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How Silicon Valley, in a Show of Monopolistic Force, Destroyed Parler

In the last three months, tech giants have censored political speech and journalism to manipulate U.S. politics, while liberals, with virtual unanimity, have cheered. By Glenn Greenwald | January 12, 2021 Critics of Silicon Valley censorship for years heard the same refrain: tech platforms like Facebook, Google and Twitter are private corporations and can host […]

Senior House Republican Says Parler Shutdown by Rivals Breaks Monopoly Laws

By James Tweedie – Sputnik – 11.01.2021 Attempts by Big Tech to muzzle US President Donald Trump and his supporters have had mixed results. While conservative social media site Parler has been shut down, Twitter shares lost $5 billion in value on Monday following the deletion of Trump’s hugely-popular account. California Congressman Devin Nunes has […]

Tech guru Durov warns Apple & Google pose threat to freedom, as Russian Senator says Trump Twitter ban a challenge to sovereignty

RT | January 11, 2021 The move by US Tech companies to censor US President Donald Trump has raised concern in Russia, with politicians and IT industry figures expressing concerns about it, and about its potential implications for political freedoms. Alexey Pushkov, a prominent Senator and Chairman of the Federation Council on Information Policy and […]

Parler CEO Speaks Out After Amazon Boots From AWS, Vows To Rebuild ‘From Scratch’

“This Was A Coordinated Attack” By Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge – January 9, 2021 Update (2210 ET): Parler CEO John Matze has issued a statement (emphasis ours): Sunday (tomorrow) at midnight Amazon will be shutting off all of our servers in an attempt to completely remove free speech off the internet. There is the […]

Trump’s blanket ban from social media proves the information war is over

By Helen Buyniski | RT | January 9, 2021 US President Donald Trump has been banned from most social media platforms, supposedly for inciting riots at the Capitol. But with no one capable of holding the tech behemoths to account, even fervent Trump-haters should worry. Twitter permanently banned the president from its platform on Friday, […]

Big Tech giants want to prove they are ‘American gods’. Anyone watching the watchers?

By Frank Furedi | RT | January 9, 2021 Big Tech has just taken a gigantic step toward its objective of gaining total control over what can and what cannot be said on the internet. Apple and Google have commanded Parler, a social network used by conservatives, to police its users. In effect, what their […]