Source: Epoch Times Date: 2/21/2022 Former President Donald Trump’s new social media venture, Truth Social, launched shortly before Presidents’ Day on Apple’s App Store. The app was available to download on Feb. 20 shortly before midnight Eastern time after Trump’s company said in January that it planned a full rollout in the first quarter of 2022. Truth Social’s app store page detailing its version history shows that the first public version of the app—version 1.0—became available on Feb. 20. It reads, “Welcome to the first public release of Truth Social.” Trump Media and Technology...

Source: TechCrunch Date: 2/18/2022 Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has confirmed to TechCrunch that Jeren A. Miles, who had been a manager of global community development, is no longer employed by the company after a video went viral on YouTube, which was then reposted on Reddit and other sites, featuring him in a sting operation conducted by amateurs with the intent of catching paedophiles. The two-hour video, posted by an amateur group called PCI Predator Catchers Indianapolis on its YouTube page, does not depict Miles caught in any sex act, nor admitting to any specific sex...

Source: CNBC Date: 2/14/2022 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Meta on Monday, alleging the Facebook parent illegally collected biometric data on users without their consent. The suit makes claims similar to those made in a class action case Facebook settled for $650 million last year. That case alleged Facebook violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act by storing data about people’s faces without their consent for its photo-tag suggestion tool. Facebook announced in November it would shut down its facial-recognition system that identified faces in photos...

Source: Fox News Date: 2/9/2022 EXCLUSIVE: The servers for former President Donald Trump's TRUTH Social are up and running and will have the platform fully operational by the expected end-of-quarter launch date, FOX Business has learned. Sources familiar told FOX Business that beta testing for the Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) TRUTH Social is also underway, and that the average user in the United States can expect to download the app and create accounts by the end of March. TRUTH Social, while not yet public, is available for pre-order in the Apple App Store.   Sources...

Source: Reuters Date: 1/6/2022 (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump's new media venture plans to launch its social media app Truth Social on Feb. 21, according to an Apple Inc App Store listing. TRUTH Social, the Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) alternative to Twitter, is available for pre-order before going live on the U.S. Presidents' Day holiday. Similar to Twitter, the app offers features to follow other people and trending topics, according to demo photos. Its message equivalent of a tweet will be dubbed "truth". The app's launch would come 13 months after Meta Platforms...

Source: Breitbart Date: 12/13/2021 Despite presenting itself to the public as the arbiter of truth and guarantor of factually-accurate information, guarding users against “fake news” and “misinformation,” Facebook has admitted in court that its “fact checks” of information — frequently aimed at conservatives — are nothing more than statements of opinion. The bombshell emerged from Facebook’s court battle with John Stossel, who is suing the company for defamation over its decision to add “fact check” labels to the libertarian pundit’s videos about climate change. (Tucker...

Source: Fox News Date: March 18, 2019 California GOP Rep. Devin Nunes filed a major lawsuit seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against Twitter and a handful of its users on Monday, accusing the social media site of "shadow-banning conservatives" to secretly hide their posts, systematically censoring opposing viewpoints, and totally "ignoring" lawful complaints of repeated abusive behavior. In a complaint filed in Virginia state court on Monday, obtained by Fox News, Nunes claimed Twitter wanted to derail his work on the House Intelligence Committee,...

Source: Fox News Date: 5/28/2020 Flanked by Attorney General Bill Barr, President Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office on Thursday that interprets Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) as not providing statutory liability protections for tech companies that engage in censorship and political conduct. The president's order, which also cuts federal funding for social media platforms that censor users' political views, came just two days after Twitter took the unprecedented step of slapping a "misleading" warning label on two of Trump's tweets concerning the...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 11/30/2021 A day after Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO, the social media firm announced sweeping policy changes targeting the sharing of photos or videos of individuals. “Beginning today,” Twitter said in a statement Tuesday, “we will not allow the sharing of private media, such as images or videos of private individuals without their consent” before adding that “publishing people’s private info is also prohibited under the policy, as is threatening or incentivizing others to do so.” The platform has already banned users from posting or...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 11/29/2021 Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey is stepping down as the social media firm’s chief executive, and Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal will succeed him as the firm’s new CEO, effective immediately, according to the company. “I’ve decided to leave Twitter because I believe the company is ready to move on from its founders. My trust in Parag as Twitter’s CEO is deep. His work over the past 10 years has been transformational. I’m deeply grateful for his skill, heart, and soul. It’s his time to lead,” said Dorsey in a statement, who helped found the firm...

