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June 17, 2020

Hawley introduces bill targeting Big Tech companies over political censorship concerns

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced legislation Wednesday to give Americans the ability to sue major tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter if they engage in selective censorship of political speech.

June 15, 2020

Facebook accused of banning users who shared post showing Aboriginal people in chains

Multiple Facebook users had their accounts blocked or banned last weekend for sharing an article that featured an image of Australian Aboriginals in chains.

June 13, 2020

Adriana Cohen: Censorship by social and legacy media is a grave threat to our freedom – we must all protest

One of the biggest threats facing America today isn't beyond the water's edge. It's censorship spreading like a wildfire coast to coast and it’s a perilous endangerment to free speech, a free press and artistic expression that should alarm every American – I don't care how you vote.

June 12, 2020

Mark Zuckerberg blasts Trump for ‘incendiary rhetoric’ in response to scientists' ‘misinformation’ complaint

In a letter appearing online Thursday, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan write that President Trump’s “divisive and incendiary rhetoric” has left them “deeply shaken and disgusted” in a volatile time that they say requires “unity” in the U.S.

June 11, 2020

Snap CEO: We're using our free-speech rights by limiting Trump's content

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel defended the company's action of limiting the reach of President Trump's content by invoking the First Amendment and free speech, adding that other tech platforms should be more willing to emulate them. 

June 11, 2020

Chris Cox is returning to Facebook as chief product officer

Just one year after leaving Facebook over differences with CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding the tech giant's direction, Chris Cox is returning as its chief product officer.

June 11, 2020

Biden tells Facebook to crack down on election disinformation, prompting sharp response from social network

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden called on Facebook to take a range of steps to prevent the spread of misinformation during the election in an open letter published on Thursday.

June 10, 2020

Charles Payne blasts Big Tech over lack of black workers: 'They wrote a lot of checks. They did no hiring'

A fired up Charles Payne ripped big tech companies on "Bill Hemmer Reports" Wednesday, accusing them of not coming through for African-American workers while professing to support the Black Lives Matter movement.

June 9, 2020

Barr claims social media platforms 'censoring particular viewpoints and putting their own content in there'

Attorney General William Barr told "Special Report" in the second part of an exclusive interview that aired Tuesday that he believes social media platforms are "engaged in censorship" and are acting more like "publishers".

June 6, 2020

Facebook pulls ad from gun-toting Georgia candidate taking on Antifa: 'Big Tech censorship of conservatives must end'

A Georgia GOP congressional candidate is claiming Facebook "censorship" after the social media giant took down her campaign video where she holds an AR-15 gun and warns Antifa to "stay the hell out of Northwest Georgia."