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Catherine Salgado | October 5, 2021

Another hearing, another opportunity for the left to call for online censorship. That’s precisely what Democratic Party senators did during the Facebook whistleblower hearing today.

Democrat senators called for more social media…

Autumn Johnson | October 5, 2021

Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, is a far-left activist and AOC donor, The Daily Wire reported.

In an interview with “60 Minutes,” Haugen, a data scientist and former Facebook employee who worked to combat so-called “…

Autumn Johnson | October 4, 2021

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen has called on the government to regulate social media–and the left is following suit.  

In an interview with “60 Minutes,” Haugen, a data scientist and former Facebook employee who worked to…

Alexander Hall | September 30, 2021

Senators met today for yet another bipartisan session of skewering Facebook and Instagram for controversies ranging from reportedly hiding harms to teenagers to double standards of censorship.

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) convened a…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | September 29, 2021

It’s Week Five of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week, we talked about how Big Tech firms often shut down any conversation that doesn’t fit their agenda. 

The focus this week was on founder James O’Keefe’s…

Catherine Salgado | September 29, 2021

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) will be convening a bipartisan hearing to investigate recent allegations that Facebook has hidden its own research showing its Instagram platform is toxic for teens.

The…

Alexander Hall | September 28, 2021

It’s as if Big Tech has not already been censoring enough. Now the Biden administration is pushing platforms in an even more censorious direction. 

COVID-19, like many national crises, has been used to push for more government…

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.

DeSantis sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee…

Autumn Johnson | September 24, 2021

Multiple conservative groups have come out in support of antitrust bills in Congress.

The American Principles Project, the Internet Accountability Project, and American Majority are just some of the groups seeking support for six…

Alexander Hall | September 24, 2021

Famous conservative commentator John Stossel reportedly filed suit against Facebook for placing fact-check labels on his videos. 

Stossel declared via Twitter that “Facebook and ‘fact checking’ activists at a group called Climate…

Alexander Hall | September 23, 2021

Facebook openly announced its plans it uses to demote content, but at least it’s attempting to be transparent about the process. Right, Facebook? 

The release said it was “to share more detail on how content is distributed on…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | September 22, 2021

It’s Week Four of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week, we talked about how much Big Tech likes blocking advertisements and promotions for groups, people and content that they don't support --- conservative content. …

Joseph Vazquez | September 22, 2021

Climate activist James Murdoch gave at least $1 million to a group fighting to undermine state oversight of elections. That same group also backed Big Tech censorship against former President Donald Trump.

Murdoch — the estranged son of…

Autumn Johnson | September 21, 2021

The Facebook Oversight Board is calling for more transparency from the platform, according to new reporting from Axios. The Board made the recommendation in response to The Wall Street Journal's critical reporting of the Big Tech giant and…

Heather Moon | September 21, 2021

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

Alec Schemmel | September 21, 2021

Big Tech overwhelmingly censors Republican members of Congress by a rate of 53-to-1 compared to congressional Democrats.

That censorship has hit Republican Senators Rand Paul (KY) and Ron Johnson (WI), Rep. Jim Jordan (OH) and other…

Autumn Johnson | September 20, 2021

Facebook criticized The Wall Street Journal after it conducted a deep-dive investigation into the platform and some of its practices.

Nick Clegg, the Vice President of Global Affairs at Facebook, said the The Journal deliberately…

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.

Mosseri joined Recode Media Host Peter Kafka’s…

Alexander Hall | September 16, 2021

Warning: The follow post contains explicit language. 

Rapper Nicki Minaj claimed to have been penalized by Twitter after she posted tweets expressing skepticism over COVID-19 vaccinations and apparent agreement with Fox News host…

Catherine Salgado | September 16, 2021

Several Big Tech companies reportedly know their social media sites are toxic for minors, and the sites may even perpetuate that toxicity. 

The Wall Street Journal wrote that TikTok and Facebook-owned Instagram are creating a toxic…