2020 US presidential election
Big Tech’s election night censorship shows why Trump should have embraced alternative tech
Free speech focused platforms are growing at record rates but Trump continues to rely on the Big Tech platforms that censor his speech.
Facebook shuts down Stop the Steal group after it gains over 360,000 members in 24 hours
Big Tech is mass censoring users who attempt to discuss vote-counting irregularities.
YouTube removes video exposing activists’ plans to “shut down the White House” after the election
YouTube memory holed the exposé hours before the US presidential election.
Twitter is blocking links to New York Post Joe and Hunter Biden exposé and locking accounts that share it
Big Tech is pulling out all the stops to stop the story from being shared.
Twitter to start directing users to “credible” information when they attempt to retweet “misleading” information
Twitter will decide what’s credible and what’s not.
Instagram starts hiding hashtag results for QAnon
The topic has now been purged from most of the major social media platforms.
Google Play removes thousands of apps under its election “misinformation” rules
Google claims the apps were “deceptive,” “generating manipulated content” without “transparency,” and promoting “misleading claims.”
Twitter planning crackdown on “general mischaracterizations” about mail-in voting
The platform is also going to be encouraging users to register for mail-in ballots.
Big Tech colludes to discuss “scenario planning” related to election results
The companies seem to be concerned about people calling the election early or making premature claims about the results.
Facebook employees push for a complete QAnon ban
The employees had been tasked with conducting an internal investigation into QAnon that will likely inform Facebook’s future enforcement actions.
Twitter locked Trump Campaign account until it complied and deleted a tweet
Twitter forced the Trump Campaign account to delete a clip of Trump calling for schools to be reopened in order to be able to tweet again.
Twitter blacklists QAnon content, purges over 7,000 accounts, and suppresses 150,000 others
A Twitter spokesperson said QAnon is now considered “coordinated harmful activity.”