The state of California under Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is attempting to force a censorship bill on social media companies, but X just dealt that effort a major blow.
Elon Musk’s X sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta to stop the…
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March 4, 2025
Vice President JD Vance hammered home the importance of free speech during a Monday sit-down with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
Vance revisited his February speech that astounded the Munich Security Conference on Hannity. The vice president…
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March 4, 2025
Andrew Ferguson, the new Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), asked the American people to send him examples of Big Tech censorship. The Media Research Center has just the tool to deliver.
Since the department’s creation back…
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March 3, 2025
A new state bill could lead to a spike in censorship from artificial intelligence.
New York bill A222A, introduced Jan. 8 by Assemblyman Clyde Vanel (D), relates to assigning “liability for false information” which results in harm…
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March 3, 2025
The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.
If Linda McMahon is confirmed today as President Donald Trump’s secretary of education, it is…
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February 28, 2025
The House Judiciary Committee made big moves to get to the bottom of foreign attacks on free speech.
On Thursday, the same day that anti-free speech U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited the White House, the House Judiciary Committee…
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February 27, 2025
The co-founder of Wikipedia, also one of its most vocal critics, has asked a new government task force to investigate potential federal government ties to the online encyclopedia.
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger tagged Elon Musk, X…
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February 26, 2025
Free speech advocates can rejoice following an initial ruling from a lawsuit on Brazil’s online speech crackdown.
Rumble announced in a Tuesday press release that the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida had rejected…
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February 26, 2025
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) didn’t spend years fighting Big Tech censorship to let Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) outright deny that censorship faced by conservatives on social media platforms exists.
The Murphy v.…
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February 25, 2025
It appears that the Donald Trump administration is ready to fight with the European Union and the UK over the fate of online speech.
Trump signed a memorandum Feb. 21 titled “Defending American Companies and Innovators from Overseas…
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February 25, 2025
A legacy media outlet op-ed is highlighting the good news: “A speech-regulation industry that was booming under Biden has gone bust under Trump,” as free speech advocate and attorney Jonathan Turley put it.
Under the Biden administration…
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February 25, 2025
European bureaucrats eager to crack down on free speech seek major leverage over American social media platforms, House Republicans warned on Sunday.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI)…
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February 25, 2025
Meta’s “independent” Oversight Board is reportedly in turmoil over the company’s new free speech overhaul.
Financial Times reported on Feb. 21 that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that his platforms would have a revamped fact-…
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February 25, 2025
In a striking turn from the Biden agenda, the Trump administration took a decisive step to block a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the U.S.
Since the issuance of an Executive Order on Jan. 23, President Donald Trump’s action…
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February 24, 2025
The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article mistakenly stated NewsGuard was funded by…
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February 21, 2025
X owner Elon Musk is looking to overhaul the platform’s Community Notes fact-checking, which is good news for free speech advocates.
X’s Community Notes function as a form of ubiquitous censorship on the platform, as the crowdsourced fact…
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February 21, 2025
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) ripped search giant Google for abusing its power to exert influence over the minds of Americans.
Schmitt discussed how platforms like Google get away with their rampant bias with Article III Project Founder…
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February 21, 2025
DOGE employees working under X owner Elon Musk are now reportedly listed as staff at a federal agency infamous for its censorship efforts.
Two technologists for the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) were…
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February 20, 2025
The new head of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is asking the American people to help him address potentially illegal social media censorship.
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, newly empowered by the Trump administration, is requesting…
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February 20, 2025
So-called independent agencies will no longer be able to exert executive powers without first consulting with Donald Trump, the duly elected president of the United States. This includes agencies that have regulatory control over Big Tech…
