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States Rush to Combat AI-Generated Deepfake Nudes Targeting Minors

In response to the growing issue of boys using AI apps to create and share sexually explicit images of their female classmates, state legislators across the United States are introducing bills to protect minors from this new form of exploitation. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley continues to make billions with the very AI models boys are exploiting.

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Rapper Drake Uses AI to Resurrect Tupac Shakur for a Guest Verse

Platinum-selling rapper Drake has revived the late Tupac Shakur by using artificial intelligence technology in a new diss track against rival artist Kendrick Lamar.

The post Rapper Drake Uses AI to Resurrect Tupac Shakur for a Guest Verse appeared first on Breitbart.

TikTok Ban Bill Expected to Pass This Week

The legislation that would ban China's TikTok app in the United States unless its parent company, Chinese tech giant ByteDance, sells it could become law within days.

The post TikTok Ban Bill Expected to Pass This Week appeared first on Breitbart.

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Plans for You to Not See Donald Trump on Platforms Before Election

In a significant shift from its previous approach to elections, Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is distancing itself from politics, which could have a profound impact on the 2024 U.S. presidential election. An analysis of posts by the Trump and Biden campaigns show both have faced a 60 percent drop in engagement between 2020 and 2024 on Facebook.

The post Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Plans for You to Not See Donald Trump on Platforms Before Election appeared first on Breitbart.

EV Demand Challenges: Elon Musk's Tesla Slashes Prices on Most Models

In a desperate attempt to stimulate sales and prop up a stock price dropping like a rock, Elon Musk's Tesla has reduced the prices of three of its five models in the United States.

The post EV Demand Challenges: Elon Musk’s Tesla Slashes Prices on Most Models appeared first on Breitbart.

Anti-Israel Protesters Set Up Encampment at MIT

Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge have established an anti-Israel encampment on the university's lawn, days after a similar encampment was established at Columbia University in New York.

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Pinkerton: The Proliferation of 'Disinformation' Media and AI Puts More Bricks in the Wall 

Both journalists and AI are being assisted by a constellation of quasi-journalistic “centers” for combating disinformation, most of them foundation-funded non-profits, often connected to a college or university. Together, all that tech and all that money are building a wall of progressive orthodoxy to control what’s “true.”

The post Pinkerton: The Proliferation of ‘Disinformation’ Media and AI Puts More Bricks in the Wall  appeared first on Breitbart.

Consumer Alert: FBI Warns of Text Scam Targeting Toll Road Users Across Multiple States

The FBI has issued a warning about a new phishing scam that targets Americans using toll roads via SMS text messages. The messages typically claim that the user's toll account is overdrawn with a link to the hacker's site to make a false payment.

The post Consumer Alert: FBI Warns of Text Scam Targeting Toll Road Users Across Multiple States appeared first on Breitbart.

Jackpot! Australian Casino Loses Millions in Mistaken Payouts Due to 'Software Glitch'

A software bug in Star Casino's ticket redemption machines resulted in the Sydney-based casino inadvertently giving away more than AU$3.2 million ($2.05 million) to gamblers over several weeks.

The post Jackpot! Australian Casino Loses Millions in Mistaken Payouts Due to ‘Software Glitch’ appeared first on Breitbart.

TikTok's Real Owners: China Orders Apple to Censor Popular Messaging Apps Including WhatsApp, Telegram

China has reportedly ordered Apple to remove WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram, among other popular messaging apps, from its iPhone app store in order to comply with the Chinese Communist Party's censorship demand.

The post TikTok’s Real Owners: China Orders Apple to Censor Popular Messaging Apps Including WhatsApp, Telegram appeared first on Breitbart.

Ultra Woke Google Claims Company Is Not Place to 'Debate Politics' After Firing Anti-Israel Radicals

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has taken a comical stance against using the ultra woke company's offices for political debates and protests after terminating 28 employees who participated in anti-Israel sit-ins at various Google locations.

The post Ultra Woke Google Claims Company Is Not Place to ‘Debate Politics’ After Firing Anti-Israel Radicals appeared first on Breitbart.

Fox News AI Newsletter: Star singer fights AI

Stay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future.

FBI Director: China Considers Vital U.S. Infrastructure ‘Fair Game’ for Cyberattacks

FBI director Chris Wray said at a security conference on Thursday that China’s legion of state-sponsored hackers “considers every sector that makes our society run as fair game in its bid to dominate on the world stage.” 

