Censorship

Gabriela Pariseau | November 28, 2022

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre sent a veiled threat Monday to Twitter owner Elon Musk when she claimed that the The White House is “monitoring” Twitter after Musk took over the platform. 

Autumn Johnson | November 27, 2022

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha blamed social media users for spreading so-called misinformation related to the virus.

Catherine Salgado | November 25, 2022

Twitter CEO  Elon Musk agreed that it’s been conservatives, not leftists, who overwhelmingly bore the brunt of Twitter’s Orwellian censorship operation.

Joseph Vazquez | November 23, 2022

The former head of President Joe Biden’s defunct Orwellian Disinformation Governance Board found a new gig by registering as a foreign agent to fight so-called “disinformation."

Catherine Salgado | November 23, 2022

“It is a CCP, a Chinese Communist Party spy app, and Americans are using it. They should get off.” Heritage Foundation’s Kara Frederick emphasized the national security risks of TikTok on Fox News Tuesday.

Catherine Salgado | November 22, 2022

The G20 Summit in Bali buried an endorsement of censoring “disinformation” in its Leaders’ Declaration. The declaration, posted on the White House website, came as the Missouri and Louisiana attorneys general have sued the Biden administration…

Catherine Salgado | November 21, 2022

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Fox News characterized nearly four dozen officials in the Biden administration as working against the First Amendment’s “fundamental, God-given right to express ourselves.”

Catherine Salgado | November 18, 2022

Gaming giants Riot Games and Ubisoft are not playing around—they have partnered for a new research project to censor supposed “toxicity” in gaming chats. It’s nothing new for big technology companies, except for the fact that Riot is owned by a…

Catherine Salgado | November 18, 2022

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres just issued a statement calling for governments and tech companies to increase their censorship of alleged “disinformation” online.

Brian Bradley | November 18, 2022

Twitter reinstated the accounts of The Babylon Bee, comedian Kathy Griffin and psychologist Jordan Peterson after their accounts had previously been banned from the platform, Twitter owner Elon Musk announced Friday afternoon.

Jeffrey Clark | November 18, 2022

After reportedly tricking users on their privacy settings, Google agreed to pay a record $391.5 million privacy settlement resulting from a lawsuit filed by 40 states against the tech giant.

NB Staff | November 18, 2022

As the 2022 midterm elections approached, social media platforms aggressively championed political ideas benefiting left-wing candidates while silencing dissenting opinions that don’t fit the liberal worldview in the third quarter.

Paiten Iselin | November 17, 2022

When in doubt, blame misinformation. That seemed to be leftists and the media's 2022 midterm elections strategy.

Joseph Vazquez | November 16, 2022

A group funded by liberal billionaire George Soros clamored for Twitter CEO Elon Musk to keep President Trump banned from the platform in an apparent effort to get ahead of former President Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign launch.

Catherine Salgado | November 15, 2022

Newly elected GOP Rep.-elect George Devolder-Santos (NY) has already assured the nation that he is not much interested in investigating pro-censorship Big Tech, saying he doesn’t want to “waste time,” according to a recent news report.

Brian Bradley | November 15, 2022

Another day, another NewsGuard mudsling against the First Amendment.

NewsGuard, a wildly biased website rating firm, attempted to tarnish Elon Musk's Twitter using its flawed rating system. Musk has expressed an eagerness to promote free…

Gabriela Pariseau | November 15, 2022

Oh, the horrors of climate denialists having actual free speech online! 

So say the climate doomsday propagandists. 

Catherine Salgado | November 14, 2022

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) might need to develop a sense of humor after Twitter owner Elon Musk mocked him on his newly-acquired platform.

Paiten Iselin | November 11, 2022

Google searches may not be as autonomous as you think. In reality, it appears the platform feeds users a carefully curated narrative based on the information the company does – and does not – want them to see.

Catherine Salgado | November 10, 2022

Biased much? The New York Times slammed Twitter and its new owner, Elon Musk, for not censoring enough during the 2022 midterm elections.