Author: Jon Dougherty
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President Donald Trump blasted the social media giants on Friday including Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter for Left-wing bias, adding that his administration is “working to remedy this illegal situation.
“The Radical Left is in total command & control of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google. The Administration is working to remedy this illegal situation. Stay tuned, and send names & events,” the president wrote in a tweet, ironically.
The president’s comments came on the heels of a report in The Wall Street Journal claiming that the Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general led by Texas AG Ken Paxton could file an anti-trust suit against Google as early as this summer.
The paper, citing officials familiar with the legal action, said the DoJ and the AG’s “are well into planning for litigation, according to people familiar with the matter.”
The report noted further:
“Much of the states’ investigation has focused on Google’s online advertising business. The company owns the dominant tool at every link in the complex chain between online publishers and advertisers. The Justice Department likewise is making Google’s ad technology one of its points of emphasis. But it is also focusing more broadly on concerns that Google uses its dominant search business to stifle competition, people familiar with the matter said.”
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has slowed work on the case at the Justice Department, but the WSJ reported that Attorney General William Barr has nevertheless assigned considerable resources to the Google investigation and it remains one of his priorities. ... Full Story - BPR Business and Politics
Trump slams ‘radical left’ giants of social media
Jon Levine and Mary Kay Linge
President Trump slammed the giants of social media Saturday in a tweet that was a shot across the bow of Google — which may soon face a federal antitrust lawsuit.
“The Radical Left is in total command & control of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google,” Trump tweeted. “The Administration is working to remedy this illegal situation.”
The message came with a tweet featuring video of conservative commentator Michelle Malkin decrying tech censorship.
As if to prove Trump’s point, Twitter later removed the video of Malkin from their platform.
State and federal regulators are preparing to initiate antitrust proceedings against Google, arguing that its dominance online is undermining free-market competition on the web.
“We’ve issued [civil subpoenas] to Google and impacted third parties. We hope to have the investigation wrapped up by fall,” Texas AG Ken Paxton told The Wall Street Journal. “If we determine that filing is merited we will go to court soon after that.” Full Story - NY Post
YouTube CEO admits changing the recommendation algorithm in response to media’s radicalization theory
The theory has been contradicted by research data but YouTube still made changes in response to mainstream media articles pushing this narrative
In July 2019, The New York Times published its infamous “ The Making of a YouTube Radical” article from tech columnist Kevin Roose which used the anecdotal experience of a single YouTube viewer to push the notion that YouTube radicalizes its users by guiding them down an “alt-right rabbit hole” and into “a far-right universe” that’s filled with “conspiracy theories, misogyny and racism.”
Despite overwhelming evidence that contradicts the anecdotal notion that YouTube radicalizes its users, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki admitted that the platform changed its algorithm in response to stories like Cain’s Read More
Drudge Report Becomes Sludge Report
Drudge Report has become part of the leftist media cabal
Matt Drudge’s media links compilation has been one of the sites I’ve checked every morning for the last decade. The Drudge Report always had links to sites with stories I would not see on my trusted sites. I say “had” because I am weaning myself from it due to the dramatic shift in bias I’ve observed, especially in the most recent months. Read More
Big Tech’s Toadying to Chinese Communists Demands Action
The world is finally waking up to China’s bad behavior. Will Big Tech?
For years, tech companies like Apple have outsourced their manufacturing to China—and, increasingly, bent the knee to Chinese demands. Apple, in particular, has a troubling pattern of acquiescing to China’s commands on things like privacy and data storage. Even Apple’s encryption keys—which unlock the data of millions of users—are stored in China. Read More
