GOP lawmaker announces bill pressuring Big Tech to drop ‘fact-checks’ entirely
Rep. Matt Gaetz's legislation would remove protections from possible liability for content the platforms host.
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Trump admin cites ‘Unplanned’ censorship, anti-Covington hate as drivers for action on big tech bias
'The president will take action to ensure that Big Tech does not stifle free speech, and that the rights of all Americans to speak, tweet, and post will be protected.'
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White House confirms Trump will sign executive order on social media companies today
Trump had warned social media giants that his administration could 'strongly regulate, or close them down' before promising 'big action.'
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Senior Twitter ‘fact checker’ has compared Trump officials to Nazis
This is the first time a 'Get the facts' label has been placed on a Trump tweet.
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Trudeau to fund COVID-19 ‘contact tracing’ programs
'In order for people to move around freely and start getting back to normal life, we have to improve our ability to quickly pinpoint the virus and isolate it,' the prime minister declared.
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Google deletes COVID-19 ‘conspiracy’ video from personal ‘Google Drive’ account
Google has now taken steps to censor what people share through its private file-sharing service.
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Facebook restricts Conservative education org, alleges ‘repeated sharing of false news’
Despite evidence that PragerU's facts were accurate, the social media tech giant took issue with a video on climate change.
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Apple updates iPhone to work with COVID-19 ‘contact tracing’ apps
The new update does not begin initiating contact tracing on iPhones, but rather enables future contact-tracing apps to work when downloaded
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YouTube deletes viral COVID-19 video by anti-lockdown epidemiologist
Youtube's CEO says they are removing any content that goes 'against World Health Organization recommendations.'
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Facebook announces progress in developing AI to silence ‘hate speech’
The social media platform says it now detects and removes 88.8 percent of what it considers 'hate speech.'
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