Ryan Lovelace

Trump critics using copyright laws to target tweets

Where boycotts and allegations of inciting violence or hatred have failed to get Big Tech to silence President Trump, copyright complaints have proven to be a much more successful weapon.

July 6, 2020

Twitter, Google want to eliminate ‘blacklist’ and ‘black hat’ from tech’s vocabulary

The leadership at large social media and technology companies is aiming to use its influence to scrub terminology that associates "black" with any negative perception.

July 6, 2020

Huawei pressured by U.S., allies to reveal details about work with Chinese government

America and its allies are increasing pressure on tech giant Huawei to reveal details about its work for China.

July 5, 2020

Big Tech companies advocate for federal government to create national research hub

Google, IBM and Microsoft have joined with top research universities to prod the federal government to create a nationwide shared cloud-computing platform, saying it is urgently needed to keep the U.S. from falling behind foreign competitors.

July 2, 2020

Several companies saying they’re boycotting Facebook ads are running ads on Facebook

Several major companies that say they are boycotting Facebook over its tolerance of "hate speech" are still running ads on the social media giant's platforms, including Ford, Hershey and Verizon.

July 2, 2020

Facebook prepares voter registration drive: ‘Largest voter information campaign in U.S. history’

Facebook said Wednesday that it will begin pushing voter registration information to its users later this week as part of what it calls the "largest voter information campaign in U.S. history."

July 1, 2020

Parler’s new policy: No poop, no porn, no murder

Parler, the new social media platform attracting conservatives because of its commitment to free speech, is touting its rules restricting unfettered expression on its platform.

June 30, 2020

Twitch bans Donald Trump, cites ‘bad hombre’ commentary

Video-streaming service Twitch has banned President Trump, one of the tech industry's most aggressive crackdowns yet on the president.

June 30, 2020

Club for Growth attacks anti-Trump Lincoln Project as ‘Democratic front group’

Club for Growth Action is attacking the anti-Trump consultants behind The Lincoln Project as tools of the Democratic Party in a new ad campaign.

June 30, 2020

Facebook ad boycott spreads, fuels crackdown on political content

An anti-Facebook advertising boycott is gaining momentum and has already contributed to a shift by the social media giant toward more restrictive guidelines for posts about elections and voting.

June 29, 2020

Reddit bans pro-Trump and liberal forums in new hate speech crackdown

Reddit is expected to ban thousands of forums on its platform in a new crackdown on content that will remove venues utilized by President Trump's supporters and far-left liberals.

June 29, 2020

Populist conservatives feel abandoned in rift against Big Tech companies

The clash between conservatives and Big Tech has revealed a rift separating those who feel victimized by the social media giants and free-market thinkers who have long guided the political right.

June 28, 2020

Facebook announces new restrictive policies about election and voting content

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced new policies that will change the nature of content about elections and voting that he will allow to appear on his company's platforms.

June 26, 2020

Parler surges as Carpe Donktum, Big Tech censorship victims seek social media alternative

After @CarpeDonktum vanished from Twitter without explanation, the meme-maker resurfaced on Parler, a new social media platform that has become a refuge for free speech absolutists who abhor Big Tech censorship.

June 25, 2020

Jack Abramoff charged with fraud surrounding Bitcoin offering

Federal prosecutors are charging disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, previously imprisoned on public corruption charges, with a new fraud involving the digital currency bitcoin.

June 25, 2020

David Perdue, Kyrsten Sinema propose cybersecurity advisory committee to protect U.S. companies

In an acknowledgment that the federal government doesn't know how to stop cybercriminals from stealing billions of dollars from U.S. companies, two senators are pushing a plan to force Washington to listen to outside experts.

June 23, 2020

MoveOn threatens to ditch Democrats who take cops’ cash

Liberal advocacy group MoveOn is considering withholding support for any candidate who raises cash from police officers, which could deny key resources to Democratic campaigns in the run-up to November.

June 23, 2020

2020 election voter suppression, fraud with mail-in ballots threatens confidence in results

Voter suppression remains largely in the eye of the beholder in America. It's everywhere and it's nowhere, and its ghostly presence promises to haunt the 2020 elections.

June 22, 2020

Google to begin fact-checking Google Images

Google said Monday it would begin fact-checking images discoverable via its search tool, Google Images, to fight misinformation online.

June 22, 2020

Justin R. Walker confirmed by Senate to D.C. Court of Appeals

The Senate voted 51-42 to confirm Judge Justin R. Walker to the nation's premier federal appeals court on Thursday over bitter Democratic objections and a prominent Republican defection.

June 18, 2020