Censorship Project

Alexa Moutevelis | August 5, 2020

Both Twitter and Facebook acted quickly Wednesday night to remove a video of President Trump speaking on Fox News about the coronavirus’ effects on children. The social media sites said the content violated their policies on COVID-19…

Alexander Hall | August 5, 2020

An app researcher may have revealed a Twitter tool that would allow moderators to debate over what is, or isn’t misinformation.

Jane Manchun Wong has posted a screenshot of what appears to be an unreleased Twitter tool that allows…

Alexander Hall | August 5, 2020

A campaign ad for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden took a snippet from President Donald Trump wildly out of context.

The Biden campaign released an August 4 ad featuring a deceptively edited clip of President Trump’s…

Alexander Hall | August 4, 2020

Looking for your chance to vent your rage at Big Tech? The government is literally requesting the public to air their grievances in order to steer policy decisions. 

“The Federal Communications Commission will take public comment for…

Kayla Sargent | August 4, 2020

For years now, the progressive left and media have been quick to demonize the nation’s police officers, so it comes as no surprise that Big Tech is following the trend. 

A quick Google search of the word “demon” results in a…

Alexander Hall | August 4, 2020

Government enforced race reparations aren’t here yet, but Google has rolled out a plan to show people how to exclusively support businesses based not on the content of the owners’ character but on the color of their skin. 

Google…

Corinne Weaver | August 4, 2020

Academics funded by Big Tech only argue for more censorship of conservative thought. 

The Oxford Internet Institute, a department of the University of Oxford, released a study that smeared conservative sites such as CNSNews,…

Alexander Hall | August 3, 2020

Liberal journalists are once again panicking over a video that made House Speaker Nancy Pelosi look foolish.

“Facebook's fact-checkers on Sunday labeled it as ‘partly false’ a video that it said was manipulated to make it appear as if…

Alexander Hall | August 3, 2020

Breitbart claimed that the internet’s most popular search engine is using multiple tactics to rig the upcoming election.

Breitbart released a damning report full of graphs and hard data condemning Google for interfering with conservative…

Corinne Weaver | August 3, 2020

Twitter has allowed numerous videos of the Black Lives Matter protests and even Antifa riots on its platform. But a video about the Students for Life chalking a sidewalk gets slapped with a label for “potentially sensitive content.” 

Alexander Hall | July 31, 2020

Facebook is censoring speculation over hydroxychloroquine being used as a cure for COVID-19, even when other nations are reportedly using it as a treatment.

Reclaim The Net addressed what could be called “a case of digital imperialism”…

NB Staff | July 30, 2020

On Thursday’s Evening Edit, Media Research Center Founder and President Brent Bozell excoriated Big Tech a day after a House subcommittee hearing on the matter, telling the Fox Business Network’s Jackie DeAngelis that these “monster…

Alexander Hall | July 30, 2020

Misinformation mega-donor Reid Hoffman whose disinfo campaign influenced the 2017 Alabama Senate election is bankrolling a meme war.

“Meme 2020, the collective of social media influencers and content creators that posted sponsored content…

Alexander Hall | July 30, 2020

It takes a special kind of chutzpah to tell the Israeli parliament that calls for Israel’s destruction are more acceptable than Trump’s tweets. 

“A Twitter spokeswoman has defended the company’s decision to block and restrict tweets…

Corinne Weaver | July 29, 2020

Big Tech companies claim to represent American values, but their business practices say otherwise.

The CEOs declared that they were American companies, then had to deal with numerous examples that undermined that patriotic claim. Before a…

Alexander Hall | July 29, 2020

The Trump administration’s “Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship” may overhaul social media, with the help of the Federal Communications Commission.

“On Monday, the Department of Commerce, as directed by President Donald J.…

Alexander Hall | July 29, 2020

Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) pulled no punches when he demolished Google for enabling Chinese tyranny. 

During a Congressional Antitrust Hearing hearing, Buck brought the hammer down on Google CEO Sundar Pichai for his company’s ties…

Alexander Hall | July 29, 2020

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) raked Big Tech over the coals, saying there’s no more denying what can be plainly seen: “Big Tech is out to get conservatives. That’s not a suspicion. That's not a hunch. That's a fact.”

Jordan slammed Amazon…

Alexander Hall | July 28, 2020

Twitter can pretend that niche articles about the popularity of socialism are trending, meanwhile a comedian can tweet a poo emoji and a famous puppet to get more traction.

“One of the way [sic] Twitter manipulates us is with bogus trends…

Corinne Weaver | July 28, 2020

No one in the media or in tech companies bats an eye when football players kneel during the national anthem as a protest. But when a football player tries to offer an inspirational message of faith, Twitter censors it as “potentially sensitive…