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California-Based Meta Announces The End Of Their DEI Policies

January 11, 2025 2:45 amJanuary 11, 2025 2:46 am

Meta CEO and Chairman Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday that his company would be halting their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, becoming the first major California company to do so. While many major companies began adding DEI programs and...

Zuckerberg to Replace Facebook ‘Fact Checkers’ With Community Notes

January 7, 2025 7:19 amJanuary 7, 2025 7:20 am

Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday morning that his company Meta/Facebook will end its fact-checking program, and will instead adopt Elon Musk’s X/Twitter “Community Notes” system. Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp. Zuckerberg admits “fact checkers” on...

‘Journalism Usage Fee’ Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee

June 27, 2024 2:55 amJune 27, 2024 2:56 am

A bill that would have big tech companies pay a fee to news outlets for using or posting articles and other local news content passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday in a 9-2 vote split across party lines. Assembly...

Google Announces Block to California-Based News Links From Searches in Protest of Impending Bill

April 12, 2024 5:19 pmApril 12, 2024 6:07 pm

Google announced on Friday that they would start blocking California-based news article links for a limited number of users in protest of a bill advancing in the Assembly that, if passed, would require big tech companies to pay a fee...

Government Censorship on Trial: U.S. Supremes to Hear Arguments Monday

March 15, 2024 8:00 amMarch 15, 2024 11:49 am

The government-backed censorship-industrial complex goes on trial Monday when the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the most important free speech case in decades: Murthy v. Missouri. The lawsuit – brought by a pair of states and...

Ferrer Censorship Lawsuit Heading to Final Arguments

November 22, 2023 2:21 pmNovember 22, 2023 2:21 pm

Can the government block public speech? In theory, no, absolutely, of course not. There’s this thing called the Frist Amendment that makes that abundantly clear. In practice, though, agencies across the nation have clearly been doing so for some time...

12 Tips of Christmas: Keeping Cyber-Grinches at Bay this Holiday Season

November 20, 2023 7:12 amNovember 20, 2023 7:12 am

As the Holiday Season rolls around, bringing with it the bustling excitement of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, shoppers eagerly anticipate the deals and discounts that these days promise. However, in the midst of this holiday cheer, a less jolly...