Posts Tagged ‘social media’
Blueprint for a Successful Conservative Social Media Empire
Social media is the digital manifestation of public thought. Persuasion, influence, and framing can happen at scale. This is the primary reason Obama and Trump sought to leverage these platforms in their political campaigns. Popular social media companies are natural monopolies – the best platforms acquire the most users, and the more users a platform…
Read MoreU.S. Floats Ban of Chinese-controlled TikTok Over National Security Concerns
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the Trump administration is looking at a potential ban on the app TikTok, in an interview with Fox News Laura Ingraham. The move comes in response to India placing a ban on TikTok in late June. Both lawmakers and citizens have expressed major concern that the Chinese government uses…
Read MoreTwitter Adds “Fact Check” to Trump Tweets
On Tuesday, Twitter enabled a fact-check warning underneath a thread created by President Trump. The tweet was mentioning potential fraud done through mail-in ballots, to which Twitter applied a warning “Get the facts about mail-in ballots.” The warning links to both the Washington Post and CNN Politics as sources for the fact-check. This is the…
Read MoreConservative Influencers ALX & Owen Shroyer Suspended from Twitter
Twitter purged two conservative voices on Thursday: ALX and Owen Shroyer. ALX is a well-known user on the website who creates content which is often retweeted by President Trump. Owen Shroyer is an Infowars reporter who covers a variety of hot button cultural issues. When asked by Carpe Donktom (another influencer who is retweeted by…
Read MoreYouTube De-Ranks Democratic Candidate Tulsi Gabbard
On Tuesday, Steven Crowder (host of Louder with Crowder daily show) broke a story regarding Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard’s YouTube channel. Crowder broadcasted from his livestream and laid out allegations that YouTube is meddling in the US election process. Gabbard is a bit different from the other candidates because she is slightly more moderate, served…
Read MoreThe Coming Storm: Big Tech Bias & Social Media Censorship of Conservatives
The internet has changed humanity forever. Our world looks almost indistinguishable from our parents’ or grandparents’ world. Politics, relationships, religion and work are all fundamentally changed. To have a public voice, you must be online. America’s 2020 Presidential election will be one of the most contentious and divisive events in modern American political history. Turnout…
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