Big Tech Backlash - Page 106

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."

Judge Napolitano: 'Twitter has freedom of speech just like you and I and the president himself'

May 27, 2020

Judge Napolitano: 'Twitter has freedom of speech just like you and I and the president himself'

Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano told “America's Newsroom” Wednesday that President Trump is “right” that social media platforms show bias against conservatives, but added that as a private company, Twitter has the right to control speech on their platform.

Netherlands court orders grandmother to remove photos of her grandchildren from Facebook: report

May 21, 2020

Netherlands court orders grandmother to remove photos of her grandchildren from Facebook: report

A court in the Netherlands has ordered a grandmother to remove photos of her grandchildren from Facebook under a European Union (EU) data protection law, according to a report.

Nearly half of accounts tweeting about coronavirus are bots, researchers say

May 21, 2020

Nearly half of accounts tweeting about coronavirus are bots, researchers say

Nearly half of the Twitter accounts spreading messages on the social media platform about the coronavirus pandemic are likely bots, according to researchers.

Conservative engineer fired by Google ends discrimination lawsuit but Democrats still on offensive

May 21, 2020

Conservative engineer fired by Google ends discrimination lawsuit but Democrats still on offensive

A high-profile lawsuit that shook Silicon Valley two years ago alleging discrimination against politically conservative workers has ended in a dismissal.