Christian Wiediger / Unsplash Federal Government Orders Facebook, Twitter, Amazon To Hand Over Key Data Although the orders do not have a specific law enforcement purpose, the information gathered could become the basis for future action. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal December 15, 2020
Anthony Quintano / Flickr Facebook Hit with Anti-Trust Lawsuits from US Government and Over 40 States 'Our aim is to roll back Facebook's anticompetitive conduct and restore competition so that innovation and free competition can thrive.' By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal December 9, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr YouTube Announces Ban on Videos Alleging 'Widespread Fraud or Errors' Impacted 2020 Election 'For example, we will remove videos claiming that a Presidential candidate won the election due to widespread software glitches or counting errors.' By Jack Davis, The Western Journal December 9, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Twitter Allows Chinese Media Official To Call GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn a 'B****' on Its Platform Chen Weihua of China Daily threw some ugly words at Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Twitter, which took no action against him. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal December 4, 2020
Shealah Craighead / Flickr Trump Vows To Veto Defense Act If Congress Doesn't Eliminate Section 230 Protections for Tech Giants President Trump wants to remove a provision protecting Big Tech companies from lawsuits over how they handle content on their platforms. By Jennifer Jean Miller, The Western Journal December 2, 2020
'WJ Live': Trump Phones in to Fraud Hearing, Calls Out AZ Gov for 'Rushed' Election Certification Several Arizona legislators held a hearing on Monday to examine claims of election fraud in the state. Trump's legal team also attended. By The Western Journal December 1, 2020
Stock Catalog / Flickr Report: DOJ Preparing Multiple Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google and Facebook 'While we strive to do as well as possible and be as precise as possible, we will make mistakes,' Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal November 30, 2020
Kate Trifo / Unsplash China-Owned Paper Claims COVID Didn't Start in Wuhan, Twitter Fails To Fact Check Outright Lie The treatment being given to totalitarian state-owned media sits in stark contrast to Twitter's ongoing censorship and restriction campaign against Trump. By Jared Harris, The Western Journal November 30, 2020
TheSlow Play / YouTube screen shot Tucker Carlson Alleges the Election 'Was Rigged in Ways That Were Not Hidden from View' 'Virtually all news and all information you are seeking will travel through a single company, Google,' Carlson said. By Joe Saunders, The Western Journal November 24, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Bob Ehrlich: The 4 Tricks Democrats Will Soon Use To Bring America to Its Knees Bob Ehrlich outlines four major challenges conservatives will face in a presumptive Joe Biden administration. By Bob Ehrlich, The Western Journal November 23, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Ted Cruz Grills Twitter CEO on Voter Fraud - Is Not Happy with the Answer When Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Ted Cruz had his questions ready. By Joe Saunders, The Western Journal November 17, 2020
Neon Tommy / Flickr Expert: Google Showed Voting Reminders To Liberals But Not Conservatives for 4 Straight Days 'I was contacted by a pretty prominent Washington, D.C., attorney a few days ago who thinks I should go into hiding.' By Jack Davis, The Western Journal November 14, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr NYT Writer Identifies 4 Factually True Stories in Pitiful Attempt To Expose 'Right-Wing Misinformation' A New York Times columnist complained that reports about voting irregularities are ‘misinformation,’ while also admitting they are true. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal November 11, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Biden Spokesman Calls on Facebook To Further Censor Trump and His Supporters 'We knew this would happen. We pleaded with Facebook for over a year to be serious about these problems. They have not.' By The Western Journal November 10, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Bongino-Backed Parler Is Named #1 Downloaded App in the World Over Weekend Parler offers a forum for people to share ideas without the fear of censorship, shadow banning or being kicked off. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal November 9, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Facebook Oversight Board Member Claims Potential Trump Loss Is End of 'Wave of Hate and Intolerance' 'With the fall of Trump, the wave of hatred and intolerance will decline in the world, not only in America.' By Jack Davis, The Western Journal November 7, 2020
Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian / Flickr Twitter Censors 6 Trump Posts Within 24 Hours 'As a result, despite effective action with an hour by Twitter, much of the damage was likely already done.' By Erin Coates, The Western Journal November 6, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Report: Big Tech Has Censored Half of Trump's Social Media Posts Since Election Day The president is fighting for voter integrity, while social media giants are taking steps to make sure Americans don't get his messages. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal November 5, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr 'Joe Biden Corruption' Trends on Google Just Days Before the Election Despite Twitter's censorship on the matter, it seems Hunter Biden's emails have made a serious impact in the last few weeks of the campaign. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal October 31, 2020
JD Lasica / Flickr Twitter CEO Says Holocaust Denial Isn't Misinformation but NY Post Gets Locked Out for Biden Story In an exchange with Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner, Jack Dorsey said the tweets from Iran's leader didn't violate Twitter's misinformation policy. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal October 30, 2020
C-SPAN / YouTube screen shot Big Tech Hearing: Twitter CEO Admits He Has No Evidence Censored NY Post Story Is False At a hearing Wednesday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said while the company had updated its policies, the Post is still locked out of its account. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal October 29, 2020