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When Kathy Barnette declared her candidacy for Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Pat Toomey’s open seat, she tweeted that she is “running to become the first Black...

10 years ago July 29, 2011: Hungry folks couldn’t get a $5 footlong Thursday on Public Square. The Subway restaurant, 32 Public Square, was seized by the state Department of Taxation and Finance on allegations that the restaurant had not paid nearly $10,000 due to the state. The restaurant, operated by Hiru Enterprises Inc., was closed and locked. A notice on the door said the department has a “levy on the title and interest in and to all personal property on these premises.” 25 ...

/ Pexels TUESDAY on "The Source" — In right-wing media discussions about social media, there is a popular narrative that conservatives are subject to bias and even "censorship" on prominent social media sites including Facebook and Twitter. Because they are private companies, under Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, social media platforms can moderate their services by removing obscene and violent posts. Former President Trump recently filed suit against Facebook, Twitter ...

Josh Hawley hits a new low for hypocrisy Image via Wikimedia Commons. If they decide to make flip-flopping an Olympic sport, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley needs to hop on the next plane to Tokyo. Hawley just attacked President Joe Biden for attacking Facebook. Yes, this excruciatingly annoying preppy man who has staked his repulsive young political career upon crusading against social media -- through the use of social media -- has decided its not cool for Biden to get in Facebooks ...

The order “targets Big Tech” alright.  But the negatives are nebulous at best: “The order also expands Biden’s assault on Big Tech companies such as Amazon and Facebook. It establishes an administration-wide policy to scrutinize mergers more heavily, including completed mergers. It zeroes-in on so-called ‘killer acquisitions’ involving nascent competitors, the kind of deal critics say Facebook engaged in when it bought Instagram and WhatsApp. “It takes aim at a key Silicon Valle...

In the wake of former President Donald Trump being banned or indefinitely suspended from major social-media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, a Wisconsin state senator has proposed a bill that would impose fines of up to $250,000 for platforms that prevent elected officials from using them. Just $1 gives you full access for 3 months to exclusive content from The Journal Times and journaltimes.com.  State Sen. Julian Bradleys bill would require social-media companies to allow users to ...

Trump files suit against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Jill Colvin and Matt OBrien, Associated Press Updated at Share This WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has filed suit against three of the country’s biggest tech companies, saying he and other conservatives have been wrongfully censored. But legal experts say the suits are likely doomed to fail, given existing precedent and legal protections. Trump announced the action against Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube, alo...

Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images 9 Jul 2021 Former President Donald Trump has sued Twitter, Facebook, and Google for blacklisting him from their platforms on the grounds that their censorship violates the First Amendment. At first glance, that seems like a stretch. The First Amendment protects people from actions by the federal and state governments, not private actors. It begins with the phrase, “Congress shall make no law” and then sets out what Congress cannot do: declare an off...

Legal scholar Alan Dershowitz on Wednesday said that President Donald Trump’s class-action lawsuits against Facebook, Google, and Twitter are “very, very important” for the future of free speech in the United States, arguing that the Big Tech firms have special exemptions from the government and aren’t just any ordinary private companies. The former president, during a news conference in New Jersey, announced several lawsuits were being filed in the U.S. District Court in the Southe...

By JILL COLVIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is filing suits against three of the countrys biggest tech companies: Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as their CEOs. Trump said he was serving as lead plaintiff in the class-action suits, claiming he has been wrongfully censored by the companies. "Were demanding an end to the shadow-banning, a stop to the silencing and a stop to the blacklisting, banishing and canceling...