Four Senators Write Facebook Condemning Censorship of Pro-Life Group

Letter: Facebook relied on abortion activists for fact-checking

Elizabeth Matamoros
September 11, 2019 8:50 PM

Republican Sens. Josh Hawley (Mo.), Ted Cruz (Texas), Mike Braun (Ind.), and Kevin Cramer (N.D.) sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday to condemn Facebook’s "so-called fact-check" of the pro-life group Live Action.

Bloomberg’s Terrible Leif Olson Hit Piece Officially Has No Leg To Stand On

Failure to detect a Trump official's sarcasm was an enormous screw-up

Alex Griswold
September 5, 2019 12:00 PM

Not that long ago—just a week ago in fact—many in the media lost their minds over a Trump supporter's alleged plan to mine the social media feeds of reporters for damaging material. The New York Times, which broke the news, warned the resurfaced posts would be "stripped of context or presented in misleading ways," adding that the endeavor was "fundamentally different from the well-established role of the news media in scrutinizing people in positions of power."

Chris Hughes and Facebook Spouse Selling New York Townhouse for $26 Million

It wasn't big enough

Andrew Stiles
September 3, 2019 11:45 AM

Chris Hughes, the baby-faced half-billionaire best known for being Mark Zuckerberg's college roommate and facilitating the demise of the New Republic, and his husband, political failure Sean Eldridge, are selling their massive Greenwich Village townhouse for $26 million.

Kentucky Democrats Revive ‘Deplorable’ Label With Attack on Republican Governor

'The Deplorable has no depth to which he will not descend'

Graham Piro
August 20, 2019 2:15 PM

A local Kentucky Democratic group blasted state Gov. Matt Bevin (R.) over the weekend, calling him a “deplorable troll” and referring to him as “The Deplorable” in a Facebook post.

Hawley Introduces Plan to Prohibit Addictive Tech Practices

'Big tech has embraced a business model of addiction'

Charles Fain Lehman
July 30, 2019 2:35 PM

Big-tech critic Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) debuted a new bill Tuesday intended to ban certain digital practices which he says are designed to be addictive.

Sen. Cotton Argues to Prevent Huawei 5G Collaboration

'Huawei is essentially an arm of the Chinese Communist Party'

Philip Caldwell
July 24, 2019 2:30 PM

In an appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday, Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) asserted his commitment to preventing U.S. companies setting up 5G networks from doing business with Hauwei.

DOJ Initiates Antitrust Investigation of Big Tech

Facebook forced to pay $5 billion fine

Charles Fain Lehman
July 24, 2019 12:15 PM

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday its plans to investigate "market-leading online platforms" for potential anticompetitive behavior and violations of federal antitrust laws.

No Google Employee Made Itemized Donation to Trump in Second Quarter

Individuals at Twitter, Facebook also did not contribute to Trump; Combined $250,000 to top five Dems

Joe Schoffstall
July 24, 2019 10:35 AM

Individuals who work for Google, Twitter, and Facebook did not make a single itemized contribution to President Donald Trump's reelection campaign during the second quarter, even as they pushed $250,000 into the coffers of the top five 2020 Democratic contenders, a review of campaign finance data shows.

Hawley Plan to Regulate Tech’s Political Bias Tops Policy Ideas Poll

Majorities of registered voters believe social media political bias is at least a minor problem

Charles Fain Lehman
July 11, 2019 11:25 AM

A new poll reveals that a plurality of registered voters support Sen. Josh Hawley's (R., Mo.) proposal to compel big tech firms to prove that their algorithms are not politically biased.

Tanden’s CAP Takes Facebook Money Despite Personal Criticism

Cameron Cawthorne
June 10, 2019 2:20 PM

Neera Tanden, the president of the Center for American Progress, has repeatedly criticized Facebook on Twitter, but that didn't stop the progressive think tank from taking the company's money.