the Digital Markets Unit (DMU)—the UK’s dedicated competition watchdog for online platforms—will…


10 Ways Information-Shapers Have Infiltrated Our Institutions

Commentary Few matters are so important as the integrity of the information we receive and the recent degradation in its reliability. The recent leak of a Supreme Court draft related to the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion case underscores how corrupted so many of our important institutions have become by those dedicated to shaping public…


Questions for Elon Musk

Commentary The impending acquisition of Twitter by the world’s wealthiest person, Elon Musk, is one of the most improbable developments out of the business world—and, indeed, the political world—in decades. Though a fairly modest percentage of adult Americans use Twitter, at least when compared with more popular social media outlets like Facebook and Instagram, the…


Australia’s Liberal Party Target Big Tech for Online Safety

Big tech will be required to build enhanced safety controls into their devices that are easy for parents to use and hard for children to bypass, if Australia’s centre-right Coalition is returned to government. Technology companies would need to create the safeguards for smartphones and tablets as part of a new federal eSafety package. The…