The post FBI Director: China Considers Vital U.S. Infrastructure ‘Fair Game’ for Cyberattacks appeared first on Breitbart.

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Launches Woke Chatbot Full of Bizarre Answers

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has recently introduced its new "Llama 3" AI systems that powers what Zuckerberg calls "the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use." As you might suspect, the chatbot comes complete with bizarre and woke answers to questions from early users.

The post Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Launches Woke Chatbot Full of Bizarre Answers appeared first on Breitbart.

Hackers claim Belarus fertilizer plant infiltrated to demand political prisoner release

A hacker activist group in Belarus has claimed to have infiltrated computers at Grodno Azot, the country's largest fertilizer plant, to pressure the government to free political prisoners.

China Recruits Taylor Swift to Collect Data on Young Americans with Special TikTok Deal

Taylor Swift is heading to TikTok for a special promotion to highlight her new album “The Tortured Poets Department” potentially giving the China-owned social media goliath access to millions of global user accounts and all the associated personal data that delivers.

The post China Recruits Taylor Swift to Collect Data on Young Americans with Special TikTok Deal appeared first on Breitbart.

Pedal Stuck to the Metal: Tesla Recalls All Cybertrucks Due to Dangerous Faulty Accelerators

Elon Musk's Tesla has issued a recall for all 3,878 Cybertrucks shipped to date because of a defect that can cause the accelerator pedal to get stuck, increasing the risk of crashes.

The post Pedal Stuck to the Metal: Tesla Recalls All Cybertrucks Due to Dangerous Faulty Accelerators appeared first on Breitbart.

How to zoom in and out on PC

Tech guru Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson explains an easy trick to avoid squinting while working or surfing the web by zooming in on your personal computer.

Ever-evolving generative AI brings new, game changing element to sports landscape

The NFL, PGA Tour and other sports leagues and brands have used generative AI for years, but organizations are working to keep pace as the technology continues to evolve.

Rural Texas towns report cyberattacks that caused one water system to overflow

A hack that caused the water system of Muleshoe, Texas to overflow in January has now been linked to a Russian hacktivist group; the hacking attempts were reported to federal authorities.

NPR CEO Katherine Maher Reveals How She Ruined Wikipedia

Katherine Maher, NPR's newly appointed CEO, is facing criticism over her past tweets as a veteran editor accuses the organization of leftist bias. But along the way, another interesting line of investigation has opened — how Maher wrecked Wikipedia by turning away from "free and open" discussions on the "online wikipedia" because that goal represents a "white male westernized construct." 

The post NPR CEO Katherine Maher Reveals How She Ruined Wikipedia appeared first on Breitbart.

Cornell Professor Arrested for 'Disorderly Conduct' During Ann Coulter Event

A Cornell University faculty member was arrested after a campus event featuring conservative author and Breitbart News contributor Ann Coulter as its keynote speaker.

The post Cornell Professor Arrested for ‘Disorderly Conduct’ During Ann Coulter Event appeared first on Breitbart.

Google Terminates 28 Employees over Protests Against Israel Contract

Google has fired 28 employees for their involvement in sit-in protests at the company's offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, against Google's $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government and military.

The post Google Terminates 28 Employees over Protests Against Israel Contract appeared first on Breitbart.

Insiders: TikTok Initiative to Isolate U.S. User Data from Chinese Government 'Largely Cosmetic'

Former TikTok employees say the Chinese app's effort to isolate U.S. user data from China — a hostile foreign country run by a communist regime — is ineffective, calling the initiative "largely cosmetic."

The post Insiders: TikTok Initiative to Isolate U.S. User Data from Chinese Government ‘Largely Cosmetic’ appeared first on Breitbart.

Electric Vehicle Sales Plunge Across Europe as Demand Stalls

Electric vehicle (EV) sales plunged across Europe in March as demand dried up despite the E.U.’s push to ban petrol and diesel vehicles by the middle of the next decade.

The post Electric Vehicle Sales Plunge Across Europe as Demand Stalls appeared first on Breitbart.

Report: China Covertly Lobbying Congress on TikTok

The Chinese Communist Party is secretly lobbying the U.S. Congress regarding TikTok, according to Capitol Hill staffers familiar with the situation.

The post Report: China Covertly Lobbying Congress on TikTok appeared first on Breitbart.

New York Legislature hit by cyberattack

The New York Legislature's bill drafting office was apparently targeted in a cyberattack early Wednesday, according to officials. The attack's full scope is not immediately clear.

