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February 20, 2025
So-called independent agencies will no longer be able to exert executive powers without first consulting with Donald Trump, the duly elected president of the United States. This includes agencies that have regulatory control over Big Tech platforms…
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February 20, 2025
The new head of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is asking the American people to help him address potentially illegal social media censorship.
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, newly empowered by the Trump administration, is requesting reports on…
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February 21, 2025
DOGE employees working under X owner Elon Musk are now reportedly listed as staff at a federal agency infamous for its censorship efforts.
Two technologists for the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) were reassigned…
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February 25, 2025
In a striking turn from the Biden agenda, the Trump administration took a decisive step to block a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the U.S.
Since the issuance of an Executive Order on Jan. 23, President Donald Trump’s action has…
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February 21, 2025
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) ripped search giant Google for abusing its power to exert influence over the minds of Americans.
Schmitt discussed how platforms like Google get away with their rampant bias with Article III Project Founder and…
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February 21, 2025
X owner Elon Musk is looking to overhaul the platform’s Community Notes fact-checking, which is good news for free speech advocates.
X’s Community Notes function as a form of ubiquitous censorship on the platform, as the crowdsourced fact-checking…
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February 24, 2025
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article mistakenly stated NewsGuard was funded by the National Endowment for Democracy. It also mistakenly referred to the “Defense Innovation Unit” as the “Defense Intelligence Unit.”
Federal…
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February 25, 2025
Meta’s “independent” Oversight Board is reportedly in turmoil over the company’s new free speech overhaul.
Financial Times reported on Feb. 21 that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that his platforms would have a revamped fact-checking…
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February 25, 2025
A legacy media outlet op-ed is highlighting the good news: “A speech-regulation industry that was booming under Biden has gone bust under Trump,” as free speech advocate and attorney Jonathan Turley put it.
Under the Biden administration, “…
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February 26, 2025
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) didn’t spend years fighting Big Tech censorship to let Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) outright deny that censorship faced by conservatives on social media platforms exists.
The Murphy v. Missouri veteran…