Technology

Twitter announced on Earth Day that decided to remove any ads on the platform that contain so-called “misinformation” about climate change. The Washington Post reported that the platform said the removed ads “contradict the scientific consensus on climate change.”

A new report alleged that Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Meta, used her position to pressure a tabloid to drop an article about her then-boyfriend. At the time, Sandberg dated Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision. Activision Blizzard is a video-game giant that has produced games like “Call of Duty,” “World of Warcraft,” “Guitar Hero,” and “Candy Crush.”’

Sen. Ted Cruz said Elon Musk’s battle with Twitter is one of the most important battles for free speech in decades. Musk offered to buy Twitter for $43 billion dollars.

The former CEO of Reddit said in an interview that Elon Musk had no idea what he was in for when he offered to buy Twitter. Yishan Wong said that Musk was “in for a world of pain” if he bought Twitter and that “he has no idea.”

A journalist who contributed to Daily Pakistan called for the genocide of Jews on Twitter. In a since-deleted tweet, journalist Mian Dawood said that “Jews are the real threat to humanity on Earth.”

Twitter suspended the popular account again just hours after it was reinstated. The account posts videos of radical liberals on TikTok on its Twitter page. Twitter suspended the account again for “abuse and harassment.”

Twitter chose to implement a “poison pill” method in response to Elon Musk’s offer to buy the platform and make it private for $43 billion. The platform’s board of directors issued a new “shareholder rights plan” in an effort to thwart Musk’s offer. The move is known as a “poison pill” and was aimed at preventing a hostile takeover.

A Big Tech social media platform allegedly censored an Air Force veteran for her posts on student loan debt. Gretchen Smith is an Air Force veteran and founded Code of Vets, a non-profit she created to honor her father who died at 57 after struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder. Smith shared her inspiring story on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Juanita Broaddrick was suspended from Twitter after she questioned the effectiveness of the vaccines for COVID-19. Broaddrick accused former President Bill Clinton of raping her in 1978.

In an op-ed published online Friday in The Washington Post, former Reddit CEO Ellen K. Pao slammed Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s investment in Twitter and, to put it mildly, his support and vision for free speech. Put simply, she called for Democracy Dying in Darkness.

It’s amazing how the narrative of media, Big Tech and Democrats on the Hunter Biden laptop scandal has changed, now that even biased, left-wing media are admitting the truth about it, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said Tuesday at a House Judiciary Committee meeting.

Research from N.C. State University indicated that Google’s anti-spam algorithm overwhelmingly labeled emails from right-wing candidates as “spam.” The paper, titled A Peek into the Political Biases in Email Spam Filtering Algorithms During US Election 2020, said Google was biased against the Right, while Microsoft’s Outlook and Yahoo leaned right.

Big Tech faced yet another blow from the Department of Justice. Originally reported by The Wall Street Journal, the DOJ sent letters to members of the congressional judiciary committees and asked them to support an antitrust bill that prevented Big Tech companies from showing favoritism to their own products.

A senior editor at The Federalist was locked out of his Twitter account over the weekend after he called Rachel Levine a man. According to The Federalist, Senior Editor John Daniel Davidson tweeted that Levine “is in fact a man” and was locked out of his account. Levine is a transgender woman who works for the Biden administration.