Facebook parent company Meta has warned that it will pull news articles from its social media platform if Congress passes the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA). The legislation was introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in March 2021 and would effectively remove some existing antitrust laws; making it easier for small news publishers to collectively negotiate with tech giants…
Meta Threatens to Pull All News From Platform If Congress Passes Media–Big Tech Bargaining Bill
Who Really Owns Big Digital Tech?
Commentary By now it should be perfectly clear that the most prominent Big Digital companies are not strictly private, for-profit companies. As I argued in “Google Archipelago,” they are also state apparatuses, or governmentalities, undertaking state functions, including censorship, propaganda, and surveillance. Katherine Boyle, “a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz where she invests in companies that…
Corporate America: The New Coliseum of Christian Persecution | Church & State
On this episode of Church & State, pastor Lucas Miles discusses Christian persecution during the Roman Empire and draws parallels of how corporate America and the woke mob are operating as the new coliseum of Christian persecution in the United States, followed by stories of those who have been thrown to the lions in this…
[Premiering at 8 PM ET] Corporate America: The New Coliseum of Christian Persecution | Church & State
On this episode of Church & State, pastor Lucas Miles discusses Christian persecution during the Roman Empire and draws parallels of how corporate America and the woke mob are operating as the new coliseum of Christian persecution in the United States, followed by stories of those who have been thrown to the lions in this…
How Deep Is the Corruption?
Commentary The collapse of FTX is not just another crypto scam gone bust due to changed market prices. In its brief life of three years, stretching from 2019 to 2022, it became the 2nd biggest crypto exchange on the planet with billions in venture funding and a million customers. It also had enormous influence over…
The Walls Are Closing In on Big Tech
Commentary YouTube is back to its old tricks, strengthening Sen. Ted Cruz’s argument that Big Tech censorship is the “single biggest threat we have to free speech in this country.” But, comedic media personality, Steven Crowder, may have just struck the fatal blow to YouTube and other Big Tech platforms. In 2020, Crowder’s streaming show—Louder with Crowder…
How Did Elon Musk Know That Twitter Staff Was So Bloated?
Commentary You have to admit that it is a bit strange. Since taking over Twitter, Musk has driven out at least 3 out of 5 people on the payroll. The departing employees have been screaming about this for weeks on every platform. They have predicted doom for the company. Surely the whole platform is toast….
Biden Administration Says Its Pressure on Social Media Companies Wasn’t ‘Coercive’
The government’s pressure campaign on big tech companies to censor users, including the claim that Facebook was “killing people” by not cracking down enough on purported misinformation, was not coercive, Biden administration lawyers argued in a new motion. Even if government officials “urged social media companies do more to contain misinformation, any content moderation decisions made…
Missouri AG Eric Schmitt Vows to Make Depositions in Big Tech Censorship Case Public
Missouri attorney general and senator-elect Eric Schmitt has vowed to make the depositions of top Biden officials in a big tech censorship case public. Schmitt’s comment was made Saturday on Fox News’ “Unfiltered with Dan Bongino.” It came one day after U.S. magistrate judge Ivan Davis turned down a bid by former White House press secretary…
Big Tech Sends Troubling Signals, With More Layoffs to Come
For the technology sector, 2022 has been the year of layoffs. From Amazon to Zillow, many of the tech titans have been trimming the fat and reducing their workforce numbers in response to growing recession fears, bad investment decisions, and lower revenues. Will 2023 be more of the same? Amazon Amazon, the nation’s second-largest private…
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