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Catherine Salgado | March 13, 2025

A significant free speech shake-up at Meta after President Donald Trump‘s election is about to bring major censorship changes to social media.

As part of a free speech overhaul, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in January that his…

Catherine Salgado | March 13, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this month that Meta had to respond to a petition regarding its infamous COVID-19 censorship collusion with the previous administration.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that his company responded to pressure…

President Joe Biden and his administration spent four years continuously attacking the First Amendment and the free speech rights enshrined by the nation’s Founders. 

The Biden administration’s censorship efforts ran the gamut from…

MRC Free Speech America update summary: On Sept. 17, 2025, the U.S. Department of State announced, "The United States has ceased all Frameworks to Counter Foreign State Information Manipulation and any associated instruments implemented by…

The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives. Initiative #2: Collusion with the Counter Disinformation Unit

Type of Censorship: Partnership…

MRC Free Speech America update summary: On Aug. 7, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order, "Guaranteeing Fair Banking For All Americans," which directs the Treasury to develop a strategy to combat politicized or unlawful…

MRC Free Speech America update summary: On July 30, 2025, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll announced Wednesday that former CISA Director Jen Easterly will no longer become the “distinguished chair” in West Point’s Department of Social Sciences.…

The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.

Initiative #5: The Convergence Accelerator

Type of Censorship: Policy or rulemaking…

MRC Free Speech America update summary: The Biden administration Department of Homeland Security announced Aug. 24, 2022 that Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas terminated the Disinformation Governance Board and rescinded its…

MRC Free Speech America update summary: The Trump-led Department of Commerce announced on May 12 that it had “initiated a rescission of the Biden Administration’s AI Diffusion Rule.” The move follows President Trump’s executive orders rolling…

MRC Free Speech America update summary: On July 23, 2025, the Trump White House unveiled its AI Action Plan, "Winning the AI Race: America's AI Action Plan," and on the same day, President Donald Trump signed three separate executive orders…

The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.

Initiative #9

The Attack on Antitrust

Type of Censorship: Direct Action

The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives. Initiative #10: INCAS

Type of Censorship: Partnership

Agencies Involved:

Department…

The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.

Type of Censorship: Grants

Agencies Involved:

Department of Defense…

The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives. Initiative #12 The NDAA Signing Statement

Type of Censorship: Direct Action

Agencies…

MRC Free Speech America update summary: On March 14, 2025, Trump signed an executive order taking an ax to the United States Agency for Global Media, eliminating it "to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law" and reducing "the…

MRC Free Speech America update summary: Since President Donald Trump's day one executive order curbing censorship policies at the federal level, the Pentagon, the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation have begun…

The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.

Initiative #15

Courageous RI

Type of Censorship: Grant

Agencies…

MRC Free Speech America update summary: On March 14, President Donald Trump signed an executive order which slashed funding to federal agencies, including to the the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian…

MRC Free Speech America update summary: On March 14, 2025, Trump signed an executive order taking an ax to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), eliminating it "to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law" and…