Amazon has offered to assist President Biden in distributing coronavirus vaccines, raising questions about whether the company put politics over people's lives in dealing with the Trump administration. Published January 21, 2021
A federal judge on Thursday ruled that Amazon did not need to immediately restore its services to the social media platform Parler. Published January 21, 2021
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, House Committee on Oversight and Reform chair, on Thursday requested the FBI to investigate the social media platform Parler and any role it may have played in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Published January 21, 2021
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Thursday that he supports Rep. Liz Cheney retaining her leadership role in the GOP despite her vote to impeach former President Trump. Published January 21, 2021
Big Tech's ban of former President Donald Trump persisted Wednesday even as his term ended. Published January 20, 2021
YouTube extended its ban preventing President Trump from posting videos for an additional seven days. Published January 20, 2021
Ransomware attacks affected more than 2,300 U.S. government entities, health care facilities and schools in 2020, according to security software company Emsisoft. Published January 19, 2021
Parler accused Amazon of giving hackers a green light to target the social media platform's data centers. Published January 19, 2021
The social media platform Parler is reemerging online. Visitors to its website, Parler.com, will now see a webpage displaying messages describing "technical difficulties" and statements from some Parler staffers. Published January 19, 2021
Sen. Ron Wyden wrote to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig to request an investigation of whether tax-exempt organizations had any direct involvement in planning or inciting the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week. Published January 15, 2021
Organizers of the annual March for Life said Friday that the annual march scheduled to occur in D.C. later this month will now largely take place online. Published January 15, 2021
Prominent conservative activists are pressing House Republicans to back off plans to help Democrats use antitrust action to break up Big Tech. Published January 15, 2021
The purge of President Trump and his supporters from social media platforms has not stopped extremists from communicating -- it just drove them further underground. Published January 14, 2021
Snapchat permanently banned President Trump from its platform on Wednesday, citing the potential harm to public safety. Published January 13, 2021
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said on Wednesday that he thought his company's decision to permanently suspend President Trump was the right call. Published January 13, 2021
Twitter said Wednesday that its crackdown on the group Students for Trump, @TrumpStudents, account was an "error" that it has reversed. Published January 13, 2021
Google told advertisers on Wednesday it was pausing all political ads amid the potential for future harm in the aftermath of last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol. Published January 13, 2021
YouTube banned President Trump's video posts for the remainder of his presidency, effectively completing the Big Tech blockade of social media. Published January 13, 2021
Momentum is building in Washington to break up Big Tech, including from Democrats, following the social media crackdown on President Trump and conservative voices. Published January 12, 2021
Amazon Web Services disputed Parler's allegations in a lawsuit alleging Amazon violated antitrust law, breached the companies' contract, and was motivated by a political bias. Published January 12, 2021
