Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan are turning their attention to Google over concerns that the tech giant is censoring users and infringing on Americans’ free speech rights.
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Florida Judge Hears Arguments over New Social Media Law
A federal judge is hearing arguments between online-industry groups NetChoice and Computer & Communications Industry Association and the state of Florida.
The online groups, representing big tech giants, argue that the new law imposed under Governor Ron DeSantis is unconstitutional.
Read the full story‘Enemy of Free Speech:’ Republicans Hit Back at Facebook After It Upholds Trump Ban
Republicans are hitting back at Facebook and the Big Tech giants in Silicon Valley after Facebook’s Oversight Board announced Wednesday that it will uphold its ban of Former President Donald J. Trump.
Facebook claimed in a statement that Trump post “violated Facebook’s rules prohibiting praise or support of people engaged in violence,” when he called Capitol protestors “great patriots” and and “very special” on Jan. 6.
Read the full storyCarol Swain Weighs in on Nashville’s New Community Oversight Board and Being Censored on LinkedIn
Thursday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed Dr. Carol M. Swain to weigh in on Nashville’s social justice warrior-filled Community Oversight Board and being censored on LinkedIn.
Read the full storyCCO of Job Creators Network Elaine Parker Talks Being Suspended from Twitter and Helping America’s Small Businesses Survive
Friday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed CCO of the Job Creators Network Elaine Parker to the newsmakers line to discuss her suspension from Twitter and her mission to help struggling small businesses.
Read the full storyAuthor and Journalist Andy Ngo Discusses His New Book Unmasked and Being the Target of Antifa Violence
Wednesday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed journalist and author Andy Ngo to the newsmakers line to discuss his new book Unmasked and being a target of violence by Antifa.
Read the full storyTwitter, Facebook Hit Trump Over Post Suggesting Children Are ‘Almost Immune’ from Coronavirus
Twitter partially suspended President Donald Trump’s campaign Twitter account on Wednesday for posting a tweet containing a video of Trump suggesting children are “almost immune” to coronavirus.
The post contains an interview Trump gave to Fox News Wednesday morning in which the president made the claim relating to children and the ongoing pandemic, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Facebook removed a post Wednesday that contained the same video, marking the first time the social media platform has nixed a Trump post over coronavirus misinformation.
Read the full storyJohn Fredericks Commentary: Twitter Rigs Free Speech for the Left
Twitter has twice subjected the American people to the ignominy of seeing their own elected president censored for supposedly “glorifying violence.”
Legacy journalists, meanwhile, continue to brazenly promote violence without a hint of consequence.
Read the full storyBreitbart Author Allum Bokhari Discusses His Story Regarding Google’s Purge of Breitbart from Search Results
Friday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed Breitbart colleague Allum Bokhari to the line to discuss Google censorship.
Read the full storyAds for Children’s Book on 19th Amendment Written by Sen. Blackburn and Her Daughter Banned by Instagram
Instagram reportedly believes a children’s book written by U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and her daughter, about the history of the 19th Amendment, may “influence the outcome of an election,” so the tech giant has banned advertising for it.
The Federalist reported on the book’s ban.
Read the full storyFacebook Purges Epoch Times’ Pro-Trump Ads, Bans Outlet From Future Advertisements
Facebook banned The Epoch Times from future advertising on its platform after reports showed the media outlet broke the company’s rules when it allegedly used sock puppet accounts to purchase pro-Trump ads.
Read the full storyCommentary: Claremont Institute Stands Up to Google Strategy to Silence Conservatives
by Glenn Elmers Google tried to censor the Claremont Institute last week. The tech giant backed off under pressure, but the tactical maneuver was hardly a failure. To see why, we only have to think strategically. The Claremont Institute is a conservative think tank devoted to preserving the original meaning and vitality of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Claremont has launched a new campaign against the dangers of multiculturalism, as Institute President Ryan Williams announced in an essay last month in its digital publication, The American Mind. The essay explains how multiculturalism and identity politics are anathemas to the American principles of equal natural rights. Google decreed that essay, and indeed Claremont’s whole American Mind site, to be “a racially oriented publication”—an absurdity belied by Claremont’s long-standing fight against racial classifications, and Google’s indifference to rampant leftist obsessions with racial and ethnic differences. When the Institute responded aggressively, publicly challenging Google, several conservative outlets expressed outrage. Google-backed off, claiming it had made a “mistake.” Given the facts and applying the most basic logic, this is obviously false. The most relevant fact is that Institute staff had to spend two hours on the phone asking Google how its ban…
Read the full storySpotify Removes All PragerU Content as Conservatives Claim Censorship
by Chris White Music-streaming platform Spotify removed PragerU’s advertisements from its platform, noting that the content does not comply with the company’s editorial policies, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. “Our policy team has re-reviewed the ads that you have submitted through Ad Studio and determined that the content of the ads do not comply with our editorial policies,” Spotify noted in an email to PragerU. TheDCNF has seen a copy of the email, which also alludes to other noncompliance issues. “Our policy team has made the decision to stop all existing ads and not approve new ads coming through in the future. Please let us know if you have any questions or require further clarification,” the email adds. Most of the ads are tame and direct listeners to click on the conservative group’s website to learn more about “intersectionality” and other social issues. PragerU frequently complains about censorship on YouTube and other social media platforms. The group filed a lawsuit in 2017 against Google and Google-owned YouTube, alleging unlawful censorship. “Every day, PragerU is changing culture with online content that teaches the values that make America the freest and most prosperous nation on earth. Millions of Americans…
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