Censorship

Catherine Salgado | January 12, 2023

Food and Drug Administration commissioners have reportedly called for the agency to find a way to fight so-called “misinformation” online. If history is any indicator, this just means the agency is calling for more censorship.

Apparently…

Autumn Johnson | January 12, 2023

Public universities have decided to ban TikTok.

The Idaho Statesman reported last month that the app would be prohibited from operating on Boise State and Idaho State campus internet networks, but that faculty, staff, and students could…

Paiten Iselin | January 11, 2023

UPDATE: Following this piece's publication, YouTube restored The Heartland Institute's “In the Tank" podcast episode and responded to MRC Free Speech America's request for comment. A YouTube spokesperson said "Upon review, we determined this…

Autumn Johnson | January 11, 2023

A new report suggests the Biden administration repeatedly entertained lobbyists for the Communist Chinese Party-tied TikTok during his time in office.

The Washington Examiner reported Monday that TikTok and ByteDance, the app’s parent…

Catherine Salgado | January 10, 2023

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry revealed that the White House pressured Facebook to censor Tucker Carlson.

White House Director of Digital Strategy Robert Flaherty emailed Facebook in April 2021 to call for the platform to censor…

Autumn Johnson | January 10, 2023

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey released evidence exposing how the Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor so-called “misinformation” about COVID-19.

One screenshot from Bailey revealed that White House Digital Director…

Catherine Salgado | January 9, 2023

A Pfizer director pushed Twitter to censor critics of COVID-19 vaccines while denying his actions, according to the most recent Twitter Files drop.

Former FDA commissioner, CNBC contributor and current Pfizer Director Dr. Scott Gottlieb…

NB Staff | January 9, 2023

Dozens of members of the Free Speech Alliance sent a letter to Twitter owner Elon Musk requesting for him to meet with conservative leaders to discuss methods to promote free speech on the Big Tech platform following years of massive censorship.…

Autumn Johnson | January 9, 2023

Former President Donald Trump's Facebook ban may finally be lifted after two years.

CBS News reported Friday that Meta is considering allowing Trump to return to the platform. He was originally suspended after the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol…

Autumn Johnson | January 9, 2023

Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) says Republicans and Democrats must come together in the new Congress to fight “Big Tech” censorship online.

Issa joined Fox Business last week to discuss revelations from internal Twitter files that the U.…

Catherine Salgado | January 6, 2023

Germany’s digital affairs minister claimed on Twitter that Elon Musk agreed to target “disinformation” on the platform, which would be problematic for free speech.

The German Federal Minister for Digital and Transport Volker Wissing…

Joseph Vazquez | January 6, 2023

Discredited leftist website ratings firm NewsGuard has had a year to prove that its ratings system isn’t prejudiced against conservative media, but it’s failing miserably. A new analysis shows that liberal media outlets were rated 25 points…

Joseph Vazquez | January 6, 2023

The liberal Columbia Journalism Review may now want to consider retracting its 2019 screed dismissing Big Tech bias against conservatives as a “myth” that “refuses to die.”

CJR’s August 2019 propaganda was plastered with a blaring…

Autumn Johnson | January 5, 2023

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry says the release of the “Twitter Files” confirms that the Biden administration colluded with Big Tech to censor particular views online.

Landry joined Family Research Council President Tony Perkins…

Catherine Salgado | January 5, 2023

Ex-Enron executive and billionaire John Arnold is under fire from Texas Republicans for reportedly funneling millions into groups trying to censor supposed “disinformation.” Ironically, Enron is the same company that went bankrupt from corruption…

Catherine Salgado | January 4, 2023

Joe Biden has nominated pro-censorship, George Soros-tied extremist Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) a second time, as the 2021 nominee’s confirmation continued to stall.

The Verge noted that the extra Senate seat…

Autumn Johnson | January 4, 2023

A Tuesday evening “Twitter Files” drop revealed the censorship-obsessed Big Tech platform caved to pressure from Democrats and created a task force to investigate Russian “interference” in the 2016 election.

The document drop is the…

Gabriela Pariseau | January 3, 2023

The latest Twitter files show that the liberal media mafia, Democrat politicians and the intelligence community went on an apparent witch hunt to shut down Russian social media accounts, bringing Twitter to its knees and paving the way for the…

Catherine Salgado | January 3, 2023

Two lawmakers apparently eager for congressional reform of Big Tech clearly have different goals, as Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) pushed to protect free speech from pro-censorship Big Tech, while Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MI) called for more censorship…

Catherine Salgado | December 30, 2022

Transgender activist and Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine reportedly tried to galvanize doctors to demand increased censorship from Big Tech.

Levine actively encouraged state medical board doctors to pressure Big Tech…