Trump is giving TikTok another ban extension
Trump is giving TikTok another ban extension For the third time, President Donald Trump will extend the deadline for TikTok to spin out from its Chinese parent company or face a US ban. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed in a statement Tuesday that Trump will sign an executive order this week extending the […]
YouTube has loosened its content moderation policies
YouTube has loosened its content moderation policies YouTube has relaxed its moderation policies and is now instructing reviewers not to remove content that might violate its rules if they’re in the “public interest,” according to a report from The New York Times. The platform reportedly adjusted its policies internally in December, offering examples that included […]
Apple is hitting back in the war over internet age-gating
Apple is hitting back in the war over internet age-gating Apple CEO Tim Cook personally intervened in an attempt to stop a Texas age verification bill, The Wall Street Journal reports. SB 2420 — passed by the legislature but awaiting a signature by Governor Greg Abbott — would require app store operators like Apple to […]
Trump signs the Take It Down Act into law
Trump signs the Take It Down Act into law President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law, enacting a bill that will criminalize the distribution of nonconsensual intimate images (NCII) — including AI deepfakes — and require social media platforms to promptly remove them when notified. The bill sailed through both chambers […]
Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine
Brendan Carr's FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine In less than 100 days the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been converted from a media and telecom watchdog into a bizarre, rights-trampling grievance machine built for one purpose: to coddle and protect the ego of President […]
Lawmakers are skeptical of Zuckerberg’s commitment to free speech
Lawmakers are skeptical of Zuckerberg's commitment to free speech Lawmakers are skeptical of Zuckerberg’s commitment to free speech Meta’s latest whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams, got a warm reception on Capitol Hill Wednesday, as the Careless People author who the company has fought to silence described the company’s chief executive as someone willing to shapeshift into whatever […]
Jim Jordan subpoena pushes YouTube to restore ‘free speech’ like Meta
Jim Jordan subpoena pushes YouTube to restore 'free speech' like Meta Jim Jordan subpoena pushes YouTube to restore ‘free speech’ like Meta U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) speaks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on sanctuary cities’ policies at the U.S. Capitol on March 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. Meta may have […]
Jeff Bezos bans Washington Post opinion writers from opposing ‘free speech and free markets’
Jeff Bezos bans Washington Post opinion writers from opposing 'free speech and free markets' Jeff Bezos bans Washington Post opinion writers from opposing ‘free speech and free markets’ Jeff Bezos attends President Donald Trump’s inauguration, joined by fellow free speech and free market supporters Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. In a move promoted as supporting […]
FCC to investigate Comcast for having DEI programs
FCC to investigate Comcast for having DEI programs Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr has asked his agency to investigate Comcast’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices, reports Newsmax. “We have received an inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission and will be cooperating with the FCC to answer their questions,” Comcast spokesperson Joelle Terry confirms to […]
Shopify pulls Kanye’s website offline over swastika merch
Shopify pulls Kanye's website offline over swastika merch Shopify pulls Kanye’s website offline over swastika merch On Tuesday, Shopify shut down the Yeezy store run by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) after it listed shirts with swastikas for sale as reported earlier by Bloomberg and NBC News. Ye advertised the site in a commercial […]