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'''Big Tech''' refers to a [[cartel]] of several [[Silicon Valley]] technology firms, notably [[Google]], [[Apple]], [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]] and, in Seattle, [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] for driving technology growth and social change.  Big Tech is playing a large role in the decline of [[patriotism]] as a value held by Americans.<ref>Wright, Morgan (November 28, 2018). [https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/418617-high-techs-globalism-is-slowly-killing-patriotism High tech’s globalism is slowly killing patriotism]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 28, 2018.</ref>  According to Dr. Michael Rectenwald, the end goal of Big Tech companies is corporate [[socialism]].<ref>Svab, Petr (October 15, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-endgame-of-big-tech-is-corporate-socialism-says-liberal-studies-scholar_3116949.html The Endgame of Big Tech Is Corporate Socialism, Says Liberal Studies Scholar]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved October 15, 2019.</ref>

'''Big Tech''' refers to a [[cartel]] of several technology firms, notably [[Google]], [[Apple]]<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/06/tech-tyranny-apple-threatens-to-kick-social-media-company-parler-off-app-store-if-they-dont-ban-offensive-conservative-content/

TECH TYRANNY: Apple Threatens to Kick Social Media Company ‘Parler’ Off App Store if They Don’t Ban “Offensive” (Conservative) Content]</ref>, [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]], [[Microsoft]]<ref>[https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/rep-jordan-microsoft-as-out-to-get-conservatives Rep. Jordan blasts Microsoft as ‘out to get conservatives’ just like other big tech companies]</ref> and [[Amazon.com|Amazon]].  Big Tech is playing a large role in the decline of [[patriotism]] as a value held by Americans.<ref>Wright, Morgan (November 28, 2018). [https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/418617-high-techs-globalism-is-slowly-killing-patriotism High tech’s globalism is slowly killing patriotism]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 28, 2018.</ref>  According to Dr. Michael Rectenwald, the end goal of Big Tech companies is corporate [[socialism]].<ref>Svab, Petr (October 15, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-endgame-of-big-tech-is-corporate-socialism-says-liberal-studies-scholar_3116949.html The Endgame of Big Tech Is Corporate Socialism, Says Liberal Studies Scholar]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved October 15, 2019.</ref>  On March 10, 2022 Facebook and Instagram reversed longstanding policies and approved open support for [[Nazism]] on their platforms.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/10/facebook-and-instagram-say-it-is-okay-to-support-nazism-in-ukraine-and-they-modify-terms-allowing-advocacy-for-death-to-russians/</ref>

The Big Tech companies used to be conservative (like back in the 80’s), but over the years became liberal.

The Big Tech companies used to be conservative (like back in the 80’s), but over the years became progressive and are supportive of organizations such as the Chamber of Progress.<ref>[https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/2056372841184891144 "Chamber of Progress", a Big Tech lobbyist trade group, is encouraging Age Attestation into law], Bryan Lunduke</ref><ref>[https://progresschamber.org/partners/ Chamber of Progress], partners</ref>

In a ''[[New York Times]]'' op-ed entitled ''Tech Companies Are Destroying Democracy and the Free Press'', the left-wing expert on monopoly power Matt Stoller described [[Facebook]] and [[Google]] as “global monopolies sitting astride public discourse,” and recounted how bipartisan policy and legal changes designed to whittle away antitrust protections have bestowed the two [[Big Tech]] giants with “a radical centralization of power over the flow of information.” And he warns that this unprecedented consolidation of control over our discourse is close to triggering “the collapse of [[journalism]] and [[democracy]].”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/opinion/tech-monopoly-democracy-journalism.html</ref>

In a ''[[New York Times]]'' op-ed entitled ''Tech Companies Are Destroying Democracy and the Free Press'', the left-wing expert on monopoly power Matt Stoller described [[Facebook]] and [[Google]] as “global monopolies sitting astride public discourse,” and recounted how bipartisan policy and legal changes designed to whittle away antitrust protections have bestowed the two [[Big Tech]] giants with “a radical centralization of power over the flow of information.” And he warns that this unprecedented consolidation of control over our discourse is close to triggering “the collapse of [[journalism]] and [[democracy]].”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/opinion/tech-monopoly-democracy-journalism.html</ref>

[[Microsoft]] and [[IBM]] are sometimes considered Big Tech firms because of their size, and [[Twitter]] not for its size but its societal impact. Twitter will likely be bought out by one of the larger firms at some point.

