Glenn Harlan Reynolds, the law professor behind popular political blog Instapundit, published an article in USA Today, Monday, explaining why he decided to delete his Twitter account which had over 100,000 followers.
A Southwest Airlines gate agent allegedly mocked the unusual name of a five-year-old epileptic girl while the child recently pre-boarded a flight.
German police in Freiburg gave a stern warning to the public after a woman posted a picture of a migrant on social media she believed had molested her 12-year-old daughter in order to get help from the public in identifying the man.
DePaul University has introduced a new course that will examine what it refers to as “the more troubling aspects of social media,” as well as explore how these platforms can be censored to protect women and “queer people.”
Free speech is increasingly imperiled as nations around the world turn to authoritarianism, which comes packaged as everything from iron-fisted dictatorial rule to coercive “progressivism.” One thing every brand of authoritarianism has in common is speech codes. Dissenting ideas dilute authority, so they must be suppressed. We should be thankful for the free speech that remains, and rise from our Thanksgiving tables prepared to fight for it.
Snapchat parent company Snap is reportedly preparing to release the latest version of its Spectacles product — despite the previous models under-performing in the market.
A recent poll by SurveyMonkey appears to show that public opinion on social media firms has become quite negative amongst the majority of people questioned. 57 Percent of Americans surveyed believe that social media hurts democracy and free speech.
In a lengthy post, Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the problems with “algorithmic bias” and how to create a better appeals process.
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff claimed Facebook is the “new cigarettes” and should be regulated as such in an interview on Wednesday, doubling down on similar comments he made earlier this year.
The Chinese Communist Party wiped out 10,000 accounts over the past three weeks across multiple popular social media services to suppress dissent and enforce the Communist Party line, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday.
A new report from England’s Children’s Commissioner raises concerns surrounding the collection of children’s digital data.
Twitter co-founder and former CEO Evan Williams claimed the social network’s follower system was a bad idea at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, this week.
“I would look at that,” the president said in response to a question from Breitbart News during a White House press conference. “I think it’s a serious problem.”
Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams (D) and New York State Sen. Kevin Parker (D-21) are both pushing to require a social media background check before allowing individuals to purchase firearms.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated recently that the upcoming U.S. midterm elections will be “a real test” of the company’s ability to crack down on “hate speech” and misinformation.
Tech entrepreneur and Founder of Megaupload Kim Dotcom criticized Twitter’s “lazy programming” and “lousy privacy protection” in a series of Twitter posts announcing his own decentralized social network, Tuesday.
A gobsmackingly inept piece in the Daily Mail by Dominic Lawson seeks to blame the Pittsburgh synagogue murders partly on the social media site Gab.
The Family Research Council Action PAC is launching a “social media blitz” starting Tuesday, targeting Illinois Democrat Sean Casten for his proud support of anti-Christian sex columnist Dan Savage.
An East Texas middle school principal was placed on administrative leave Friday after he allegedly opposed illegal immigration in a Facebook post last week.
Twitter is planning to remove the “like” button from its platform as CEO Jack Dorsey is “not a fan” of it, according to a report from the Telegraph.
“A few weeks ago it was a Rocket Ship, now it is a Blimp!” he wrote on Twitter. “Total Bias?”
Facebook has censored a pro-life group’s ads because they contain video footage of ultrasounds and photos of babies who survived premature births.
Twitter can track your online activity even after you delete its app from your phone and log out across all browsers, thanks to a setting that can only be disabled by accessing a particular page on Twitter’s website.
The biggest of the Big Tech companies are quickly positioning themselves as the internet’s thought police, threatening to stamp out one of America’s most cherished freedoms — the right to free speech.
A single Saudi Arabian Twitter employee was able to help the government of Saudi Arabia spy on dissidents, according to a report.
Sir Nick Clegg, the left-wing former Deputy Prime Minister hired as vice-president of global affairs and communications by Facebook, has a long history public controversy, and has previously had harsh words for his new paymasters.
TAir Force veteran Brian Kolfage is vowing to fight Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg — all the way up to Supreme Court if necessary — if the social media giant does not reinstate his Facebook pages, which Facebook deleted without warning or explanation.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey claimed in an interview this week that it was a “joke” when the social network described itself as the “free-speech wing of the free-speech party.”
Facebook will ban election “misinformation” ahead of the midterms this year, including satirical posts which claim people can vote via text message.
Gay Patriot, a popular conservative Twitter user, has been permanently blacklisted from the social network for undefined “hateful conduct.”
