social media bias
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Science, Technology, and Social Media
Chris WhiteJune 29, 2020
Reddit’s Policy Against Hate Speech Does Not Protect People ‘Who Are In The Majority’
Reddit’s new rules governing hate speech on the social media platform apparently do not protect people who belong to groups…
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Science, Technology, and Social Media
Chris WhiteJune 29, 2020
Reddit Bans Influential Pro-Trump Subreddit, Citing Repeated Policy Violations
Reddit banned a subreddit devoted to President Donald Trump Monday, citing what the company said was the influential subreddit’s repeated…
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Science, Technology, and Social Media
Chris WhiteJune 24, 2020
Twitter Permanently Suspends Trump’s Favorite Twitter Troll Over Alleged Copyright Violations
Twitter permanently suspended Tuesday a prolific meme-maker frequently retweeted by President Donald Trump citing alleged copyright violations, Twitter spokeswoman Liz…
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Peter HassonJune 23, 2020
Project Veritas Video Shows Facebook Content Moderators Discussing Censoring Conservatives, Reveals ‘Exception’ Given To Don Lemon For Hate Speech
Facebook content moderators discussed using their positions to censor Republicans and conservatives in an undercover video released by activist group…
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US News
Peter Hasson And Chris WhiteJune 22, 2020
ANALYSIS: DOJ Investigators Involved In Antitrust Probe Don’t Appear To Be Scrutinizing Claims Of Bias In Google’s Search
Investigators with the Department of Justice involved in an antitrust probe targeting Google do not appear to be scrutinizing claims…
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US News
Chuck RossJune 17, 2020
Google Bans Ads On The Federalist After NBC News Raises Concerns About George Floyd Protest Articles
Google will no longer run ads on The Federalist and Zero Hedge after NBC News raised concerns to the tech…
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Science, Technology, and Social Media
Chris WhiteJune 10, 2020
Twitter Provides No Explanation After Censoring GOP Candidate Rich McCormick Twice In One Week
Twitter said it mistakenly censored a tweet from House Republican candidate Rich McCormick Tuesday, the day of the Georgia primary…
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Opinion
Trump’s Order Ignites Overdue Debate On Big Tech Protections
President Donald Trump took the fight directly to the social media giants when he signed an executive order regarding Sec.…
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US News
Chris WhiteJune 8, 2020
Censorship, Antitrust Probes: Big Tech Is Back To Fighting Familiar Foes After Taking On Coronavirus
Big tech companies are facing criticism on antitrust issues, claims of censorship, and other serious problems less than three months…
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US News
‘Trying To Rig The 2020 Election’: Trump Campaign Rails Against Snapchat For Not Promoting POTUS’ Content
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign lashed out at Snapchat Wednesday after the social media company decided not to promote the…
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US News
Chris WhiteJune 3, 2020
Zuckerberg Reportedly Defends Move Not To Nix Trump’s ‘THUGS’ Post, Leans On Free Speech Principles
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly pushed back Tuesday against company employees who lashed out at him for not nixing a…
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White House Watch
Twitter Censors White House Account For Quoting Trump’s Flagged ‘THUGS’ Tweet
Twitter censored the White House’s official Twitter account after it shared and quoted a tweet from President Donald Trump Friday…
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Opinion
Jefferson ThomasMay 29, 2020
Trump vs. Twitter, Social Media Companies Must Now Decide: Platform or Journalists
President Trump recently accused Twitter of “stifling FREE SPEECH” and interfering in the 2020 election by fact-checking one of his…
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White House Watch
Rich MitchellMay 28, 2020
Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship [Full Text]
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,…
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Addresses Trump Fact-Check, Asks Media To ‘Leave Our Employees Out Of This’
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey took sole responsibility Wednesday night after his company applied a fact-check on a tweet from President…
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