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Tom Olohan | January 20, 2025

Then President-elect Donald Trump debuted his plan to neuter TikTok as a national security threat one day before his inauguration.  

Trump made clear that he would take action to bring back TikTok and resolve the threat it poses…

Catherine Salgado | January 17, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against communist Chinese government-tied TikTok, meaning a ban takes effect on Jan. 19. Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump has his own ideas for the platform.

In a per curiam decision Friday, the U.S.…

Catherine Salgado | January 15, 2025

The Washington Post is promoting “alternatives” to communist Chinese government-tied TikTok as the Biden-era ultimatum looms, but the “alternatives” appear to have the same issues.

In the event that TikTok does go dark, The Post listed…

Catherine Salgado | January 10, 2025

A new study reveals communist Chinese government-tied TikTok’s biased, anti-free speech manipulation of China content as the app faces a looming ban.

A U.S. federal government TikTok ban is set to take effect on Jan. 19, and TikTok is…

Catherine Salgado | December 30, 2024

Egregiously biased online “credibility” arbiter NewsGuard rates several right-leaning U.S. media outlets as less reliable than several state media outlets from tyrannical foreign powers Qatar, communist China and Russia.

Media in China is…

Catherine Salgado | December 24, 2024

Big Tech aimed for a Silent Night all year long as it silenced users’ free speech. While Americans voted for their political leaders, Big Tech platforms took every opportunity to vote for censorship.

Election-interfering censorship was…

Catherine Salgado | December 19, 2024

News that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear communist Chinese government-tied TikTok’s case comes exactly one month before the app is set to lose its American market.

After multiple recent legal defeats at the D.C. circuit appeals…

Catherine Salgado | December 17, 2024

Communist Chinese government-tied TikTok just lost yet another frantic appeal to halt federal legislation that could kill its American market success.

The Chinese-owned app recently lost its case before a federal appeals court, which…

Catherine Salgado | December 13, 2024

TikTok attempted to duck a threat to end the tech company's business operations by boasting about its efforts to silence election-related free speech.

Canada plans to forbid TikTok from operating its business within the country due to…

Catherine Salgado | December 11, 2024

Communist Chinese government-tied TikTok has lost another appeal in court but is still desperately trying to halt a federal law empowering the president to impose a national ban against it.

TikTok is still holding out hope after an…

Catherine Salgado | December 7, 2024

Chinese-owned app TikTok lost its main bid to halt a ban at the D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

The federal law takes effect on Jan. 19, effectively banning the Communist Chinese government-tied app unless its parent company ByteDance…

Catherine Salgado | December 5, 2024

Before and after Election Day 2024, Big Tech platforms voted for election interference.

Google was the most egregious election censor, as MRC Free Speech America found the tech giant repeatedly burying right-leaning sources in search…

Catherine Salgado | October 28, 2024

Tech giant Microsoft is once again taking aim at free speech as the 2024 election approaches.

In an Oct. 23 blog post, Microsoft accused U.S. adversaries Russia, China, and Iran of “undermining U.S. democratic processes” with online…

Tim Kilcullen | August 30, 2024

A maverick antitrust scholar and celebrated free speech advocate has praised aspects of a monumental ruling on Big Tech while warning it still misses the target. 

Matt Stoller, author of the bestselling book Goliath: The 100 -Year…

Catherine Salgado | July 30, 2024

TikTok has been caught both censoring and spying on Americans on behalf of a hostile foreign government.

A district court legal brief revealed how TikTok was censoring content at Chinese Communist Party (CCP) behest. This comes as the U.S…

Tom Olohan | June 3, 2024

Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka “Mr. Wonderful,” offered a bold alternative for the future of the Communist Chinese government-tied app TikTok. 

During the May 30 edition of Fox Business’ The Big Money Show, O’Leary laid out his…

Catherine Salgado | May 14, 2024

A NewsNation host slammed communist Chinese government-tied TikTok and Meta-owned Instagram for censoring content on one of the most hotly debated topics online.

On May 3, NewsNation founder and host Dan Abrams declared himself “shocked”…

Catherine Salgado | May 7, 2024

Communist Chinese government-tied TikTok is seemingly desperate to hold onto both its China ties and the American market.

Last month, President Joe Biden signed legislation that would force TikTok into either divestment from its Chinese…

Catherine Salgado | May 1, 2024

The European Union is the latest government entity to ponder canceling a Chinese government-tied app.

Soon after President Joe Biden signed a bill giving TikTok a choice between Chinese divestment and a ban in the U.S., European…

Did Apple just help China retaliate against America’s possible TikTok ban?

Apple has long invested heavily in Chinese markets, and, based on a recent report, the company is willing to exercise censorship to maintain those markets.…