Censorship Project

Alexander Hall | August 24, 2021

Former President Donald Trump has demanded access to mainstream social media platforms once again. Trump made political engagement via social media an art, and he’s pushing for a grand reentrance onto the mainstream platforms. “Former…

Autumn Johnson | August 24, 2021

Facebook is doubling down on its efforts to suppress conservative satire, according to Seth Dillion, CEO of The Babylon Bee. Dillon said Facebook uses biased fact-checkers to flag content that leans conservative, especially satire that makes…

Alexander Hall | August 23, 2021

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy nagged social media companies for not doing more to censor so-called misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Heather Moon | August 23, 2021

A new Facebook report proved the @FacebooksTop10 daily list of 10 most-engaged link posts each day is wildly misleading, given that posts with the most views got far more engagement than posts on the list.

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | August 23, 2021

Welcome to CensorTrack with TR, a weekly video series about Big Tech censorship. The Media Research Center’s CensorTrack.org will publish the most prominent and worst cases of conservative censorship as well as document cases involving everyday…

Autumn Johnson | August 23, 2021

An independent fact-checker has instructed readers to “proceed with caution” when viewing content from PragerU. NewsGuard described itself as “The Internet Trust Tool,” and claimed it rates websites for truth and credibility. NewsGuard gave…

Autumn Johnson | August 21, 2021

Christina Pushaw is back on Twitter after a twelve-hour suspension--and she’s ready to set the record straight about Big Tech.

Autumn Johnson | August 20, 2021

On Friday night, Twitter decided that, without warning, it would temporarily suspend Christina Pushaw, the press secretary for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Alexander Hall | August 20, 2021

Infamous liberal ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt may have joined Squawk Box to condemn the Taliban’s presence on social media, but the show’s co-anchor Joe Kernen raked him over the coals for advocating censorship of Americans at home.

Michael Morris, Alec Schemmel | August 20, 2021

Though the Biden administration suggested it would not implement a federal COVID-19 verification system, Big Tech has taken the reins and plans to step in as Big Brother. Google and Apple have announced updates that will allow users to display…

Autumn Johnson | August 19, 2021

Facebook is taking action after pressure from the White House. The Biden administration blamed the platform for the majority of coronavirus “misinformation.”

Alexander Hall | August 19, 2021

Left-wing author of “Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism” Jillian C. York condemned former President Donald Trump for fomenting unrest in the past, but expressed wariness over Facebook’s ban of the infamous…

Autumn Johnson | August 18, 2021

"Why Trump's banned and the Taliban aren't: they play by the rules." Such was the absurd comment tweeted by Technology Policy Editor of The Washington Post Mark Seibel. Facebook has issued a blanket ban on the Taliban, but…

Alec Schemmel | August 18, 2021

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) appeared to be very unhappy with China’s new stake in TikTok. He called on the Biden administration to “take immediate action” to block the platform and its parent company ByteDance from operating in the United States…

Alexander Hall | August 18, 2021

Twitter is experimenting with an idea to manipulate willing users into acting as the platform’s censorship police in a new effort to crack down on online speech.

Autumn Johnson | August 18, 2021

Lead Stories, a liberal fact-checker site, labeled a satire article from The Babylon Bee as “False.”

Autumn Johnson | August 17, 2021

The Chinese Communist government has reportedly taken a stake and board seat in ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company. On April 30, ByteDance sold a one percent stake to WangTouZhongWen Technology, a Beijing company owned by three state…

Michael Morris | August 17, 2021

Big Tech tyranny knows no bounds. Big Tech companies have gone so far as to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for their employees, but now apparently even that isn’t enough. Some of those employees are being required to show proof.

Alexander Hall | August 17, 2021

As the Taliban appears to have taken the mantle in returning to rule Afghanistan, Big Tech companies are grappling with how to handle the legitimacy of a radical Islamic regime.

Autumn Johnson | August 16, 2021

YouTube received criticism from a U.S. congresswoman after it reportedly removed a video of a news conference that discussed a legal challenge to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “vaccine passports.”