Kids Online Safety Act

Michael Morris | May 29, 2025

“The Kids Online Safety Act is back” read multiple headlines as a “bipartisan pair of senators reintroduced” the bill May 14 with a subtle change in hopes that the legislation — which thankfully flatlined in the U.S. House after it passed 91-3 in…

Catherine Salgado | December 18, 2024

The end-of-year continuing resolution postpones the imminent shutdown of a State Department entity infamous for funding censorship efforts — for now.

Tom Olohan | December 11, 2024

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) sounded the alarm about the lame-duck Democrat-led Senate moving earth and heaven to secretly pass legislation that poses an impending threat to Americans’ freedom of speech. 

Tim Kilcullen | December 10, 2024

The leader of the Media Research Center issued a warning to Congress about a “Trojan horse for the left’s agenda.”

In a statement posted today on X, MRC founder and president Brent Bozell cautioned Congress not to pass the new version of…

Luis Cornelio | October 22, 2024

For our first annual Free Speech Awards, the Media Research Center (MRC) is honoring 35 champions of the First Amendment, including five members of the U.S. Senate yesterday, 10 members of the U.S. House of Representatives today, 10 additional…

Tom Olohan, Dan Schneider | October 21, 2024

For our first annual Free Speech Awards, the Media Research Center (MRC) is honoring 35 champions of the First Amendment, including five members of the U.S. Senate today, 10 members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, 10 additional…

Tim Kilcullen | October 15, 2024

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) has come out against a sweeping censorship bill which could imperil the future of free speech on the internet.

Luis Cornelio | September 25, 2024

A congressional committee advanced a much-talked-about bill that seeks to protect children from potentially harmful online content after a long battle over Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s (D-CT) version that many suggested would have increased online…

Catherine Salgado | June 23, 2022

Pro-censorship leftists are eager never to let a good crisis go to waste. And European elites are no exception.

Brian Bradley | March 2, 2022

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) both called on President Joe Biden to take stronger action to protect children online as Biden delivered his State of the Union address on Tuesday.

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.