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January 14, 2021

Hong Kong ISP blocks access to pro-democracy website under national security law

A Hong Kong internet service provider on Thursday said it had blocked access to a pro-democracy website to comply with the city’s national security law.

January 13, 2021

Vivek Ramaswamy & Jed Rubenfeld: Twitter and Facebook censorship is a free-speech violation

Conventional wisdom holds that technology companies are free to regulate content because they are private, and the First Amendment protects only against government censorship. That view is wrong: Google, Facebook and Twitter should be treated as state actors under existing legal doctrines.

January 12, 2021

Glenn Greenwald blasts 'dangerous irony' of Twitter warning Ugandans of censorship ahead of elections

Investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald blasted Twitter on Tuesday for what he called a darkly hypocritical warning to Ugandans ahead of the African nation's presidential and parliamentary elections later this week.

January 11, 2021

Joe Concha: Big Tech’s suspensions of Parler create ‘a very dangerous place’

Fox News contributor Joe Concha slammmed Big Tech for actions taken against Parler by Amazon, Apple, and Google that caused the social media platform to shut down Monday. 

January 11, 2021

Tomi Lahren: Big Tech telling conservatives to 'shut up' with Parler ban

Fox Nation host Tomi Lahren issued a scathing condemnation of Apple, Amazon and Google’s suspension of the social media platform Parler on Monday, telling “Outnumbered” that Big Tech is essentially telling conservatives to “shut up.”

January 11, 2021

Bartiromo: Parler ban coordinated effort 'to put a competitor out of business'

FOX Business anchor Maria Bartiromo argued on Monday that the suspension of upstart social media platform Parler by Amazon, Apple and Google following Wednesday's U.S. Capitol riot could be "collusion" and a coordinated effort "to put a competitor out of business."

January 10, 2021

Rep. Nunes calls for racketeering investigation into Amazon, Apple, Google following Parler ban

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., called for a racketeering investigation on Sunday following Amazon, Apple and Google’s decisions to suspend the alternative social media platform Parler after Wednesday's U.S. Capitol riot.

January 10, 2021

Google, Microsoft, Verizon on Biden Inauguration Committee donor list

Google, Microsoft, and Verizon are among President-elect Joe Biden's Inauguration Committee donors.

January 9, 2021

Adonis Hoffman: Twitter, Facebook right to block Trump — Big Tech must self-regulate to protect public safety

Twitter and Facebook have the right to muzzle Trump for incitement following his call to protesters against his election defeat to march on the U.S. Capitol — leading to a riot that left five people dead. But their action raises troubling questions.

January 8, 2021

Google suspends Parler app from Play Store over failure to moderate egregious content

Parler's failure to remove 'egregious content' related to the D.C. riots violates Google's longstanding policies, the company said.