Tag: Media & Big Tech

Elon Musks Slams Twitter’s ‘Bias against Half the Country’ and Inaction on Death Threats to Conservative User

The world’s richest person is slamming Twitter’s “bias against half the country” and demanding answers after Twitter allegedly did not remove accounts of users who made death threats against a conservative user. “A platform cannot be considered inclusive or fair if it is biased against half the country,” Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote…


Elon Musks Slams Twitter’s ‘Bias Against Half the Country,’ Alleged Inaction on Death Threats to Conservative User

The world’s richest person is slamming Twitter’s “bias against half the country” and demanding answers after Twitter allegedly did not remove accounts of users who made death threats against a conservative user. “A platform cannot be considered inclusive or fair if it is biased against half the country,” Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote…


Google Agrees to $118 Million Settlement Over Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

Tech giant Google has agreed to pay $118 million to settle a case bought by four former female employees who alleged the company paid its female workers less than men for substantially similar work. The lawsuit was originally filed in September 2017 and a settlement was reached on June 10, according to a press release from…


Musk to Hold First Meeting With Twitter Employees Since Launching Takeover Bid

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to hold his first meeting with Twitter staff this week amid his bid to purchase the social media company. The virtual meeting, which is set to take place on June 16, was first reported by Business Insider after being announced by Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal in an email to staff…


US Bill to Rein in Big Tech Backed by Dozens of Small and Big Companies

WASHINGTON—Dozens of companies and business organizations sent a letter to U.S. Congress members on Monday, urging them to support a bill that would rein in the biggest tech companies such as Amazon.com and Alphabet’s Google. Last week, Democratic U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and lawmakers from both parties said they had the Senate votes needed to…


CBS News’ Richard Schlesinger of ’48 Hours’ Is Retiring

NEW YORK—Longtime CBS News correspondent Richard Schlesinger, a fixture on the newsmagazine “48 Hours,” is retiring after nearly four decades at the network. The New York-based Schlesinger, who had also reported for the “CBS Evening News,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” and occasionally anchored, joined the network in 1984 in its Miami bureau and moved north after…


EXCLUSIVE: ‘Nothing Extreme About Me’: Doug Mastriano on Critics and His Agenda

Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who was nominated by voters in May as the Republican nominee for governor, doesn’t give the media much credit for accuracy. “They, and their boosters on the left, are the ones who want to tell us what to think,” Mastriano told The Epoch Times in a candid interview. “They’re the…


BBC Accused of ‘Institutional Alarmism’ on Climate Change: Report

The watchdog Net Zero Watch, which scrutinises climate and decarbonisation policies, has accused of world’s largest broadcast news organisation of bias over climate change. The report outlines criticisms that the BBC has been forced to correct false claims in climate-related coverage after receiving public complaints in recent years. Furthermore, critics say the BBC’s lack of…


CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC Sunday Shows Don’t Cover Attempted Murder of Supreme Court Justice

Many news networks on June 12 omitted mention of the recent attempted murder of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, even though some touched on issues facing the nation’s top court. All Sunday morning shows on CNN, CBS, NBC, and ABC did not cover the attempted killing, which took place on June 8. Fox News covered…


Google Agrees to Pay $118 Million to Settle Lawsuit Filed by Female Employees

Alphabet Inc’s Google has agreed to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit covering close to 15,500 female employees by paying $118 million. Law firms Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Altshuler Berzon LLP announced the settlement on Friday, adding that an independent expert will further analyze Google’s hiring practices. An independent labor economist will also…