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Holocaust survivors are demanding Facebook remove posts denying that the genocide they escaped ever happened. The survivors are speaking out in a social-media campaign launched Wednesday by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which argues that Facebook has been too lenient towards Holocaust deniers. The Claims Conference plans to post a new video …

Madonna is doing what she does best again: getting censored. Yesterday, Instagram obscured a video from the superstar’s account for touting a conspiracy theory that claims a cure for the coronavirus has “been found and proven and has been available for months.” “They would rather let fear control the people and let the rich get …

Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli — who recently revealed that he had contracted COVID-19 and fully recovered – had a few harsh words about the country’s lockdown measures during the pandemic, according to a report. The 61-year-old star said he felt “humiliated and offended” by the measures, saying, “I could not leave the house even …

HOUSTON — The Houston Astros are trying to put their sign-stealing scandal behind them. It seems as if the Los Angeles Dodgers have their own thoughts on the matter. Benches cleared Tuesday night during the Dodgers’ 5-2 victory over the Astros in the first game between the teams since it was revealed that Houston stole …

American doctors are holding a Capitol Hill press conference on Tuesday “to address the censorship of [their] press conference” Monday by Facebook, YouTube/Google, and Twitter. The event is being held by the group America’s Frontline Doctors and organized and sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots Foundation. As USA GAG reported Monday night: “Facebook has removed …

Website hosting provider Squarespace has shut down the website of the group America’s Frontline Doctors following a press conference they held in Washington D.C., according to Dr. Simone Gold. According to a screenshot posted by Gold, the web hosting service shut down the group’s website for “activity that’s false, fraudulent, inaccurate or deceiving.” USA GAG …

Senate Republicans criticized their party’s own coronavirus relief bill in public comments and during a private lunch with Senate GOP leadership on Tuesday. The disagreements could make negotiations with House Democrats over the legislation even more tricky, with enhanced federal unemployment benefits set to end on July 31 and a moratorium on evictions for renters …

Twitter, Facebook and Youtube have deleted a viral video shared by President Trump that peddled disinformation about COVID-19, including that masks are unnecessary and that hydroxychloroquine is a “cure” for the coronavirus. Donald Trump Jr. called the video, which was viewed tens of millions of times on the three social media platforms, a “must watch,” …

From mid-March until early June, the jungle on West 28th Street was nowhere to be found. Instead, the boxwoods and hydrangeas that once lined the sidewalks along Sixth Avenue were in storage, the latest victims of the coronavirus. Like the restaurants, barber shops and tailors forced by New York’s health officials to shut their doors …

Controversial influencer Arielle Charnas, dubbed the “poster child for what not to do in a pandemic,” got a loan of up to $350,000 for her fashion line Something Navy, Page Six can reveal. Charnas — who has 1.3 million followers on Instagram — was due to relaunch her brand in March, but it was delayed …