Richard Blumenthal

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…

Autumn Johnson | October 5, 2023

Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are inquiring about TikTok's reportedly shadowy hiring practices that appear to be ushering in Communist Party-tied executives.

In a letter sent to the company, the senators…

Autumn Johnson | September 26, 2023

A new poll from RealClear Opinion Research confirms what we already know: the majority of Democrats are fine with online censorship. In fact, they are the ones pushing for it.

The results of a recent RealClear Opinion poll were…

Autumn Johnson | June 18, 2023

Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced legislation that would prevent generative artificial intelligence companies from taking advantage of Section 230 immunity.

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act…

Luis Cornelio | June 9, 2023

TikTok has found itself once again in deep waters over its alleged mishandling of Americans’ private data, after the launch of a bipartisan congressional probe.

Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) issued a letter…

Tom Olohan | May 17, 2023

The OpenAI CEO inadvertently confirmed to Congress that concerns over AI becoming a digital god that could wreak havoc on the world are not hyperbolic.  

During a congressional hearing on Tuesday, Sam Altman — who leads the…

Catherine Salgado | January 12, 2023

Democrats pushed Twitter to support the Russia-Trump collusion hoax without evidence, as per the revelations in Thursday's newest batch of Twitter Files.

The accusations of “Russia collusion” (“Russiagate”) against then-President Donald…

Autumn Johnson | November 20, 2022

Last week, several Senate Democrats wrote a letter asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate new Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s major changes at the platform.

The authors of a letter sent to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week…

Catherine Salgado | February 18, 2022

In the latest censorship effort to demonize self-defense tools, five Democratic Party senators are pressuring YouTube to remove “ghost gun” videos.

“Ghost guns are unserialized firearms that anyone can get their hands on—without a…

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.

Sens. Richard…

Catherine Salgado | December 30, 2021

Facebook has done everything since “whistleblower” Frances Haugen’s revelations except apologize. The company changed its name, denied massive problems, and reportedly even sold different narratives to politicians from different ends of the…

Catherine Salgado | December 29, 2021

Lawmakers from both parties want President Joe Biden to get involved in new tech legislation leading up to the 2022 election. This is a dangerous move for free speech, as Biden’s administration has explicitly supported increased censorship online…

Catherine Salgado | December 9, 2021

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) repeatedly praised U.K. regulation of social media platforms and called for the U.S. to adopt the U.K. model at a Dec. 8 Senate hearing on Instagram. Both the U.K. government and Blumenthal tend to support…

Catherine Salgado | October 26, 2021

The U.S. Senate hearing on SnapChat, TikTok, and YouTube today made one thing very clear: TikTok does not appear to want to give straight answers about its connection to China. But U.S. Senators took the Big Tech platform to the mat.

U.S…

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…

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 20, 2021

The left wants to censor more! Big Tech has continued its onslaught of censorship of free speech online at the behest of the left. And now the left is gunning for online firearms marketplaces with a proposed repeal of certain Section 230…

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…

Alexander Hall | August 12, 2021

Big Tech’s greatest enemy may be bipartisan legislation, as politicians from both sides of the aisle unite to introduce the Open App Markets Act.

“U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Amy Klobuchar (…