Author: Nihal Krishan, Washington Examiner

Amazon‘s labor union lost a key vote to unionize a second New York City warehouse on Monday, a setback for efforts to organize workers at the e-commerce giant supported by prominent Democrats. The union fell significantly short, with 618 votes against unionizing and 380 votes for it. The labor union, which had a historic victory…

Republicans and conservatives who’ve been suspended from Twitter for referring to transgender individuals by their biological sex say they hope and expect that they will be allowed to return once billionaire Elon Musk takes control of the platform. Musk, who bought Twitter earlier this week, promised to make significant changes to the platform, with a…

Republicans are framing a new Disinformation Governance Board within the Biden administration as a threat to censor conservative speech. The Department of Homeland Security announced the creation of the board on Wednesday to coordinate the federal government’s activities related to countering disinformation, with an immediate focus on unauthorized migration to the United States and the…

Conservatives are pushing Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, to make significant changes to the platform, with a focus on free speech and bringing back controversial users who have been banned. Conservatives have said Twitter is biased based on its suppression of news regarding Hunter Biden’s laptop before the 2020 election and for deplatforming conservatives, most…

A top European Union regulator warned billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday that Twitter will have to comply with the EU’s digital rules under his ownership, complicating Musk’s ambitious free speech agenda. Musk, who acquired Twitter on Monday for $44 billion after weeks of negotiations, has vowed to overhaul the platform to orient it toward free…

Billionaire Elon Musk‘s acquisition of Twitter on Monday could usher in a series of significant adjustments to the platform. Musk has publicly discussed noteworthy changes he wants to see on the platform, including a focus on free speech with less content moderation, the implementation of an edit button, longer-form tweets, an end to spambots, and…

Twitter has agreed to sell the company to billionaire Elon Musk for $44 billion in cash, a deal with major implications for online discourse. The social media giant’s decision to sell will give major influence over public debate to Musk, who has vowed to overhaul the platform to orient it toward free speech. Musk said…

President Joe Biden‘s ambitious push to restore net neutrality and the technology industry has suffered significant delays because his nominees for top posts have struggled to gain Senate confirmations. The shortage of key personnel at the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission has prevented Democrats from having a majority at both agencies and…

Twitter announced that it will ban ads with content that contradicts authorities on climate change. All advertisements that contradict the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other unspecified bodies will be prohibited, the company said Friday, Earth Day. “We believe that climate denialism shouldn’t be monetized on Twitter, and that misrepresentative ads shouldn’t…

Bipartisan momentum to limit the power of Silicon Valley has threatened the 40-year reign of the consumer welfare standard in U.S. antitrust law. The shift — most notable among Republicans terrified that they will be de-platformed by Big Tech companies such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google — has far-reaching implications for the relationship between the…