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January 22, 2021

Lawmakers single out Parler in call for ‘robust’ FBI probe into Capitol Hill riot

Lawmakers are asking the FBI to investigate the role free speech app Parler – a social media platform favored by conservatives and President Donald Trump’s supporters – played in the Capitol Hill riots

January 22, 2021

Vivek Ramaswamy: Big Tech's rise threatens country's future – beware the woke-industrial complex

Our new class of unelected corporate monarchs now controls whether and how Americans can hear any democratically elected president in the future. 

January 21, 2021

Twitter sued by survivor of child sexual exploitation

A minor boy and his mother are suing Twitter, alleging that it benefited from and neglected to remove an exploitative video -- featuring him and another minor -- which was retweeted thousands of times and at least 167,000 views on the platform.

January 21, 2021

Graham rips Amazon for offering vaccine help to Biden: 'It's disgusting' if they refused to help Trump

If Amazon chose not to help the Trump administration distribute the coronavirus vaccine across America, that is "disgusting," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said on Thursday.

January 21, 2021

House Oversight Dems demand FBI probe of Parler's role as 'potential facilitator' of violence in Capitol riot

Carolyn Maloney, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, is asking the FBI to conduct a "robust examination" of the role social media site Parler played in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, specifically whether the platform was a "potential facilitator" of planning or inciting the violence. 

January 18, 2021

Twitter official says it will have a 'global approach' when tackling 'misleading' info, leaked video shows

A leaked recording of a top Twitter official suggests the company will have a "global approach" when it comes to tackling misinformation as critics in recent weeks have sounded the alarm on political censorship. 

January 18, 2021

Alex Berenson: Shutdown of Parler is Big Tech's 'most dangerous' move yet

Author and former New York Times journalist Alex Berenson, who has sparred with Amazon in the past, feels that the company’s move to shut down Parler illustrates how dangerous it is that Big Tech can silence whomever it chooses.  

January 18, 2021

Bongino: I thought Parler being taken down was a conspiracy theory -- until 'I lived it'

The idea of Parler's removal from the internet was a "conspiracy theory" to Fox News contributor Dan Bongino until it actually happened last week.

January 18, 2021

Live Updates: Left-wing activist charged in Capitol riot still active on Twitter, despite Trump ban

John Sullivan, 26, recorded an up-close video of a woman’s fatal shooting during the Jan. 6 Capitol siege.

January 17, 2021

Parler CEO ‘confident’ platform will return by month’s end after weekend of positive developments

EXCLUSIVE -- Parler chief executive officer John Matze is “confident” that his social media platform will be back online in the near future after his team was able to launch a static website and recover the company’s data over the weekend in a series of positive developments.