[[IBM]] is sometimes considered a Big Tech firm because of its corporate size, and [[Twitter]] not for its size but its societal impact. Twitter will likely be bought out by one of the larger firms at some point.

As of 2018, Google and Facebook controlled 60% of all digital advertising revenue, totaling over $60 billion.

As of 2018, Google and Facebook controlled 60% of all digital advertising revenue, totaling over $60 billion.

Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft are all partnering with the intelligence apparatus.  According to ''[[Reuters]]'', “The Group will use lists from intelligence-sharing group Five Eyes adding URLs and PDFs from more groups, including the [[Proud Boys]], the Three Percenters and [[neo-Nazi]]s.”<ref>https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-facebook-tech-giants-target-manifestos-militias-database-2021-07-26/</ref>

Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft are all partnering with the intelligence apparatus.  According to ''[[Reuters]]'', “The Group will use lists from intelligence-sharing group Five Eyes adding URLs and PDFs from more groups, including the [[Proud Boys]], the Three Percenters and [[neo-Nazi]]s.”<ref>https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-facebook-tech-giants-target-manifestos-militias-database-2021-07-26/</ref>

Who and what is defined as “extremist content” will be determined by the Big Tech insiders themselves.  This provides a gateway, another plausible deniability aspect, to cover the Intelligence Branch from any oversight.  When the Intelligence Branch within government wants to conduct [[surveillance]] and monitor American citizens, they run up against the problem of [[Fourth Amendment]] protections.  They get around those legal limitations by sub-contracting the intelligence gathering, the actual data-mining, and allowing outside parties (contractors) to have access to the central database.

Who and what is defined as “extremist content” will be determined by the Big Tech insiders themselves.  This provides a gateway, another [[plausible deniability]] aspect, to cover the Intelligence Branch from any oversight.  When the Intelligence Branch within government wants to conduct [[surveillance]] and monitor American citizens, they run up against the problem of [[Fourth Amendment]] protections.  They get around those legal limitations by sub-contracting the intelligence gathering, the actual data-mining, and allowing outside parties (contractors) to have access to the central database.

The government cannot conduct electronic searches without a [[warrant]]; however, private individuals can search and report back as long as they have access.  Big Tech will flag the content from within their platforms, and now a secondary database filled with the extracted information will be provided openly for the Intelligence Branch to exploit.

The government cannot conduct electronic searches without a [[warrant]]; however, private individuals can search and report back as long as they have access.  Big Tech will flag the content from within their platforms, and now a secondary database filled with the extracted information will be provided openly for the Intelligence Branch to exploit.

==The Democracy Integrity Project==

==The Democracy Integrity Project==

{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax|Dark money}}

{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax|Dark money}}

[[The Democracy Integrity Project]] (TDIP), was a multimillion-dollar stealth organization launched in late January 2017, just days after [[President Donald Trump]]'s inauguration, that provided a daily "research" bulletin known as "TDIP Research" to recognizable Washington journalists, and congressional staff members, to keep the Russia "collusion" hoax alive.  Reports indicated "Social media titans including the founders of Facebook, Twitter and Google are indirectly funding the project through donations funneled through a Silicon Valley foundation."  The nonprofit, 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, ''Fund for a Better Future'' (FBF),<ref>Fund for a Better Future | About Us, http://fundforabetterfuture.org/</ref> donated $2,065,000 to TDIP in 2017.<ref>Georgette | Conservative Daily Post, 'Shadow Media's' Dark Money Funded $2 Million To 'Investigate' Donald Trump, https://conservativedailypost.com/shadow-medias-dark-money-funded-2-million-to-investigate-donald-trump/, March 11, 2019</ref>  TDIP raised some $7 million mainly from Silicon Valley tech executives and hired computer researchers, as well as [[FusionGPS]] opposition researchers and [[Christopher Steele]], the foreign author of the discredited ''[[Steele dossier]]'', to “prove” the rumors in the dossier.<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/09/23/biden_security_adviser_sullivan_tied_to_16_clinton_plan_to_co-opt_cia_and_fbi_to_tar_trump_795498.html</ref>  In March 2019, it was reported that [[Paul Sperry]] had exposed TDIP, which is essentially a "Trump-Russia 2.0: Dossier-Tied Firm Pitching Journalists Daily news on Collusion" spreading lies and fake news to keep the "Trump-Russian collusion" false news narrative alive in main stream media reporting.<ref name=20190320PSPerry>Paul Sperry | Real Clear Investigations, Trump-Russia 2.0: Dossier-Tied Firm Pitching Journalists Daily on 'Collusion", http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3736082/posts, March 20, 2019</ref><ref>''The Federalist'', Soros-Funded PR Shop Constructing Media Echo Chamber To Push Impeachment, https://thefederalist.com/2019/03/21/soros-funded-pr-shop-constructing-media-echo-chamber-push-impeachment/, March 21, 2019</ref>  As they sought new dirt on Trump, they fed their information to [[fake news]] [[media]] outlets, leading [[Democrat]]s on the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]], namely Sens. [[Mark Warner]] and [[Ron Wyden]], and the FBI.  

