The Twitter Files, FISA warrants, and more were discussed. Share During a Thursday House Judiciary Committee hearing on the “Weaponization of the Federal Government,” whistleblowers and former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents roasted the agency’s potentially First Amendment violating censorship collusion with Big Tech firms and hit back at the FBI’s secret surveillance practices. Rep. JimContinue reading “Whistleblowers and former agents blast the FBI’s Big Tech censorship collusion and surveillance during hearing”
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INFOGRAPHIC: Key Revelations of the ‘Twitter Files’
Files reveal how the government pressured the social media giant into censoring a large number of accounts By Petr Svab January 17, 2023 Updated: January 18, 2023 Documents revealed by Twitter’s new owner, tech billionaire Elon Musk, show the social media company has been intertwined with a government–private censorship apparatus. Twitter suppressed or removed content on various subjects, including irregularities inContinue reading “INFOGRAPHIC: Key Revelations of the ‘Twitter Files’”
Landmark Lawsuit Slaps Legacy Media With Antitrust, First Amendment Claims for Censoring COVID-Related Content
01/10/23 A lawsuit filed today by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and multiple other plaintiffs, alleges the Trusted News Initiative, a self-described “industry partnership” launched in March 2020 by several of the world’s largest news organizations, partnered with Big Tech firms to collectively censor online news. By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. Miss a day, miss a lot. SubscribeContinue reading “Landmark Lawsuit Slaps Legacy Media With Antitrust, First Amendment Claims for Censoring COVID-Related Content”
Twitter and Facebook and YouTube lose; the First Amendment wins
25 sept 2022 The reason Google, YouTube and Facebook continue to have power is because foolish people continue to use them. If you want to stop the tyranny of Big Tech, stop using their platforms. Move to alternative platforms like Odysee, Bitchute, brighteon, Parler, Social, Telegram, Gab, Truth, etc. I’m astonished at how many peopleContinue reading “Twitter and Facebook and YouTube lose; the First Amendment wins”
Surgeon General, HHS Violated First Amendment by Directing Twitter to Censor COVID ‘Misinformation,’ Lawsuit Alleges
03/29/22 A civil rights group is suing the U.S. surgeon general and the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on behalf of three men who allege the government violated the First Amendment by directing Twitter to censor them for spreading COVID “misinformation.” By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. Miss a day, miss aContinue reading “Surgeon General, HHS Violated First Amendment by Directing Twitter to Censor COVID ‘Misinformation,’ Lawsuit Alleges”
‘Truly Frightening:’ Feds Give Tech Companies Until May 2 to ‘Turn Over COVID-19 Misinformation’
Two U.S. Senators this week introduced a bill that could criminalize First Amendment rights, while the U.S. Surgeon General formally demanded tech companies turn over data on organizations and individuals who post “COVID-19 misinformation” on social media platforms. By Meryl Nass, M.D. Miss a day, miss a lot. Subscribe to The Defender’s Top News of theContinue reading “‘Truly Frightening:’ Feds Give Tech Companies Until May 2 to ‘Turn Over COVID-19 Misinformation’”
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