Tag: Media & Big Tech

Elon Musk’s Twitter Suspends Controversial Washington Post Journalist Taylor Lorenz

Elon Musk’s Twitter on Saturday evening suspended controversial Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz after he reinstated several other corporate news reporters for allegedly violating the company’s policy against “doxxing.” On Substack, Lorenz claimed that Musk, who took over Twitter in October, personally suspended her account. “Earlier tonight, Elon Musk suspended my Twitter account,” Lorenz wrote in…


Children Should Be ‘Really Careful’ on TikTok, App Is ‘Genuinely Troubling’: CIA Director

William Burns, the director of CIA, has warned about children being potentially harmed by spending time on TikTok and talked about the dangers posed by the app that is owned by a China-based company. In a recent interview with PBS, Burns was asked about his recommendation to people regarding their kids’ usage of TikTok. “I’d…


Twitter Files 6 Shows ‘Deep State’ Went Deeper Than Just FBI-Twitter Collusion

The latest episode of Twitter’s internal files on content crackdowns paints a picture of a censorship machine that not only worked hand-in-glove with the FBI but also received content-related flags and action requests from a tangled web of state agencies, private contractors, and government-affiliated NGOs, shedding new light on the depths of the “deep state.”…


Elon Musk Reinstates Journalists’ Accounts Suspended for Doxxing Policy Violations

Elon Musk has reinstated journalists’ accounts that were earlier suspended for allegedly doxxing his location in real-time, with the temporary suspensions earning the Wikipedia monicker “Thursday Night Massacre” and fueling questions over press freedom on the platform. After Twitter updated its policy prohibiting sharing people’s location in real-time—known as doxxing—due to personal safety risks, nine…


Musk Reinstates Journalists’ Twitter Accounts Suspended for Doxxing Violations

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has reinstated journalists’ accounts that were earlier suspended for allegedly doxxing his location in real-time, with the temporary suspensions earning the Wikipedia moniker “Thursday Night Massacre” and fueling questions over press freedom on the platform. After the platform updated its policy prohibiting sharing people’s location in real-time—known as doxxing—due to personal…


For All to See: Corporations Acting As Wilful Tools of Government Threaten the Republic

Commentary Before he died, Reagan-era Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker, who gave virtually his entire life to public service, lamented Americans’ loss of faith in governmental institutions. Given the recent revelations about how partisan interests have infested those institutions—whether it be the IRS, the FBI, the CIA, or even the CDC—and how the media colluded with…


Doctor Censored on Twitter After COVID Lockdown Warnings Says ‘Unspecified Agents’ Behind Blacklisting

A Stanford University professor who was reportedly placed on a Twitter “blacklist” after issuing warnings about COVID-19-related lockdowns said Thursday that “unspecified agents” requested that he be censored. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine at the prestigious private research university, told Fox News’s Tucker Carlson that he only joined Twitter in August 2021 to…


New Twitter Files Show FBI Flagging Accounts for Company to Punish

Emails from the FBI to Twitter released on Dec. 16 showed bureau officials flagging specific people for Twitter to take action against, the latest tranche of documents that bolster evidence that the government and Big Tech have been colluding to censor Americans. In one missive dated Nov. 3, FBI officials flagged 25 accounts, including that…


New Twitter Files Show FBI Flagging Accounts for Company to Target

Emails from the FBI to Twitter released on Dec. 16 showed bureau officials flagging specific people for Twitter to take action against, the latest tranche of documents that bolster evidence that the government and Big Tech have been colluding to censor Americans. In one missive dated Nov. 3, FBI officials flagged 25 accounts, including that…


EU Issues Threat to Elon Musk After Twitter Suspends Mainstream Journalists

The European Union on Friday warned Twitter owner CEO Elon Musk after the platform suspended several journalists for violating his new policy around doxxing. Vera Jourova, a European Commission vice president, wrote on Twitter that the alleged “arbitrary suspension of journalists on Twitter is worrying,” adding that an EU regulatory act “requires respect of media freedom…