[[The Democracy Integrity Project]] (TDIP), was a multimillion-dollar stealth organization launched in late January 2017, just days after [[President Donald Trump]]'s inauguration, that provided a daily "research" bulletin known as "TDIP Research" to recognizable Washington journalists, and congressional staff members, to keep the Russia "collusion" hoax alive.  Reports indicated "Social media titans including the founders of Facebook, Twitter and Google are indirectly funding the project through donations funneled through a Silicon Valley foundation."  The nonprofit, 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, ''Fund for a Better Future'' (FBF),<ref>Fund for a Better Future | About Us, http://fundforabetterfuture.org/</ref> donated $2,065,000 to TDIP in 2017.<ref>Georgette | Conservative Daily Post, 'Shadow Media's' Dark Money Funded $2 Million To 'Investigate' Donald Trump, https://conservativedailypost.com/shadow-medias-dark-money-funded-2-million-to-investigate-donald-trump/, March 11, 2019</ref>  TDIP raised some $7 million mainly from [[Silicon Valley]] tech executives and hired computer researchers, as well as [[FusionGPS]] opposition researchers and [[Christopher Steele]], the foreign author of the discredited ''[[Steele dossier]]'', to “prove” the rumors in the dossier.<ref>[https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/09/23/biden_security_adviser_sullivan_tied_to_16_clinton_plan_to_co-opt_cia_and_fbi_to_tar_trump_795498.html Biden Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Tied to Alleged 2016 Clinton Scheme to Co-Opt the CIA and FBI to Tar Trump], By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations, September 23, 2021</ref>  In March 2019, it was reported that [[Paul Sperry]] had exposed TDIP, which is essentially a "Trump-Russia 2.0: Dossier-Tied Firm Pitching Journalists Daily news on Collusion" spreading lies and fake news to keep the "Trump-Russian collusion" false news [[narrative]] alive in main stream media reporting.<ref name=20190320PSPerry>Paul Sperry | Real Clear Investigations, Trump-Russia 2.0: Dossier-Tied Firm Pitching Journalists Daily on 'Collusion", http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3736082/posts, March 20, 2019</ref><ref>''The Federalist'', Soros-Funded PR Shop Constructing Media Echo Chamber To Push Impeachment, https://thefederalist.com/2019/03/21/soros-funded-pr-shop-constructing-media-echo-chamber-push-impeachment/, March 21, 2019</ref>  As they sought new dirt on Trump, they fed their information to [[fake news]] [[media]] outlets, leading [[Democrat]]s on the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]], namely Sens. [[Mark Warner]] and [[Ron Wyden]], and the FBI.  

''RealClearInvestigations'' revealed that the organization ran an elaborate media-influence operation intent on driving and shaping daily coverage of the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, including the pushing of stories regarding Trump in the national main stream media, intending to tie the president or his associates to the [[Kremlin]] and [[Vladimir Putin]].  TDIP then provided the same "research" to the [[FBI]] and congressional investigators and then informs news reporters that "authorities" are investigating those items.  Thus, mirroring a strategy federal authorities used to secure [[FISA]] warrants that were then used to spy on the Trump presidential campaign, in which, FISA applications would cite published news reports that were leaked to the news media to gain credibility.<ref name=20190320PSPerry />

''RealClearInvestigations'' revealed that the organization ran an elaborate media-influence operation intent on driving and shaping daily coverage of the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, including the pushing of stories regarding Trump in the national main stream media, intending to tie the president or his associates to the [[Kremlin]] and [[Vladimir Putin]].  TDIP then provided the same "research" to the [[FBI]] and congressional investigators and then informs news reporters that "authorities" are investigating those items.  Thus, mirroring a strategy federal authorities used to secure [[FISA]] warrants that were then used to spy on the Trump presidential campaign, in which, FISA applications would cite published news reports that were leaked to the news media to gain credibility.<ref name=20190320PSPerry />

