Congress

Catherine Salgado | August 31, 2022

Uphold the First Amendment! Several House lawmakers apparently seek to do just that by introducing a bill to make government-sponsored censorship illegal.

Autumn Johnson | July 26, 2022

The House Oversight and Reform Committee is set to approve a bill that would give the federal government more power over digital ID.

 

At least one Republican senator and one Democratic senator are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate TikTok. “There is bipartisan consensus on this threat and no excuse for inaction while Americans remain at risk,” Sen. Marco…

Catherine Salgado | July 7, 2022

Following pressure from Democratic Party lawmakers and the liberal media, Google announced that it would make a new exception for retaining users’ location history—users visiting abortion clinics.

Gabriela Pariseau | June 23, 2022

Big Tech companies have shown that science is only relevant when it’s not confirming biological facts about sex and gender, and they don’t hesitate to censor anybody who wields science against them.

Brian Bradley | June 22, 2022

Eight House Republicans on Tuesday joined their Senate counterparts in proposing legislation aimed at curbing left-wing political bias in email services’ spam filters. 

Gabriela Pariseau | June 17, 2022

YouTube has shown time and time again that it won’t allow users to post about Jan. 6 or the 2020 election unless they outright deny claims of potential fraud or vote-counting errors. The Congressional January 6 Committee is no exception.

Catherine Salgado | June 17, 2022

House Republicans on Monday introduced a bill to stop Big Tech from allowing Chinese Communist Party senior officials to have accounts on American social media platforms. The “China Social Media Reciprocity Act” would prevent certain…

Catherine Salgado | June 15, 2022

Comedian and late night host John Oliver slammed Amazon’s and Google’s antitrust practices on his show and urged antitrust reform.

Paiten Iselin | June 14, 2022

Here we go again! White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy said “we need the tech companies to really jump in” to combat so-called disinformation and misinformation.

Catherine Salgado | June 3, 2022

Three congressional lawmakers sent letters to NewsGuard and the American Federation of Teachers union. The letters cited original MRC Free Speech America research to illustrate NewsGuard’s leftist bias and the dangers of its new partnership with…

Brian Bradley | May 26, 2022

Another day yields another liberal news story that protects Big Tech from allegations of election interference to benefit the left.

Alexander Hall | May 24, 2022

The Disinformation Governance Board may be paused, but senators on Monday demanded the Biden administration release documents and communications from the entity many have nicknamed the “Ministry of Truth.”

Catherine Salgado | April 15, 2022

Democrats recently released plans to fight “Online Misinformation” that featured a blueprint for online censorship. Congressional Democrats, however, have sponsored or co-sponsored at least 18 Big Tech bills with Republicans. That…

Catherine Salgado | March 15, 2022

Notable conservatives tore into Facebook after a report from WIRED emerged that alleged the platform has allowed child exploitation groups to flourish. “While Facebook is busy cracking down on conservative opinions they disagree with, child…

Catherine Salgado | March 11, 2022

A new bill introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) could drive censorship online. Klobuchar said the NUDGE Act would help address so-called “misinformation.”

Jeffrey Clark | March 3, 2022

The New York Times pinned responsibility for “containing inflation” on the U.S. Federal Reserve, despite President Joe Biden’s vague promises during the State of the Union Address to “fight inflation” and “build a better America.” It seems that…

Gabriela Pariseau | March 3, 2022

Twitter locked Rep. Vicky Hartzler’s (R-MO) personal Twitter account for a tweet denouncing transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports. Hartzler tweeted: “Women’s Sports are for Women, not men pretending to be women,” according to…

Catherine Salgado | February 18, 2022

In the latest censorship effort to demonize self-defense tools, five Democratic Party senators are pressuring YouTube to remove “ghost gun” videos.

Catherine Salgado | February 16, 2022

A new bipartisan Senate bill reportedly aims to give parents more control over the time that their children spend online, but Congress may face a whole new world of safety and privacy concerns with the new metaverse.