Brad Polumbo fee.org Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and Opinion Editor at the Foundation for Economic Education. For three days and counting, protesters in Portland, Oregon have gathered at a local bookstore to demand that it stop selling a new book critical of Antifa. “Far-left activists surrounded Powell’
Alexander Hall papundits.wordpress.com Alexander Hall contributes posts at the NewsBusters site, and he is a staff writer for MRC TechWatch The left have moved beyond simply censoring conservatives on Big Tech platforms. Now Big Tech leaders like Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker are calling for conservatives to be financially
Laura Valkovic libertynation.com This is the second part of a two-part series looking at the digital purge of President Trump and his supporters following the protest at the Capitol. In Part One, we looked at YouTube restrictions, Parler’s existential crisis, and the solutions pioneered by Gab. Post-Jan. 6,
As readers will know, social media companies like Facebook and Twitter have been on a purge of conservative content and users, using “community standards” as the excuse. But in doing so, these social media companies are acting not only discriminatingly, but also in violation of what gives them the ability
It was only a matter of time before the BFD caught the attention of media censors. Facebook has fired a warning shot over The BFD this week advising that the site’s page does not adhere to their community guidelines. BFD writer Stephen Berry was banned from Twitter for “platform
On Monday night, millions of Parler users suddenly found that the site was no longer available. Amazon had followed through on its threat to purge the site from the internet. Parler is suing, of course (and looks to have an excellent case against the corporate giant), but in the meantime,
Kayla Sargent newsbusters.org Twitter clearly has no problem censoring President Donald Trump. It’s what the social media company has chosen not to censor that has the New York Post crying foul. The New York Post pointed out Twitter’s blatant hypocrisy in a recent article pointing out that
Robert Hutchinson mercatornet.com Robert J. Hutchinson is the author, most recently, of What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler. In 1933, the newly-elected Nazi Party used a firebomb attack on the German parliament building, the Reichstag, as an excuse to push through what was called the Reichstag Fire Decree
Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller,
Ron Paul ronpaulinstitute.org Last week’s massive social media purges – starting with President Trump’s permanent ban from Twitter and other outlets – was shocking and chilling, particularly to those of us who value free expression and the free exchange of ideas. The justifications given for the silencing of wide
The Great Digital Terror in the US continues unabated. Like so many Soviet commissars, more and more “politically suspect” US citizens are being purged and un-personed by the billionaire oligarchs of Silicon Valley. Former Republican congressman Ron Paul says he’s been blocked by Facebook from managing his account over
