Censorship

Alexander Hall | June 29, 2021

Journalist and New York Times bestselling author Andy Ngo is famous for putting himself at risk reporting on the front lines of America’s culture war. Now one of the internet’s most popular platforms for listening to music and podcasts has…

Kayla Sargent | June 28, 2021

Big Tech has hidden behind Section 230 protections for years, but a recent decision from the Texas Supreme Court may shape platforms’ ability to skirt around cases involving human trafficking.

Alec Schemmel | June 28, 2021

Tech platforms have cracked down tightly on the former president, banishing his presence from their networks. In Big Tech’s latest act of silencing Trump, the unverified account purporting to be CBN News Chief Political Analyst David Brody said…

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 @Mailchimp…

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…

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. 

 

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 “…

Gabriela Pariseau | June 21, 2021

Bret Weinstein, host of the DarkHorse Podcast, told MRC Free Speech America that “[S]omething has gone wrong inside of these tech platforms and it is putting us all in jeopardy.”

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…

Kayla Sargent | June 17, 2021

Facebook’s censorship practices have evolved once again. The platform has decided to now extend its power to administrators of Facebook groups. 

The platform said in a blog post that it has developed new tools to “empower community…

Kayla Sargent | June 15, 2021

The White House National Security Council released a report about domestic terrorism, and it may actually encourage more censorship online. 

The report, titled “National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism,” included the Jan.…

Kayla Sargent | June 14, 2021

Facebook has slapped an unfair fact-check label on yet another post from the Media Research Center. Facebook fact-checker Health Feedback fact-checked a video from MRCTV Managing Editor Brittany Hughes for “Partly False Information.” Health…

Kayla Sargent | June 14, 2021

Creators said that communist Chinese-owned TikTok has been censoring them for “being Jewish” much in the same way Big Tech companies have censored conservatives. Several Jewish creators on TikTok have alleged that their content was censored by…

Kayla Sargent | June 11, 2021

Twitter’s rampage against conservatives has not stopped with the platform now seemingly taking its orders from the left. Rachel Bovard, Senior Director of Policy for the Conservative Partnership Institute, said that Twitter suspended the…

Kayla Sargent | June 9, 2021

The Big Tech giant Google has maintained its grip on the market for too long, and another state has decided to fight back. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) filed a lawsuit against Google arguing that “Google’s operation of Google…

Gabriela Pariseau | June 8, 2021

Philanthropy Roundtable board member and author Vivek Ramaswamy gave Big Tech an ultimatum for its Section 230 protections: Uphold the First Amendment or lose immunity privileges. Ramaswamy, founder of Roivant Sciences and a Philanthropy…

Michael Morris | June 8, 2021

In a jaw-dropping admission, The Washington Post warned of the potential privacy problems a new technology buried in Amazon smart devices poses to consumers. The Post, owned by liberal billionaire founder and CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos, warned…

Kayla Sargent | June 7, 2021

Facebook’s insane censorship practices have continued for long enough for at least one Republican senator. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) bashed Facebook’s hypocrisy regarding COVID-19 and its origin on the Fox News show Sunday Morning Futures. “[T]…