Censorship Project

Public trust in news media has reached a record low, with a majority of Americans expressing little to no confidence in legacy elitist media like newspapers, TV and radio. Despite this distrust, these same media sources remain influential,…

A British documentary highlighting the rise of Orwellian language policing in the U.K. is ironically being censored on the platform X due to a 2023 law requiring age verification. Users must log into age-verified accounts to view it, limiting…

The 21st annual Free Speech Week marked a pivotal moment in America’s push toward reinvigorating free speech principles, hailed by the Media Research Center (MRC). The late Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was posthumously awarded for…

Preston Byrne, a lawyer and fellow at the Adam Smith Institute, advocates for a legal doctrine, "Lex loci machinae," which suggests that U.S.-based tech platforms should follow American laws, not foreign censorship rules. Byrne aims to protect…

In the current climate of shifting political landscapes, MRC celebrated the importance of free speech by honoring Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk with the 2025 MRC Free Speech Award. Amid debates over Big Tech's liability under Section 230…

AI chatbots, including ChatGPT and Meta AI, buried and downplayed former President Donald Trump's role in negotiating a recent Israel-Hamas peace deal, often crediting multiple parties instead. Despite Trump's announcement of the deal as part of…

Google's refusal to change its censorship policies has caught the attention of free speech advocates and politicians. In response to allegations of content moderation influenced by the U.S. government, Google offered no new admissions or changes…

On Wednesday, U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard announced major staff reductions and reforms designed save taxpayer money and end the political weaponization of the Biden-created Foreign Malign Influence Center (FMIC).

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) released on June 11 its 2025 Viewpoint Diversity Scores Business Index, and Big Tech companies are low on the free speech totem pole.

Over and over again, the prominent artificial intelligence concern discussed, from industry leaders to Trump administration officials and across the liberal media landscape, is how the burgeoning technology will impact jobs. And while the winds…

While protections for free speech have begun to improve this year, Big Tech censorship has not let up, with Americans still finding themselves issuing “mayday” alerts as they were silenced or stuck in social media jail during May.

The Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek, popular since its debut, erases data pertaining to sensitive topics disapproved by the Chinese government, including Tiananmen Square, Taiwan, Jimmy Lai, and Uyghur rights. Despite initially processing encoded…

President Trump's second term highlights ongoing battles over free speech, particularly in the digital realm. Texas proposes an anti-meme bill that threatens free speech, while Maryland's "No Moore" account faces political backlash. Pro-free…

MRC Free Speech America report highlights the alarming level of government censorship during the Biden administration, with 57 initiatives targeting free speech. These initiatives involved collaboration with Big Tech, funding of censorship groups…

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. 

President Trump’s administration is prioritizing the protection of free speech both domestically and internationally. Vice President J.D. Vance criticized European censorship and AI bias at the Paris AI Summit, emphasizing America's intolerance…

Amid President Trump's actions on free speech and AI transparency, an exposé by MRC Free Speech America criticizes Wikipedia for left-leaning bias, demonstrating how it effectively blacklists right-leaning media sources. The piece suggests tech…

Mark Zuckerberg announced significant changes at Meta, ending the use of third-party fact-checking groups like PolitiFact and replacing them with Community Notes, a crowdsourced fact-checking tool. The company will also shift its trust and safety…

Google is desperately fighting to stop the federal government from breaking its powerful search engine monopoly, which it has exploited to manipulate elections to benefit leftist candidates. 

Google is still at it. On Tuesday, just two days before the widely anticipated presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the tech giant buried Trump’s campaign website in its search results. But Biden’s…