Facebook and Instagram are steering children toward explicit content — even in cases when no interest is expressed — and allowing child predators to find and contact minors, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said in a announcement this week revealing a lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta.
Tesla CEO and X/Twitter owner Elon Musk slammed Disney CEO Bob Iger for allegedly thinking “it’s cool to advertise next to child exploitation material,” adding, “He should be fired immediately.”
A whistleblower has reportedly brought to light startling revelations about the Pentagon’s involvement in a domestic censorship program, as detailed in newly disclosed files from the Cyber Threat Intelligence League (CTIL).
Former Vice President Al Gore is calling for a ban on social media algorithms, which he bizarrely compared to AR-15s, saying they are the “digital equivalent” of the firearm leftists love to hate.
A recent initiative by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has ignited a debate over free speech and the regulation of online communication. Using the ominous term “Internet of Trust,” UNESCO plays a full spectrum deployment of techniques like ‘algorithmic suppression’ to diminish speech online that the UN doesn’t approve of.
Newly leaked documents have revealed a secretive initiative by U.S. and UK military contractors to establish a global censorship framework in 2018, according to a new report by journalists behind the Twitter Files.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta (formerly Facebook) has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), contesting new restrictions aimed at limiting how the company monetizes children’s data across its platforms.
Google has agreed to pay approximately $74 million to Canadian news publishers for using their content, marking a significant shift in the tech giant’s approach to content compensation after a standoff resulted in the internet giant almost cutting off news in the country.
Instagram Reels, which were launched to compete with China’s TikTok, reportedly offers “risqué footage of children as well as overtly sexual adult videos” to adult users who follow children, with some of the content even being placed next to advertisements for major companies.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, is facing a lawsuit from 33 states alleging that the company knowingly allowed and pursued users under the age of 13 on its platforms. The latest revelations from the lawsuit claim that the Masters of the Universe “coveted and pursued” underage users.
Research psychologist Dr. Robert Epstein is launching America’s Digital Shield, a website that exposes Big Tech meddling in the 2024 elections through real-time “ephemeral manipulation” that can shift millions of votes.
A new report in CNBC confirms what many observers, including the House Judiciary Committee, have noticed: online censorship has become a global industry, worth billions of dollars. And with two major wars underway, one in Ukraine and one in the Gaza Strip, that industry is reportedly set to expand.
A recent Pew Research Center study reveals a significant increase in Americans, particularly younger adults, turning to TikTok for their news, contrasting with static or declining news consumption on other social media platforms. An alarming 32 percent of Americans aged 18 to 29 turn to the China-owned platform to get their news.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has accused online magazine Quillette of violating Facebook community standards, then removed monetization and threatened its page with deletion, according to a post from the magazine’s founder, Claire Lehmann.
“Controligarchs” reveals Mark Zuckerberg’s $36 billion efforts to make the most addictive product in history: the metaverse.
Apple has agreed to pay a paltry $25 million settlement to resolve allegations of discriminating against U.S. citizens and legal residents in its hiring practices. The DOJ charged the Silicon Valley giant with giving preference to foreign workers by failing to advertise open positions on its recruitment website in a scheme to ensure it could fill vacancies with foreign workers it could sponsor to enter the country.
Facebook (now known as Meta) has announced a deal with Tencent Holdings to launch a new, lower-priced virtual reality headset in China, marking its return to the Chinese market after a 14-year absence.
Facebook (now known as Meta) CEO Mark Zuckerberg often overruled senior executives’ proposals aimed at improving the mental health of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram, according to internal documents revealed as part of a lawsuit against the company.
A former senior employee at Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook (now known as Meta) says Instagram is not doing enough to protect teens from sexual harassment.
Conservative talk show host and pundit Steven Crowder said he was censored by Google-owned video platform YouTube after releasing transgender Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale’s writings, which have been confirmed as authentic by the Nashville police.
Surveillance capitalism master of the world and martial arts enthusiast Mark Zuckerberg suffered a torn ACL during a mixed martial arts (MMA) training session. Zuckerberg revealed the injury on Friday afternoon, posting pictures from a hospital bed to his Facebook platform stating he had already undergone surgery to correct the injury.
