Big Tech Backlash - Page 104

White House hits back after Twitter cracks down on Trump's Minneapolis tweet, reposts censored message

May 29, 2020

White House hits back after Twitter cracks down on Trump's Minneapolis tweet, reposts censored message

The White House on Friday pushed back against Twitter after the social media giant censored a tweet by President Trump demanding action against rioters in Minneapolis -- claiming the tweet was “glorifying violence.”

Tucker Carlson rips social media giants after Trump executive order: 'They're not neutral platforms'

May 28, 2020

Tucker Carlson rips social media giants after Trump executive order: 'They're not neutral platforms'

Tucker Carlson blasted social media giants Thursday, saying they failed in their duty to be neutral platforms by arbitrarily censoring speech they deem inappropriate.

Gaetz warns 'big tech will steal this election from Donald Trump and the American people' without action

May 28, 2020

Gaetz warns 'big tech will steal this election from Donald Trump and the American people' without action

House Judiciary Committee Member Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Thursday that it is clear to him "big tech" will try to prevent President Trump from being reelected in November.

Marie Harf slams Trump's social media executive order as 'grievance politics', bid to 'troll Twitter'

May 28, 2020

Marie Harf slams Trump's social media executive order as 'grievance politics', bid to 'troll Twitter'

"The Five" co-host Marie Harf said Thursday that President Trump’s executive order aimed at social media companies was an effort to "troll Twitter."

Zuckerberg says US, China in global 'battle of ideas' over control of internet amid Hong Kong crackdown

May 28, 2020

Zuckerberg says US, China in global 'battle of ideas' over control of internet amid Hong Kong crackdown

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told "The Daily Briefing" Thursday that he hopes Facebook will "find a way" to keep offering its services in Hong Kong after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared this week that the city was "no longer autonomous" from China.

Fleischer blasts Twitter over 'incredibly stupid' Trump fact-check: Site 'hasn't done that to Chinese leaders'

May 28, 2020

Fleischer blasts Twitter over 'incredibly stupid' Trump fact-check: Site 'hasn't done that to Chinese leaders'

Former White House press secretary and Fox News contributor Ari Fleischer told “Outnumbered Overtime” on Thursday that it was “so incredibly stupid of Twitter” to fact-check President Trump’s tweets about mail-in voting.

Big tech billionaires secretly boost Biden campaign's struggling tech operation, report says

May 28, 2020

Big tech billionaires secretly boost Biden campaign's struggling tech operation, report says

As Republicans increasingly wage an all-out war against what they perceive as left-wing bias across major social media platforms, big tech billionaires are secretly working to boost Joe Biden's flagging campaign using tactics that some experts describe as underhanded and nefarious -- and their efforts have even frustrated some Democrats hoping to retain control over their party.

Tucker Carlson: Big Tech authoritarians are willing to censor Trump, think nothing of silencing you

May 28, 2020

Tucker Carlson: Big Tech authoritarians are willing to censor Trump, think nothing of silencing you

It's become a much less free country recently. Power has become radically concentrated in far fewer hands than at any time in the past 100 years at least.

Zuckerberg knocks Twitter for fact-checking Trump, says private companies shouldn't be 'the arbiter of truth'

May 27, 2020

Zuckerberg knocks Twitter for fact-checking Trump, says private companies shouldn't be 'the arbiter of truth'

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called out Twitter for attaching a fact check to a tweet from President Trump, telling Fox News' Dana Perino that privately-owned digital platforms should not act as the "arbiter of truth."

FCC commissioner bashes Twitter over fact-check of Trump: 'This is opinion journalism'

May 27, 2020

FCC commissioner bashes Twitter over fact-check of Trump: 'This is opinion journalism'

Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr scolded Twitter on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Wednesday for attaching a fact check to a tweet from President Trump, saying the decision represents "their own political, partisan viewpoint."