Telegram Founder Tells Tucker Carlson that Google and Apple Are Threats to Free Speech

In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Pavel Durov, the founder of the popular messaging app Telegram, accused tech giants Google and Apple of being the real enemies of free speech on the internet.

The post Telegram Founder Tells Tucker Carlson that Google and Apple Are Threats to Free Speech appeared first on Breitbart.

Jeff Bezos' Earth Fund Launches $100 Million Challenge to 'Fix' Climate with AI

Claiming to harness the potential of AI in combating climate change and nature loss, Jeff Bezos' Earth Fund has announced a $100 million grant program called the AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge.

The post Jeff Bezos’ Earth Fund Launches $100 Million Challenge to ‘Fix’ Climate with AI appeared first on Breitbart.

Tesla to Seek Shareholder Re-Approval for Elon Musk's Massive Pay Package

Tesla is set to ask its shareholders to once again vote on approving the controversial 2018 pay package for CEO Elon Musk, which was recently thrown out by a Delaware judge.

The post Tesla to Seek Shareholder Re-Approval for Elon Musk’s Massive Pay Package appeared first on Breitbart.

First Artificial Intelligence Beauty Pageant 'Miss AI' Coming in May

The world’s first-ever artificial intelligence beauty pageant “Miss AI” is set to take place this May, with prizes totaling over $20,000. Judges for will be looking at AI-generated contestants’ “beauty,” “tech,” and “social clout” when determining the winners of the Miss AI

The post First Artificial Intelligence Beauty Pageant ‘Miss AI’ Coming in May appeared first on Breitbart.

Expert Predicts $1 Billion Market for AI Girlfriends as Men Spent $10K a Month on Fake Relationships

In a social media post, tech executive Greg Isenberg, CEO of Late Checkout, shared his encounter with a 24-year-old man in Miami who admitted to spending $10,000 per month on "AI girlfriends," predicting that this growing trend could lead to a billion-dollar industry.

The post Expert Predicts $1 Billion Market for AI Girlfriends as Men Spent $10K a Month on Fake Relationships appeared first on Breitbart.

Engagement Killer: Elon Musk Announces X/Twitter Newcomers Must Pay to Send Tweets

Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), has reportedly declared that new users will have to pay a fee to tweet on the platform.

The post Engagement Killer: Elon Musk Announces X/Twitter Newcomers Must Pay to Send Tweets appeared first on Breitbart.

Kyle Marisa Roth, TikTok Star Known for Celebrity Gossip, Dies at 36

Widely followed TikTok personality Kyle Marisa Roth, known for her hot takes on celebrity gossip, has died. She was 36.

The post Kyle Marisa Roth, TikTok Star Known for Celebrity Gossip, Dies at 36 appeared first on Breitbart.

Bird flu is spreading to more farm animals. Are milk and eggs safe?

More than 2 dozen herds of U.S. dairy cows in 8 states have been affected by a bird flu outbreak; the U.S. food supply remains safe according to health officials.

19 Pomona College Students Arrested After Pro-Palestinian Protests

Nineteen students from Pomona College in Claremont, California, were arrested following a pro-Palestinian protest that involved occupying an administrative building on campus.

The post 19 Pomona College Students Arrested After Pro-Palestinian Protests appeared first on Breitbart.

Google Blocks News in California to Protest Proposed Media Payoff Law

Google has begun restricting access to news articles for some users in California in response to the pending California Journalism Preservation Act, which would require tech giants like Google and Mark Zuckerberg's Meta to pay publishers for news content.

The post Google Blocks News in California to Protest Proposed Media Payoff Law appeared first on Breitbart.

Viral TikTok creator gets sage advice from elderly folks: 'Don't worry about tomorrow'

Yair Brachiyahu is asking elders their best life advice, biggest regrets, and more in his viral TikTok interviews -- accumulating over 9M likes, and over 350k followers.

Gee, Thanks Zuck: Instagram Promises to Blur Out Nude Pictures Sent to Minors

Instagram, the popular social media platform owned by Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, is set to launch a new safety feature aimed at protecting minors from receiving unwanted nude images in their direct messages.

The post Gee, Thanks Zuck: Instagram Promises to Blur Out Nude Pictures Sent to Minors appeared first on Breitbart.

Despite Elon Musk's Hype, California Regulators Have Not Received Permit Application for Tesla Robotaxis

Elon Musk's ambitious plans to launch a Tesla robotaxi service have hit a roadblock in California, as the state's key regulatory agencies reveal that the company has yet to submit the necessary permit applications.

