US President Donald Trump It’s been well documented that the country’s tech behemoths have routinely engaged in censorship and outright bans of conservative and independent media reporting news and opinions that run afoul of their Left-wing sensibilities. But what’s been puzzling is why President Donald Trump has not done much about it. It’s not that the president hasn’t noticed. In March... 

Everybody knows or should know that the mainstream media is basically owned and operated by the CIA in what is known as “Operation Mockingbird”. Now with that said, we have noticed that both the media and especially the social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google are censoring news about the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak. Here, we have solid evidence for that, we’re not... 

The United Nations wants to hand power to dictatorial regimes like China to control the Internet, prompting fears of a massive new free speech purge. The General Assembly has approved a resolution sponsored by China and Russia to set up a committee of “international experts” whose role would be to stop “the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes.” However,... 

President Donald Trump, often called “The King of the Jews,” recently signed an executive order making it illegal to criticize Jews on college campuses. Because this executive order that Trump signed contains the “working definition of anti-Semitism,” which includes a whole list of different forms of political speech and advocacy, it effectively makes it completely illegal (just on campuses,... 

Soon after YouTube announced new policies broadening their “hate speech” ban and extending their powers to ban and demonetize channels for “harassment,” Twitter users pushed the hashtag #youtubeisoverparty to the top of the site’s trending section. “We will no longer allow content that maliciously insults someone based on protected attributes such as their race, gender expression, or sexual... 

Internet and media personalities have come out in force against YouTube’s crusade against “harassment,” worried that the extremely vague and ill-defined new rules will be used to selectively target users for their political views. Announcing the move in a blog post on Wednesday, YouTube said it was revamping its harassment rules in response to criticism, taking aim at “implied threats,”... 

Professional journalists are losing touch with the moral code that once galvanized the profession, a new study shows. But what truth-slinger wouldn’t be having an existential crisis in an industry where facts no longer matter? ​Yes, here at the EUTimes we always KNEW that there is no such thing as neutral journalism and that everybody picks a side and everybody is basically opinionated but many... 

Tech titans Google and Facebook employ “surveillance-based business models” that threaten human rights and erode privacy worldwide, Amnesty International said in a new report, calling for an end to the data-grabs. Published on Wednesday, Amnesty’s “Surveillance Giants” report outlines how Facebook and Google, and their many affiliated platforms, operate in ways that are simply incompatible... 

Facebook has invoked its free speech right as a publisher, insisting its ability to smear users as extremists is protected, but its legal immunity thus far has rested on a law which protects platforms, not publishers. Which is it? Facebook has declared it has the right, as a publisher, to exercise its own free speech and bar conservative political performance artist Laura Loomer from its platform.... 

Modern censorship is more dangerous than open totalitarianism, it being concealed and incorporated in our daily routine, says Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, commenting on the insider leak detailing Google’s news blacklist. The intellectual told RT he’s not advocating for online anarchy, comparing it to snuff movies in hardcore pornography – some regulation should be in place to block harmful... 

Tech giant Google has blacklisted the free-speech focused social media app Gab from the Google Play Store, joining Apple in banning Gab users from accessing the platform using Gab-branded smartphone apps. Silicon Valley tech giant Google has reportedly banned the free-speech focused social media platform Gab from the Google Play Store. According to a screenshot posted by Gab to Twitter, Google banned... 

Microsoft’s David Rothschild, who I assume is a relative of the Rothschild banking family, recently took to Twitter to condemn white people for the disreputable sexual behaviors of his fellow Middle Eastern tribesperson Jeffrey Epstein. Republicans liked how Acosta helped powerful white men sexually abuse minors, and then pin blame on people who tried to help, but were disappointed that Acosta... 

“The_Donald” subreddit, which numbers at least 755,000 subscribers, remains one of the biggest online forums for Trump supporters. The forum describes itself as “a never-ending rally dedicated to the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump”. Access to a major forum for US President Donald Trump’s supporters on the social media site Reddit has been restricted due to alleged threats... 

Men’s rights activist Roosh Valizadeh said he was banned from Instagram and Chase Wepay “within 19 minutes of each other” on Tuesday evening. “I just got banned from Instagram,” Roosh announced on Twitter. “My account was private.” “I just got banned from Chase WePay. I was using them to sell tour tickets. I will have to use another payment processor,” Roosh tweeted a short time... 

The new automatic “hate-detecting” machine is claimed to assist authorities in weeding out hate speech, online abuse, and incitement of ethnic hatred. Many Swedes, however, have interpreted it as the “thought police” and an encroachment on free speech. The Swedish Police have in collaboration with the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) and Uppsala University developed a...