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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. 

Paul warned via X that Sen. Richard…

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.

Johnson slammed the Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act (“KOSA”) as “very…

Luis Cornelio | July 31, 2024

Americans fed up with the federal government’s censorship scheme may soon be able to file civil lawsuits against the bureaucrats stifling their free speech online, a newly introduced bill stipulates.

The bill, named the Standing to…

Catherine Salgado | June 28, 2024

GOP congressmen are taking action to protect speech after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to halt government censorship collusion with Big Tech.

Multiple Republican lawmakers have called for legislation to protect Americans’ First…

Catherine Salgado | January 23, 2024

COVID-19 vaccine producer Moderna was so desperate to ensure huge profits that it coordinated with Big Tech to try and censor free speech.

Independent journalist Lee Fang published a recent report detailing how Moderna worked to censor…

Catherine Salgado | December 11, 2023

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) bashed “the establishment’s campaign to crush dissent” through tech-government censorship collusion.

Paul wrote a Dec. 7 op-ed for Fox News about the government-created Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) that…

Gabriela Pariseau | November 1, 2023

FBI Director Christopher Wray denied that the bureau discussed censoring constitutionally protected speech in a tense hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security.

Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were…

Catherine Salgado | October 23, 2023

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is stalling cybersecurity legislation until the government agencies stop working to censor Americans’ free speech.

The Washington Post’s The Cybersecurity 202 newsletter reported Oct. 18  on Sen. Paul’s lone…

Catherine Salgado | July 31, 2023

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of  lying to Congress, after his assertions were used to censor Americans.

The senator clarified in a July 29 tweet that he referred former NIAID Director Dr. Fauci to the Justice…

Luis Cornelio | July 27, 2023

The U.S. Congress appears to be finally waking up to the baffling assault on the First Amendment led by Big Tech and infamous federal agencies.

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) penned an insightful op-ed for The Federalist, touting proposed…

Luis Cornelio | July 11, 2023

Tired of winning? Republican leaders are rejoicing over the latest free speech victory coming from the Missouri v. Biden lawsuit filed by the Louisiana and Missouri attorneys general.

Prominent Republican lawmakers are celebrating the…

Catherine Salgado | February 17, 2023

Leftist Google targeted a Townhall.com column by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) for censorship for daring to critique the dangers of gain-of-function research.

Townhall Media reported that, on Feb. 16, “As happens with too many stories and columns…

Brian Bradley | November 2, 2022

Google is burying the campaign websites of its fiercest critics on Capitol Hill. 

Shortly after MRC Free Speech America released its study showing that Google suppressed Senate Republicans’ campaign websites in its search results, it…

Catherine Salgado | June 14, 2022

President Joe Biden’s Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas gave Congress “apparently misleading” testimony about the Orwellian Disinformation Governance Board, according to a group of Republican senators.

Senate Republicans…

Alexander Hall | May 25, 2022

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) torched the Biden Department of Homeland Security’s attempt at establishing a Disinformation Governance Board, noting its similarities to Big Government tyranny in Russia.

The U.S. government and Russia appear to be…

Alexander Hall | May 24, 2022

The Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) 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.” 

Thanks to a group of…

Catherine Salgado | May 11, 2022

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) slammed the new Disinformation Governance Board on Fox News. “[W]e arrive at the truth through disputation,” Paul said during the interview. “Anybody who says we can do it by edict is somebody completely unaware of the…

Craig Bannister | April 8, 2022

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk joining Twitter’s board of directors and buying a 9.2% stake in the behemoth social media is a victory for freedom of speech, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says.

Tuesday, in an appearance on America Reports,…

Joseph Vazquez, Gabriela Pariseau | February 9, 2022

Big Tech speech restrictions turned COVID-19 into the most pro-censorship environment in the U.S. at least since World War II. Media Research Center has found more than 800 examples of bans, deleted content, and other speech restrictions related…