The post Despite Elon Musk’s Hype, California Regulators Have Not Received Permit Application for Tesla Robotaxis appeared first on Breitbart.

House Passes FISA Extension After Warrant Requirement Defeated in Tie

The House passed a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) extension Friday after intense lobbying from the Biden administration overcame opposition that tanked the bill earlier this week.

The post House Passes FISA Extension After Warrant Requirement Defeated in Tie appeared first on Breitbart.

Thomas Massie: Speaker Johnson Lit Constitution on Fire by Casting Deciding Vote for Deep State Spies

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) killed the Constitution Friday by casting the tie-breaking vote against requiring warrants for searches of Americans' communications.

The post Thomas Massie: Speaker Johnson Lit Constitution on Fire by Casting Deciding Vote for Deep State Spies appeared first on Breitbart.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy: AI Is the 'Largest Technology Transformation' Since the Internet

In his annual letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy touted the transformative potential of generative AI while also committing to ongoing cost-cutting measures.

The post Amazon CEO Andy Jassy: AI Is the ‘Largest Technology Transformation’ Since the Internet appeared first on Breitbart.

'A Gift to Phishers:' Elon Musk's Plan to Change X/Twitter Links Backfires Spectacularly

Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter to X encountered a significant hurdle this week when the social network's attempt to automatically replace "twitter.com" links with "x.com" backfired. Security expert Brian Krebs called the system "a gift to phishers," allowing hackers to make links to malicious sites look safe.

The post ‘A Gift to Phishers:’ Elon Musk’s Plan to Change X/Twitter Links Backfires Spectacularly appeared first on Breitbart.

Roku Reveals Massive Data Breach - Here's What You Can Do to Protect Yourself

Streaming giant Roku has disclosed a massive data breach that has compromised more than 576,000 user accounts, marking the second security incident for the company in just a month.

The post Roku Reveals Massive Data Breach – Here’s What You Can Do to Protect Yourself appeared first on Breitbart.

Senate Judiciary Republicans Back Leonard Leo in Rejecting, Defying Democrat Subpoena, Say Durbin Violated Rules

Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans on Thursday rejected the partisan Democrat subpoena against Federalist Society cochairman Leonard Leo, saying it is “unlawful and politically motivated.”

The post Senate Judiciary Republicans Back Leonard Leo in Rejecting, Defying Democrat Subpoena, Say Durbin Violated Rules appeared first on Breitbart.

Speaker Mike Johnson Claims Classified Briefing Made Him Flip-Flop on Spy Powers Reform

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday explained his apparent flip-flop on a controversial surveillance law, saying that he now favors limited reforms after receiving a classified briefing.

The post Speaker Mike Johnson Claims Classified Briefing Made Him Flip-Flop on Spy Powers Reform appeared first on Breitbart.

Bad News for MBAs: AI Revolution Poised to Disrupt Entry-Level Jobs on Wall Street

The traditional rite of passage for young professionals seeking a career in investment banking may soon be upended by the rapid advancements in AI technology, according to a recent report.

The post Bad News for MBAs: AI Revolution Poised to Disrupt Entry-Level Jobs on Wall Street appeared first on Breitbart.

Tech Titans Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook Grace Joe Biden with Their Presence at State Dinner

President Biden welcomed an array of high-profile guests, including tech industry leaders, to a state dinner held in honor of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Wednesday evening.

The post Tech Titans Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook Grace Joe Biden with Their Presence at State Dinner appeared first on Breitbart.

Javier Milei Lands in U.S. for Stops at Jewish Center, Elon Musk HQ

Argentine President Javier Milei arrived in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday for a visit that will see him receive an award from a prominent Jewish organization and meet privately with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Austin, Texas, on Friday.

The post Javier Milei Lands in U.S. for Stops at Jewish Center, Elon Musk HQ appeared first on Breitbart.

Bipartisan senators push back as key Dem signals doom for TikTok bill

Senators are pushing back after Sen. Maria Cantwell poured cold water on hopes of expediting passage of a bill that would require social media app TikTok to divest from China.

Cheating Detector: Students Submitted 22 Million Papers Written by AI Last Year

Students  submitted more than 22 million papers last year that were likely written by AI tools, according to new data published by Turnitin, a software service that checks papers for plagiarism.

The post Cheating Detector: Students Submitted 22 Million Papers Written by AI Last Year appeared first on Breitbart.

