Tag: Media & Big Tech

2 Women Sue Twitter for Allegedly Targeting Female Employees in Musk-Led Layoffs

A new class action lawsuit has been filed against Twitter alleging that the company targeted women during widespread layoffs initiated by Elon Musk. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Dec. 7 by attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan on behalf of two former Twitter employees who were laid off by…


Judge Blocks Depositions of 3 High-Ranking Biden Admin Officials in Big Tech–Government Collusion Case

A federal judge on Dec. 7 ruled that three high-ranking officials within the Biden administration will not be required to testify under oath at depositions in a lawsuit that alleges federal government collusion with Big Tech companies to censor users. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in October ordered the depositions of Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)…


Elon Musk Releases Twitter Files II Exposing Secret Blacklists

Bari Weiss, founder and editor of The Free Press, has released the second volume of the so-called “Twitter files” on Thursday, revealing the social media platform’s “secret blacklists.” Weiss has been working with Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk and independent journalist Matt Taibbi to disclose internal Twitter information regarding censorship. THREAD: THE TWITTER FILES PART TWO….


Elon Musk Releases Twitter Files Exposing Secret Blacklists

Bari Weiss, founder and editor of The Free Press, has released the second volume of the so-called “Twitter files” on Thursday, revealing the social media platform’s “secret blacklists.” Weiss has been working with Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk and independent journalist Matt Taibbi to disclose internal Twitter information regarding censorship. THREAD: THE TWITTER FILES PART TWO….


Cybersecurity, Foreign Interference Among Biggest Issues Australia Is Facing

Australia is facing “the most dangerous set of strategic circumstances” since the Second World War, according to the Home Affairs Minister. Speaking at the National Press Club on Thursday, Clare O’Neil addressed issues she says Australia is facing, namely cybersecurity, foreign interference, immigration and climate change. She said “new tools of statecraft” are bringing “what…


FTC Sues to Block $68 Billion Microsoft-Activision Merger, Alleges Anti-Competitive Actions

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit against the planned merger of tech giant Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, one of the largest videogaming corporations. The federal agency argued the acquisition should be stopped because Microsoft has a record of anti-competitive behavior in the gaming industry, withholding games from other platforms to the benefit…


PREMIERING NOW: Miranda Devine: The Concerted Cover-Up of Biden Family Scandals—From the Laptop to China

This episode will premiere on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Note: This episode was filmed before Elon Musk began releasing internal Twitter communications, known as the Twitter Files.  “There are a lot of secrets that a lot of powerful people don’t want told about exactly how our story was suppressed—how Joe Biden was…


Miranda Devine: The Concerted Cover-Up of Biden Family Scandals—From the Laptop to China

  Note: This episode was filmed before Elon Musk began releasing internal Twitter communications, known as the Twitter Files.  “There are a lot of secrets that a lot of powerful people don’t want told about exactly how our story was suppressed—how Joe Biden was protected from that information before the election…it’s very high stakes.” Today…


Senate Committee Threatens to Subpoena Bankman-Fried to Compel Him to Testify on FTX Collapse

Two U.S. senators are threatening to subpoena Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, to compel him to testify at a Senate committee hearing on the collapse of his crypto exchange next week. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Patrick Toomey (R-Pa.) demanded that Bankman-Fried testify at a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on…


Twitter Cancels Janitors’ Contracts After Union Strike Outside HQ

Elon Musk’s Twitter has fired the entire 48-member janitor contract staff at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, after they protested in solidarity with 20 of their former colleagues who were fired last week. This came after negotiations for a new contract with Flagship, the company responsible for contracting the janitors, fell through. The last day of the…