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In The News
Twitter Suspends Account Of Prominent Vaccine Scientist
Twitter suspended the account of Dr. Robert W. Malone, a prominent scientist and virologist instrumental in developing mRNA vaccine technology…
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Science, Technology, and Social Media
Ailan EvansDecember 14, 2021
Propaganda: Twitter’s Misinformation Policy Says It’s False That Vaccinated People Can Spread COVID-19
Twitter recently updated its policy on medical misinformation to label some tweets that claim vaccinated individuals can spread COVID-19 to…
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Science, Technology, and Social Media
Samantha RenckDecember 10, 2021
Former Facebook Employee Thinks ‘Open Discourse Is Going To Be Hurt’ Under Twitter’s New Policy
Former Facebook employee and research fellow for technology policy at The Heritage Foundation Kara Frederick discussed Twitter’s update to its…
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Science, Technology, and Social Media
Ailan EvansDecember 6, 2021
Congress Wants To Make Big Tech Responsible For Online Speech. Here’s Why That’s So Hard
Congress appears no closer to holding tech platforms accountable for undesirable behavior and content on their platforms following a hearing…
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Science, Technology, and Social Media
Samantha RenckDecember 6, 2021
Former Facebook Employee Alleges Company’s Anti-Conservative Bias With Shocking Statistics
Former Facebook employee and research fellow for technology policy at The Heritage Foundation Kara Frederick sat down with the Daily…
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In the Courts
Ailan EvansDecember 2, 2021
Federal Court Declares Texas Social Media Law Designed to Curb Censorship Unconstitutional
A Texas social media law designed to curb political censorship violated tech platforms’ First Amendment rights, a federal court found…
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Science, Technology, and Social Media
Ailan EvansDecember 1, 2021
Facebook Will No Longer Censor Search Results, Posts Praising Kyle Rittenhouse
Facebook announced Wednesday that it will no longer block search results for “Kyle Rittenhouse” and will no longer remove posts…
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Twitter Expands Its Bans Day After It Names New CEO
Twitter is expanding the list of content banned from its platform, and it will no longer allow users to share…
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Science, Technology, and Social Media
Ailan EvansNovember 19, 2021
YouTube Demonetizes Video On Missing Chinese Tennis Star
YouTube prevented a video about a missing Chinese tennis star from receiving advertising revenue on Friday. The video, titled “Chinese…
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Science, Technology, and Social Media
Facebook Is Not Showing Search Results For ‘Kyle Rittenhouse’
Facebook is not showing any search results when the query “Kyle Rittenhouse” is entered into the social media platform’s search…
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Science, Technology, and Social Media
NEWSPEAK: Twitter Rolls Out ‘Pre-Bunk’ Feature to Counter Climate Change Skepticism
Twitter announced Monday that it would introduce a feature to combat climate change skepticism and promote “authoritative information”. The so-called…
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In The News
Ailan EvansOctober 25, 2021
Facebook Employees Wanted to, Likely Did, Suppress Conservative, but Not Liberal News Sites
Leaked communications from internal Facebook message boards show the tech company’s employees pushed to kick right-wing news sites off Facebook’s…
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In The News
Twitter Flags Tweet From Rep. Jim Banks Calling Rachel Levine A Man As ‘Hateful Conduct’
Twitter flagged a tweet from Republican Rep. Jim Banks sent out on Oct. 19 calling Dr. Rachel Levine, who is…
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Science, Technology, and Social Media
Ignorance: Majority Of Americans Want Facebook to Censor More Content
A majority of Americans say Facebook should censor more content and impose stricter standards for what appears on its platform,…
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In The News
Ailan EvansOctober 6, 2021
Facebook Whistleblower’s Push For Stricter Social Media Regulation Is Raising Free Speech Concerns
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen called to crack down on the amplification of “hateful” speech and “misinformation” in her Senate testimony…
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