Big Tech
Landmark Missouri lawsuit delivers massive blow to Biden-era social media censorshipA civil liberties group and Republican lawmakers are celebrating Tuesday’s historic victory preventing a repeat of the Biden administration’s policing of conservative online speech. Lawyers for… Read More
Big Tech
Google AI accused of fabricating criminal record of conservative in $15M lawsuit(The Heartlander) — Political commentator Robby Starbuck is suing Google for defamation after he alleges the company’s search and artificial intelligence services repeatedly made false claims he committed terrible crimes,… Read More
Big Tech
Oversight committee investigates alleged Google censorship of Trump shooting(The Center Square) – U.S. House Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., launched an investigation Wednesday into allegations that Google and Meta, formerly known as Facebook, censored or misrepresented content… Read More
Big Tech
Cruz opens investigation into Big Tech funding Biden administration staff salaries(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a ranking member of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, has opened an investigation into “‘Big Tech’ companies’ funding of Biden administration staff… Read More
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Florida AG calls on Zuckerberg to respond to ‘stunning’ number of Florida human trafficking cases on Meta platforms(The Center Square) – Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Monday called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear before the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking to account for how… Read More
Big Tech, Missouri
White House disagrees with judge’s order on social media in Missouri v. Biden(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice will review a U.S. District Court injunction requested by Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey prohibiting President Joe Biden’s administration from… Read More
Big Tech, Congress
TikTok CEO’s defense of the ‘digital fentanyl’ app was ‘total disaster,’ says Missouri Senator Josh HawleyTikTok is “digital fentanyl” designed to “get into our kids’ heads,” and its CEO’s attempt to defend it in a congressional hearing Thursday was a “disaster,” says Missouri Sen. Read More
Big Tech
Congressman calls out FBI, says ‘Twitter Files only tell part of the story’(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop is leveraging Twitter to expose how the company worked with the FBI to silence free speech, the latest in a series of… Read More
Big Tech, Congress
New bill would ban feds from working with big tech to censor Americans(The Center Square) – Leading Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives filed new legislation that would ban federal employees from working with big tech companies to censor Americans. Read More
Biden administration, Big Tech
New ‘Twitter files’ allege Biden administration worked with Twitter to control COVID conversation(The Center Square) – A new batch of “Twitter files” released Monday indicates the Biden administration worked with Twitter to control the public conversation about COVID-19, which included censoring accounts… Read More
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Wyoming joins growing list of states prohibiting TikTok(The Center Square) – Wyoming is the latest state to prohibit the use of TikTok on state-issued devices. Republican Gov. Mark Gordon issued a memorandum to all state employees on… Read More
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Hawley: Twitter’s lies about censoring conservatives, Sam Bankman-Fried’s financial schemes benefiting Democrats, beg for investigationsWith the silencing of conservatives on social media, a near-blackout of that story in “mainstream” media, and the sudden arrest – and silencing – of big donor Sam… Read More
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No immunity for Big Tech or amnesty for illegal immigrants, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley arguesBig Tech companies should no longer be immune from lawsuits over “illegal content” on social media sites, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley told The Heartlander Thursday. And… Read More
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‘Accountability is coming:’ Twitter files spark calls for consequences, answers(The Center Square) – A series of document dumps called the “Twitter files” have exposed the social media companies’ collusion with federal law enforcement and the Democratic Party to censor… Read More
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Musk expected to expand Twitter operations in TexasLawsuits, investigations expected over released ‘Twitter files’ (The Center Square) – Before and after billionaire Elon Musk acquired the social media company Twitter, he’d been invited by Texas Gov. Greg… Read More
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Apple and Biden are both out to censor speech in the United States and China, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley warnsThe Biden administration and Apple Inc. have been caught in alarming and elaborate schemes to censor speech here and abroad, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley says. Apple… Read More
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Pressure builds on Apple over Twitter dispute, ‘crackdown’ on Chinese protesters(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is pressing Apple CEO Tim Cook about his relationship with China and Apple’s “speech control” policies in the U.S. “I write… Read More
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DeSantis blasts Apple in dispute over Elon Musk, Twitter(The Center Square) – Elon Musk says Twitter may now be removed from the Apple App store, prompting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to defend the social media company. “Apple has… Read More
Big Tech, Opinion
COLUMN: Missouri senator, attorney general nearly alone in standing against government censorship on Facebook, Instagram, other social mediaJosh Hawley gives his U.S. Senate colleagues far too much credit when he excuses them for supposedly not knowing the extent of the Biden administration’s conspiracy to silence… Read More
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Biden administration still out to censor its critics on Facebook, Instagram and other social media, Missouri Sen. Hawley warnsThe Biden administration has quietly stepped up back-channel efforts to censor Americans’ social media posts after its discredited “Disinformation Governance Board” was quickly shot down, warns Missouri Sen. Read More
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