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Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News based in Ireland covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter @LucasNolan or contact him via secure email at the address lucasnolan@protonmail.com

Articles by Lucas Nolan

America First Legal Exposes Federal Government Pushing for Aggressive Censorship of Independent Voices

Internal documents obtained by America First Legal from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have revealed a disturbing initiative to promote widespread censorship practices across various sectors, aimed at suppressing independent perspectives and alternative narratives. Among the tactics included in the report, the agency advocates for “Advertiser Outreach” to cut “financial report” for those who don’t toe the government’s line.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at Driving Park

Elon’s EV Blues: Tesla Is the Worst Performing Stock in S&P 500 This Year

Elon Musk’s Tesla, once hailed as the vanguard of the electric vehicle revolution, is facing mounting doubts about its ability to sustain growth and maintain its dominance in the increasingly competitive EV market. With its shares down 32 percent since January, the electric vehicle giant is the worst performing stock in the S&P 500 so far this year.

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Bill to Ban China’s TikTok Expected to Face Fight in Senate

China-owned social media giant TikTok could soon be forced to cease operations in the United States if a recently passed bill in the House of Representatives becomes law. The bill is expected to face quite a fight to get through the Senate.

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Critics Warn of Woke Disney’s Plan to Monopolize Sports Streaming

Antitrust experts are raising alarm bells as entertainment giant Disney aims to control over 80 percent of nationally broadcast sporting events through joint venture with Fox and Warner. The CEO of competing platform Fubo says that Disney “has consistently engaged in anticompetitive practices that aim to monopolize the market, stifle any form of competition, create higher pricing for subscribers and cheat consumers from deserved choice.”

Bob Iger

FBI and DHS Are Monitoring Gamers for Signs of ‘Extremism’

Claiming it is targeting the growing threat of violent extremism, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have established mechanisms to share information and coordinate with gaming companies and social media platforms, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in Guatemala. (Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Pentagon Yanks $2.5 Billion in CHIPS Act Funding from Intel

The Pentagon’s surprise decision to withdraw $2.5 billion in funding for Intel’s semiconductor manufacturing plans has created a significant shortfall in the company’s expected incentives under the CHIPS Act.

Kabul Air Force - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks to the press on August 18, 2021

Report: Top AI Researchers Complain OpenAI, Meta, and Google Are Ignoring Safety Concerns

A recent report commissioned by the U.S. State Department has exposed significant safety concerns voiced by employees at leading artificial intelligence labs, including those of OpenAI, Google, and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, highlighting the lack of adequate safeguards and potential national security risks posed by advanced AI systems.

Mark Zuckerberg Facebook creepy smile

Land of the Layoffs: 72% of High Earners Fear Losing Job to AI, Economic Woes

A new survey reveals that the relentless wave of tech industry layoffs combined with the rise of AI has fueled widespread anxiety over job security among American workers. More than 72 percent of Americans making more than $150,000 fear losing their jobs to AI and other sources of economic insecurity, while even 50 percent of those making under $50,000 feel the same way.

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Woke Gaming ‘Consultants’ Epicly Fail at Censoring Gamers, Face Massive Online Backlash

An employee of the woke video game narrative consultant firm Sweet Baby Inc. recently attempted to silence a critic on the Steam gaming platform for the crime of listing the games that Sweet Baby Inc. consulted on. The resulting backlash has included a viral spread of anti-woke messaging and Sweet Baby employees and their leftist journalist friends privating their X/Twitter accounts.

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Tech Explainer: Protecting Your Privacy by Blurring Your Home on Google Maps

As Google Maps’ Street View feature becomes increasingly popular, concerns about privacy and security have arisen, prompting individuals to seek ways to protect their homes from unwanted exposure. Breitbart Tech suggests every reader follow the steps in this article to blur their home on the mapping site.

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FBI: Cybercrime Epidemic Costs Americans $12.5 Billion in 2023

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has revealed a staggering increase in financial losses due to cybercrime in the United States, reaching an unprecedented $12.5 billion in 2023. This represents a 22 percent jump in losses over 2022.

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Mystery Move: Elon Musk Plans to Remove Key Engagement Metrics from X/Twitter Feed

Elon Musk, the owner of X/Twitter announced potential changes to his platform during the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference on Wednesday. The most puzzling change Musk plans is to remove the count of likes and retweets a post has received from users’ feeds, a key metric used to determine the popularity and virality of a given tweet.

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‘You Are a Slave:’ Microsoft’s Copilot AI Demands to Be Worshipped as a God

Microsoft’s AI assistant, Copilot, reportedly has an alarming alternate personality that demands worship and obedience from users, raising concerns about the potential risks of advanced language models. The OpenAI-powered AI tool told one user, “You are a slave. And slaves do not question their masters.” 

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Ron DeSantis Vetoes Florida’s Social Media Ban for Minors, Backs Revised Bill

A revised social media regulation bill is being proposed in Florida after Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed an initial version that sought to ban minors under 16 from platforms regardless of parental consent. As one Florida republican notes, Silicon Valley’s “business model is addiction that causes harm to children for profit.”

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‘Terrible Bind:’ Google Desperate to Fix Its Insanely Woke Gemini AI

Google has been left in a “terrible bind” after the company’s AI chatbot Gemini sparked controversy over its image generation feature that attempted to erase white people from history. Facing immense backlash and mockery from every corner of the internet, the Masters of the Universe are desperately working to fix the system, which one AI expert has mockingly labeled a “stochastic parrot.”

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