With the recent vote to ban TikTok in Montana, parents and educators appear to be examining the role of social media in their children’s lives. And when it comes to social media and kids, experts say there’s a lot of downside. That’s also the message from a middle school teacher’s now-viral Facebook post, which has been shared […]
Dog labeled ‘ugly’ finds home, undergoes surgery after heartbreaking Facebook post: ‘She’ll never get adopted’
April 16, 2023 by
A dog in Orlando, Florida, now has a forever family after an animal rescue revealed on Facebook disheartening comments that were reportedly made about her appearance. Lena, previously known as Dutchess, a cur mix, arrived at Orange County Animal Services over the holiday season, FOX 35 Orlando reported. The previous owner of the pup told […]
20 Days Out: Facebook Allows Trivial News to Trend over Important Stories Before Midterms
November 2, 2022 by
With only 2src days left until the 2src22 midterm elections, the top five news stories that Facebook is pushing to its users include Wawa launching a new hoagie and Tom Brady comparing the labor of NFL season to military deployment. Meanwhile, the issues that matter to voters are not chosen by Mark Zuckerbergâs algorithm to
Mark Zuckerberg: FBI Warned Facebook of ‘Russian Propaganda Dump’ Ahead of Hunter Biden Laptop Story
October 17, 2022 by
The FBI warned Facebook of an imminent âdumpâ of âRussian propagandaâ shortly before the Hunter Biden âlaptop from hellâ story broke, according to Facebookâs founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg revealed the bombshell news on his first appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, which was published today, revealing the FBIâs interference in the 2020 election. ICYMI #MarkZuckerberg…
Donald Trump To Sue Facebook, Twitter And Google Claiming Illegal Censorship
July 8, 2021 by
Former President Donald Trump plans to sue Facebook, Twitter, and Google, arguing they have wrongfully censored his accounts on their platforms, Trump announced Wednesday. The class action lawsuit, first reported by The Associated Press, will have Trump as the lead plantiff and will demand that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Google…
Carlson on Censorship: 23-Year-Old Oberlin Grads at Facebook Think They Know More About COVID-19 than a Wuhan Virologist
June 12, 2021 by
Friday on FNCâs âTucker Carlson Tonight,â host Tucker Carlson explained how despite Big Tech efforts to censor claims related to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of those claims have turned out to be true.Carlson singled out Google and Facebook and how those companies treated reports about the origins of COVID-19 and China.CARLSON: Dr. Hooman Noorchashm is…
Facebook Employees Accuse Company of Bias Against Arabs, Muslims
May 29, 2021 by
Tech giant Facebook is facing newfound accusations of bias and censorship, with employees now alleging that the company is displaying an anti-Arab and Muslim bias. BuzzFeed News reports that earlier this month a Facebook software engineer from Egypt wrote an open note to his colleagues warning: âFacebook is losing trust among Arab users.â Facebook has previously been…
Democratic National Committee Urges Facebook To Permanently Ban Trump
May 6, 2021 by
The Democratic National Committee urged Facebook to permanently ban former President Donald Trump from using itâs platform in the future in a Twitter post Wednesday. âFacebook should permanently ban Donald Trump,â the tweet read. âRetweet if you agree.â Retweet if you agree. pic.twitter.com/4S7GYqEp9L â The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) May 5, 2021 Facebookâs oversight board released a…
Report: Facebook ‘Bullies’ Tiny Third-Party Developers into Withdrawing Apps
April 19, 2021 by
Facebook has reportedly used legal pressure and other means to force two popular third-party Android apps off the Google Play store. In at least one case, the Masters of the Universe blacklisted the personal accounts of a developer in an apparent act of intimidation. Android Police reports that according to the developers of two popular third-party…
Wired: Facebook Attacks Critics ‘in the Name of Privacy’
January 28, 2021 by
In a recent article, Wired outlines how Facebook is attempting to shut down an academic study of political ad targeting as it prepares to re-enable targeted political ads. In a recent article from Wired titled âFacebook Is Going After Its Critics in the Name of Privacy,â Wired outlines how Facebook is attempting to shut down an…
Facebook Has ‘No Plans’ to Lift Ban on Donald Trump
January 13, 2021 by
