Censorship Project

Alexander Hall | October 15, 2021

Apple has reportedly bent over backwards to cater to the anti-religious Chinese Communist Party in order to keep a firm hold on the lucrative Chinese consumer market. The tech giant has made it loud and clear that it will betray the American…

Autumn Johnson | October 13, 2021

Facebook announced on Wednesday that it will remove content that targets public figures who are “at risk” of self-harm, Forbes reported.

Alexander Hall | October 12, 2021

Conservative leaders warned about the dangers Big Tech censorship poses to online freedom during a Media Research Center roundtable Tuesday.

Alec Schemmel, Dan Gainor | October 12, 2021

Big Tech censorship didn’t just repeatedly restrict and finally ban President Donald Trump. Social media companies overwhelmingly censored Republican members of Congress by a rate of 54-to-1 compared to congressional Democrats, according to a new…

Autumn Johnson | October 12, 2021

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested that she wants more censorship from Big Tech giants like Facebook. In an interview with The View, Clinton blamed Facebook and Former President Donald Trump for the “constitutional crisis”…

Autumn Johnson | October 9, 2021

Steven Hill, a former policy director at the Center for Humane Technology, suggested that Facebook issue use “permits.”

 

Autumn Johnson | October 9, 2021

While much of the recent media attention regarding Facebook whistleblowers has gone to former employee and liberal donor Frances Haugen, it's worth noting that she wasn't the first former employee who has warned about the company. Haugen, a…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | October 6, 2021

It’s Week Six of MRC’s new video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week, we talked about how Big Tech protects transgender content regardless of fact or fiction. But social media companies censor conservative content, accounts, and thought.

Autumn Johnson | October 5, 2021

Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, is a far-left activist and AOC donor, The Daily Wire reported.

 

Autumn Johnson | October 4, 2021

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen has called on the government to regulate social media–and the left is following suit. 

 

Autumn Johnson | October 3, 2021

Twitter users are slamming the platform after it labeled an obituary “misleading.”

 

Autumn Johnson | October 3, 2021

Jeff Kosseff, an expert on Section 230 and cybersecurity law, is slamming plans from Democrats in the Senate to amend the law.

 

Autumn Johnson | October 3, 2021

Former President Donald Trump is suing Twitter to get his account reinstated, the Washington Examiner reports.

 

Autumn Johnson | September 30, 2021

YouTube censored, and then reinstated the Ron Paul Institute channel on its platform. Ron Paul, a former congressman from Texas, spoke out.

 

Alexander Hall | September 30, 2021

Senators met today for yet another bipartisan session of skewering Facebook and Instagram for controversies ranging from reportedly hiding harms to teenagers to double standards of censorship.

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | September 29, 2021

It’s Week Five of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week, we talked about how Big Tech firms often shut down any conversation that doesn’t fit their agenda.

Alexander Hall | September 29, 2021

Big Tech has been hard at work censoring content that runs afoul of the left’s preferred narrative on COVID-19. Now, YouTube is stepping things up a notch and will reportedly begin removing videos questioning any approved medical vaccine.

Alexander Hall | September 28, 2021

It’s as if Big Tech has not already been censoring enough. Now the Biden administration is pushing platforms in an even more censorious direction. COVID-19, like many national crises, has been used to push for more government tyranny. White…

Autumn Johnson | September 27, 2021

The Heritage Foundation has responded after Twitter allegedly censored a video depicting the work of Border Patrol agents.

Alexander Hall | September 27, 2021

A Twitter employee announced that the platform is “exploring new controls” for a filter that automatically prevents users from having to see “potentially harmful or offensive” replies.