Facebook Removes Conservative Group’s Ad Without Citing Any Factual Error

'Do we now need pre-approval from Democrats before we run ads critical of their policies?'

Graham Piro
September 16, 2020 3:15 PM

Facebook removed an advertisement from a conservative interest group without citing any factual errors, sparking renewed accusations of liberal bias at the social network.

WaPo Opinion Editor Deletes Tweet Floating ‘Revenge’ Against White Women

Graham Piro
June 29, 2020 2:00 PM

Karen Attiah, the Washington Post's global opinions editor, deleted a tweet in which she said white women are "lucky" that "we are just calling them 'Karen's," and not "calling for revenge."

Continetti: Bipartisan Coalition Emerging Against Social Media Protections

Washington Free Beacon Staff
May 28, 2020 8:39 PM

A bipartisan coalition is forming to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Washington Free Beacon founding editor Matthew Continetti said Thursday.

Latest Sanders Campaign Emails Leave Supporters No Way to Contribute Cash

Sanders suspends Facebook, Instagram ads amid campaign 'assessment'

Alex Griswold
March 18, 2020 12:35 PM

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders suspended digital ads on multiple social media platforms hours after announcing he is reassessing his campaign.

Google Provides Six-Figure Sum to Liberal Outlet With History of Genocide Denial

Alex Griswold
February 11, 2020 5:50 PM

Google gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Young Turks as others have distanced themselves from the progressive YouTube series over its founder’s denials of the Armenian genocide and other offensive comments.

TikTok Bans Pro-Life Group For Innocuous Baby Video

Alex Griswold
January 31, 2020 4:15 PM

TikTok banned pro-life group Live Action for nearly a day over an innocuous video featuring mothers and babies that the social media platform now acknowledges did not actually violate its community guidelines.

YouTube Removes Video of Doctor Questioning Transgenderism

Alex Griswold
November 5, 2019 5:05 PM

YouTube and the conservative Heritage Foundation are butting heads after the Google-owned video streaming site removed a video in which a leading doctor questioned the medical community's acceptance of transgenderism. YouTube claimed some of the doctor's statements violated a new policy against hate speech.

Kamala Campaign Mocked For Tweeting Bizarrely Terrible Photoshop

Alex Griswold
October 17, 2019 3:05 PM

The Kamala Harris campaign baffled the Twitterverse Thursday by posting a photoshopped image showing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi yelling at a hypothetical President Harris.

The Soul-Crushing Tedium of Cable News, Explained in One Tweet

BREAKING: "Circle jerks," or "circles jerk"? We report. We decide

Andrew Stiles
October 1, 2019 3:30 PM

Rodents are raining from the ceiling of the White House press room. Maybe it's a metaphor for how the media, especially of the cable news variety, has become a plague of absurdity, an endless circle jerk of extraneous "analysis" and soul-crushing tedium.

NY Times Reports ‘Airplanes Took Aim’ at World Trade Center on 9/11

The updated piece still makes no mention of hijackers' motive.

Alex Griswold
September 11, 2019 12:00 PM

The New York Times deleted a tweet and updated a piece Wednesday after writing that the 9/11 attack occurred after "airplanes took aim" at the World Trade Center.