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David French

@davidafrench
21 posts
2026-02-28
This is a stunning authoritarian power grab, and all because Anthropic wouldn't comply with the Pentagon's unreasonable demands. It's an attempt to commandeer the private sector to the administration's will. Every day there is a new affront to decency, good sense, the rule of
2026-02-28 View on X
Anthropic

Anthropic says it'll challenge “any supply chain risk designation in court” and that the designation would only affect contractors' use of Claude on DOD work

Earlier today, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shared on X that he is directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk.

This is a stunning authoritarian power grab, and all because Anthropic wouldn't comply with the Pentagon's unreasonable demands. It's an attempt to commandeer the private sector to the administration's will. Every day there is a new affront to decency, good sense, the rule of
2026-02-28 View on X
@secwar

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directs the DOD to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk, barring military contractors from doing business with the company

This week, Anthropic delivered a master class in arrogance and betrayal as well as a textbook case of how not to do business with the United States Government or the Pentagon. Our ...

2025-06-07
This is blatantly illegal. Open defiance of the law to keep a CCP data collection app on millions upon millions of American phones. There's nothing America First about that.
2025-06-07 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: Trump plans to extend TikTok's June 19 sale deadline; ByteDance told the White House that China wouldn't approve a deal until trade negotiations began

again — as Trump administration pushes deadline back Isaiah Richard / Tech Times : TikTok Ban Extension Reportedly Coming Again: POTUS Trump to Give It More Time After June 19 Jame...

This is blatantly illegal. Open defiance of the law to keep a CCP data collection app on millions upon millions of American phones. There's nothing America First about that.
2025-06-07 View on X
Financial Times

Sources: Tucker Carlson was on WH's list of potential TikTok investors, with JD Vance pushing for his inclusion, along with others like a16z and Blackstone

Vice-president JD Vance pushed for right-wing media star's inclusion in a deal for video app  —  Alex Rogers in Washington … Bluesky: @evelyndouek , @justinhendrix , @paleofuture ,...

2025-02-20
This is totally absurd. We're at the onset of a second Cold War that could go hot over Taiwan, and Hegseth wants to gut the defense budget. 8 percent cuts per year would decimate the military, exactly when China is rising. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2025-02-20 View on X
Bloomberg

Palantir's stock fell 10% on February 19 after the WaPo reported US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to cut military spending; PLTR is up 50%+ in 2025

- Spending shift would affect 8% of US defense spending  — AI-focused Palantir has become major government contractor

2023-08-20
Dreadful idea. Liberal blocking is the only thing that keeps Elon's Twitter bearable. His blue check trolls are so elevated in the algorithm that it's the only way to truly get rid of them.
2023-08-20 View on X
The Verge

Elon Musk claims “block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs”, without giving any details, in a reply to a user's X post about block vs. mute

the ability to block trolls Metro.co.uk : Elon Musk plans to stop letting X (formerly Twitter) users block each other Jorge Aguilar / Android Police : The app formally known as Twi...

2023-08-19
Dreadful idea. Liberal blocking is the only thing that keeps Elon's Twitter bearable. His blue check trolls are so elevated in the algorithm that it's the only way to truly get rid of them.
2023-08-19 View on X
The Verge

Elon Musk claims “block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs”, without giving any details, in a reply to a user's X post about block vs. mute

Elon Musk says X's — formerly Twitter's — block feature is on the chopping block …

2021-10-31
I'm honored to participate in the @WSJopinion symposium on “fixing” social media. Government intervention is the wrong answer. “How many tech panics must we endure before we understand that the problem is less our technology than our flawed humanity?” https://www.wsj.com/...
2021-10-31 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Nick Clegg, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley, Chris Hughes, Clay Shirky, and others on how to reform social media platforms and limit their harm

including Nick Clegg, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley, Sherry Turkle and Jaron Lanier—discuss how to deal with the problems posed by the biggest social-media sites https://www.wsj.com/....

2021-10-30
I'm honored to participate in the @WSJopinion symposium on “fixing” social media. Government intervention is the wrong answer. “How many tech panics must we endure before we understand that the problem is less our technology than our flawed humanity?” https://www.wsj.com/...
2021-10-30 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Nick Clegg, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley, Chris Hughes, Clay Shirky, and others on how to reform social media platforms and limit their harm

including Nick Clegg, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley, Sherry Turkle and Jaron Lanier—discuss how to deal with the problems posed by the biggest social-media sites https://www.wsj.com/....

