Censorship

Catherine Salgado | November 11, 2021

Twitter’s algorithms may be amplifying the very controversial content that the platform and pro-censorship users are trying to limit.

A new report indicates that angry Twitter users may ironically be amplifying tweets by dunking on them.…

Heather Moon, Gabriela Pariseau | November 11, 2021

The leftist U.K.-based Center for Countering Digital Hate just launched a broadside attack against nine conservative digital outlets with its “Toxic Ten” report. The report aimed to silence entire outlets for writing stories that don’t follow the…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | November 10, 2021

It’s Episode Eleven of MRC’s new video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about Big Tech’s overreach in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.

18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse was charged with first-degree murder after he shot three men…

NB Staff | November 9, 2021

Big Tech censorship was even worse in the third quarter of 2021. This was especially alarming considering the platforms didn’t have much farther to fall from their pathetic second quarter grades. Online Freedom on Google, Twitter and Facebook all…

Catherine Salgado | November 8, 2021

Big Tech better watch out! A new bipartisan Senate bill aimed at restricting tech companies’ “anticompetitive” acquisition abilities is getting attention from policymakers and experts alike.

The new Senate bill introduced by Senators Amy…

Catherine Salgado | November 3, 2021

Free speech advocates beware! A new bill out of the United Kingdom would reportedly criminalize internet trolling that is deemed to cause “likely psychological harm.”

The proposed U.K. law, the Online Safety Bill, could reportedly…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | November 3, 2021

It’s Episode Ten of MRC’s new video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week, we talked about how Big Tech favors the left even when it comes to individual opinions, this time regarding trans and traditional family ideologies. 

Catherine Salgado | November 2, 2021

Big Tech platforms censored Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s documentary series on the events of January 6th even before it was fully released, and media leftists have called for more.

Carlson, his show, and supporters posted and tweeted a…

Joseph Vazquez | November 2, 2021

The U.K.-based Center for Countering Digital Hate wants to censor organizations that disagree with it on climate policy. It released an absurd report attacking the Media Research Center and eight other conservative organizations in an attempt to…

Catherine Salgado | November 1, 2021

A proposed law in the United Kingdom (U.K.) would reportedly regulate social media like a “hazard industry,” with new methods of censorship. Free speech advocates should be concerned.

The U.K. Online Safety Bill would allow communications…

Catherine Salgado | October 28, 2021

“Who is going to be the unbiased arbiter of truth? I don’t think it exists,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said, challenging the leftist narrative pushing for greater censorship of online speech.

Johnson called out leftist witnesses for…

Joseph Vazquez | October 28, 2021

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe reportedly bought ads promoting what Fox News called a “fake news” website to boost his image on social media. And the broadcast evening news shows censored it.

Fox News reported Oct. 27…

Catherine Salgado | October 27, 2021

It’s not the first time a Big Tech executive bragged about censoring speech online, and it likely won’t be the last. A YouTube executive testified at a Senate hearing yesterday that the platform had removed more than one million videos for so-…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | October 27, 2021

It’s Episode Nine of MRC’s new video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week, we talked about the newest trend for sporting events, bumper stickers, T-Shirts, and songs, “Let’s Go Brandon,” and how Big Tech is exhausting all efforts to silence the…

Catherine Salgado | October 27, 2021

Facebook’s algorithms and tools reportedly unfairly limited conservative news sites and personalities. Facebook employees also reportedly exerted continual pressure on their company to censor more. But Congressmen have had enough and spoke out…

Catherine Salgado | October 26, 2021

The U.S. Senate hearing on SnapChat, TikTok, and YouTube today made one thing very clear: TikTok does not appear to want to give straight answers about its connection to China. But U.S. Senators took the Big Tech platform to the mat.

U.S…

Catherine Salgado | October 22, 2021

Wisconsin Republicans are backing state bills to allow censored social media users to sue platforms for damages, in an attempt to target online censorship.

Two Republican-backed bills in the Wisconsin state Assembly would “prohibit social…

Joseph Vazquez | October 22, 2021

One of the most notorious liberal billionaire mega-donors in the United States is reportedly aiding Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who advocated for more Big Tech censorship.

Pierre Omidyar — the founder of eBay — is using his…

Catherine Salgado | October 22, 2021

Twitter’s bout with free speech online continues. The platform censored U.S. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for stating in a tweet that transgender admiral Dr. Rachel Levine was not “the first female anything” but a “dude who lived…

Catherine Salgado | October 20, 2021

Twitter Vice President of Trust and Safety Del Harvey has announced she is leaving the company. Harvey has been praised for making Twitter safe, but in fact she left a legacy of biased censorship.

Del Harvey announced via tweet thread…