“Twitter is the worst. Twitter is thuggish,” Prager outlined. “And do you know that Twitter takes down doctors, epidemiologists, other scientists who simply say hydroxychloroquine might work? That is enough to be removed from Twitter, to have your account closed down, if you are a doctor. This is a lie, by the way, like everything else that comes from the left. I never talk about liberals. I’m talking about the left. Truth is not a value to them. They don’t follow the science. They follow scientists with whom they agree. It’s a very important distinction. The left does not follow science. So that if thousands of scientists like the Great Barrington Declaration … said the lockdown is a catastrophe, it’s not even reported. And if you do report it, Twitter will take you down.” … [Read more...] about Dennis Prager on Big Tech Censorship: ‘Twitter Is the Worst’ — ‘Thuggish’
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Report: A ‘Young, Queer Asian-American Businesswoman’ Will Control Free Speech on Twitter
Tech news site Protocol published a profile recently of Christine Su, the senior product manager for conversational safety at Twitter. Su’s approach to the platform’s censorship will focus on “transformative and procedural justice.” … [Read more...] about Report: A ‘Young, Queer Asian-American Businesswoman’ Will Control Free Speech on Twitter
Donald Trump Calls for Section 230 Repeal as Parler CEO Says Facebook, Twitter ‘Not Neutral Actors’
In October, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai said the agency would “clarify ambiguities” in a provision that grants immunity to tech companies that act as “platforms.” Many conservatives have argued Facebook, Twitter, Google, and others have acted more like “publishers” when they censor content. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Calls for Section 230 Repeal as Parler CEO Says Facebook, Twitter ‘Not Neutral Actors’
No. 14 Texas Tech routs Sam Houston St to improve to 2-0
McClung, the leading scorer for the Hoyas last season, has 38 points in 41 minutes of action in his first two games for the Red Raiders. The 6-foot-2 junior guard is 13-of-21 shooting, including 4 of 6 on 3-pointers. In the first eight minutes against Sam Houston State, he had two 3-pointers among 10 points as Tech already had a 20-4 lead. … [Read more...] about No. 14 Texas Tech routs Sam Houston St to improve to 2-0
Columbia Prof: Rockefeller Christmas Tree Should be Canceled for the ‘Toxic Relationship’ of ‘Nature and Capitalism’
“When I saw the Rockefeller Center tree propped up as it shed entire boughs to the cold plaza ground this year, I felt no elation,” he added. “I just felt sad that we venerate the continued subjugation of nature at the expense of unfettered growth and consumption — or even simply because we, like those who suffered through the Great Depression, want to feel something like normal again.” … [Read more...] about Columbia Prof: Rockefeller Christmas Tree Should be Canceled for the ‘Toxic Relationship’ of ‘Nature and Capitalism’
