June 17, 2020 Columnist calls for breakup of Google, other tech giants; says they 'pose a threat to consumers' New York Post columnist Miranda Devine accused NBC News of "despicable" behavior Wednesday after a writer for its web site apparently sought to influence Google to punish two conservative news sites over what was deemed offensive coverage of the George Floyd protests and the Black Lives Matter movement.
June 17, 2020 DOJ proposes legislation to hold Big Tech accountable for 'illicit activity' on sites The Department of Justice is pushing Congress to pass new legislation that would hold Facebook, Twitter and other tech behemoths accountable for what is posted on their platforms – a move that if passed would roll back protections Silicon Valley has had for decades.
June 17, 2020 Pelosi pours $180K into Facebook ads while calling for advertisers to boycott site House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on advertisers to boycott social media networks unless the outlets agree to restrict "dangerous" political speech, even as her campaign spent over $180,000 on Facebook ads over the past week.
June 17, 2020 Hawley introduces bill targeting Big Tech companies over political censorship concerns Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced legislation Wednesday to give Americans the ability to sue major tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter if they engage in selective censorship of political speech.
June 17, 2020 Federalist's Ben Domenech: We're seeing how 'Big Tech can be weaponized by woke mobs' The Federalist publisher Ben Domenech told “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday that NBC’s apparent influence over Google to punish two conservative news sites over what was deemed offensive coverage of the George Floyd protests “is a canary in a coal mine moment.”
June 17, 2020 Tucker Carlson: Google and Big Tech are the chief threat to our liberties - and no one is protecting us Google is acting directly to shape what people can say and what they're allowed to speak. It's a direct effort to stifle free speech.
June 17, 2020 Sen. Tom Cotton: Twitter tried to censor me – and they lost A Jacobin mob of left-wing thought police has risen up across our country. No statue, no movie, no cartoon is immune. Nor any op-ed.
June 16, 2020 Federalist co-founder blasts 'whiny cry-bullies of the left' after Google forces shutdown of site comments The Federalist co-founder Sean Davis told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Tuesday that his conservative news site had fallen victim to "the unholy union of corrupt media and monopolistic tech oligarchs" after NBC News apparently pushed Google to punish them over what was deemed offensive coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement.
June 16, 2020 Tucker Carlson on Google going after The Federalist: Big Tech is now the 'chief threat to our liberties' Tucker Carlson took on Google Tuesday night, reacting to NBC News allegedly influencing Google to punish two conservative news sites, including the Federalist, over what was deemed offensive coverage of the George Floyd protests.
June 16, 2020 Amid censorship concerns, Google explains why Churchill image went missing Google's search function has been under scrutiny after an image of British World War II leader Winston Churchill went missing from some search results, amid censorship concerns. The tech giant blamed the missing image on a glitch.