China Finds Big Money in TikTok Psyop as ByteDance Profits Soar 60%

ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of massively popular psyop against western teenagers TikTok, has achieved a massive 60 percent increase in profits for 2023, outpacing Chinese competitors like gaming giant Tencent.

The post China Finds Big Money in TikTok Psyop as ByteDance Profits Soar 60% appeared first on Breitbart.

Can You Believe Your Ears? FTC Awards Prizes for Tech to Detect AI-Generated Deepfake Voices

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has awarded prizes to four organizations for developing technologies that can distinguish between authentic human speech and audio generated by AI, as concerns grow over the influence of deepfakes on elections and consumer scams.

The post Can You Believe Your Ears? FTC Awards Prizes for Tech to Detect AI-Generated Deepfake Voices appeared first on Breitbart.

Plug-In Nightmare: Tesla Owners Wait Hours to Charge Electric Vehicles After Eclipse

Tesla owners reportedly waited hours to charge their vehicles after Monday's total solar eclipse. The long lines at charging stations are like salt in the wound of EV owners who are forced to wait as their cars charge enough to reach home — a major concern when major traffic days can cause long delays.

The post Plug-In Nightmare: Tesla Owners Wait Hours to Charge Electric Vehicles After Eclipse appeared first on Breitbart.

Oversharing with China: TikTok Trend Encourages Young Users to Spill Their Guts

A new trend on China's TikTok called "Things I'm ashamed to admit" involves the platform's young users engaging in an egregious amount of oversharing on social media under the guise of dispelling the notion that people are living perfect lives.

The post Oversharing with China: TikTok Trend Encourages Young Users to Spill Their Guts appeared first on Breitbart.

Elon Musk Predicts AI Will Surpass Human Intelligence Within Two Years

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made a bold prediction about the future of artificial intelligence, claiming that AI will be "smarter than the smartest human" within the next two years. 

The post Elon Musk Predicts AI Will Surpass Human Intelligence Within Two Years appeared first on Breitbart.

Senators demand FBI agents testify about 'highly credible' source who allegedly made up Biden bribery scheme

EXCLUSIVE: Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson are demanding the FBI make Alexander Smirnov’s handling agent and his superiors available for interviews as they investigate what steps the bureau and the Justice Department took to investigate the now-infamous FD-1023 form alleging a criminal bribery scheme involving Joe Biden and Ukraine.

Congress cannot let FISA Section 702 expire

The House has crafted reforms to FISA that will prevent inappropriate actions from the Intelligence Community while maintaining Section 702’s ability to monitor foreign terrorists and spies overseas.

Congress one step closer to reauthorizing controversial federal surveillance tool

The House of Representatives is gearing up for a chamber-wide vote on renewing a key tool that will allow members of the federal government to conduct warrantless surveillance.

TERRIFYING: The True Force Behind the ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’

The foreign policy establishment that once thrived under the control of both political parties has used Big Tech and the Biden administration to codify a “war on wrongthink” that stifles dissent from the elites’ narrative, a journalist and an online censorship analyst warned.

“What we’re up against here are not pink-haired, ambi-gendered LGBT-BLM-maximizing identitarian politics when we’re talking about censorship on the internet,” Michael Benz, a former State Department official under President Donald Trump and founder of the Foundation for Freedom Online, said Tuesday at an Oversight Project event at The Heritage Foundation

It’s not “partisan politics” driving censorship, said Benz, but “the foreign policy establishment.” Conservatives and populists “don’t think about the American empire, they don’t think about the managers of the American empire, which is the foreign policy establishment, our State Department, our Pentagon, our intelligence services.”

“When you go upstream on internet censorship and what’s driving it, you will find that foreign policy establishment,” Benz argued.

Benjamin Weingarten, editor-at-large at RealClearInvestigations, also attributed “the leading edge of all the attacks on Donald Trump as an avatar for tens of millions of dissenting Americans” to the administrative state and the “deep state” within it. (The “deep state” refers to bureaucrats who oppose the agenda of the duly-elected president.) These entrenched bureaucrats “felt most threatened that [Trump] would upend the uniparty foreign policy blob,” he said.

“You also had the tech companies identify that what happened in 2016 could never happen again,” Weingarten said, referring to both the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election victory.

“They kind of used the pretext of Russian mis-, dis-, and malinformation, grafting a Cold War paradigm” to define a new enemy—Americans who disagree with their agenda, he said. “We are the enemy that’s engaging in wrongthink that threatens to undermine their power.”

After 2016, “Big Tech platforms became perceived as—rather than vehicles for free and open discourse—now they needed to be weaponized as assets of this security state, essentially.”