2021-10-01
Inexcusable. One of the great strategic and moral tasks of the next decade will be disentangling corporate America from dependence on Chinese markets. If corporations are concerned about morality, the monstrousness of the Chinese communist regime should awaken their consciences. https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-01 View on X
Axios

LinkedIn blocks the profiles of several US journalists on its Chinese platform, citing “prohibited content” without specifying what it was

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios :

2021-07-17
Moderation is a platform decision, not a White House decision. Trying to force more moderation is as constitutionally problematic as trying to force less moderation. https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-17 View on X
Axios

Facebook says it won't be “distracted by accusations which aren't supported by the facts” in response to Biden's comment that social media is “killing people”

Facebook fired back on Friday evening after President Biden earlier said that social media platforms are …

Moderation is a platform decision, not a White House decision. Trying to force more moderation is as constitutionally problematic as trying to force less moderation. https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-17 View on X
Deadline

White House says it is alerting Facebook about posts that spread COVID-19 misinfo; US surgeon general calls on social media companies to tackle health misinfo

one of the classic hallmarks of fascism — that the people who spent 5 years babbling about fascism support. https://twitter.com/... Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny : The most iro...

2021-07-10
@ggreenwald I do not agree. The court decision dismissing the FTC's antitrust action against Facebook was quite sound as a matter of antitrust law. And this is a Twitter block. There's no credible argument that Twitter is a monopoly.
2021-07-10 View on X
New York Times

Book review of An Ugly Truth: an effective examination of every major Facebook scandal and shortcomings in Facebook's leadership, structure, and accountability

k, how did we miss this?’ An upcoming book reveals new details about the meeting where Mark Zuckerberg learned Russia had infiltrated Facebook Tweets: J.D. Vance / @jdvance1 : I ca...

2021-05-28
They're right. https://twitter.com/...
2021-05-28 View on X
The Verge

Industry groups representing Google, Facebook, and others sue Florida over its new social media law, calling it a “frontal assault on the First Amendment”

two of Florida's largest businesses—for no reason other than they own a theme park of at least 25 square miles. https://twitter.com/... Adam Kovacevich / @adamkovac : Everyone who ...

2020-06-30
Parler is already banning users? Amusing. Every social media company has to have some form of community standards or it becomes Gab. Guess what gives them the opportunity to create community standards? Section 230 (and the First Amendment). https://www.techdirt.com/...
2020-06-30 View on X
Techdirt

Despite pretending to be a free speech alternative to Twitter, Parler is taking down content and shutting down accounts

Well, that did not take long at all.  On Friday we predicted that just like every other social media platform out there, the new favorite among people who falsely …

2020-05-30
Trump can't lawfully repeal Section 230 by EO. Trump can't change Twitter speech policies by EO. The combination of Section 230 and the First Amendment dramatically limit his ability to regulate online speech. And we should all be thankful for those constraints.
2020-05-30 View on X
The Verge

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook won't remove Trump's post on Minnesota protests to “enable as much expression as possible”, says it doesn't violate its policies

“We should enable as much discussion as possible,” Zuckerberg says in a post  —  Facebook will not remove …

Trump can't lawfully repeal Section 230 by EO. Trump can't change Twitter speech policies by EO. The combination of Section 230 and the First Amendment dramatically limit his ability to regulate online speech. And we should all be thankful for those constraints.
2020-05-30 View on X
Axios

Trump signs an EO designed to limit Section 230 protections by directing the Commerce Department to press the FCC to roll back portions of Section 230

For a Price Andrew Wyrich / The Daily Dot : Trump-Twitter drama causes Cameron Winklevoss to get relentlessly owned Facebook: John McCarthy : President Donald J. Trump is ramping u...

2020-05-29
Trump can't lawfully repeal Section 230 by EO. Trump can't change Twitter speech policies by EO. The combination of Section 230 and the First Amendment dramatically limit his ability to regulate online speech. And we should all be thankful for those constraints.
2020-05-29 View on X
Axios

Trump signs an EO designed to limit Section 230 protections by directing the Commerce Department to press the FCC to roll back portions of Section 230

President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies …

2020-05-28
Trump can't lawfully repeal Section 230 by EO. Trump can't change Twitter speech policies by EO. The combination of Section 230 and the First Amendment dramatically limit his ability to regulate online speech. And we should all be thankful for those constraints.
2020-05-28 View on X
Washington Post

Sources: Trump is planning to sign an executive order Thursday that could threaten punishment for Facebook, Google, and Twitter over content moderation

The president is expected to sign the order on Thursday  —  President Trump is preparing to sign an executive order Thursday that could roll …

2020-05-27
This is vile. Almost every week he does something that would cause GOP politicians to call for the impeachment or resignation of a Democratic POTUS. Some of his comments are so deranged they raise 25th Amendment concerns. But still they march, in lockstep, behind dear leader. https://twitter.com/...
2020-05-27 View on X
Washington Post

In a first, Twitter adds a “Get the facts” label to two Trump tweets with false claims about mail-in voting, which links to a Twitter Moment refuting his claims

The action comes after years of criticism that social media companies have allowed the president to push misinformation unchecked