Europe

Tom Olohan | February 2, 2024

Blaze Media podcast host Allie Beth Stuckey went after a disturbing World Economic Forum (WEF) plan to isolate and choke out purveyors of so-called misinformation.

Stuckey discussed the dire threat of leftists weaponizing public-private…

Catherine Salgado | January 19, 2024

A European politician with an anti-free speech track record has new, scarier propaganda to justify crushing speech.

European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency Vera Jourová previously touted European Union (EU)…

Catherine Salgado | January 17, 2024

The ongoing World Economic Forum conference has featured more than one anti-free speech “expert.” 

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been one of the most discussed topics at the globalist World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Davos 2024…

Tim Kilcullen | January 17, 2024

 

Executive Summary

In Part 1 of this report, the MRC Censorship Investigation Project uncovered how the Biden administration used the federal government to silence Americans who don’t support its leftist agenda through a…

Tim Kilcullen | January 9, 2024

Executive Summary

The MRC Censorship Investigation Project has uncovered the Biden administration’s latest effort to silence Americans. Utilizing FOIA, state public records laws and other investigative tools, MRC has learned that the…

Catherine Salgado | November 15, 2023

A Finnish court just dismissed all charges against lawmaker Päivi Räsänen, who was targeted for stating Biblical truths online.

Back in 2019, Räsänen, a Finnish Member of Parliament, tweeted criticism of her Christian denomination and its…

Catherine Salgado | November 6, 2023

The CEO of Communist Chinese government-tied TikTok is set to meet with anti-free speech European officials as the app censors thousands of videos.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is meeting with members of the European Union’s (EU) European…

Autumn Johnson | October 20, 2023

Twitter Files journalist Michael Shellenberger said that some policymakers in the European Union are “enemies of free speech” in their dedication to online censorship.

Shellenberger referred to the European Parliament's Committee on…

Catherine Salgado | October 13, 2023

A European Union (EU) Commission official has taken a page from the U.S. government’s anti-free speech playbook and demanded that multiple social media companies step up their censorship. 

In an Oct. 11 letter posted to X (formerly…

Tom Olohan | September 19, 2023

X owner Elon Musk gave a warning to any X (formerly Twitter) employees who bow to outside pressure and censor free speech.

Musk responded harshly to a Washington Post article that claimed his social media platform was cooperating with…

Autumn Johnson | September 18, 2023

The European Union fined communist Chinese government-tied TikTok hundreds of millions of dollars for mishandling the personal information of minors on the app.

The Financial Times reported that Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC…

Tom Olohan | September 6, 2023

Leftist billionaire Alex Soros warned that his Open Society Foundations is not done with Europe, promising to remain active there and even increase aid in some cases. 

In an August 31st op-ed titled “No Soros retreat from Europe,”…

Tom Olohan | August 2, 2023

Bloomberg News clearly didn’t see any issue with celebrating foreign governments forcing businesses to adopt woke ESG standards while failing to mention that its own parent company is doing the same thing. 

Bloomberg News celebrated…

Catherine Salgado | April 20, 2023

The European Union Parliament is planning new regulations for AI, but with the government's tendency toward censorship and excessive control, it’s unclear whether that’s good or bad news.

Financial Times reported April 14 that the…

Autumn Johnson | February 23, 2023

The European Commission’s Corporate Management Board has made the decision to ban the video-streaming app TikTok from corporate devices.

The announcement comes as authorities around the world unite to disavow the company’s sordid ties…

Renata Kiss | January 25, 2023

Europe has previously called on the U.S. to do a better job at tackling so-called “disinformation” online, even challenging new Twitter owner Elon Musk to “increase” the number of moderators in the content. Now, at least one EU commissioner is…

Autumn Johnson | November 21, 2022

Thierry Breton, the European Union’s internal market commissioner, said the bloc will require Elon Musk to add moderators in Europe to censor content.

Bloomberg News reported Friday that Breton criticized Musk’s decision to lay off…

Gabriela Pariseau | September 28, 2022

UPDATE: After MRC Free Speech America reached out to YouTube, the platform restored the video of Giorgia Meloni's 2019 speech. YouTube spokesperson Ivy Choi offered the following statement: "Upon careful review, we determined this video is not…

Autumn Johnson | July 12, 2022

Communist China-tied social media giant TikTok is “pausing” its new privacy policy that was set to roll out in Europe.

TechCrunch reported that the new policy would have discontinued the platform’s request for user consent to receive…

Autumn Johnson | July 6, 2022

The European Commission passed two bills that will regulate online content like never before, including censoring speech.

Protocol reported that the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) will take effect next year.…