Source: Rebel News Date: 10/28/2021 George Soros is making another investment — this time in a company called Good Information Inc. Details on the company and its planned agenda were released in a report from Axios.  The company, as described by Axios, “aims to fund and scale businesses that cut through echo chambers with fact-based information. As part of its mission, it plans to invest in local news companies.” On last night's episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Ezra gave his thoughts on Soros stepping into the fact-checking business. Speaking about Soros and other elites getting...

Source: CNN Date: 11/1/2021 Facebook said Tuesday it plans to stop using facial-recognition software that could automatically recognize people in photos and videos posted on the social network, marking a massive shift both for the tech industry and for a company known for collecting vast amounts of data about its billions of users. Facebook, which changed its company name to Meta in late October, also said it plans to delete the data it had gathered through its use of this software, which is associated with over a billion people's faces. The move, announced in a blog post...

Source: Axios Date: 11/1/2021 Twitter on Monday said it will be making authoritative information about climate change more accessible to users during this year's United Nations COP26 climate summit. Why it matters: It’s the latest tech giant to take aim at climate misinformation, expected to be more prevalent during the global conference, which brings together leaders from around the world to discuss the climate crisis. Last month, Google and its subsidiary YouTube announced a new policy that prohibits climate deniers from being able to monetize their content. In September,...

Source: The Guardian Date: 10/29/2021 Facebook’s name change has been roundly mocked on social media, and perhaps nowhere more so than in Israel: Meta sounds like the Hebrew word for “dead”. As images of Facebook’s name superimposed on a tombstone were shared online, Dr Nirit Weiss-Blatt, a tech expert, wrote in a tweet directed towards Facebook’s communications team: “In Hebrew, *Meta* means *Dead*.” The author of The Techlash and Tech Crisis Communication added: “The Jewish community will ridicule this name for years to come.” Meta sounds like the feminine form of the Hebrew word. Another...

Source: Rumble Date: 10/26/2021 Combining the forces of Locals & Rumble will help boost and bring more value to the creator economy Today, the video platform Rumble announced that it has acquired Locals Technology, Inc. Locals‘revolutionary platform has quickly made it the premier subscription-based service for multimediacontent and community. Buying Locals furthers Rumble’s mission of giving creators unprecedentedautonomy over their work while providing audiences with quality content. Rumble is already one of themost respected independent and privately-owned companies in the online video-sharing...

Source: Resist the Mainstream Date 10/26/2021 Former United States President Donald Trump announced the launch of a new social media platform, and explained that the move is about “saving our country.” The new platform, called Truth Social, is part of the new Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG).  An Oct. 20 press release by TMTG stated: “[TMTG] will soon be launching a social network, named ‘TRUTH Social.’ TRUTH Social is now available for Pre-Order in the Apple App store. TRUTH Social plans to begin its Beta Launch for invited guests in November 2021. A nationwide rollout...

Source: Gateway Pundit Date: 10/24/2021 A federal judge in Texas has allowed the state to seek documents from social media giants Facebook, Twitter, and Google. A federal judge will allow Texas to seek internal documents from social-media companies regarding how they moderate content, as the state defends a new law restricting when platforms can suspend users. The ruling Friday by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin means Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is free to seek limited discovery from members of two prominent trade groups that sued to block the controversial statute,...

Source: Resist the Mainstream Date: 10/23/2021 A new Facebook whistleblower has reportedly emerged, dishing to US regulators that an official at the social network in 2017 blew off concerns about hate speech as a “flash in the pan,” adding that while “some legislators will get pissy” Facebook is “printing money in the basement.” The new whistleblower told the Securities and Exchange Commission under penalty of perjury that the company has constantly shrugged off concerns about hate speech and misinformation in pursuit of growth, the Washington Post reported on Friday. Like Frances...

Source: The Verge Date: 10/19/2021 Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. (Update October 28th, 2:30PM ET: Mark Zuckerberg has revealed Facebook’s new name: Meta) The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28th, but could unveil sooner, is meant to signal the tech giant’s ambition to be known for more than social media and all the ills that entail. The rebrand would likely position...

Source: NY Post Date: 10/13/2021 During the 2020 election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent hundreds of millions of dollars to turn out likely Democratic voters. But this wasn’t traditional political spending. He funded a targeted, private takeover of government election operations by nominally nonpartisan — but demonstrably ideological — nonprofit organizations. Analysis conducted by our team demonstrates this money significantly increased Joe Biden’s vote margin in key swing states. In places like Georgia, where Biden won by 12,000 votes, and Arizona, where he won by 10,000, the spending...

