Category: Social Media

How Google Targets Conservatives and Perpetuates CCP Propaganda

In an episode of “Crossroads” titled “To Target Trump, Google Rewrote Its News Algorithms,” Joshua Philipp interviews Google whistleblower Zach Vorhies, former Google employee and now a reporter with Project Veritas. In the interview, Vorhies talks about the tactics and motives behind Google’s actions, which he claims is the world’s most dangerous totalitarian global organization….


Twitter Tests New Feature for Users to Flag ‘Misleading’ Posts

Twitter has announced it is testing a feature that lets people report tweets they think are misleading, with the company saying it’s looking for the input thus received to help it scale up and accelerate its “broader misinformation work.” The new feature is being tested in the United States, South Korea, and Australia starting Aug….


Rubio Demands Biden Ban TikTok Over Chinese Communist Party Connection

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio on Tuesday called for the banning of Chinese video sharing platform TikTok after China acquired a stake and board seat in a subsidiary of the platform’s parent company. Rubio issued a statement demanding President Joe Biden block the app from U.S. mobile devices, citing the Chinese government’s recent acquisition of a 1 percent stake…


Facebook Continues Ban on Taliban Content, Twitter Permits Spokesmen Accounts

Facebook has said that it will maintain its ban of pro-Taliban content under “U.S. law,” and that it was blocking WhatsApp accounts linked to the terrorist group, after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan on Sunday. “The Taliban is sanctioned as a terrorist organization under U.S. law and we have banned them from our services…


Facebook to Build $800 Million Data Center in Arizona

Facebook has announced plans to build an $800 million data center in Arizona, which is expected to support 100 operational jobs once complete and around 1,500 construction jobs at peak. “We are breaking ground on our newest data center in Mesa,” Facebook announced in a social media post. “This facility will be an important part…


Top Public Relations Director at Chinese Social Media Giant Weibo Arrested

SHANGHAI—Chinese authorities have arrested a top public relations executive at Chinese social media giant Weibo Corp, local Chinese media reported widely on Aug. 10 and confirmed to Reuters by a company source. According to an internal memo sent to staff and seen by Reuters, Mao Taotao, director of public relations at Weibo, which is partly…


5 Dangers of Social Media

By Dylan Vanas Social media can be an extremely valuable platform for a wide variety of uses, but it can also be very dangerous if used incorrectly. I know this first-hand as someone who’s been deeply involved in the social media industry for many years. Throughout the years, I’ve seen the negative impact social media can…


Facebook and Illinois Police Chief Association at Odds over Officer of the Year Ad

After an ad promoting a police officer was blocked twice by Facebook, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police started a petition campaign to reverse the blockage, arguing that Facebook made a mistake and disallowed them to honor an officer awarded for his bravery. But Facebook says that it correctly blocked the ad based on…


FTC Official Criticizes Facebook for Terminating Political Ads Probe

WASHINGTON—A senior Federal Trade Commission official is criticizing Facebook’s move to shut down the personal accounts of two academic researchers and terminate their probe into misinformation spread through political ads on the social network. Facebook wrongly used a 2019 data-privacy settlement with the FTC to justify shutting down the New York University researchers’ accounts this…


Judicial Watch Reveals the CDC and Facebook ‘Coordinated Closely’ on COVID-19 Messaging and Censorship of ‘Misinformation’

Facebook “coordinated closely” with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in controlling the narrative of the CCP virus pandemic, including suppression of alleged misinformation, and gave the health agency free advertising estimated at $3 million, according to Judicial Watch, which obtained emails that were released on July 28. The CDC released 2,469 new documents…