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg says that the social media company has âno plansâ to lift its ban on President Donald Trump. â[We have] no plans to lift it right now,â said Sandberg in an interview with NBC News. âAt least through the transition weâve been very clear,â she added. âThereâs obviously so much happening, and this…
Facebook Shuts Down Ad Account For Republican Fundraising Committee 4 Days Before Georgia Runoffs
January 3, 2021 by
Facebook temporarily shut down the advertising account for a Republican fundraising group just four days before Election Day in the Georgia Runoffs. âBig Tech is at it again,â the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) said Friday on Twitter. âFacebook has shut down the ad account for the Georgia Battleground Fund, a joint fundraising committee for…
Facebook Tries to Shut Down NYU Study on Targeted Political Ads
December 16, 2020 by
Facebook is urging researchers at New York University to shut down a study into targeted political advertisements on the platform. As one researcher put it, Facebook maintains a âwalled gardenâ on advertising data. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Facebook is trying to shut down a study being conducted at New York…
Trump Vows to Keep Fighting for Voting Integrity in 45-Minute Facebook Video
December 3, 2020 by
President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to continue fighting the results of the 2020 presidential election. âThis is maybe the most important speech Iâve ever made,â said Donald Trump, detailing his latest efforts to fight voter fraud in a 45-minute video posted on Facebook. The president spoke at length about all the allegations of fraud…
FACT CHECK: Did Facebook Remove The Title âPresident-Electâ From Joe Bidenâs Page?
November 26, 2020 by
5:39 PM 11/25/2020Trevor Schakohl | Fact Check Reporter A post shared on Facebook claims Facebook changed President-elect Joe Bidenâs page title from âPresident-electâ to âPolitician.â Verdict: False Archived versions of Bidenâs page show that Facebook has not changed his title designation. Page administrators choose such designations. Fact Check: The Nov. 22 post portrays the claim…
Facebook Cleans House â Purges Several Top Conservative Pages FOUR WEEKS BEFORE ELECTION
October 12, 2018 by
On Thursday Facbeook announced the company took action on 559 Pages and 251 accounts that violated their âspamâ and coordinated âinauthentic behaviorâ policies. Facebook said most of those affected were political pages. This year, weâve enforced this policy against many Pages, Groups and accounts created to stir up political debate, including in the US, the […]
Facebook could be forced to pay you nearly $8G’s after âdisasterâ hack attack that left 50M users exposed.
October 3, 2018 by
Hacked Facebook users could be owed as much as 6,000 pounds ($7,800) in compensation as a result of the security breach revealed last week. Legal experts have told The Sun that damages could run into the “thousands” for anyone affected by the hack â if you can prove you felt distressed. Last Friday, Facebook revealed that […]
Facebook Continues Censorship of âWarriors for Christâ Page, Pastor Says.
September 22, 2018 by
Pastor Rich Penkoski, who runs the Facebook page âWarriors for Christâ has voiced his concerns with Facebook officials about the consistent removal of his live videos. Pastor Penkoski says Facebook is censoring his live videos for being critical of same-sex marriage, but the social media says it doesnât know why his videos are expiring. Penkoski told The […]
BOOM! President Trump Drops BOMB! Google, Facebook and Twitter Censoring of Conservatives âMay Not Be Legalâ (VIDEO)
August 30, 2018 by
Itâs no secret that the Silicon Valley tech giants discriminate against conservatives and conservative content. On Tuesday President Trump warned Google about itâs biased practices against conservatives and conservative content in their search feature. Google search results for âTrump Newsâ shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake News Media. In other words, they have it RIGGED, […]
Trump Warns Facebook, Twitter And Google To Tread Carefully
August 28, 2018 by
President Trump doubled down on Tuesday threats against Facebook, Twitter and Google with new comments from the Oval Office, saying the social media platforms are “treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful.” “I think Google has really taken advantage of a lot of people and I think that’s a very […]
Donald Trump: âSocial Media Giantsâ Silencing Millions on Facebook and Twitter.
