(Natural News) The whole concept of fake news is extremely dangerous for a couple of different reasons. Of course, when real fake news is spread via the Internet and the mainstream media (like the idea that Donald Trump and his team colluded with the Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign), it puts misinformation into the […]

(Natural News) Calls are increasing for Big Social platforms like Google, Facebook, and Twitter to be regulated like public utilities given their immense influence over what people see, read, hear and ultimately think, as well as how they spend their money. This online dominance has similarly brought forth the related issue of monopolistic control. A monopoly does not constitute […]

(Natural News) In an ideal world, the First Amendment of the United States Constitution would be enough to stop all lawmakers and Internet-based corporations from actively looking for ways to censor those with whom they disagree politically. Sadly, however, the Constitution gets about as much attention as a rock on the side of the road, […]

(Natural News) Among the social media platforms, Twitter has developed an outsized influence on the media and political echo chamber in the U.S. When an event or a term starts trending on Twitter, it almost instantly makes national, if not international, news headlines. Unfortunately it has also routinely devolved into a forum for virtue signalling by Trump-hating […]

(Natural News) Some may look at conservatives’ rejection of Internet fact-checkers and assume that they want to bury the truth and keep the public uninformed. However, this is not the case at all. The fact of the matter is that most fact-checkers, such as the ones currently being used by companies like Google and Facebook, […]

(Natural News) A veteran journalist from the popular independent media website PJMedia.com has had her personal Twitter account removed from the social media platform indefinitely, and there doesn’t appear to be any legitimate reason for this besides Twitter’s continued assault on conservative free speech. Bridget Johnson, who specializes in covering issues related to terrorism, was […]

(Natural News) Evidence that global warming might actually be real has emerged from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, where a number of snowflakes have reportedly melted even before the arrival of winter. No, we’re not talking about actual frozen ice crystals here, but rather a handful of brain-addled students and faculty members at the school […]

(Natural News) Many people are getting all bent out of shape over a newly proposed reversal of so-called “net neutrality” laws that were put into place during the Obama administration to “keep the internet open and free.” But Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai says that the internet as people currently use it is already […]

(Natural News) Are the days of the free and open Internet numbered?  The Internet is certainly used for all sorts of horrible things, but it has also allowed ordinary people to communicate on a mass scale that would have been unimaginable decades ago.  In the old days, if you wanted to reach large audiences of […]

(Natural News) Kent State University in Ohio recently held a panel discussion on the difference between free speech and so-called “hate” speech, asking students and faculty members to chime in on their opinions of what differentiates the two. But in the process of promoting this event via Twitter, the school’s Center for Student Involvement took […]