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YouTube blocks all anti-vaccine content, including things unrelated to COVID-19

We all know how rampant anti-vaxx information has been on social media. Conspiracy theory groups and influencers have been repeatedly spreading misinformation since the start of the pandemic, from …

Fri Oct 1, 2021

‘Do you ever hear yourself and think that it sounds ridiculous?’ Sidney Powell meets her match

Donald Trump isn’t the only one in his posse to threaten reporters and walk out during “tough” interviews. Trump ally, attorney, and election fraud conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell walked out of an …

Wed Sep 1, 2021

Sen. Rand Paul suspended from YouTube after uploading truly ignorant anti-science statements

Kentucky has a lot of problems. At the top of the list of solutions is getting rid of its horrifically self-obsessed and corrupt Republican senators Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell. Both men have done …

Wed Aug 11, 2021

Study finds YouTube’s algorithms regularly promote content that violates content guidelines

Social media companies like YouTube—as we saw when the video platform suspended and then reinstated the channel for Right Wing Watch—are prisoners of their own algorithms, which are the keys to their …

Wed Jul 7, 2021

Watchdog site’s YouTube channel hit with short-lived suspension as company quickly backtracks

Large social-media companies like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter have been struggling for a long time with the continuing spread of right-wing extremism and its attendant conspiracism primarily on …

Wed Jun 30, 2021

The right-wing indoctrination machine sets its sights on kindergarteners

Republicans are currently obsessed with young kids. I don’t mean in the Matt Gaetz way, I mean as far as attacking kids’ toys, books, and programs. The GOP recently and publicly lost it over Dr. Seuss …

Sat Jun 5, 2021

New Florida law makes it illegal to ban politicians from social media—unless you own a theme park

On Monday, Florida passed legislation that signed up the citizens of that state to pay for a whole series of losing court cases in order to please Donald Trump. The legislation might have some other …

Tue May 25, 2021

Nuts & Bolts: Inside a Democratic Campaign: Keeping your own data without being a silo

It’s another Sunday, so for those who tune in, welcome to another discussion of the Nuts & Bolts of a Democratic campaign. If you’ve missed out, you can catch up any time: Just visit our group or …

Sun Apr 11, 2021