Censorship

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. Harvey announced via tweet thread that she was…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | October 20, 2021

The Media Research Center’s newest video series CensorTrack with TR dives into cases of online censorship every Wednesday. This week, the very show itself was a victim of censorship. On September 30, episode five was released. It covered multiple…

Catherine Salgado | October 19, 2021

“This is terrifying for the United States of America,” said comedian Steven Crowder after he was censored by YouTube for a Louder with Crowder episode highlighting recent reports of “transgender” rape threat to women. YouTube issued the strike…

Catherine Salgado | October 15, 2021

Apparently Twitter’s guidelines about violence only apply to Donald Trump, not communist Chinese state-controlled news outlets. The Global Times threatened Taiwan and potential allies with becoming “cannon fodder” on Twitter, and Twitter has not…

Catherine Salgado | October 14, 2021

Twitter has published a list of suggestions for policy makers on how best to regulate Big Tech. But the platform has a history of extreme bias. At least one of Twitter’s suggestions also sounds suspiciously like, “We need more censorship.”

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | October 13, 2021

It’s Episode Seven of MRC’s new video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about the Free Speech America study which reported that Big Tech censors GOP congressmen by 54 to 1 more than Democrats.

Catherine Salgado | October 13, 2021

Exclusive: Google, the next Ministry of Truth, is rewriting history. Google’s “About” section is meant to explain at a glance the most relevant facts about a person. Unless it’s former President Donald Trump. His “About” section contains no…

Catherine Salgado | October 12, 2021

So much for free speech online. “Big Tech hates America and free speech. It’s death by 1 billion cuts. We’re not going to let them get away with it,” Media Research Center President L. Brent Bozell said in a tweet.

Catherine Salgado | October 11, 2021

One America News’s Justine Murray blasted Facebook and “Tzar Zuckerberg” for censoring conservative free speech while allowing sexual exploiters to use and abuse Facebook and its users.

Catherine Salgado | October 8, 2021

The atmosphere for content creators with Google just reached a new freezing point. YouTube and parent company Google reportedly plan to demonetize all content from so-called “climate deniers.”

Catherine Salgado | October 7, 2021

Big Tech just can’t seem to get off the censorship train — especially when it comes to content that runs counter to the left’s accepted narrative. “You know, tyrants don’t like [satire]. It’s the thing that they hate more than anything else,”…

Catherine Salgado | October 6, 2021

Facebook “whistleblower” Frances Haugen is being treated by the left and media as a hero. But The Wall Street Journal, Glenn Greenwald and Ben Shapiro, to name a few, have blasted Haugen’s push against free speech online.

Catherine Salgado | October 4, 2021

Andrew Torba, CEO of the Gab social media platform, slammed Silicon Valley for its “erosion of free speech and Christian values” while explaining his motivations for founding Gab.

Catherine Salgado | September 28, 2021

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has directed an investigation to be opened into Facebook’s alleged election interference through a secret tiered user privileges program.

Catherine Salgado | September 27, 2021

YouTube is seeing red. Susan Wojcicki, YouTube’s top executive, claimed the video platform values “freedom of speech,” following parent company Google's cave to the Russian government in censoring an entire app.

Catherine Salgado | September 24, 2021

YouTube is reportedly angling for channels with hunting and fishing videos in its latest censorship hunt.

Catherine Salgado | September 21, 2021

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) challenged Google via letter on the internet giant’s censorship of pro-life ads while reportedly allowing pro-abortion organizations to run ads.

Heather Moon | September 21, 2021

Facebook admitted that data it shared with researchers in Feb. 2020 was severely flawed. The result discredited any study relating to so-called “misinformation,” alleged radicalization or political polarization that used the Facebook information…

Alexander Hall | September 20, 2021

Twenty years after the biggest terror attack in America’s history, YouTube censored a video commemorating its victims. YouTube removed a Sept. 11, 2001 commemorative video posted by an ACT For America staffer, explaining: “[W]e think it…

Catherine Salgado | September 17, 2021

In a twist of irony, head of Instagram Adam Mosseri warned about the “risk” of social media “censorship” in an attempt to defend his platform from articles critical of censorious Facebook.