===Fact Checkers===

===Fact Checkers===

Alan Duke – the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Facebook and [[TikTok]]’s fact-checking partner Lead Stories, refused to drop clients with ties to ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, which has been flagged by the [[U.S. State Department]] as a mouthpiece for the CCP.  The founder of TikTok's parent company ByteDance has pledged to use his company to “promote socialist core values” and has “set up an expert group on content supervision” run by the CCP and includes former high-level party [[apparatchik]]s with military ties as executives.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/news/alan-duke-wont-commit-to-dropping-ccp-as-client/</ref>

Alan Duke – the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Facebook and [[TikTok]]’s [[fact-checking]] partner Lead Stories, refused to drop clients with ties to ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, which has been flagged by the [[U.S. State Department]] as a mouthpiece for the CCP.  The founder of TikTok's parent company ByteDance has pledged to use his company to “promote socialist core values” and has “set up an expert group on content supervision” run by the CCP and includes former high-level party [[apparatchik]]s with military ties as executives.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/news/alan-duke-wont-commit-to-dropping-ccp-as-client/</ref>

While Lead Stories claims to be unbiased, Federal Election Commission (FEC) records reveal that all donations from employees have gone to Democratic candidates and [[NeverTrump]] groups.

While Lead Stories claims to be unbiased, Federal Election Commission (FEC) records reveal that all donations from employees have gone to Democratic candidates and [[NeverTrump]] groups.

{{quotebox-float|"The police were then able to obtain an Instagram registration email, which turned out to be a Gmail address. With that in hand, investigators ordered Google to provide any location data they had on that Gmail user, which the tech giant duly provided after it identified a linked smartphone.'<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/03/10/fbi-uses-google-location-data-to-ensnare-alleged-capitol-hill-rioter/?sh=465c214c104e</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"The police were then able to obtain an Instagram registration email, which turned out to be a Gmail address. With that in hand, investigators ordered Google to provide any location data they had on that Gmail user, which the tech giant duly provided after it identified a linked smartphone.'<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/03/10/fbi-uses-google-location-data-to-ensnare-alleged-capitol-hill-rioter/?sh=465c214c104e</ref>}}

The ''Off Guardian'' remarked it is a "stark reminder that carrying a tracking device with a Google login, even with the SIM card removed, can mean the difference between freedom and an orange jumpsuit in the [[Great Reset]] era."<ref>https://off-guardian.org/2021/07/08/meet-jigsaw-googles-intelligence-agency/</ref>

The ''Off Guardian'' remarked it is a "stark reminder that carrying a tracking device with a Google login, even with the SIM card removed, can mean the difference between freedom and an orange jumpsuit in the [[Great Reset]] era."<ref>https://off-guardian.org/2021/07/08/meet-jigsaw-googles-intelligence-agency/</ref>

===Apple===

===Apple===

{{See also|Apple Inc.}}

{{See also|Apple Inc.}}

Apple CEO Tim Cook once told global warming sceptics to dump their Apple stock.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/tim-cook-climate-change-sceptics-ditch-apple-shares Tim Cook tells climate change sceptics to ditch Apple shares]</ref>

Apple CEO Tim Cook once told global warming sceptics to dump their Apple stock,<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/tim-cook-climate-change-sceptics-ditch-apple-shares Tim Cook tells climate change sceptics to ditch Apple shares]</ref> and they colluded with other tech firms to prevent Parler from being used.

 

Apple has been in bed with the Chinese communists by offering concessions for data privacy.<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/joelthayer/2021/06/13/why-is-apple-lowering-its-walled-garden-for-china-but-not-for-the-us-n2590874 Why Is Apple Lowering Its Walled Garden for China but Not for the US?]</ref>  They also recently signed a $275B deal which included investments to use more components from Chinese suppliers.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/apple-275-billion-deal-china Apple made $275 billion deal to skirt Chinese regulations: Report]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/12/08/deal-with-the-devil-apple-signed-275-billion-contract-with-china-to-avoid-crackdown/ Deal with the Devil: Apple Signed $275 Billion Contract with China to Avoid Crackdown]</ref>

===Microsoft===

===Microsoft===

In July 2021 the Texas Supreme Court ruled that Facebook could be held liable if sex traffickers use the platform to prey on children, arguing the social media website isn’t a “lawless no-man’s-land.”<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/facebook-can-be-sued-for-sex-trafficking-texas-supreme-court-rules_3876475.html</ref>  In August 2021 Facebook censored a Gold Star mother whose son was murdered in the [[Biden regime]]'s botched [[Fall of Kabul|Afghan exit]].

