Conservatives Archives - Office-account

“I will no longer accept the censorship that is happening on Twitter,” she said. She would still use the site to promote her guests and TV shows, she added, but she would not “be dropping any scoops” there, and that “it is Parler where you will find real stories and the things I’m working on and my opinions on things.”

From election day until Sunday afternoon, she’s posted to Parler 118 times — and tweeted 174 times.

Since launching in 2018, Parler’s leaders have framed the social network as one of the last bastions of free speech online, building a fan base of annoyed conservatives who argue they had been silenced everywhere else.

The company said its user base has exploded since Trump’s election loss, doubling this month to more than 10 million accounts. In Apple’s app store, according to data from analytics firm Sensor Tower, Parler jumped from 1,023

new technology

Facebook and Twitter accused of censorship of conservatives in hearing

[email protected]_84 November 20, 2020

How about Ted Cruz slams Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey over censorship at Senate hearing

USA TODAY

Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg appeared via video stream in the one place on the planet where they can’t seem to please any of the people any of the time: Capitol Hill.

Republicans accused Facebook and Twitter of meddling in the election to harm President Donald Trump by censoring conservatives with warnings on GOP tweets about mail-in balloting.

Democrats criticized the companies for failing to rein in Trump’s efforts to delegitimize the election and took aim at their GOP colleagues for putting on a “political sideshow” to browbeat two of the nation’s leading technology CEOs.

The bipartisan grilling from lawmakers before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday – the second appearance from Zuckerberg and Dorsey in less than three weeks – reflected growing ire about “Big Tech” and all but guaranteed that legislation

technology current events

The Technology 202: YouTube alternative Rumble highlights conservatives’ move to more hands-off social networks

[email protected]_84 November 16, 2020

Rumble chief executive Chris Pavlovski tells me in an interview the company has seen a surge in new users since Election Day. He anticipates the company will close out the month with about 80 million unique users, up from about 60 million in October and 40 million midsummer. The company’s app has been installed about 375,000 times in the last seven days, according estimates from data firm Sensor Tower. That’s a 12 percent increase over the number of installs the company was seeing in the seven days leading up to the 2020 election, the firm says.

Rumble has decided to take a far more hands-off approach to content moderation than others.

Pavlovski describes his approach to content moderation as similar to the larger tech companies “ten years ago.” Rumble’s terms of service prohibit certain forms of obscene content, such as pornography, nudity or child exploitation, as well as videos

technology

Conservatives Flock To ‘Alt’ Social Media In US Election Dispute

[email protected]_84 November 15, 2020

Conservatives backing President Donald Trump’s claims of election malfesance have sparked a migration to alternative social media sites which have refrained from filtering unverified claims.

The shift has boosted right-wing favorites like Parler, Newsmax and Rumble which have rejected the approach of Facebook and Twitter in labeling and limiting the reach of conspiracy theories.

Parler, founded in 2018, saw more than 3.3 million downloads from Apple and Google marketplaces since November 3 to reach 7.3 million installs globally, according to market tracker Sensor Tower.

Large gains were also seen for other conservative-friendly services such as Newsmax — which Trump himself endorsed — as well as MeWe and Rumble.

These sites have left up Trump’s claims of manipulation of election results in states he lost.

While alternative social networks have seen ephemeral gains in the past, the post-election trend “has reached more mainstream conservatives” who are frustrated with the large internet

technology articles

Conservatives Flock To Parler App; Claim Censorship On Facebook And Twitter : NPR

[email protected]_84 November 15, 2020

Parler bills itself as a “free speech” social network and puts few restrictions on what users can post.

Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

hide caption

toggle caption

Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Parler bills itself as a “free speech” social network and puts few restrictions on what users can post.

Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Maria Bartiromo, the Fox Business host, declared herself done with Twitter two days after the election.

She tweeted a link to an article that falsely claimed Democrats were trying to steal the election. Twitter hid the post behind a label warning that it contained misleading content. Twitter also notified Bartiromo that someone had complained about her account (even though it did clarify she had not violated any rules and it was taking no action against her).

For Bartiromo, the label was the last straw.

“This is the same group who abused power in 2016,” Bartiromo

technology

Parler downloads jump as conservatives flock to the Twitter clone after Biden win

[email protected]_84 November 14, 2020

President Donald Trump — Trump’s reelection campaign joined the social media app Parler in 2018.

Getty Images

Twitter and Facebook have cracked down on political misinformation by adding labels to posts including those shared by President Donald Trump, who lost his bid for reelection to Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Now conservatives are flocking to Parler, an alternative social network.

Over the weekend, high-profile conservatives urged others to join Parler after major news outlets projected Biden’s victory. “Twitter has aided the Democrat Party in stealing this election and now everything Trump says is being silenced. Tell everyone you know to get on Parler,” far-right provocateur Laura Loomer told her more than 687,000 followers on Parler on Saturday.

