Censorship Project

Autumn Johnson | June 27, 2021

Former President Donald Trump has joined YouTube alternative Rumble.

Trump’s account is verified and has just one video so far, an upload of Saturday’s rally in Ohio.

Several prominent conservatives have also joined Rumble.…

Autumn Johnson | June 26, 2021

Former TikTok employees have disclosed that the popular social media platform is largely controlled by its Chinese parent company.

TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, supplies the Chinese government with endless American user data since…

Autumn Johnson | June 25, 2021

A video channel dedicated to highlighting human rights violations in China has been blocked by YouTube.

Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights channel is run by Serikzhan Bilash, a Xinjiang-born activist who has been arrested for his pro-…

Kayla Sargent | June 25, 2021

Christian satire site The Babylon Bee has, once again, felt the sting of tech censorship.

The site was reportedly suspended from email service Mailchimp. The Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon tweeted: “I’d email everyone to let them know @…

Alexander Hall | June 25, 2021

Facebook made it loud and clear that satire may be OK on the platform, but only on the condition it doesn’t target people or things that it favors. Leftist, progressive outlet Slate responded by claiming The Babylon Bee is the perfect target for…

Kayla Sargent | June 25, 2021

The House Judiciary Committee passed six antitrust bills aimed at Big Tech in a two-day marathon markup. The markup left some conservatives leery of the power that platforms may still hold over users. However, a new Senate bill could help to…

Alexander Hall | June 24, 2021

 

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows warned that conservatives should be skeptical of a Democrat-led effort to shape how Big Tech impacts the United States.

The enemy of your enemy is…

Alexander Hall | June 23, 2021

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) torched fellow politicians for denying that Big Tech needs an antitrust reckoning, especially those Republicans who are taking money from Big Tech.

Lee raked fellow politicians over the coals for either being blind…

Alec Schemmel | June 23, 2021

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn bowed to China once again when it reportedly censored the profile of a Swedish writer to appease the Chinese Communist Party.

Jojje Olsson shared a message on social media which he purportedly received from…

Alexander Hall | June 23, 2021

Big Tech platforms like Twitter were once characterized by free content. Now the platform is working toward releasing Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces as the internet shifts toward paid access to influencers.

The future hotspots of the…

Kayla Sargent | June 23, 2021

From Planned Parenthood to Satanism, AmazonSmile encourages shoppers to donate to some extreme charities — at least 216 different groups. But multiple prominent conservative groups aren’t even allowed to participate.

Amazon, which is on…

Kayla Sargent | June 22, 2021

Big Tech bias is not limited to Facebook, Google and Twitter. The ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee has decided to call out Microsoft for its censorship of conservative voices. 

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to…

Alexander Hall | June 22, 2021

Censorious tech activist and former Reddit CEO Ellen K. Pao proclaimed the success of deplatforming across Big Tech platforms to obliterate so-called “hate” from the internet. 

Liberals are taking a victory lap as anti-establishment…

Alexander Hall | June 21, 2021

Game developer Scott Cawthon created one of the most famous survival horror video games. Now he is reportedly being harassed for donating to politicians the radical left doesn’t approve of.

Kotaku Staff Writer Ash Parrish slammed…

Kayla Sargent | June 21, 2021

YouTube has reportedly struck down yet another video of a school board meeting for violating its policies on misinformation. 

The platform reportedly took down a video from the Shawnee Mission School Board in Kansas City, Kansas for…

Autumn Johnson | June 20, 2021

Former Congressman Denver Riggleman and Jack Rosen, president of the American Jewish Congress, argue that hate speech “precedent” should be used to ban extremism online.

In an op-ed for Newsweek, the two criticize Gab, a social media…

Autumn Johnson | June 18, 2021

Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports, was inexplicably suspended from Twitter on Friday.

@BFFsPod, the Twitter account for the weekly podcast hosted by Portnoy and TikTok star, Josh Richards, tweeted screenshot of Portnoy's…

Autumn Johnson | June 18, 2021

A book review discussing the irreversible damage of gender dysphoria in children was removed after backlash.

A favorable review on Science-Based Medicine about “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters” by Abigail…

Kayla Sargent | June 18, 2021

Facebook appears to have finally developed a sense of humor after its history of fact-checking and targeting satire sites like The Babylon Bee.

The platform announced that it has developed a satire exception to its censorship practices in…

Craig Bannister | June 18, 2021

On Thursday, a coalition of 26 conservative organizations and activists released a letter to Congress, warning that antitrust bills targeting Big Tech platforms being pushed by Democrats “would give unelected Biden bureaucrats sweeping new power…