In July 2021 the Texas Supreme Court ruled that Facebook could be held liable if sex traffickers use the platform to prey on children, arguing the social media website isn’t a “lawless no-man’s-land.”<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/facebook-can-be-sued-for-sex-trafficking-texas-supreme-court-rules_3876475.html</ref>  In August 2021 Facebook censored a Gold Star mother whose son was murdered in the [[Biden regime]]'s botched [[Fall of Kabul|Afghan exit]].

====Obama era election interference====

====Obama era election interference====

A 2019 internal review of Facebook’s whitelisting practices, marked attorney-client privileged, found favoritism to those users to be both widespread and “not publicly defensible....We are not actually doing what we say we do publicly,” said the confidential review. It called the company’s actions “a breach of trust” and added: “Unlike the rest of our community, these people can violate our standards without any consequences.”

A 2019 internal review of Facebook’s whitelisting practices, marked attorney-client privileged, found favoritism to those users to be both widespread and “not publicly defensible....We are not actually doing what we say we do publicly,” said the confidential review. It called the company’s actions “a breach of trust” and added: “Unlike the rest of our community, these people can violate our standards without any consequences.”

As of 2020 XCheck included at least 5.8 million users, documents show. In its struggle to accurately moderate a torrent of content and avoid negative attention, Facebook created invisible elite tiers within the social network.  In describing the system Facebook misled the public and its own Oversight Board.  Facebook spokesman Andy Stone said that the system “was designed for an important reason: to create an additional step so we can accurately enforce policies on content that could require more understanding.”

As of 2020 XCheck included at least 5.8 million users, documents show. In its struggle to accurately moderate a torrent of content and avoid negative attention, Facebook created invisible elite tiers within the social network.  In describing the system Facebook misled the public and its own Oversight Board.  Facebook spokesman [[Andy Stone]] said that the system “was designed for an important reason: to create an additional step so we can accurately enforce policies on content that could require more understanding.”

While the program included most government officials, it didn’t include all candidates for public office, at times effectively granting incumbents in elections an advantage over challengers. The discrepancy was most prevalent in state and local races, the documents show, and employees worried Facebook could be subject to accusations of favoritism.

While the program included most government officials, it didn’t include all candidates for public office, at times effectively granting incumbents in elections an advantage over challengers. The discrepancy was most prevalent in state and local races, the documents show, and employees worried Facebook could be subject to accusations of favoritism.

====Chan Zuckerberg Initiative====

====Chan Zuckerberg Initiative====

Zuckerberg money to [[CTCL]] was laundered through the [[Chan Zuckerberg Initiative]] (CZI) controlled by Zuckerberg and his wife.  Chan Zuckerberg also gave $433,000 to Ralph Baric,<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/facebook-czi-funds-controversial-wuhan-researcher/</ref> who was described by [[Shi Zhengli]] of the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]] (WIV) as her “longtime collaborator” on [[gain-of-function]] research on the bat [[coronavirus]].<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/wuhan-lab-partner-scheming-on-pandemic-profits/</ref> Baric also received funding from [[Anthony Fauci]]'s National Institute of Health (NIH).  Fauci admitted that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg offered him “resources and money” at the time same Zuckerberg was plowing cash into interfering in the [[2020 presidential election]] on behalf of Democrats.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/news/fauci-reveals-what-was-redacted-in-his-zuckerberg-emails/</ref>

Zuckerberg money to [[CTCL]] was laundered through the [[Chan Zuckerberg Initiative]] (CZI) controlled by Zuckerberg and his wife.  Chan Zuckerberg also gave $433,000 to [[Ralph Baric]],<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/facebook-czi-funds-controversial-wuhan-researcher/</ref> who was described by [[Shi Zhengli]] of the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]] (WIV) as her “longtime collaborator” on [[gain-of-function]] research on the bat [[coronavirus]].<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/wuhan-lab-partner-scheming-on-pandemic-profits/</ref> Baric also received funding from [[Anthony Fauci]]'s National Institute of Health (NIH).  Fauci admitted that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg offered him “resources and money” at the time same Zuckerberg was plowing cash into interfering in the [[2020 presidential election]] on behalf of Democrats.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/news/fauci-reveals-what-was-redacted-in-his-zuckerberg-emails/</ref>