Twitter and Facebook, which have repeatedly denied allegations of conservative bias, suspended Loomer from their platforms for violating their rules. Twitter permanently suspended Loomer in 2018 after she falsely tweeted that Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of

technology articles

Conservatives find home on social media platforms rife with misinformation.

[email protected]_84 November 14, 2020

Among tweets containing baseless claims about election results, Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo echoed a rallying cry of many prominent conservative voices in a tweet shortly after Election Day: “I will be leaving [Twitter] soon and going to Parler. Please open an account on @parler right away.”

a screen shot of an open laptop computer sitting on top of a table: Amid rising turmoil in social media, alternative social network Parler is gaining with prominent political conservatives who claim their voices are being silenced by Silicon Valley giants.

© Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images
Amid rising turmoil in social media, alternative social network Parler is gaining with prominent political conservatives who claim their voices are being silenced by Silicon Valley giants.

Others who’ve been active on the alternative social network Parler in recent weeks include Fox News host Sean Hannity, radio personality Mark Levin, far-right activist Laura Loomer, Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Devin Nunes. Eric Trump also has an account verified by Parler as does Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

A substantial number of users have followed these voices onto the platform, fueled by complaints over actions major social media platforms have

technology

Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps

[email protected]_84 November 12, 2020

Corey Adam, a political comedian from Minneapolis, joined a mass social media switcheroo last week.

That was when Mr. Adam, 39, a conservative and libertarian, watched Twitter and Facebook add labels to social media posts from President Trump and other Republicans who falsely claimed he had won the election. Many of the labels said the assertions were disputed. And on Twitter, some of Mr. Trump’s tweets were hidden completely.

To Mr. Adam, the social media companies appeared to be singling out conservative voices. So he decided to shift to Parler, a social networking app that he has used on and off for a year, and to largely ignore those two big platforms, he said.

“Facebook started muting, deleting and labeling every conservative political post in my feed,” Mr. Adam said. “If you’re going to do something, you have to be fair to both sides. You don’t just get to pick

technology articles

Conservatives flock to the Twitter alternative after Biden defeats Trump

[email protected]_84 November 10, 2020

Twitter and Facebook have been cracking down on political misinformation by adding labels to posts including those shared by President Donald Trump, who lost his bid for re-election to Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Now more conservatives are flocking to an alternative social network called Parler.

new technology

Trump-led conservatives accuse Big Tech of election interference, escalate bias charges ahead of Senate showdown

[email protected]_84 October 28, 2020

Republicans will escalate charges of anti-conservative bias against social media companies a little less than a week before Election Day when they haul the leaders of the nations’ top internet companies before a Senate committee to question how these powerful online platforms decide what content is allowed and what’s not.

Joe Biden defends son Hunter at final presidential debate, amid Giuliani allegations

UP NEXT

Roger Wicker sitting in a chair talking on a cell phone: Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. the chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation adjusts his nameplate before a hearing on the 737 Max 8 crashes.

© JACK GRUBER, USA TODAY
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. the chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation adjusts his nameplate before a hearing on the 737 Max 8 crashes.

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Google’s Sundar Pichai are scheduled to answer growing criticism from the right over the moderation of prominent conservatives’ posts, including President Trump, before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday.

Load Error

Fueling tensions ahead of the hearing are explosive allegations by conservatives that Facebook and

Flash News

This Unusual Bird Superpower Goes Back to the Dinosaur Extinction

‘For All Mankind’ patches depict space history changes in Apple TV+ series’ season 2

Coasts drown as coral reefs collapse under warming and acidification — ScienceDaily

Rocket Report: Billionaire backs Scottish spaceport, Relativity bags a bundle

New study shows how ‘our’ RNA stably binds to artificial nucleic acids — ScienceDaily

Scammers stole millions last Christmas. These six tips could keep you safe online this time around

China turns on nuclear-powered ‘artificial sun’

FINEOS Corporation Lands Outstanding Achievement in International Growth Award at the Technology Ireland Industry Awards 2020

Got $10,000? These 3 Growth Stocks Could Turbocharge Your Financial Future

Blackcurrants are favorable for glucose metabolism — ScienceDaily

Tag: Conservatives

Parler is growing but conservatives are not ready to leave Twitter

Facebook and Twitter accused of censorship of conservatives in hearing

Conservatives Flock To Parler App; Claim Censorship On Facebook And Twitter : NPR

Parler downloads jump as conservatives flock to the Twitter clone after Biden win

Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps

Conservatives flock to the Twitter alternative after Biden defeats Trump

Trump-led conservatives accuse Big Tech of election interference, escalate bias charges ahead of Senate showdown