Microsoft

Catherine Salgado | February 17, 2025

The Communist Chinese government is increasingly infamous for domestic censorship and foreign data harvesting through apps like TikTok, yet two U.S. companies are deepening ties with China.

Tom Olohan | February 6, 2025

An investigative journalist has revealed that the censorship regime at Microsoft remains intact and unrepentant, despite the pro-free speech ultimatum that accompanied the 2024 presidential election.

Joseph Vazquez | January 3, 2025

The Washington Post made a pathetic attempt to paint website traffic cop NewsGuard as some kind of victim of right-wing oppression, all while downplaying the years-long dystopian vendetta it waged against right-leaning media.

Catherine Salgado | December 27, 2024

After Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr challenged NewsGuard’s blatant bias against right-leaning media, the ratings firm actually complained about supposedly unfair targeting. No, we’re not kidding.

Catherine Salgado | December 26, 2024

Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Ted Cruz (R-TX) has called out a major tech giant for its ties to a dystopian online ratings firm.

Catherine Salgado | November 18, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump has taken MRC’s advice and selected a free speech advocate with a record of taking on Big Tech censorship as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in a major blow to the anti-free speech Silicon Valley…

Joseph Vazquez | November 15, 2024

Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr utilized Media Research Center analysis to put Big Tech and so-called media ratings firm NewsGuard on notice.

Catherine Salgado | November 13, 2024

The Brookings Institution, an entity substantially funded by Big Tech and leftist billionaire George Soros, is whining for increased censorship in the wake of the 2024 election.

Catherine Salgado | October 31, 2024

Facebook (Meta) reportedly had a secret reason for suppressing an election-altering scandal in 2020 after FBI priming: to appease then-candidate Joe Biden.

Catherine Salgado | October 28, 2024

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

Tom Olohan | October 25, 2024

In a shocking move, the official page dedicated to Free Speech Week promoted an event devoted to a new and pernicious type of censorship: media literacy. 

Tom Olohan | October 8, 2024

MSNBC freaked out over X owner Elon Musk’s potential impact on the 2024 race, ignoring a recent report that the biggest names in Big Tech massively favor Democrats.

Catherine Salgado | October 4, 2024

Big Tech censorship has kicked into high gear just in time for the 2024 elections.

Catherine Salgado | September 27, 2024

Big Tech companies and government entities have united in an international push to control speech online and especially to control artificial intelligence (AI).

Tom Olohan | September 19, 2024

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) strongly cautioned their colleagues in the Senate and witnesses from Big Tech against continuing past censorship of Americans in the name of combatting so-called foreign mis-, dis- and mal-…

Catherine Salgado | June 13, 2024

A columnist for a pro-free speech outlet cited exclusive MRC research to urge state and federal lawmakers to take action to prevent election-interfering censorship collusion.

Catherine Salgado | June 12, 2024

Big Tech companies are growing massively rich and powerful while crushing free speech and manipulating the flow of information.

Tom Olohan | June 6, 2024

Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant conceded defeat in a weeks-long effort to force X (formerly Twitter) to censor content she didn’t approve of across the globe.

Catherine Salgado | May 23, 2024

The CEO of Microsoft has openly boasted about a new artificial intelligence feature that could prove a double threat to privacy and to free speech

Catherine Salgado | April 10, 2024

The House Judiciary Committee is aiming to uncover potentially more dystopian free speech violations from two major government agencies in coordination with five Big Tech companies.