SACRAMENTO—A state bill that would require social media platforms to share how they monitor their users’ activities and contents to combat “hate, disinformation, conspiracy theories, and extreme political polarization” made its way through a senate committee last week. Assembly Bill 587, dubbed the Social Media Transparency and Accountability Act of 2021, would require social media…
California May Ask Social Media to Report How They Monitor Users to Combat ‘Hate Speech,’ ‘Misinformation’
July 8, 2022
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NYC Councilwoman Says Her Office Was Threatened by ‘Leftist Hate Mob’
June 17, 2022
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A New York City councilwoman has said her Queens office requires police protection from “the leftist hate mob” after she spoke out against adult drag performers reading books to children in public schools as “grooming.” Vickie Paladino, who represents Queens’ district 19, spoke out against the program after the New York Post reported that the…
Living Life Under Occupation
Commentary One of the striking things about life in wartime is how normal it can be for ordinary people. Imagine life in Paris under German occupation for four years during the Second World War. Children were born, and old people died—of natural causes. Teachers taught, and kids went to school to learn. Shops, churches, and…
The Age of the Absurd
Commentary The West has gone through many eras—the so-called Dark Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Reason, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Age and the Post-Modern. The present era is the Age of the Absurd. In terms of the absurdities the cultural elites believe, and have convinced masses of people to believe, there has never been…
A Chabad House, the Disney Concert Hall, and Free Speech
Commentary A few months ago, for the first time in the history of La Canada, California, a city just west of Pasadena and the home of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a new branch of a renowned Jewish institution opened. La Canada had previously lacked a synagogue or any other Jewish institution for a simple reason:…
What Canada Can Learn From Britain’s Escape From the European Union
Commentary When the United Kingdom finally left the European Union following the Brexit vote in 2016, the greatest insult the EU mandarins could deploy was to call the British people “retro-nationalists.” The sentiment was intended to be shameful, as though the Brits were some uncouth failed social experiment that simply lacked the sophistication and poise…
Virginia School District Sought to Spend $200,000 to Monitor ‘Social Media Threats,’ ‘Hate Speech’
February 10, 2022
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Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has been looking to spend $200,000 to contract software providers that could help monitor “social media threats” and “hate speech” targeting the school district, according to documents unveiled by a parent group. In a now-closed request for proposal, or “RFP,” dated Nov. 30, 2021, the FCPS said it was willing…
Tory MP Asks RCMP to Investigate Trudeau for ‘Hateful Language’ Against Those Unvaccinated for COVID
A Conservative MP is asking the RCMP to investigate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for comments that the MP said many believe were made with the aim of “promoting hate” against Canadians who haven’t received a COVID-19 vaccine. Colin Carrie, MP for Oshawa, Ont., said on social media that he has been getting calls, online messages, and in-person…
Facebook Whistleblower Claims Profit Was Prioritized Over Clamping Down on Hate Speech
October 4, 2021
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A Facebook whistleblower, who is due to testify before Congress on Tuesday, has accused the Big Tech company of repeatedly putting profit before doing “what was good for the public,” including clamping down on hate speech. Frances Haugen, who told CBS’s “60 Minutes” program that she was recruited by Facebook as a product manager on…
How Hatred in the Name of Equality is Deemed Virtuous
Commentary It is curious, and perhaps not coincidental, that the searchers-out and punishers of so-called hate speech have not yet turned their attention to expressions of class hatred. It is curious because class hatred and its associated policy, economic egalitarianism, were probably responsible for as many deaths in the twentieth century as racism, if not…
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