Censorship Project

Alexander Hall | February 14, 2022

Facebook reportedly blocked the account of Canadian businesswoman Raechel Allan-Nicholls allegedly for being associated with the Freedom Convoy protesting draconian COVID-19 policies.

As working people fight for their most basic freedoms…

Gabriela Pariseau | February 10, 2022

Johns Hopkins Professor of Surgery Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H. said that LinkedIn removed a research letter he co-authored because the scientific research allegedly violated its “Professional Community Policies.” He later tweeted that Linkedin…

Alexander Hall | February 10, 2022

The embattled legendary podcaster Joe Rogan defended his right to speak his mind on his podcast.

Rogan, host of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, slammed recent Cancel Culture witch hunts against his show: “This is a political hit-job,…

Alexander Hall | February 9, 2022

Revealing the home address of public figures has become a predatory tactic among hostile political activist groups.

The Meta Oversight Board demanded that Meta-owned Facebook strengthen its policies against the sharing of private citizens…

Joseph Vazquez, Gabriela Pariseau | February 9, 2022

Big Tech speech restrictions turned COVID-19 into the most pro-censorship environment in the U.S. at least since World War II. Media Research Center has found more than 800 examples of bans, deleted content, and other speech restrictions related…

Autumn Johnson | February 8, 2022

The Internal Revenue Service reportedly abandoned a plan that required taxpayers to use facial recognition software.

The plan would have required users to independently verify their identity in order to obtain a tax transcript or set…

Joseph Vazquez | February 8, 2022

The Heritage Foundation released a damning report blasting censorship and showing that it has jumped fully into the fight against Silicon Valley speech controls. 

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts didn’t mince words about…

Joseph Vazquez | February 7, 2022

Twitter launched a new tool that allows users to secretly downvote tweets to see how the company could “better surface the most relevant content,” the platform said in an email to MRC Free Speech America. Twitter will be able to poison tweets…

Autumn Johnson | February 5, 2022

Reports have indicated that Spotify has removed approximately 70 episodes of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” Many on the left have attacked Rogan for his promotion of alternative treatments of COVID-19. 

“The apparent removal of the…

Alexander Hall | February 3, 2022

The Anti-Defamation League, which has lobbied and advised Big Tech to censor speech, altered its definition of racism following The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg’s outrageous Holocaust remarks.

Once again, powerful liberal organizations…

Alexander Hall | February 2, 2022

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) torched the news media for being a “source of misinformation” as senators discussed a proposal to allow news outlets to coordinate ad negotiations with Big Tech. MRC Vice President of Free Speech America and Business Dan…

Alexander Hall | February 2, 2022

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki called on music and podcast streaming platform Spotify to tighten its grip on speech to stop so-called “misinformation.” It’s a culture-war tactic often used by the left: Accept some subservience by others to…

NB Staff | February 1, 2022

The leftist ratings firm NewsGuard criticized a Media Research Center study of the site’s ratings, calling it “fundamentally flawed.” 

NewsGuard General Manager Matt Skibinski’s letter made multiple inaccurate claims about the study…

Alexander Hall | January 31, 2022

World-famous podcaster Joe Rogan stirred up controversy with Cancel Culture mobs by interviewing medical professionals who questioned shifting narratives of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, rocker Neil Young pulled his music from Spotify in…

Autumn Johnson | January 30, 2022

An updated bill in Washington state has some worried that candidates could be jailed for political speech.

According to The Seattle Times, the bill specifically limited the speech of candidates for public office to make it a crime to “…

Autumn Johnson | January 27, 2022

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on Big Tech to remove Joe Rogan’s podcast because of so-called COVID-19 “misinformation,” on Tuesday.

Murthy was discussing what he considered to be COVID-19 “misinformation” on social media…

Alexander Hall | January 27, 2022

Spotify apparently accepted singer Neil Young’s terms after he demanded the platform choose between his music and famed podcast host Joe Rogan.

Old man, look at your life. Spotify noted in a response to the once-legendary Canadian-…

Alexander Hall | January 26, 2022

Twitter VP Sinéad McSweeney warned of unprecedented government crackdowns on free speech and requests for surveillance of internet users in the platform’s latest transparency report. 

It speaks volumes when Big Tech executives sound…

Alexander Hall | January 25, 2022

Neil Young has reportedly demanded that Spotify become a safe space for him. The Once-legendary Canadian-American singer delivered an ultimatum to Spotify, according to Rolling Stone: Get rid of the massively popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast…

Alexander Hall | January 24, 2022

Politics and sports commentator Clay Travis condemned YouTube for censoring an interview with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY).

Travis called a penalty against Big Tech. “YouTube has refused to post our @clayandbuck interview with @RandPaul. Think…