====United Front Work Department====

====United Front Work Department====

The Facebook Oversight Board upheld the platform’s decision to ban President Donald Trump – a strong source of opposition to the Chinese Communist Party.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/facebook-oversight-board-anti-trump-foreign/</ref>  One of the board’s four co-chairs, former Prime Minister of Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt, has ties to the Chinese Communist Party’s [[United Front Work Department]] (UFWD).  The U.S. government’s Economic and Security Review Commission flagged the UFWD for seeking “co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of its ruling Chinese Communist Party” and coerce American leaders “to take actions or adopt positions supportive of [[Beijing]]’s preferred policies.”<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/fb-oversight-board-chair-headlined-ccp-conference/</ref>

The Facebook Oversight Board upheld the platform’s decision to ban President Donald Trump – a strong source of opposition to the Chinese Communist Party.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/facebook-oversight-board-anti-trump-foreign/</ref>  One of the board’s four co-chairs, former Prime Minister of Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt, has ties to the Chinese Communist Party’s [[United Front Work Department]] (UFWD).  The U.S. government’s Economic and Security Review Commission flagged the UFWD for seeking “co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of its ruling Chinese Communist Party” and coerce American leaders “to take actions or adopt positions supportive of [[Beijing]]’s preferred policies.”<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/fb-oversight-board-chair-headlined-ccp-conference/</ref>

===Twitter===

===Twitter===

[[File:Jack Dorsey Taliban.PNG|right|200px|thumb|Jack Dorsey refused to ban the [[Taliban]] terrorist organization from Twitter.]]

[[File:Jack Dorsey Taliban.PNG|right|200px|thumb|Jack Dorsey refused to ban the [[Taliban]] terrorist organization from Twitter.]]

{{See also|Twitter}}

{{See also|Twitter}}

In May 2020, Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey came under heavy criticism for the company's recent decision to begin inserting "fact-checking" links into the tweets made by President Trump, with the company claiming those tweets to be "misleading" despite the exposure by [[Project Veritas]] of Democrat-led [[voter fraud]] proving otherwise,<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/10/18/commit-voter-fraud-massive-scale-part-ii-project-veritas-investigation-clinton-network/ "How to Commit Voter Fraud on a Massive Scale": Part II of Project Veritas Investigation into Clinton Network] at Breitbart News Network</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDc8PVCvfKs Rigging the Election - Video II: Mass Voter Fraud] at Project Veritas Action YouTube channel</ref> after Trump tweeted about recent concerns over the intent by the Democrat Party to commit voter fraud at the federal, state and local levels through the use of mail-in ballots during the [[2020 Presidential election]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/leave-our-employees-out-of-this-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-responds-to-trump-broadside 'Leave our employees out of this': Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey responds to Trump broadside] at the Washington Examiner</ref>  The "fact-checking" links in question lead to an "information" page containing links from liberal media outlets such as [[CNN]], [[MSNBC]], the ''[[New York Times]]'' and the ''[[Washington Post]]'', all of which indulge in publishing factually-devoid and misleading [[fake news]] hit pieces and opinion pieces masquerading as "news" regarding the mail-in vote scandal<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/twitter-falsely-undermined-truth-thereby-misleading-american-public-senior-legal-adviser-trump-campaign-responds-twitters-blatantly-partisan-attack-president/ "Twitter Falsely Undermined the Truth... Thereby Misleading the American Public" – Senior Legal Adviser to @TeamTrump Responds to Twitter’s "Blatantly Partisan" Attack on President] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> to fit their anti-Trump narratives.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/twitter-slaps-fact-checking-alert-to-trump-tweets Twitter slaps fact-checking alert on Trump tweets] at the Washington Examiner</ref>  This decision also had the inadvertent outcome of embarrassing Twitter employee Yoel Roth, who was outed as having falsely accused Trump officials, including Presidential counselor [[Kellyanne Conway]], of being "Nazis" in past tweets he posted.<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2020/05/twitters-chief-fact-checker-called-trump-officials-nazis/ Twitter's chief "fact-checker" called Trump officials "Nazis"] at WorldNetDaily</ref>  Trump, who accused Twitter of openly trying to interfere with free elections and illegally impeding free speech, responded to Twitter's tampering with his tweets by announcing that he may place Twitter and similar social media companies under heavy regulation or shut them down altogether to punish them for their extreme liberal bias and illegal censorship (in violation of the [[First Amendment]]) of conservative speech and thought.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/close-them-down-trump-threatens-to-regulate-or-shutter-social-media-platforms-after-twitter-fact-check 'Close them down': Trump threatens to regulate or shutter social media platforms after Twitter fact-check] at the Washington Examiner</ref>  Republican Florida senator [[Marco Rubio]] also weighed in on the controversy, saying that Twitter could lose its liability protections for choosing to act as a publisher by exercising editorial control through its tampering with Trump's tweets.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rubio-warns-twitter-after-it-puts-fact-check-label-on-trump-tweet Rubio warns Twitter after it puts fact-check label on Trump tweet] at the Washington Examiner</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2020/05/u-s-senator-warns-twitter-lose-shield-liability/ U.S. senator warns Twitter could lose shield from liability] at WorldNetDaily</ref>

