| | *Freiburger, Calvin (May 3, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/facebook-allows-left-wing-page-to-fantasize-about-trump-assassination-funeral Facebook allows left-wing page to fantasize about Pres. Trump assassination, funeral]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved May 4, 2019.</ref> Additionally, Apple News banned [[LifeSiteNews]] from its platform for "intolerance."<ref>[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-apple-news-bans-lifesite-without-warning-shows-intolerance BREAKING: Apple News bans LifeSite without warning: says it ‘shows intolerance’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.</ref> The issue of Big Tech censorship hit a fever pitch in 2019 when [[Facebook]] and [[Instagram]] banned prominent alt-lite figures [[Alex Jones]], [[Laura Loomer]], and [[Milo Yiannopoulos]] without reason. | | *Freiburger, Calvin (May 3, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/facebook-allows-left-wing-page-to-fantasize-about-trump-assassination-funeral Facebook allows left-wing page to fantasize about Pres. Trump assassination, funeral]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved May 4, 2019.</ref> Additionally, Apple News banned [[LifeSiteNews]] from its platform for "intolerance."<ref>[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-apple-news-bans-lifesite-without-warning-shows-intolerance BREAKING: Apple News bans LifeSite without warning: says it ‘shows intolerance’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.</ref> The issue of Big Tech censorship hit a fever pitch in 2019 when [[Facebook]] and [[Instagram]] banned prominent alt-lite figures [[Alex Jones]], [[Laura Loomer]], and [[Milo Yiannopoulos]] without reason. |
| − | In June 2020, [[Gavin McInnes]] was banned from YouTube, and Twitter banned Katie Hopkins and a popular pro-[[Trump]] [[meme]] creator known as Carpe Donktum.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nv-VeHvj_k</ref> YouTube also banned [[Stefan Molyneux]].<ref>https://reclaimthenet.org/youtube-bans-stefan-molyneux/</ref> In July 2020, anti-establishment Republicans confronted Big Tech CEOs in the halls of Congress for censorship of conservatives and of right-wing or politically incorrect voices.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/30/conservative-groups-leveraging-big-tech-hearing-po/</ref><ref>https://patriotpost.us/opinion/72537-big-tech-on-deck-in-congress-2020-07-31</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G08kxa-IAss</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c23vrE1bQlA</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoVZ4qKJJIk</ref> | + | In June 2020, [[Gavin McInnes]] was banned from YouTube, and Twitter banned Katie Hopkins and a popular pro-[[Trump]] [[meme]] creator known as Carpe Donktum.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nv-VeHvj_k</ref> YouTube also banned [[Stefan Molyneux]],<ref>https://reclaimthenet.org/youtube-bans-stefan-molyneux/</ref> as did Twitter.<ref>https://reclaimthenet.org/stefan-molyneux-suspended-twitter/</ref> In July 2020, anti-establishment Republicans confronted Big Tech CEOs in the halls of Congress for censorship of conservatives and of right-wing or politically incorrect voices.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/30/conservative-groups-leveraging-big-tech-hearing-po/</ref><ref>https://patriotpost.us/opinion/72537-big-tech-on-deck-in-congress-2020-07-31</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G08kxa-IAss</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c23vrE1bQlA</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoVZ4qKJJIk</ref> |