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By almost any measure, the first three months of 2021 were the worst ever for online freedom. Amazon, Twitter, Apple, Google, Facebook, YouTube and others proved to the world that the Big Tech censorship of conservatives is a reality.

The majority of Americans don’t trust many Big Tech companies with their data, especially on social media, according to a new survey.

The majority of Americans don’t trust many Big Tech companies with their data, especially on social media, according to a new survey.

Font Size The Facebook Oversight Board upheld Facebook’s decision to suspend former President Donald Trump’s Facebook account. The Board also chastised Facebook for assessing a “vague, standardless penalty.” The ruling confirmed the Media Research Center’s assessment that Facebook’s transparency is abysmal.  While the Oversight Board said Facebook was justified in suspending Trump’s account over the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, it didn’t agree with the indefinite n...

Font Size The Heritage Foundation has promised to no longer to accept financial support from Big Tech companies so long as the platforms suppress conservative viewpoints.  Heritage previously rejected a $225,000 donation from Google and returned $150,000 it received from Facebook. President Kay C. James announced Tuesday she was signing a pledge with at least 35 other conservative leaders that calls out Big Tech’s censorship and refuses contributions from these companies. "The ...

Font Size In response to Big Techs continued onslaught of censorship against conservatives, the Media Research Center has decided that weve had enough and so weve created a channel on Rumble to promote the use of free-speech-oriented platforms. Rumble, an established video platform as a free-speech-oriented alternative to YouTube, will be yet another avenue for conservatives to see the work of the MRC. MRC founder and President L. Brent Bozell said about the move: “I am proud t...

Access to a large amount of information from before we lock down our platform. this is something that in retrospect we clearly should have done up front with cambridge analytica. we should not have trusted the certification they gave us. were not going to make that mistake again. >> tony rom, "washington post." derrick thomas, senior editor at the atlanta. tony, facebook says its going to put a three-step plan to prevent misuse of data in place. first, its going to launch this investigation. its...