These bureaucrats used the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, as a pretext to launch “a National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism,” Weingarten claimed, referring to the Biden White House strategy released in June 2021.

He warned that the strategy “codifies a war on wrongthink in this country,” based on the idea that “you can’t have an information environment that enables what we saw on Jan. 6.” He described as “terrifying” the idea that the federal government would take upon itself the task of “confronting the longterm contributors to domestic terror” in the context of the misinformation panics of the Trump-Russia collusion narrative and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Benz, the former State Department official, highlighted what he called the “foreign-to-domestic switcheroo,” noting that federal powers created to oppose terrorism in the War on Terror became tools to silence dissent at home.

The narrative that Donald Trump represented a threat to the U.S. from Russia enabled the foreign policy establishment to target conservatives, he said. Yet special counsel Robert Mueller’s report found no smoking gun evidence of Trump as a Russian agent, so the establishment had to move on to something else.

“Instead of shutting down the censorship apparatus when Russiagate died, they changed the predicate,” Benz noted. Suddenly, the foreign policy blob started warning about “a threat to democracy.”

“Democracy is the watchword of the foreign policy establishment to overthrow governments,” Benz said.

He noted that the National Science Foundation has given over $60 million in the past year to “specially-constructed censorship labs” to study “misinformation as a threat to democracy.” This bolsters “the ability to overthrow a government that is not doing the bidding of the U.S. foreign policy establishment,” he warned.

Benz described a symposium with “some of the most important thought leaders in the industry” convened after Space X founder Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now known as X.

Benz said the “censorship industrial complex” suffered a serious setback when Musk purchased Twitter and with the Murthy v. Missouri Supreme Court case revealing the extent to which the federal government pressured social media companies to censor dissent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet he said the censors still have “two tricks” up their sleeves.

He explained that the European Union Digital Services Act—which he dubbed “the NATO censorship law”—intends to “stop the rise of populist parties,” going beyond “the simple hate speech laws” in Europe to establish a new rule on disinformation.

“You cannot be a multinational tech platform without access to the EU market,” Benz warned. This disinformation rule will come from “the same people who constructed the election censorship apparatus in 2020,” which urged Big Tech to censor concerns about voting by mail, for example.

He also warned about state governments launching “state-mandated programs on media literacy” in public schools, teaching students that “if you read the wrong media sources, you are illiterate.”

The “censorship industrial complex” is becoming an industry employing millions of people,” Benz warned.

Benz said Americans need to pressure Congress to cut funding to the “censorship industrial complex.”

Weingarten, the RealClearInvestigations editor, agreed, saying that “cutting off the federal funding … is imperative.”

“I would advocate for criminal penalties” for those who use social media and “misinformation” programs to censor Americans, he added. “There’s a censorship-to-criminalization pipeline and all we have is oversight? There needs to be something more than oversight.”

The post TERRIFYING: The True Force Behind the ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Intel Lawmakers Fight for 'Patriot Act 2.0' in Spy Powers Bill

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) and Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-CT) offered an amendment to a spy powers reform bill that effectively serves as a "Patriot Act 2.0" and greatly expands surveillance of Americans.

The post Intel Lawmakers Fight for ‘Patriot Act 2.0’ in Spy Powers Bill appeared first on Breitbart.

Tesla Reaches Confidential Settlement in Fatal Autopilot Crash Lawsuit

Tesla has reportedly settled a lawsuit filed by the family of an Apple engineer who died in a 2018 crash involving the company's controversial Autopilot technology, according to court filings on Monday.

The post Tesla Reaches Confidential Settlement in Fatal Autopilot Crash Lawsuit appeared first on Breitbart.

'What a Nightmare' Elon Musk's Tesla Cybertruck Plagued by Malfunctions and Quality Issues

Elon Musk's long-awaited Tesla Cybertrucks have been met with a wave of complaints from frustrated owners, who report numerous malfunctions and quality issues just months after the vehicle's launch. One owner reported a complete failure after driving the EV for just one mile.

The post ‘What a Nightmare’ Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck Plagued by Malfunctions and Quality Issues appeared first on Breitbart.

Nolte: Gallup Poll Shows Growing Backlash Against Electric Vehicles

The latest polling from Gallup shows that public support for transitioning to an electric vehicle (EV) has dropped by quite a lot since 2023.

The post Nolte: Gallup Poll Shows Growing Backlash Against Electric Vehicles appeared first on Breitbart.

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