In May 2020, Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey came under heavy criticism for the company's recent decision to begin inserting "fact-checking" links into the tweets made by President Trump, with the company claiming those tweets to be "misleading" despite the exposure by [[Project Veritas]] of Democrat-led [[voter fraud]] proving otherwise,<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/10/18/commit-voter-fraud-massive-scale-part-ii-project-veritas-investigation-clinton-network/ "How to Commit Voter Fraud on a Massive Scale": Part II of Project Veritas Investigation into Clinton Network] at Breitbart News Network</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDc8PVCvfKs Rigging the Election - Video II: Mass Voter Fraud] at Project Veritas Action YouTube channel</ref> after Trump tweeted about recent concerns over the intent by the Democrat Party to commit voter fraud at the federal, state and local levels through the use of mail-in ballots during the [[2020 Presidential election]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/leave-our-employees-out-of-this-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-responds-to-trump-broadside 'Leave our employees out of this': Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey responds to Trump broadside] at the Washington Examiner</ref>  The "fact-checking" links in question lead to an "information" page containing links from liberal media outlets such as [[CNN]], [[MSNBC]], the ''[[New York Times]]'' and the ''[[Washington Post]]'', all of which indulge in publishing factually-devoid and misleading [[fake news]] hit pieces and opinion pieces masquerading as "news" regarding the mail-in vote scandal<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/twitter-falsely-undermined-truth-thereby-misleading-american-public-senior-legal-adviser-trump-campaign-responds-twitters-blatantly-partisan-attack-president/ "Twitter Falsely Undermined the Truth... Thereby Misleading the American Public" – Senior Legal Adviser to @TeamTrump Responds to Twitter’s "Blatantly Partisan" Attack on President] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> to fit their anti-Trump narratives.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/twitter-slaps-fact-checking-alert-to-trump-tweets Twitter slaps fact-checking alert on Trump tweets] at the Washington Examiner</ref>  This decision also had the inadvertent outcome of embarrassing Twitter employee [[Yoel Roth]], who was outed as having falsely accused Trump officials, including Presidential counselor [[Kellyanne Conway]], of being "Nazis" in past tweets he posted.<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2020/05/twitters-chief-fact-checker-called-trump-officials-nazis/ Twitter's chief "fact-checker" called Trump officials "Nazis"] at WorldNetDaily</ref>  Trump, who accused Twitter of openly trying to interfere with free elections and illegally impeding free speech, responded to Twitter's tampering with his tweets by announcing that he may place Twitter and similar social media companies under heavy regulation or shut them down altogether to punish them for their extreme liberal bias and illegal censorship (in violation of the [[First Amendment]]) of conservative speech and thought.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/close-them-down-trump-threatens-to-regulate-or-shutter-social-media-platforms-after-twitter-fact-check 'Close them down': Trump threatens to regulate or shutter social media platforms after Twitter fact-check] at the Washington Examiner</ref>  Republican Florida senator [[Marco Rubio]] also weighed in on the controversy, saying that Twitter could lose its liability protections for choosing to act as a publisher by exercising editorial control through its tampering with Trump's tweets.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rubio-warns-twitter-after-it-puts-fact-check-label-on-trump-tweet Rubio warns Twitter after it puts fact-check label on Trump tweet] at the Washington Examiner</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2020/05/u-s-senator-warns-twitter-lose-shield-liability/ U.S. senator warns Twitter could lose shield from liability] at WorldNetDaily</ref>

Twitter imposed new [[draco]]ian censorship measures aimed at [[conservative]] users in October 2020.<ref>https://markzuckerberg.news/2020-09-30-doj-targets-big-tech-censorship-election-meddling-racketeering.html</ref> One example is labeling criticism of mail-in balloting as ‘misinformation’.  [[James Woods]] commented the new labeling is clear:

