Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said on Sunday that Big Tech’s recent actions, with Apple suspending Parler and the removal of the accounts of President Donald Trump and other conservatives from their platforms, show the tech giants do not want Americans to have a dialogue with one other. “This has moved from ‘Hey, I don’t like…
Sen. James Lankford: Big Tech Is Trying to Shut Down Conservative Voices
Parler Sues Amazon, Asks Court to Reinstate Platform
Social media company Parler sued Amazon on Monday, alleging that the Seattle-based firm’s hosting service violated anti-trust laws and their contractual agreement. The company, which was taken offline by Amazon’s services early Monday morning, asked a federal judge in Washington state to reject Amazon’s shutdown of its services. Parler argued that Amazon’s move was “motivated by…
NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Jan. 11)
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says they’re moving forward to impeach President Trump if Vice President Mike Pence doesn’t invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him; Social media platform Parler goes offline and its CEO says even their attorneys have dropped them over pressure from Silicon Valley; and Representative Devin Nunes calls for a…
Tech Giants ‘Willing to Burn’ First Amendment Rights: Shark Tank Entrepreneur
Prominent tech investor and star on Australia’s “Shark Tank” TV series Steve Baxter has lambasted U.S. tech giants’ for targeting and suspending social media app Parler as well as the accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump. “This is pretty bleak stuff when this platform–Parler–is being held to account (by the tech giants) for the actions…
Parler CEO: Attorneys Drop Company as Website Goes Offline
Parler’s website is offline on Monday after Amazon, Apple, Google, and a slew of other companies took action against the social media platform. Users trying to access Parler were notified that the site couldn’t be reached. Parler CEO John Matze said on Fox’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that companies had colluded “to make sure that at…
Acting Australian Prime Minister Critical of Big Tech Trump Ban
Australia’s Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack has criticised social media giant Twitter for banning U.S. President Donald Trump from its platform. McCormack told ABC radio on Monday that it was not up to Big Tech to decide whose voices were heard. “I don’t believe in that sort of censorship,” the National Party leader said. “There’s…
Parler Is Silenced
The social media company Parler—which is a French word meaning “to speak”—was mugged and left for dead by Big Tech last week in what appears to be the start of a cultural offensive aimed at stifling conservative advocacy in our country’s public discourse. I am shocked but not surprised. In my last column in these…
Rep. Nunes Calls for Racketeering Investigation Into Big Tech Companies Following Parler Ban
A top Republican in the House of Representatives on Sunday called for a racketeering probe into large technology companies who over the weekend took action against Parler, a social media website. “This is clearly a violation of antitrust, civil rights, the RICO statute. There should be a racketeering investigation on all the people that coordinated…
ACLU Warns of ‘Unchecked Power’ After Facebook, Twitter Suspend Trump
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Friday warned that the suspension of President Donald Trump’s social media accounts wielded “unchecked power” by large tech companies. Kate Ruane, a senior legislative counsel at the ACLU, said in a statement that Twitter’s decision to suspend Trump from social media sets a precedent for tech companies to…
Free Speech Platform Gab Reports 753 Percent Increase in Traffic in 24 Hours
Social media platform Gab reported on Saturday a huge increase in traffic as users migrate from Twitter amid widespread bans. “Our traffic is up 753% in the past 24 hours. Tens of millions of visits,” Gab said in a social media statement, responding to a user who said he wasn’t able to make an account….
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