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May 17 2021
Opinion
How To Fix Big Tech Without Big Government
Partisanship is at an all time high in Washington. But one issue policymakers on both sides seem to agree on is that something should be done to rein in the power of Big Tech. The American people also seem to agree, with a recent Gallup poll revealing a majority of both Republicans and Democrats favor increased regulation of the tech sector. Prominent conservatives are even abandoning their
The American ConservativeAug 01 2020
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Human Rights WatchDec 01 2020
Opinion
Liberal Media Panicking Over Conservative Exodus to Parler
Just build your own platform, but wait, not like that! Liberal media and commentators condemn conservatives for abandoning censorious Big Tech platforms for Parler.
Conservatives launched an exodus to free speech platform Parler after Twitter’s latest wave of censorship during the Fall 2020 election. Now the liberal media are doing everything they can to condemn Parler and its new
NewsBustersSep 08 2021
News
Amid Big Tech fight, web hosting company gives conservatives a cancel-proof alternative
As conservatives look to fight back against what they see as an ideologically driven censorship push by Big Tech, one company is looking to make the building blocks of the Internet cancel-proof – giving conservatives more solid footing online.
RightForge is an internet infrastructure company providing server space and web hosting, with what it describes as an ideological commitment to
Fox BusinessJul 18 2020
News
TikTok Hires Internet Police to Monitor American Users, Ex-Censor Says
A former Chinese internet censor said he was interviewed for the role of monitoring and policing videos posted by international users of TikTok, a Chinese-owned short video app used by millions of Americans.
Liu Lipeng, who worked as an online censor in China for a decade, said he was passed over for the job in 2018 after suggesting in the interview that TikTok shouldn’t overly censor
The Epoch TimesSep 24 2021
Opinion
The ACLU’s RBG Tweet Shows Once Again That It Has Abandoned Free Speech
This tweet is doing the rounds:
@ACLU: With Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, we lost a champion for abortion and gender equality. And on the anniversary of her death, the fight to protect abortion access is more urgent than ever.
Of course, Ginsberg didn’t say this. Instead, she said: The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being
National Review (News)Feb 11 2021
News
Twitter permanently bans Project Veritas account
Twitter permanently banned an account on Thursday belonging to Project Veritas, a conservative group founded by controversial activist James O'Keefe.
The decision followed what a Twitter (TWTR) spokesperson described to CNN Business as repeated violations of the platform's policies prohibiting sharing — or threats of sharing — other people's private information without consent. Twitter
CNN (Online News)Jul 30 2020
Opinion
Use of Force Means Govt Fears Dissent
Two weeks ago, this column offered a brief history of the freedom of speech in America.
The essence of the column was that all public speech is lawful when there is time for more speech to challenge it and that the remedy for hate speech is not censorship, but more speech.
Last week, this column addressed the unconstitutional behavior of federal agents in Portland, Oregon, most
Andrew NapolitanoMay 24 2021
News
DeSantis signs ‘Big Tech’ bill with new speech rules for Twitter, Facebook
Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is positioning himself for reelection next year, signed legislation on Monday at Florida International University in Miami that aims to crack down on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Amazon out of concern that they are conspiring against conservatives and their free speech.
The legislation, which DeSantis touted as the first of its
Miami HeraldJan 26 2020
Opinion
The Growing Threat to Free Speech Online
There are times when vitally important stories lurk behind the headlines. Yes, impeachment is historic and worth significant coverage, but it’s not the only important story. The recent threat of war with Iran merited every second of intense world interest. But what if I told you that as we lurch from crisis to crisis there is a slow-building, bipartisan movement to engage in one of most
David French