Futurism Imagine sitting down at your favorite breakfast restaurant only to be greeted by a robot, which brings your pancakes and sides instead of a human server. Well, that’s not exactly what happened at one Denny’s location, but to hear the comments tell it, our robot overlords are […]
Team Rising weighs in on Twitter’s new rule regarding “private media.”
Robby Soave weighs in on Twitter’s new CEO, Parag Agrawal, following Jack Dorsey’s resignation.
Krystal and Saagar review the free speech track record of Twitter’s new CEO after Jack Dorsey announced he would be resigning from his post as head of the social media giant
The word “liberal” literally means to support individual rights, and there’s absolutely nothing like that about her.
Deputy opinion editor at Newsweek, Batya Ungar-Sargon, reacts to news that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down.
By Matt Taibbi The resignation of Jack Dorsey is the latest plot point in the story of the Internet’s transformation, from democratizing tool to instrument of elite control. Jack Dorsey, the extend-o-bearded CEO who co-founded Twitter and whose fame grew with that of his increasingly powerful platform during […]
By Jack Phillips Epoch Times Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey is stepping down as the social media firm’s chief executive, and Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal will succeed him as the firm’s new CEO, effective immediately, according to the company. “I’ve decided to leave Twitter because I believe the company […]
Team Rising breaks down the controversy surrounding Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai.
Saagar covers how YouTube punished Breaking Points for covering the rape accusation and disappearance of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai and the perverse incentives this creates
The overthrow of the US empire and the tech-oligarch/new clerisy alliance is the major need of our time. Ryan Grim breaks down the newest frontier of Big Tech.
Robby Soave breaks down the Big Tech bill bringing Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tom Cotton together in an unlikely alliance.
Krystal and Saagar revisit the subject of Chinese government influence over social media app TikTok now that a representative from the company has finally appeared in front of congress
Free Thought Project (The Grayzone) — A former employee of Facebook named Frances Haugen earned national renown after appearing before Congress on October 5, 2021 to accuse the company where she once worked of everything from poisoning the minds of young American women to aiding and abetting global evildoers. While Haugen has […]
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to former President Trump’s latest comments about Truth Social.
Krystal and Saagar break down the new information uncovered about Facebook and the whistleblower, with an eye on her billionaire backers and support from liberal censorship advocates
Kim Iversen reports on former president Donald Trump’s newest attempt at challenging Big Tech, this time with his own social media platform: Truth Social.
Krystal and Saagar cover the breaking news that former President Trump will be launching his own media company to compete with Twitter and cable news
By Joel Kotkin A former Facebook employee hailed by the media as a whistleblower testified this week on Capitol Hill about the social media giant’s algorithm, and how it harms children and democracy. Frances Haugen told the the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product […]
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky break down the leaked, secret blacklist of groups and individuals Facebook currently censors on its platform.
Saagar and guest host Marshall Kosloff respond to the claims made by the Facebook whistleblower and put them in the context of Facebook’s business model and broader cultural relevance.
Tech companies are more or less to the 21st century what the Catholic Church was to the Middle Ages. By Ruslana Lishchuk, Mackeeper Streaming services and tech giants compared to countries From the crazy escapism of Tiger King and the hate-watching of Emily in Paris, to impulsive Amazon […]
By Damon Linker, The Week How could we make the outage permanent? For a few hours on Monday, billions of people across the globe experienced something extraordinary: They got a taste of a world without social media. Well, not all of social media. Twitter was still there, and […]
Ryan Grim breaks down the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for attorney Jonathan Kanter, who’s been nominated to be Assistant Attorney General tor the Antitrust Division at the Department Of Justice.
Kim Iversen reacts to whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony before Congress, and makes the case against more government oversight of Facebook.
Team Rising reacts to Congressional testimony from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen.
Matt Stoller reacts to Facebook’s outage yesterday, plus the company’s efforts to dismiss an FTC antitrust suit.
Ryan Grim explains why yesterday’s Facebook outage only bolstered arguments that the company should be broken up.
Robby Soave makes the case that Facebook is on its last legs.
Team Rising discusses former President Trump’s efforts to have his Twitter account reinstated.
Krystal and Saagar call out YouTube for increasing its covid censorship and the powerful officials in the White House demanding even more censorship on covid from tech companies
As chumpish as I often consider C4SS to be, I still support them against the real enemy. Center for a Stateless Society UPDATE – 9/25/2021 PayPal has gotten back to us. We’re unable to ever use PayPal again. The reason given by a customer service rep was that […]
Team Rising reacts to reporting that Facebook uses its News Feeds feature to push flattering content about the company.
Saagar looks at the debates surrounding natural immunity that have been banned by big tech platforms as part of the latest messaging failure by public health officials
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Emily Jashinsky discuss the reasons why former government officials frequently take lobbying positions.
Team Rising discusses President Biden’s decision to nominate privacy advocate Alvaro Bedoya for FTC commissioner.
Krystal reviews the new documents showing that Facebook gave elites protection from the tech giant’s content moderation guidelines
Team Rising reacts to the FEC’s dismissal of claims that Twitter violated election laws by blocking tweets about the New York Post’s Hunter Biden reporting last October.
Australia seems to be working hard to become a parody of totalitarian humanism. Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss a new ruling from Australia’s highest court making social media users legally responsible for the comments under their posts.
Journalist Ali Breland discusses why Big Tech censorship of Taliban web accounts has unforeseen downsides.
Robby Soave breaks down why journalists at legacy institutions advocate for more social media content moderation.
Unfortunately, defenders of free speech are almost always in the minority. On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds 37 percent of voters said social media companies should indefinitely suspend and ban users who repeatedly post misinformation.
Saagar and guest host Marshall Kosloff examine the decision made by China to crack down on video games and influencers and whether it will benefit the regime or not.
Saagar and guest host Marshall Kosloff look at Trump’s potential return to social media through an ownership stake in Gettr and what his next moves might be.
A great victory of the lumpenproletariat against the banksters. Team Rising reacts to OnlyFans dropping their planned ban on sexually explicit acts.
By Jamie Ross, The Daily Beast OnlyFans has heard the massive backlash against its plans to ban porn from its platform and has announced a screeching u-turn. In a statement posted Wednesday, the company confirmed: “Thank you to everyone for making your voices heard. We have secured assurances […]
Team Rising discusses YouTube execs comments that content moderation is good for business.
Kim Iversen compares vaccine mandates to the social credit system in China.
Alyssa Farah discusses hypocritical censorship on Twitter.
By Jim Waterson, The Guardian OnlyFans, the subscriber-only website synonymous with pornography, has announced it will ban adult material from the site after pressure from its payment processors. The company will continue to allow some posts containing nudity but “any content containing sexually-explicit conduct” will be banned, with […]
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