Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered 19 counties with surging coronavirus outbreaks to close indoor restaurants, wineries, movie theaters and other venues Wednesday, saying California must act to keep the pandemic from spiraling out of control. The new move also bans churches from singing and chanting, while still allowing services. “The actContinue Reading
Twitter labeled one of President Trump’s tweets as “manipulated media” on Thursday evening, two hours after he posted it. On Friday afternoon, Twitter and Facebook both removed the video for copyright infringement. Trump’s tweet, which he posted earlier on Thursday, featured a video of two toddlers running down a sidewalk.Continue Reading
In its latest effort to “guard churches against foreign infiltration,” the Education Bureau of a locality in northeast China launched a special crackdown campaign in April to suppress educational institutions with foreign religious links. According to Bitter Winter, the Bureau-issued plan seeks to implement President Xi Jinping’s “important instructions not toContinue Reading
After an article on the Tallahassee Democrat “for calling out judge candidate Kevin Alvarez for being a social media troll of the worst kind,” Peter Schorsch asks Judicial candidate Kevin Alvarez “Why is this guy even running for Judge?” Alvarez is the criminal defense lawyer running against incumbent Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey, nowContinue Reading
Facebook took an unprecedented action against the re-election campaign for President Trump, removing multiple posts and advertisements that used red triangles associates with Antifa, claiming that this was Nazi iconography. Trumps tweet warned against “dangerous mobs of far-left groups.” Facebook said on Thursday that it took down the posts andContinue Reading
Aunt Jemima will no longer be the face of a popular syrup. Quaker Oats has decided to retire the more than 130-year-old brand and logo, succumbing to pressure from social justice activists. “As we work to make progress toward racial equality through several initiatives, we also must take a hardContinue Reading
NBC News is now being targeting for influencing Google to punish two conservative news sites, The Federalist and ZeroHedge, by pulling their Google ad networks due to”pushing unsubstantiated claims” about the Black Lives Matter movement. Google clarified, claiming that The Federalist “was never demonetized,” and adding, “We worked with themContinue Reading
A report by NPR describes conditions inside of the LA Times newsroom as an “internal uprising,” referring to the social justice war over coverage of protests, riots, looting and hiring practices, “to the point that senior editors have weighed in, promising to listen and learn.” “I would say in theContinue Reading
Celebrities join the call for a North Carolina university professor, Mike Adams, to be fired for referring to the state’s governor “Massa Cooper” on Twitter. Adams, a sociology and criminology professor at University of North Carolina Wilmington, tweeted in late May as he dined with six men at a six-seat tableContinue Reading
A leaked email and a closer look at interview footage and quotes point to a move by angry activists to target Michael Moore’s latest film, Planet of Humans, getting it removed from YouTube because, as Smith said he “wasn’t interested in negotiation” and did not agree with its message andContinue Reading
Starbucks has angered a large faction of their customers who are angry that they instituted a ban on employees wearing Black Lives Matter clothing or accessories. The company cited it policy prohibiting political attire or accessories that “advocated a political, religious or personal issue” and said it was necessary “to createContinue Reading
Back in 1994, Magic: The Gathering printed “Invoke Prejudice,” a card that appears to depict a horde of hooded Klansmen. This card, as seen below, and several others, are being “due to its racist depiction, text, or combination thereof. Racism in any form is unacceptable and has no place in ourContinue Reading
Under the pressure of social justice activists, several shows, movies and individuals are under attack for their perceived insensitive content. After 33 years, Paramount ends the popular show Cops, Gone with the Wind was removed by HBO Max from the streaming service and Netflix and the BBC were in lockstep over the decision toContinue Reading
HBO Max’s collection of shorts called “Looney Tunes” cartoons is making national headlines after removing firearms from two of the major characters. Elmer Fudd will no longer carry a rifle and Yosemite Sam will no longer carry pistols. The first short, titled “Dynamite Dance,” may have the feel of oldContinue Reading
During NEWS TALK with BRANDON & BOB, Brandon Jones reviewed the story of Back to the Future 2 being edited on Netflix, the clip was updated quickly, but the concept prompted a look at the long list of Disney films and shows being edited over the years, more specifically onContinue Reading
Twitter has claimed that the removal of a George Floyd tribute video by President Trump campaign’s official account is for a copyright violation. The clip, which you can watch below, titled “Healing, Not Hatred” features Trump speaking about the murder of Floyd, calling it a “grave tragedy,” and says hisContinue Reading
Tensions are escalating inside Facebook over the social platform’s laissez-faire approach to the president’s posts. Hundreds of Facebook employees, in rare public criticism on Monday of their own company, protested executives’ decision not to do anything about inflammatory posts that President Trump had placed on the giant social media platformContinue Reading
In his recent Washington Post editorial Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for regulation for “harmful content, election integrity, privacy and data portability.” Zuckerberg’s proposal appears to be part of an effort to set clear oversight principles for the industry and shift the burden for monitoring itself badly, which it does. “However, decidingContinue Reading
