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Microsoft wants to be involved in election software by 2024
All Big Tech giants seem to want to be involved in the election process.
Sidney Powell put in Twitter jail for 12 hours
Twitter is censoring her claims of election fraud as she’s set to file a lawsuit.
Bill Gates criticizes Parler users, says it’s for people into “crazy stuff”
Someone’s not a fan of the free speech platform.
CNN is still mad about alt-tech platforms like Parler
Mainstream media has a new enemy.
YouTube to introduce vaccine notices in anticipation of anti-vaccine backlash to rollout
YouTube’s labels will direct people to the CDC and WHO.
YouTube to place ads on videos of small creators but not share revenue with them
YouTube will likely face backlash for the move.
Obama wants Big Tech regulation to curb “crazy lies and conspiracy theories”
Obama’s cenorship proposals may rub up against the First Amendment.
WordPress deplatforms popular blog The Conservative Treehouse
Censorship of this kind is becoming the norm.
New Twitter meme shows how “fact checking” has become a joke
People are having fun with the idea that Twitter employees think they’re the ultimate authority.
Gab experiences record growth after Big Tech post-election censorship
The way Big Tech has handled itself and the role it has assumed in the US election process is now characterized by some critics as nothing short of election interference. One of those spelling this out is Gab founder and CEO Andrew Torba, who now writes that the stringent censorship and the sho
Twitter to add election “misinformation” warnings when you go to like or retweet
More friction-based censorship.
Reddit deletes conversations alleging possible voter fraud
Reddit says it’s “misinformation,” even before legal outcomes have been determined.