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Twitter Ban of Babylon Bee Should Trigger Elimination of Section 230 Protection

March 21, 2022 9:11 pmNovember 21, 2022 3:50 am

Twitter’s banning of the Babylon Bee over its tweet naming transgender Biden administration official Rachel Levine its “man of the year” is an outrage. Not because the Babylon Bee’s joke was appropriate, or even funny. But because efforts by a...

Twitter Rushes to Debunk Trump-Baldwin Rumor That Its Own Hypocrisy Helped Spread

November 2, 2021 9:44 amApril 11, 2022 12:52 pm

The rank hypocrisy displayed by Twitter has reached alarming, and kind of hilarious, new heights. Today’s trending fact check features the debunking of the viral rumor that President Trump criticized Alec Baldwin and supposedly wrote, “Now you’re going to prison,...

Jack Dorsey Talks Green but Backs Energy Hog Bitcoin

September 1, 2021 9:56 amMarch 29, 2022 7:11 am

With California literally on fire, it’s a good opportunity to look at the enormous gulf between Big Tech talk and action when it comes to climate change. With crypto having entered the vernacular to the point that CNBC now runs...

Twitter Bans Alex Berenson for Covid Wrongthink

August 29, 2021 6:21 amMarch 29, 2022 7:10 am

The former New York Times journalist and multiple best-selling New York Times author Alex Berenson has been permanently banned from Twitter. Berenson has become well known for his contrarian opinions about COVID-19. In general, he is a vaccine skeptic and...

YouTube Double Censors Gavin Newsom Critic

August 24, 2021 10:47 amMarch 29, 2022 7:00 am

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was updated on Friday, Aug 27 at 11:15 PST to include comment from YouTube. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. Errol Webber shot the Oscar-winning “Music By Prudence,” about...

Two Men Indicted With Plotting To Firebomb Democratic Party Headquarters in Sacramento

July 16, 2021 2:50 pmJuly 22, 2021 8:19 am

Two California men who plotted to firebomb John L. Burton Democratic Headquarters in Sacramento earlier this year were indicted on Thursday in San Francisco Federal Court. According to the large number of messages exchanged between Napa resident Ian Rogers and...

Chrissy Teigen’s Narcissist Apology Tour

June 15, 2021 3:12 pmMarch 22, 2022 11:48 am

Former model turned cookbook writer Chrissy Teigen has found herself in the limelight of public scrutiny as a barrage of hateful and sickening tweets and DMs she authored over the years, as well as unkind Instagram comments, have been showcased...