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-
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
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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
Ten seconds later… Twitter, like other media platforms, claims to aim at keeping people safe. In fact, it simply doesn’t see hate speech or harassment from those on its own political wavelength. Thus the account which produced this obnoxious screed – which seeks to dehumanise anyone not voting for Democrat
When even Mexico’s president is going in to bat for Donald Trump, you know that Facebook has royally screwed up. Facebook joined the big tech pile-on to crush free speech and un-person Trump from the internet. While New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern showed her true authoritarian colours
