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Story of the Week: Twitter and Trump Clash After Company Adds Warning Tag to His Tweets

Story of the Week / May 28th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. President Donald Trump and Twitter are feuding over the president's tweets and the social media platform's vetting of them. The president plans to sign an executive order Thursday aimed at reducing liability...

Story Of The Week, Twitter, Technology, Social Media, Big Tech, Facts And Fact Checking, Free Speech, Donald Trump, Censorship, 1st Amendment

As News Grows on Social Media, Trust Shrinks

News / November 26th, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter

Social media has become an epicenter for up-to-the-minute news on just about everything. Predictably, like many of the speed and convenience driven habits society has recently adopted, it’s not very healthy. And while people seem to see that, it’s not enough to stop them from scrolling...

Social Media, Technology, Twitter, Facebook, Big Tech, Journalism

American Airlines CEO Sounds Warning About Political Polarization and Technology That Divides Us

News / June 17th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

“Polarization stifles healthy debate, free thinking and compromise, and replaces them with rhetoric, groupthinking, and anger.” Doug Parker, chairman and CEO of American Airlines, recently gave the graduation keynote speech for Southern Methodist University’s class of 2019 — and his...

Polarization, Political Polarization, Media Bias, Technology, Filter Bubbles

Audit Finds Evidence of Google's Bias Toward These Media Outlets

News / June 4th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

A new audit shows Google is biased toward a small number of major media outlets — and most of them have a Left-leaning political bias. One-sided information isn’t healthy for democracy, yet the world's most popular source of news and information displays a major bias. Back in October,...

Google Bias, Media Bias, AllSides Media Bias Ratings, Google, Google News Bias, Technology

News Posts With Moral and Emotional Language Spread Quickly, But Deepen Polarization

News / January 7th, 2019 / By Billy Binion

Social media sites are chock full of political discussions, disagreements, and debates. That holds especially true for Twitter, the popularity of which stems from a user’s ability to distill news and opinion into 280-character digestible bites. A team at New York University found that...

Media Bias, Filter Bubbles, Polarization, Twitter, Technology, Social Media, News

Prominent Patreon Creators Leave Site Over Political Bias. Should Big Tech Uphold Free Speech?

Bias / December 18th, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

Editor's Note: On Jan. 1, Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin announced they will officially leave Patreon on Jan. 15. After popular crowdfunding site Patreon banned a number of accounts this month, other account holders — particularly, those who use their funds to explore controversial ideas...

Media Bias, Technology, US Technology, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Bias Against Conservatives, Free Speech, Freedom

Media Bias Fuels Political Violence in America. Can We Change?

Bias / November 1st, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

A string of violent incidents in October further illuminated political polarization in America, raising serious concerns about how media bias contributes to hateful division — and how we must change this to heal our divide. In just the last two weeks, multiple incidents of political...

Media Bias, Polarization, Political Polarization, Violence, Violence In America, Elections, Technology, Social Media, Google Bias, Google

Tech Companies May Be Stifling Conservative Speech. Can They Change?

Bias / September 26th, 2018 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Differences in the way liberals and conservatives view appropriate speech affects what we see online — and can lead to silencing. The Department of Justice and state attorneys general met Tuesday to discuss whether social media companies are “intentionally stifling the free exchange of...

Media Bias, Bias Against Conservatives, Conservatives, Social Media, Technology, Facebook, YouTube, Justice Department, Free Speech

President Trump Accuses Google of Bias Against His Administration

Story of the Week / August 30th, 2018 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

President Trump on Tuesday accused Google of manipulating its search engine to display negative coverage of his administration after Paula Bolyard published an article on the conservative site PJ Media alleging that 96% of results for "Trump" news were from left-leaning outlets . Many on...

Media Bias, Technology, Google, Donald Trump, Story Of The Week, News

Tech Platforms Ban Infowars' Alex Jones, Citing Hate Speech Violations

Story of the Week / August 9th, 2018 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Facebook, Apple, Youtube, and Spotify have all banned conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of Infowars, citing hate speech violations. Although Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey originally stated that the platform would not censor Jones' content, the company also removed several of his videos and tweets...

Technology, Alex Jones, Infowars, Facebook, YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Story Of The Week, News

Facebook Under Fire for Data Harvesting

Story of the Week / March 22nd, 2018 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Facebook is under widespread criticism after it was revealed that a political analysis firm was able to harvest personal information from millions of users without their permission. The company, Cambridge Analytica, was employed by President Trump's campaign, and the data was utilized to...

Technology, Facebook, Media Bias, Story Of The Week, News

Technology Panel from American Citizens Summit

Recommended Reading / August 11th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Listen to the American Citizens Summit panel: Online Technologies and Communities Thank you for everyone who listened to or participated in the American Citizens Summit , and especially our panel Online Technologies and Communities . For those who missed it, you can listen to our panel...

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