June 29, 2020 Reddit bans ‘TheDonald’ and almost 2,000 other subreddits in hate speech crackdown Reddit is banning r/The_Donald along with almost 2,000 other online communities after updating its content policy to crack down harder on hate speech, the company announced on Monday.
June 25, 2020 Hawley blasts big tech for 'censoring' Christian worship leader Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley called out Instagram Wednesday night for censoring videos of a Christian activist participating in peaceful prayer gatherings at protest sites around the country.
June 24, 2020 Boston bans police from using facial recognition technology Boston has banned police from using facial recognition technology, becoming the second-largest U.S. community to do so.
June 23, 2020 More than 1,600 Google employees call on company to end all police contracts, kick cops off of Gmail As protests against police brutality and systemic racism continue across the country, Google employees are demanding that their company overhaul its relationship with law enforcement.
June 19, 2020 Tucker Carlson blasts Big Tech after show segments flagged: 'Censorship is now everywhere' Tucker Carlson blasted Big Tech Friday night after Twitter flagged a fake ad for Seattle's Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), saying companies only has a problem with political views it disagrees with.
June 19, 2020 FCC commissioner claims Big Tech has 'weaponized' federal law to push 'partisan political agenda' FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr told “America’s Newsroom” on Friday that social media companies have amassed more control over more speech than any other entity in human history.
June 19, 2020 Snapchat apologizes for Juneteenth filter that asked users to break chains by smiling Snapchat apologized on Friday for a Juneteenth filter that allowed users to break digital chains by smiling.
June 18, 2020 Facebook removes Trump campaign ad about ‘far-left groups,’ says it shows ‘hate group’s symbol’ Facebook on Thursday removed an ad run by President Trump’s reelection campaign for violating the social media platform’s policy on hate speech, but the Trump campaign pushed back hard by arguing they were showing a "symbol used by Antifa" to push back against far-left groups.
June 18, 2020 Sen. Hawley on bill targeting Big Tech: They've 'purchased a lot of influence' and will fight it 'tooth and nail' Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told “Fox & Friends” on Thursday that he anticipates major tech companies will fight “tooth and nail" against new legislation he introduced targeting those companies.
June 17, 2020 Greg Gutfeld rips Google for 'really frightening' crackdown on The Federalist: 'It is silencing speech' "The Five" co-host Greg Gutfeld said Wednesday that NBC News' apparent push for Google to remove conservative publication The Federalist from the Google Ads platform is an example of how "the woke crowd" operates.