Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has announced that Poland will introduce laws to protect freedom of speech on the internet, while denouncing Big Tech for stifling free speech on social media platforms. The criticism came after prominent social media companies banned President Donald Trump’s accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Morawiecki on Wednesday wrote on…
Poland Announces Bill to Protect Online Freedom of Speech
Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has announced the introduction of laws to protect freedom of speech on the internet, while denouncing Big Tech for stifling free speech on social media platforms. The action follows the banning of U.S. President Donald Trump’s accounts by the social media companies Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Morawiecki wrote on Facebook on Jan….
Parler Files Response in Lawsuit Against Amazon, Says AWS Only Concerned With Silencing Trump
Parler filed a response to Amazon Web Services on Wednesday in its lawsuit against the Seattle-based retail giant, arguing that a representative with Amazon didn’t care about the content moderation, but was only concerned with allegedly silencing President Donald Trump. It came after Amazon Web Services (AWS) said in court that the company displayed an “unwillingness and…
Rep. Cawthorn to Cosponsor Bill to Amend Section 230
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) announced Tuesday that he’s co-sponsoring a bill to amend Section 230 to ensure Big Tech platforms uphold the consumers’ right to free speech. “BREAKING: I am co-sponsoring a bill to amend Section 230 to demand First Amendment protections be applied to big tech platforms!” Cawthorn wrote on Twitter. Section 230 is…
Dennis Prager: Capitol Siege Was ‘Vile’ but Left’s Suppression of Free Speech Is Worse
Radio talk show host and columnist Dennis Prager said in an interview with The Epoch Times’ American Thought Leaders program Tuesday that, while last week’s violent siege of the U.S. Capitol was “vile” and “disgusting” and worthy of condemnation, the ongoing suppression of free speech in America by the left poses a bigger threat. Prager was responding…
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January 13, 2021
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Commentary Democracy took a big blow when Twitter shut down President Donald Trump’s accounts and Google and Amazon ousted Parler, a site favored by millions of conservatives. Big Tech, which is run by the left, is robbing Americans of their right to communicate freely and exchange ideas. The nation’s founders worried that the government would…
Amazon Responds to Parler Lawsuit, Claims Case ‘Is Not About Suppressing Speech or Stifling Viewpoints’
Amazon, in response to a lawsuit filed by upstart social media platform Parler, asserted that the company displayed an “unwillingness and inability” to remove violent content after its Monday morning suspension from Amazon Web Services. “This case is not about suppressing speech or stifling viewpoints. It is not about a conspiracy to restrain trade,” Amazon…
We Don’t Want to Put in an Algorithm to Surveil People 24/7: Parler Chief Policy Officer
Parler Chief Policy Officer Amy Peikoff said on Tuesday that their company doesn’t want to follow other tech giant companies in implementing an algorithm to surveil people around clock, stating that such a practice goes against the Fourth Amendment. “So on Parler, our disagreement was that we did not want to put in an algorithm that…
Signal Messaging App Hits Top of Stores After Reaching 1.3 Million Downloads in One Day
Private messaging application Signal hit the top of both Apple and Google app stores after being installed 1.3 million times on Monday. The number of downloads was recorded by Apptopia, which tracks apps. The number was a new record for the app. Signal utilizes end-to-end encryption to keep conversations secure, according to the website of…
Google’s Youtube Suspends Trump, Accuses Him of Violating Its Policies
Google’s Youtube has removed new content from President Donald Trump’s account and suspended his channel for at least one week, saying that the channel violated its policies for “inciting violence.” “After careful review, and in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence, we removed new content uploaded to the Donald J. Trump channel…
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