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Whoopi Compares Big Tech Censorship to Baking Gay Wedding Cake
January 11th, 2021 1:58 PM
Last Friday evening, Twitter permanently banned President Trump from their platform; Google and Apple immediately followed suit by banning from their app stores “free speech” platform Parler, which conservatives flocked to as an alternative to Twitter. But the liberal hosts of The View were not alarmed by these heavy-handed decisions and even compared it to the infamous Supreme Court case of…
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.
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WATCH: Parler CEO John Matze RIPS Big Tech for ‘Curating Content’
Business
July 31st, 2020 11:47 AM
Parler CEO John Matze slammed his Big Tech competitors following a congressional antitrust hearing, and said his site is doing its part to defend freedom of speech. In an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, Matze gave his perspective on the antitrust hearing, and ripped Big Tech’s incessant habit of curating content.
'Nevertheless, I Persisted': Apple TV Debuts Nine-Year-Old Feminist
Culture
April 7th, 2020 7:00 AM
It sadly appears that Apple TV+ is going to stick to shoving political agendas into its original programming. Even worse, they now seem to be dragging minors into their issues. Basically, their latest show Home Before Dark presents all the expected feminist and social justice nonsense, this time through the eyes of a little girl. There are truly no depths too low for this streaming service.
Again! Apple and TikTok Decline to Testify at Hawley Hearing
February 26th, 2020 7:46 AM
For the second time, tech companies Apple and TikTok have declined to testify -- this time at a March 4 Senate hearing. “This is a troubling pattern,” wrote Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Twitter. “What are they hiding? Don’t they think these questions matter--and deserve answers?” The Washington Post wrote that Apple did not respond to any comment. TikTok, a Chinese video-sharing platform,…
Tech CEOs Support Paris Climate Agreement, Opposing US Government
December 4th, 2019 7:11 AM
Big Tech CEOs for Apple, Google, Microsoft, and other companies signed an agreement with a labor union leader stating that they would uphold the standards set by the Paris Agreement. The United States government, under President Trump, pulled out of the Paris Agreement in 2017, the only country to do so. The statement signed by 78 CEOs said, “[M]any of us came together to rally behind the US’…
Government Investigates Apple’s Flawed Algorithm for Discrimination
November 12th, 2019 10:05 AM
The liberal media denies the power of bias in algorithms when it comes to censorship of conservatives. But it fully embraces the idea of bias when it comes to gender inequality. David Heinemeier Hansson, a Danish software developer, tweeted that Apple’s “black box algorithm” gave him 20 times the credit limit as his wife.
Chinese App TikTok, Apple Both ‘Refusing’ to Testify, Says Sen. Hawley
November 4th, 2019 1:23 PM
Two tech companies have allegedly declined to testify at a hearing held by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) about their dealings on China. The hearing, held by the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, will focus on “How Corporations and Big Tech Leave Our Data Exposed to Criminals, China, and Other Bad Actors.”
Apple Kowtows to Chinese Pressure, Yanks Apps Helping Protesters
October 10th, 2019 2:10 PM
Apple has no problem being woke, except when it might cost the company billions of dollars. Apple removed an app, called HKmap.live, from the app store after it received criticism from the Chinese government. People’s Daily, the Chinese state newspaper, wrote a piece on Oct. 8 criticizing Apple. Two days later, Apple pulled the app down, saying it “threatens public safety.” Quartz Investigative…
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WATCH: New Streaming Show Mirrors Matt Lauer Scandal
August 20th, 2019 11:25 AM
As Apple plans to launch its new streaming service this fall, the tech company released a new trailer for one of the flagship series that will be featured on Apple TV+. The Morning Show depicts a fictional network broadcast being thrown into turmoil following the firing of a longtime anchor over allegations of sexual misconduct. Many have noticed the obvious parallels to the 2017 Matt Lauer…
Oops: Apple Promises to Stop Listening to Your Life
August 2nd, 2019 4:59 PM
Good news! After being exposed, Apple claims its contractors will stop listening in on your intimate moments, at least for a while. According to The Verge, “Apple has said that it will temporarily suspend its practice of using human contractors to grade snippets of Siri voice recordings for accuracy.” This came after a revelation from The Guardian where an anonymous whistelbower claimed that…
Apple News BANS LifeSiteNews for ‘Intolerance’
July 31st, 2019 4:30 PM
A pro-life news website was booted from the Apple News platform without clear explanation on July 31. LifeSiteNews Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief John-Henry Westen contacted the Media Research Center’s Free Speech Alliance coalition requesting “help and the counsel” after being deplatformed for supposed “intolerance.”
House Judiciary Committee Hold Antitrust Hearing for Big Tech
June 10th, 2019 1:08 PM
Democrats are threatening to regulate Big Tech. But they’re saying it while their pockets are stuffed with donations from these companies. The House Judiciary Committee announced it was having a hearing concerning “Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 1: The Free and Diverse Press.” The hearing will be held on June 11, at 2:00 pm.
