Google Researcher Warns Google May Be ‘Shifting Power’ to Flip Senate

October 13th, 2020 1:05 PM

The social media researcher who warned about Google’s power to shift the election said that the company may be focusing on a new solution: the United States Senate. Dr. Robert Epstein, senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, told the Media Research Center that Google is “now focusing most of their vote shifting power on the Senate races,…

DOJ Antitrust Suit Against Google May Force Sale of Chrome: Report

October 12th, 2020 4:30 PM

With the presidential election looming, the Department of Justice (DOJ) appears to be determined to strike Big Tech as soon as possible. The DOJ could file an antitrust lawsuit against Google in the coming weeks, and may force the company to sell its dominant Chrome browser, according to a Politico story on Saturday.

House Antitrust Report Takes a Swing Against Big Tech

October 7th, 2020 3:59 PM

Congress has finally begun to take action against Big Tech’s reign of terror, this time, with a focus on antitrust. 

The House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law released its antitrust report late Tuesday, which…

Academics Bewildered by Trump’s Domination of Google Results

October 6th, 2020 3:57 PM

President Donald Trump continues to confound academics as they try to explain possible correlations between Google searches and electoral victory. The conclusion? It’s all up for grabs! Psychology Today’s report concluded that Trump is once again the chaos candidate. The article’s main observation suggested: “The polls might be way off, again.” In past elections, there has been a…

No Surprise! Big Tech Among Top Contributors to Biden, Not Trump

October 2nd, 2020 2:47 PM

Big Tech companies appear to be pulling for a former Vice President Joe Biden victory in November. 

“Joining Amazon, Alphabet's Google and Microsoft are among the top five contributors to Joe Biden's candidate campaign committee in the 2020 cycle, according to data from OpenSecrets, a website which tracks money in politics and campaign finance records,” noted Reuters.

DOJ Expected to Bring Antitrust Suit Against Google Next Week: Report

September 30th, 2020 2:27 PM

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been preparing to potentially take down Google’s empire, and it’s nearing the finish line. The DOJ is expected to bring an antitrust lawsuit against Google next week, and “is currently urging state attorneys general to sign onto the lawsuit,” several sources familiar with the process told Reuters yesterday.

Senate Panel Threatens to Subpoena Google, Facebook, Twitter: Report

September 24th, 2020 4:44 PM

The CEOs of four major Big Tech companies have been given an ultimatum: testify in the Senate or face the music. “The Senate Commerce Committee plans to subpoena the CEOs of Google, Facebook and Twitter to testify at an Oct. 1 hearing about the tech industry's prized liability protections if the three do not agree by Thursday night to requests to appear,” Politico wrote on September…

House Subcommittee Hearing Explores How Big Tech Radicalizes America

September 24th, 2020 4:06 PM

Amidst calls for Section 230 reform and antitrust lawsuits against Google and Facebook, a House subcommittee hearing today explored the relationship between Big Tech’s lack of accountability and the radicalization of their respective platforms’ users. 


The House Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce held a hearing entitled “…

WashPost: DOJ Moves Closer to Bringing Antitrust Case Against Google

September 22nd, 2020 2:30 PM

The Department of Justice (DOJ) may now be one step closer to bringing down Google’s massive empire. The DOJ is expected to brief state attorneys general on plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google as early as this week, according to sources cited in The Washington Post.

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Facebook, Google Partner with Liberal Org for 2020 Election Strategy

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September 21st, 2020 12:32 PM

Big Tech giant Facebook informed the Media Research Center that it would be partnering with the nonpartisan digital encyclopedia Ballotpedia and the radical left-wing organization Democracy Works to help formulate the online platform’s 2020 election strategy.

Sens. Lee, Hawley and Cruz BASH Google’s Anti-Conservative Bias

September 15th, 2020 5:40 PM

Google has long tried to hide its anti-conservative bias, but today, Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) were not having it. Big Tech representatives faced off with the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights on September 15. The hearing was titled “Stacking the Tech: Has Google harmed competition in online advertising?”

GOP States Join DOJ’s Google Antitrust Investigation

September 15th, 2020 11:41 AM

Google appears to be in for a reckoning as a bipartisan alliance of states has joined to target the Big Tech platform for antitrust. “About a dozen states, mostly led by Republicans, are expected to join the Justice Department’s upcoming antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.’s Google, according to people familiar with the investigation,” Bloomberg reported on September 11.

AG William Barr to Bring Antitrust Case Against Google

September 4th, 2020 4:30 PM

Oh, how the mighty may fall. For years, Google has expanded into a massive tech empire, but it now finds itself in the midst of an antitrust case in the United States.


Attorney General William Barr is reportedly planning to bring an antitrust case against Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google and YouTube, as early as this month,…

Google and YouTube Censored Ad Promoting Christianity in America

August 28th, 2020 5:04 PM

It seems ads promoting religion in America are just too “sensitive” for Google and YouTube to handle. A trailer for the upcoming documentary "America! America! God Shed His Grace on Thee!" was removed several times from Google and YouTube advertising. Centennial Institute, a part of Colorado Christian University (CCU), had bought ad space for the video and worked with Google to ensure that…