Category: social media censorship

Biden Admin Pressed Facebook About Censoring Tucker Carlson Post, Federal Lawsuit Alleges

Facebook complied with requests from members of President Joe Biden’s White House staff to throttle the reach of a 2021 video by then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson, according to a federal lawsuit, despite Facebook staff assessing that the video did not qualify for removal from the site. On Tuesday, Judge Terry Doughty of Louisiana’s Western District…


Trump Asks Supreme Court to Take Up Florida Social Media Censorship Case

Former President Donald Trump is urging the Supreme Court to hear a case from Florida that asks the court to decide if states have the power to regulate how social media companies moderate content on their platforms. Last week, 16 states also asked the high court to take up the case. The case is important…


Florida Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Its Power to Regulate Social Media

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed an appeal with the Supreme Court asking the court to decide if states have the power to regulate how social media companies moderate content on their platforms. Given growing public interest in the issue of social media censorship, the Supreme Court may have difficulty refusing to hear the case….


Federal Judge Orders Biden Administration to Cooperate in Social Media Collusion Lawsuit

A federal judge ordered the Biden administration on July 12 to comply with information requests in a lawsuit brought by Missouri and Louisiana officials about alleged federal government collusion with social media companies to suppress important news stories in the name of fighting so-called misinformation. The lawsuit could help bring to light the Biden administration’s…


‘Dangerous’: Think Tank on NZ PM Call for More Government Control Over Social Media

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s call for greater social media oversight to prevent “misinformation” and “radicalisation” is very dangerous, according to a think tank director. On Friday, Ardern’s Harvard keynote speech identified social media as a threat to democracy, calling on tech giants to work with governments to do more to address misinformation. Muriel…


Truth Social Migrates to Rumble Cloud, Trump Platform Preparing to Onboard Millions

Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media platform—Truth Social—migrated to Rumble Cloud on April 22 as it attempts to onboard millions of internet users on the network. Truth Social, created by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), “successfully” migrated its website and mobile applications to Rumble’s cloud infrastructure, according to an April 22 news release….


Twitter’s Former CEO Jack Dorsey Says He’s ‘Partially to Blame’ for Centralization of Internet, Regrets It

Former Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey has said he is “partially to blame” for the centralization of the internet while revealing his regret for having done so. Dorsey took to Twitter on April 2 where he made the comment, writing that the “days of usenet, irc, the web…even email (w PGP)…were amazing. centralizing discovery…


Lara Logan Quitting Big Tech, Accuses It of ‘Glorifying’ Pedophile Content

Journalist Lara Logan has announced that she intends to quit big tech social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, accusing the networks of allowing pedophilic content to be shared while censoring free speech and alternate perspectives. The award-winning journalist asserted in a Feb. 4 social media post that she cannot “in good conscience” be part of…


Fact-Checkers Are Used to Confuse the Public: Sharyl Attkisson

Five-time Emmy award-winning journalist Sharyl Attkisson said she has seen an increased effort to manipulate the public to appreciate censorship and disapprove of journalism. One of the strategies that has been employed is the use of third-party fact-checkers, she said. “Nearly every mode of information has been co-opted, if it can be co-opted by some…


EpochTV Review: Two Americas

Commentary In the Counterculture series, Danielle D’Souza Gill talks with radio host Steve Malzberg about our divided nation and its future in the episode, “Two Americas”. The video begins with the host talking about an essay by Robert Kagan of The Washington Post entitled, “Our Constitutional Crisis is Already Here.” In the essay, Kagan sees…