August 25, 2018 by
President Donald Trump continued his criticism of big tech companies on Friday for silencing users on sites like Facebook and Twitter. âSocial Media Giants are silencing millions of people,â Trump warned on Twitter. The president argued that social media censorship was the wrong response, even if that meant people were subject to news from CNN. […]
Trump Admin Files Suit Against Facebook For ‘Discriminatory’ Policie.
August 21, 2018 by
The Trump administration is going after Facebook for allegedly engaging in housing discrimination. On Friday, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson filed a lawsuit against Facebook, accusing the tech giant of discrimination for allowing “landlords and home sellers access to advertising tools that limit which prospective buyers or tenants can view certain online […]
Shadow Ban: PragerU Reveals Immediate 99.9999% Drop in Facebook Reach
August 19, 2018 by
Conservative non-profit group PragerU appears to be facing Facebook censorship, as many recent posts from group are suffering from a 99.9999 percent drop in engagement based on Facebookâs own dashboard. The Social Media Masters of the Universe also pulled down two PragerU videos, which it labeled âhate speech.â Echoing the apparent page limitation of conservative […]
Report: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Personally Made Decision to Ban Alex Jones.
August 17, 2018 by
When an ordinary account gets banned on Facebook, itâs possible that no human was ever involved in the decision. Not so for Alex Jones and Infowars. According to the New York Times, the order to ban the radio host came from the very top. Citing sources from inside Facebook, The New York Times reported on the […]
Facebook Brazenly Asks Banks for Customer Bank Balances, Credit Card Numbers
August 8, 2018 by
Facebook has requested customer financial information from a number of U.S. banks without obtaining permission from users, according to a recent report. Included in the requests are credit card transactions and checking account balances for the customers. Facebook has spoken with JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup Inc. and U.S. Bancorp. Their requests are ostensibly to […]
Facebook Wants Your Bank Info, Corporations Push Financial Blacklist Gun Control.
August 8, 2018 by
Facebook is asking banks to share customerâs financial information in a climate where corporate America is blacklisting gun manufacturers and businesses or groups that support the Second Amendment. On March 23, 2018, Breitbart News reported Citibankâs new corporate gun controls which bar gun store customers from selling âhigh-capacityâ magazines and require those same stores to refuse long […]
CONFIRMED: Tech Giants Are Colluding Against Conservatives â Infowars Now Banned from Apple, Facebook and Google-YouTube on Same Day.
August 7, 2018 by
Liberal Tech Giants Facebook, Twitter, Google-YouTube and Wikipedia have all stepped up their harassment of conservative publishers since the 2016 election. The far left and Democrats understand that conservatives get their news from online publishers. Since the election The Gateway Pundit found from traffic analysis that Facebook has eliminated 93% of traffic to top conservative […]
Facebook, Spotify, Apple and YouTube Remove Alex Jones Content, Citing Violations of Standards.
August 6, 2018 by
In this April 17, 2017, file photo, “Infowars” host Alex Jones arrives at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas. (Tamir Kalifa/Austin American-Statesman via AP) Facebook announced today that it removed four pages belonging to Infowars host Alex Jones “for repeatedly posting content over the past several days that breaks” the social media company’s community […]
Report: Facebook Stock Decline Is Largest One-Day Drop in U.S. History.
July 28, 2018 by
Facebookâs drop in stock price of nearly 20 percent marks the largest one-day stock market decline in U.S. history, at $119 billion. Facebook has had a tough few days, seeing a massive decline in its stock price which fell by as much as 23 percent in after-market trading on Wednesday. The mass stock sale saw […]
Facebook Eliminates 93% of Traffic to Top Conservative Sites â Stocks Plunge 24%
July 26, 2018 by
Facebook stock slid 24% Wednesday after disappointing quarterly results. The controversial social media giant is losing new users. CNBC reported: The tech-heavy Nasdaq was set for a big down day Thursday after disappointing quarterly results from Facebook sent the social media giant hurtling toward its biggest share price decline ever and on track to lose […]