Censorship Project

Kayla Sargent | January 28, 2021

The Facebook Oversight Board (the Board) released its first several decisions. And as it turns out, Facebook could have saved a lot of time and effort by simply not censoring posts on the platform in the first place. 

The Board…

Corinne Weaver | January 28, 2021

Twitter censored 668 tweets from former President Donald Trump before banning his account, claiming his tweets were inaccurate and that some were a “risk of violence.” But when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) falsely accused a U.S. Senator…

Alexander Hall | January 28, 2021

The land down under may have the upper hand on Big Tech by passing regulation that could disrupt Google’s dominance on advertising.

Countries around the world have increasingly become wary of Big Tech’s dominance in recent months, and…

Kayla Sargent | January 28, 2021

A group of users on Reddit essentially decided to poke Wall Street with a stick. The result was a surge of GameStop’s stock, crocodile tears from hedge fund managers, and of course, Big Tech censorship. 

Discord reportedly banned the…

Alec Schemmel | January 28, 2021

YouTube said it removed more than 500,000 videos for violating its COVID-19 policies.

CEO Susan Wojcicki announced in a Jan. 26 blog that it removed over half a million videos under its COVID policies since February. The platform’s COVID-…

Alexander Hall | January 28, 2021

Facebook, one of the internet’s biggest social media platforms, is planning to depoliticize its users’ newsfeeds.

“On a conference call with analysts, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook is considering steps it can take to reduce the amount…

Alexander Hall | January 27, 2021

YouTube is the internet’s biggest video platform, and yet it appears to have allowed little room for conservative dissent.

YouTube initially suspended then-President Donald Trump’s official YouTube channel on January 12. Since then,…

Craig Bannister | January 27, 2021

More than three-fourths of U.S. college students believe social media companies like Facebook and Twitter have too much power and influence in politics, and a majority want more government regulation of Big Tech, a new survey finds.

In a…

Kayla Sargent | January 27, 2021

Facebook may now label speaking out against transgenderism as “violence and incitement.” 

Facebook reportedly suspended a Bible professor for seven days following a post criticizing President Joe Biden’s new policies towards…

Corinne Weaver | January 27, 2021

Facebook’s censorship has gone from removing opinions to threatening to remove entire pages.

Conservative YouTuber Mark Dice reported that Facebook took down a post from his page on Twitter. But Dice said the platform went a step further…

Alexander Hall | January 26, 2021

Facebook is cooperating with the federal government, and giving information on those who reportedly engaged in the Capitol Hill riot.

“Despite attempts to play down the use of Facebook amongst Capitol Hill rioters, the social media giant…

Kayla Sargent | January 25, 2021

As if constantly labeling tweets wasn’t enough, Twitter has now introduced a new method to tackle what it deems to be “misinformation.”

Twitter’s new innovation in censorship, Birdwatch, is intended to allow Twitter users to rat out and “…

Alexander Hall | January 25, 2021

Big Tech doesn’t like mail-voting after all. Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns both Amazon and The Washington Post, is playing both sides of the mail-in election fraud debate.

The Post published pieces during the election denying that mail…

Kayla Sargent | January 25, 2021

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has been a hot topic for quite some time, and now, the left appears to be using the liability shield as an excuse to attempt to further regulate free speech online. 

Democrats in Congress…

Kayla Sargent | January 22, 2021

Twitter has been particularly egregious in its censorship in the last few weeks, but sometimes, the platform chooses to ignore particularly egregious content. Now, a recent lawsuit has alleged that the platform may have allowed child pornography…

Alec Schemmel | January 22, 2021

Rick Wilson, the co-founder of the virulently anti-Trump Lincoln Project, said conservatives are being banned because they “suck” and “say evil shit.”

“Twitter and Facebook aren’t banning you because you’re a conservative. They’re banning…

Kayla Sargent | January 22, 2021

It appears as though Facebook is trying to shift the decision making, and therefore the blame, as to whether former President Donald Trump should be allowed back on the platform.  

Nick Clegg, Facebook’s Vice President of Global…

Alexander Hall | January 21, 2021

Facebook’s infamously liberal Oversight Board has accepted a case to decide whether to allow former President Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram. 

Facebook was one of many Big Tech companies whose choice to censor then-…

Alexander Hall | January 21, 2021

The hypocrisy is clear: Facebook will eliminate fringe supporters of former-President Donald Trump, Antifa radicals get the opposite treatment and get to operate freely on Facebook.

Facebook’s Newsroom released an update proclaiming it…

Kayla Sargent | January 21, 2021

While Twitter loves censoring conservatives, the platform is often hesitant to take action against other world leaders. However, the platform has finally taken at least a little action against harmful propaganda from China. 

Twitter…