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“Did you have a version of cancel culture when you were growing up?” he asked me. My 15-year-old son looked at me, waiting for my answer as we sat at a stoplight several weeks ago. I thought about it for a few seconds, not entirely sure there was something that resembled…

Christopher Rufo writes for City Journal about the latest example of Big Tech’s dangerous ideological bias. Technology giant Google has launched an “antiracism” initiative that presents speakers and materials claiming that America is a “system of white supremacy” and that all Americans are “raised to be racist.” I…

The North Carolina Teachers United Facebook page has nothing to do with teacher solidarity. It has everything to do with attacking public school teachers who reject teacher union talking points.  At least a few educators recognize this and responded. The latest example is below. The person who posted this…

Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2012, are less likely than Boomers and Gen X, to trust news channels like Fox News and CNN. However, they’re twice as likely to trust international news sources such as BBC and Al Jazeera than Boomers. The way Americans consume media falls along the dividing line…

Alan Reynolds writes at National Review Online about critical problems within common arguments against Big Tech. Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google are being threatened with costly antitrust suits and possible dismemberment for having unfairly secured a “monopoly” of something or other. This crusade has spurred congressional hearings and…

Rachel Bovard writes for the Federalist about a disturbing revelation from the president’s press secretary. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki last week made a startling revelation from the White House press podium: that the major social media platforms take direction from the government in deciding what content…

Jessica Chasmar of the Washington Times documents the latest collision between Trump Derangement Syndrome and cancel culture. Actress Megan Fox slammed the “uneducated” social media mob who came for her this week after she appeared to praise former President Donald Trump. Miss Fox sparked a firestorm after she…

Nick Arama writes at RedState.com about the Biden administration’s odd feud with a social media giant. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki started a hullabaloo yesterday by admitting that they had been in “frequent contact” with Facebook to “flag misinformation” to get Facebook to take down information about…