@neonbrand / Unsplash Massive Facebook Leak Exposes Info of 533 Million Users, Many Now Finding Their Info Online The company said that the leak occurred when 'fraudsters' exploited a vulnerability in the company's software. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal April 8, 2021
Victoria Pickering / Flickr Facebook Removes Capitol Attacker's Profile, Filled with References to Nation of Islam, Farrakhan Facebook removed the Capitol attacker's posts from view, but some of them were captured. Their contents are disturbing. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal April 5, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Heritage Foundation Turns Down 6-Figure Donations from Google and Facebook 'Every time a new form of censorship comes to light, your company apologizes and promises to do better. Enough with the apologies. Fix it.' By Erin Coates, The Western Journal April 3, 2021
Tracy Le Blanc / Pexels Texas Senate Passes Bill Banning Social Media Platforms from Censoring Residents Over Political Views 'America was built on freedom of speech and healthy public debate, and efforts to silence conservative viewpoints on social media are wrong.' By Erin Coates, The Western Journal April 1, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr FB, Instagram Threaten Lara Trump: Any Posts with 'Voice of Donald Trump' Will Be Banned Facebook and Instagram censored a Lara Trump interview, claiming the ‘voice’ of former President Donald Trump is banned. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal March 31, 2021
Catawba County Sheriff's Office / Facebook 'Toy' Gun Found in Police Raid Is a Fully Functioning Firearm Any responsible gun owner knows that guns are not toys, but the line between gun and toy is becoming blurry. By Garion Frankel, The Western Journal March 27, 2021
Pixabay / Pexels Facebook Admits It Just Deleted the Worrying Profile of Suspected Colorado Shooter The alacrity with which Facebook scrubbed Alissa’s account suggests it might have had other motives for removing his information. By Ameer Benno, The Western Journal March 24, 2021
Mike Licht / Flickr Trump Could Soon Return to Social Media on a Platform of His Own 'This is something that I think will be the hottest ticket in social media. It’s going to completely redefine the game,' said Jason Miller. By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal March 22, 2021
When Big Tech Becomes Big Brother The Western Journal is going to fight, kick, scratch and claw to keep our doors open no matter how badly Facebook wants to put us out of business. You can help. By Ryan Tofil, The Western Journal March 8, 2021
@nypost / Twitter Facebook Admits Threat to Ban Knitting 81-Year-Old for 'Hate Speech' Was a Mistake Rita Rich-Mulcahy's harmless comment caused her problems that say a lot about Big Tech's overreaching censorship. By Taylor Penley, The Western Journal March 7, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Trump Could Be Back on Facebook by May if He Wins Oversight Case While it appears Trump's permanent Twitter ban isn't going away anytime soon, he may be making social media great again on Facebook. By Christine Favocci, The Western Journal February 26, 2021
Solen Feyissa / Unsplash With Parler Back Online, Facebook Director Could Soon Face Massive Legal Trouble After Facebook hypocritically attempted to shut down Parler in response to the Capitol incursion, Parler is back with a vengeance. By Grant Atkinson, The Western Journal February 18, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Big Tech Crackdown: Twitter Permanently Suspends Project Veritas, Locks James O'Keefe Out of His Account Project Veritas and its founder James O'Keefe are the latest victims of Twitter's push to silence conservatives on the platform. By Randy DeSoto, The Western Journal February 11, 2021
PBS NewsHour / YouTube screen shot Biden DOJ Hires Notorious Impeachment Witness Who Mocked Barron Trump She was one of the most memorable figures in the first impeachment of Donald Trump - and not in a good way at all. By Joe Saunders, The Western Journal February 8, 2021
Pixabay / Pexels Facebook Removes Account of Gun Rights Group Without Explanation Big Tech has already gone after the First Amendment, and now it appears that they're going after the Second Amendment too. By Garion Frankel, The Western Journal February 4, 2021
Anthony Quintano / Flickr Leaked Video: Facebook Execs Admit They Have Too Much Power, Are Excited to Work with Biden In the Jan. 7 video, Zuckerberg accused former President Trump of undermining 'the peaceful and lawful transition of power.' By Erin Coates, The Western Journal February 2, 2021
Senate Democrats / Flickr Biden DOJ Reportedly Invites Former Big Tech Defender to Lead Admin's Anti-Trust Division Susan Davies, who represented Facebook in a major lawsuit, will potentially be picked for the Department of Justice role. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal January 29, 2021
Walt Disney Television / Flickr Left-Leaning Model Ratajkowski Lashes Out at Zuckerberg Over Censorship Spree Emily Ratajkowski criticized the decision to ban President Trump form social media platforms following the recent Capitol riots. By Samantha Kamman, The Western Journal January 25, 2021
Vice News / YouTube screen shot; Michael Conroy / AP Ex-FB Exec Says It's Time to Use Anti-ISIS Techniques on Conservative Influencers 'We have to turn down the capability of these conservative influencers to reach these huge audiences,' he said. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal January 19, 2021
'Whistleblower' Leaks Video of Twitter CEO Telling Staff Actions Will Be 'Much Bigger' Than Trump Ban Project Veritas obtained video of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey telling his employees that President Trump’s ban is just the beginning. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal January 15, 2021
Joshua Hoehne / Unsplash AZ Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Hold Big Tech Financially Liable for Censorship Finchem said the money collected from fines would go to supporting an antitrust state legal fund administered by the attorney general. By Randy DeSoto, The Western Journal January 14, 2021