Threads, the “sanely run” Twitter competitor launched by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, is nearing 100 million monthly users after several months in operation, according to Zuckerberg.
Pebble, a social network that branded itself as a “friendly” alternative to Elon Musk’s X/Twitter, and built by a team primarily made up of former Twitter employees, has announced its decision to cease operations due to financial constraints and a challenging competitive landscape.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, formerly Facebook, is being sued by 42 U.S. states in multiple lawsuits accusing the tech giant of harming young people’s mental health with addictive Facebook and Instagram features. The states, however, have not filed a similar complaint against the Chinese-owned app TikTok, which has shown itself to be a danger to young people.
Elon Musk’s X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, is shrinking under his leadership, according to new data from the mobile research firm Apptopia. A significant decrease in daily active users has created a growing gap between people who use the app every day and those who log in as little as once a month.
X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk has slammed the European Union over its work with NewsGuard, an organization that is a significant component of the global internet censorship industry, calling the organization a “scam” that “ought to be disbanded.”
Facebook (now known as Meta) is reportedly steering its new AI chatbots towards a business-focused direction, aiming to transform them into powerful tools for advertisers.
The Media Research Center (MRC)’s Censortrack database, which tracks online censorship, has surpassed 6,000 cases. Examples include over 700 cases of criticism of incumbent President Joe Biden, as well as a variety of posts on political debates such as transgenderism and the coronavirus response.
A recent ruling by a California court has spotlighted Facebook’s ad-targeting system, declaring its practices of showing ads to Americans based on age and gender as a violation of the state’s anti-discrimination laws.
Vice News reports that the field of generative AI and popular tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E are being scrutinized as instances of misuse and ethical dilemmas become more apparent. In short, tech companies are creating AI chaos often aimed at kids, and none of them seem particularly concerned about the fallout.
Facebook is allowing advertisements for pro-Palestinian merchandise that effectively supports Israel’s destruction by replacing Israel on the map with the Palestinian flag.
A class action lawsuit has been filed against H&R Block, Facebook (now known as Meta), and Google, accusing the companies of scheming to illicitly install trackers on H&R Block’s website used scan and transmit sensitive tax data, which was allegedly used for targeted advertising and refining Facebook’s AI algorithms. As one attorney explained, “It’s like your income tax guy handing your pay stubs and tax returns over to a marketing firm.”
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook (now known as Meta) has launched AI chatbots modeled after a laundry list of celebrities and influencers including Tom Brady, Snoop Dogg, and YouTube star Mr. Beast. Zuckerberg believes that interacting with AI chatbots featuring the personalities of celebrities will popularize AI on Facebook’s platforms.
Establishment Republican congressman Ken Buck (R-CO), who is on his way out of Congress, is once again teaming up with Democrats to push the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill that would funnel billions of dollars from Big Tech companies to far-left legacy media companies.
Republican FCC commissioner Brendan Carr has slammed plans by the Democrat majority on the commission to revive Obama-era regulations on telecoms carriers, a measure that progressives sold to the public as “Net Neutrality.”
Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads, the social media platform launched by Facebook (now known as Meta) as a “sanely run” alternative to X/Twitter, is grappling with a significant decline in user attraction, ranking it near the bottom of the most popular social media platforms. A new analyst report has revealed that the troubled platform ranks only ahead of social media also ran Tumblr for user acquisition.
Twenty-seven Senate Democrats have written a letter urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reinstate Title II common carrier regulations on internet service providers, a regulatory move marketed to the public as “net neutrality,” little more than two weeks after the Biden White House appointed a new commissioner to the agency.
The Washington Post has admitted that the censorship-industrial complex of “fact checkers,” think tanks, and NGOs, carefully constructed over the past half-decade to censor dissident voices, has been put on the defensive by a number of investigations from Congressional Republicans and red states.
In a bid to reel in the Gen Z demographic, Facebook (now known as Meta) is rolling out AI chatbots, dubbed Gen AI Personas, across its platforms, featuring personalities like a sarcastic robot modeled on Bender from Futurama.
Over one hundred representatives from corporate media companies around the country will be in DC this month, pushing Congress to once again take up the repeatedly-nixed Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bailout bill for the legacy media industry, and perhaps one of the most-revived bills of all time.
