Censorship

Luis Cornelio | May 14, 2024

The Media Research Center is calling on the federal government to stop discriminating against religious broadcasting companies and right-leaning talk radio.

On Monday, MRC filed an amicus brief this week in support of the…

Christian Baldwin | May 14, 2024

USA Today once again raised the specter of election interference to justify the Department of Homeland Security’s latest foray into election meddling in its latest sycophantic interview.

On May 8, USA Today’s Josh Meyer released…

Catherine Salgado | May 13, 2024

Meta’s new artificial intelligence chatbot claims there’s a “valid” argument to be made for censoring legal free speech.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp, proudly announced a new AI assistant on April…

Christian Baldwin | May 13, 2024

An Australian federal judge has swooped in to defend free speech by siding with Elon Musk in the tech billionaire’s latest spat with Australia’s Ministry of Truth.

On May 13, Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett blocked the…

Catherine Salgado | May 10, 2024

Google-owned YouTube is jumping on the bandwagon of election censorship.

In a May 9 blog post, YouTube detailed its plans to target and censor certain election-related content ahead of the European Union (EU) elections this June. This…

Christian Baldwin | May 10, 2024

Journalist/author Michael Shellenberger joined forces with UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers and Tablet Magazine Senior Writer Jacob Siegel to discuss the inner workings of censorship in the West.

On Thursday, UnHerd released an interview…

Christian Baldwin | May 9, 2024

Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski reacted to Rumble being banned from Russia over its adamant free speech stance.

On May 7, Pavlovski addressed an X Spaces hosted by social media personality Mario Nawfal. During the Spaces, Pavlovski…

Catherine Salgado | May 9, 2024

Russia reportedly blocked a video platform for taking a strong stand on free speech.

Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski announced on May 7 that the Russian government had blocked his video-hosting platform after refusing to comply with censorship…

Catherine Salgado | May 8, 2024

Two major government agencies have reportedly rebooted their collusion with social media companies despite looming Supreme Court scrutiny for potential First Amendment violations.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner (D-VA)…

Christian Baldwin | May 8, 2024

Clinical psychologist and podcast host Jordan B. Peterson and X owner Elon Musk were flabbergasted by Canada’s latest infringement on civil liberties, anti-hate speech bill C-63.

On May 7, Musk and Peterson responded to Canada's…

Catherine Salgado | May 8, 2024

Spring was in the air and snow melting in April, but Big Tech platforms — especially Meta’s — continued to freeze free speech.

Utilizing its unique CensorTrack.org database, which has logged 6,745 cases as of publication, MRC Free Speech…

Catherine Salgado | May 7, 2024

Communist Chinese government-tied TikTok is seemingly desperate to hold onto both its China ties and the American market.

Last month, President Joe Biden signed legislation that would force TikTok into either divestment from its Chinese…

Christian Baldwin | May 7, 2024

UPDATE: After the publication of this piece, Facebook a Meta spokesperson responded to MRC Free Speech America's request for comment saying "The link was mistakenly blocked and was quickly restored once the issue was discovered."

Meta has…

Christian Baldwin | May 7, 2024

YouTube, the famous video-sharing platform, was shockingly co-opted by the Biden White House to become the gold standard of censorship. 

On May 1, the House Judiciary Committee’s Select Weaponization of Government…

Gabriela Pariseau | May 6, 2024

Google is back to its old censorship tricks, leaving no room for MAGA sense of humor.

Last Friday, Google made some waves on X when it was caught censoring an ad supporting former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign multiple times.…

Christian Baldwin | May 6, 2024

New details have emerged in a congressional investigation into the Biden administration censorship enterprise that has curtailed free speech on a level unprecedented in American history.

A new House Judiciary Committee report…

Gabriela Pariseau | May 3, 2024

MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider and podcast host Lou Dobbs discussed just how anti-American U.S. corporations and the Biden administration have become.

The pair discussed the massive power that government and big…

Catherine Salgado | May 2, 2024

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) released the latest installment of the Facebook Files, exposing Big Tech censorship of COVID-19 information and how no amount of censorship ever appeared to be enough for President Joe Biden.

Jordan, the chairman of…

Gabriela Pariseau | May 2, 2024

You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours seems to be NewsGuard’s attitude toward OpenAI.

Gordon Crovitz, the Co-editor and chief of so-called media ratings firm NewsGuard, wrote an article praising OpenAI artificial intelligence ChatGPT’s…

Catherine Salgado | May 1, 2024

The European Union is the latest government entity to ponder canceling a Chinese government-tied app.

Soon after President Joe Biden signed a bill giving TikTok a choice between Chinese divestment and a ban in the U.S., European…