Twitter imposed new [[draco]]ian censorship measures aimed at [[conservative]] users in October 2020.<ref>https://markzuckerberg.news/2020-09-30-doj-targets-big-tech-censorship-election-meddling-racketeering.html</ref> One example is labeling criticism of mail-in balloting as ‘misinformation’.  [[James Woods]] commented the new labeling is clear:

====Misleading investors====

====Misleading investors====

In September 2021 Twitter disclosed a binding agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit, under which the social network wOULD pay $809.5 million to resolve claims it provided misleading user-engagement info to investors.

In September 2021 Twitter disclosed a binding agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit, under which the social network would pay $809.5 million to resolve claims it provided misleading user-engagement info to investors.

The original lawsuit, filed in 2016 by a Twitter shareholder, alleged Dorsey and others including former CEO Dick Costolo and board member Evan Williams hid facts about Twitter’s slowing user growth while they sold their personal stock holdings “for hundreds of millions of dollars in insider profits.”<ref>https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/twitter-investor-lawsuit-settlement-payment-jack-dorsey-1235068982/</ref>

The original lawsuit, filed in 2016 by a Twitter shareholder, alleged Dorsey and others including former CEO Dick Costolo and board member Evan Williams hid facts about Twitter’s slowing user growth while they sold their personal stock holdings “for hundreds of millions of dollars in insider profits.”<ref>https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/twitter-investor-lawsuit-settlement-payment-jack-dorsey-1235068982/</ref>

====India====

====India====

[[Condemnations of the Corruption of Amazon|Many have condemned the massive corporation for its pervasive and widespread corruption.]]

[[Condemnations of the Corruption of Amazon|Many have condemned the massive corporation for its pervasive and widespread corruption.]]

===NewsGuard===

===NewsGuard===

{{See also|Reddit}}

{{See also|Reddit}}

In 2019, Reddit banned a 700,000-member group on its website called "The_Donald," which supported President Trump.<ref>Bokhari, Allum (October 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/10/23/reddit-wont-lift-quarantine-on-pro-trump-community/ Reddit Won’t Lift ‘Quarantine’ on Pro-Trump Community]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 23, 2019.</ref>  In August 2020 Reddit shut down in mid-livestream a broadcast by [[Bill Binney]]<ref>https://twitter.com/Burke4Senate/status/1298318463610560512</ref> related to the [[fake news]] allegation of Russian hacking of the [[DNC]] during the [[2016 presidential election]].<ref>https://twitter.com/StatusCoup/status/1135541638711906304</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/reddit-shuts-bill-binney-provides-evidence-refuting-russia-collusion-sham/</ref>

In 2019, Reddit banned a 700,000-member group on its website called "The_Donald," which supported President Trump.<ref>Bokhari, Allum (October 23, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/10/23/reddit-wont-lift-quarantine-on-pro-trump-community/ Reddit Won’t Lift ‘Quarantine’ on Pro-Trump Community]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 23, 2019.</ref>  In August 2020 Reddit shut down in mid-livestream a broadcast by [[Bill Binney]]<ref>https://twitter.com/Burke4Senate/status/1298318463610560512</ref> related to the [[fake news]] allegation of Russian hacking of the [[DNC]] during the [[2016 presidential election]].<ref>https://twitter.com/StatusCoup/status/1135541638711906304</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/reddit-shuts-bill-binney-provides-evidence-refuting-russia-collusion-sham/</ref>

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Media intelligence complex]]

*[[Media intelligence complex]]

*[[Voter suppression]]

*[[Voter suppression]]

==References==

==References==

* [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/12/30/bokhari-from-utopian-to-petty-silicon-valleys-decade-of-decline/ Bokhari: From Utopian to Petty – Silicon Valley’s Decade of Decline], by Allum Bokhari, December 30, 2019

* [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/12/30/bokhari-from-utopian-to-petty-silicon-valleys-decade-of-decline/ Bokhari: From Utopian to Petty – Silicon Valley’s Decade of Decline], by Allum Bokhari, December 30, 2019

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB3-FB8LQlc Why They're Trying To Silence Us] [[Mark Dice]] on [[YouTube]], October 21, 2020

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB3-FB8LQlc Why They're Trying To Silence Us] [[Mark Dice]] on [[YouTube]], October 21, 2020

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