Source: Western Journal Date: 10/12/2021 Another former Facebook employee says she is willing to testify before Congress on the tech giant’s business practices. Sophie Zhang is a former Facebook data scientist and whistleblower who, in September 2020, revealed “influence” operations perpetrated by “authoritarian regimes” that took place on Facebook. Zhang told CNN in an interview Sunday that she provided information regarding “potential criminal violations” by Facebook to a U.S. law enforcement agency at the time. Zhang also said that she is willing to testify before Congress about her...

Source: True Defender Date: 10/11/2021 Frances Haugen, the “Facebook whistleblower” that took advantage of the current situation and the shaken beliefs, was exposed by a real whistleblower. Join The True Defender Telegram Chanel Here: https://t.me/TheTrueDefender According to his claims, Frances was actually tasked with justifying stricter censorship rules across the internet by the Democrats. the thing that really exposed who she is is the fact she was given full mainstream-media coverage, from the minute she stepped out, none of her posts were ever blocked on social media, she was...

Source: The National Pulse Date: 10/4/2021 Facebook “whistleblower” Frances Haugen is a longtime Democrat donor, supporting campaigns for far-left extremists such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She has also donated money to activist groups actively attempting to derail the U.S. primary process that allows ordinary members of the public to beat out establishment, career politicians, The National Pulse can reveal. Blowing the Establishment. Haugen’s “whistleblowing” has been lauded by the corporate media: a sure sign that rather than being a sole actor attempting to call out corporate...

Source: Insider Paper Date: 10/4/2021 After Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram now Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T cellular services are down, stranding tens of thousands of users worldwide. Users in New York City, Los Angeles and Dallas reports problem with the service. The trio’s outages began around 11:30 a.m. ET, with most customers reporting problems with mobile internet. Users report that their smartphone connects to the internet via WiFi but not via cellular data. Down Detector shows problem with Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T networks. See screenshots below:

Source: NY Post Date: 10/4/2021 Facebook offered “sincere apologies” Monday afternoon as a sweeping outage of its site and various other properties, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, stretched for more than six hours and helped to wipe more than $50 billion off Facebook’s market cap — the stock’s worst day of trading in almost a year. The issues started around 11:45 a.m. ET, according to DownDetector, and hit users globally, taking out critical communications platforms that billions of people and businesses rely on everyday. Service began to return at around 6 p.m. While...

Source: Reuters Date: 10/4/2021 Former U.S. President Donald Trump asked a federal judge in Florida on Friday to ask Twitter (TWTR.N) to restore his account, which the company removed in January citing a risk of incitement of violence. Trump filed a request for preliminary injunction against Twitter in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, arguing the social media company was "coerced" by members of the U.S. Congress to suspend his account. Twitter and several other social media platforms banned Trump from their services after a mob of his supporters attacked the...

Source: The Week Date: 9/29/2021 YouTube is now blocking several video channels associated with high-profile anti-vaccine activists like Joseph Mercola and Robert F. Kennedy, and banning any videos that claim "commonly used vaccines approved by health authorities are ineffective or dangerous," The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The video platform had previously blocked misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines, but not videos that made erroneous or misleading claims about vaccines like those for measles or chickenpox, per the Post. YouTube Vice President of Global Trust and Safety...

Source: Bloomberg Date: 9/22/2021 Facebook Inc. Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer, a 13-year veteran who oversees the social network’s work in artificial intelligence, virtual reality and the blockchain, will step down next year. Another longtime Facebook executive, Andrew Bosworth, will take over as CTO, according to an internal message on Wednesday from Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg. Schroepfer’s move marks the most significant departure from the company in years and follows the recent exits of several other top executives. His decision to step aside comes...

Source: Red Voice Media Date: 9/28/2021 Over the weekend, former President Donald Trump attended one of his always popular rallies in Perry, Georgia. With around 20,000 people in attendance, Trump performed his usual routine of blasting the current administration, the weak Southern border, and the outcome of the 2020 election. While the Democrats claim Trump is nothing more than a sore loser, new reports are showing he might be right as Facebook gave Georgia officials around $45 million to help fund election-related activities. Seeing how this could sway the election, the crowd eagerly...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 9/23/2021 A recently filed lawsuit against Facebook reveals new details about the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal, claiming among other allegations that company executives massively overpaid the Federal Trade Commission to shield CEO Mark Zuckerberg from personal liability. The lawsuit was filed in a Delaware state court by the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island (ERSRI), following a battle over whether troves of internal Facebook communications should be publicly disclosed. The pension fund won that case in February, and used those records...