Tech sector reevaluating donations to GOP candidates
Big Tech is rethinking its political advocacy under President Biden and the new Democrat-controlled Congress. Published January 25, 2021
Ryan Lovelace is a political reporter for The Washington Times with a focus on covering the advocacy groups in Washington. He previously reported for American Lawyer Media and covered politics and the Supreme Court for the Washington Examiner. He can be reached at rlovelace@washingtontimes.com.
Big Tech is rethinking its political advocacy under President Biden and the new Democrat-controlled Congress. Published January 25, 2021
SharesA prominent pro-life ally of former President Donald Trump is mounting a six-figure ad campaign to get in the good graces of a key Democratic vote in the new Congress: Sen. Joe Manchin. Published January 25, 2021
SharesGoogle said Monday that it was mounting a new $150 million coronavirus vaccine education and distribution push worldwide. Published January 25, 2021
SharesFew people heard of the social media platform Parler before Big Tech's political censorship made it a refuge for conservative voices in the 2020 election season. Published January 24, 2021
SharesLiberals are frothing mad at Rep. Madison Cawthorn's statements on social media about his alleged athletic training and about the 2020 election in advance of the riot at the Capitol earlier this month. Published January 22, 2021
SharesFacebook's Oversight Board is set to review the company's decision to ban former President Trump indefinitely. While the board is intended to operate independently of Facebook to review its content moderation decisions, Facebook executive Nick Clegg said he expects the board will approve of Facebook's ban. Published January 22, 2021
SharesTwitter has suspended an account purportedly linked to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that featured an image showing a Donald Trump-like figure on a golf course apparently being targeted by a missile strike, saying it believed the account was a fake. Published January 22, 2021
SharesAmazon 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
SharesA 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
SharesRep. 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
SharesHouse 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
SharesBig Tech's ban of former President Donald Trump persisted Wednesday even as his term ended. Published January 20, 2021
SharesYouTube extended its ban preventing President Trump from posting videos for an additional seven days. Published January 20, 2021
SharesRansomware 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
SharesParler accused Amazon of giving hackers a green light to target the social media platform's data centers. Published January 19, 2021
SharesThe 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
SharesSen. 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
SharesOrganizers 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
SharesProminent 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
SharesThe 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
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