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Tom Olohan | April 14, 2025

MRC Free Speech Vice President Dan Schneider poured cold water on the left’s selective interest in free speech and highlighted outrageous censorship uncovered by MRC Free Speech America.

Catherine Salgado | March 21, 2025

America First Legal (AFL) released documents reportedly showing coordination between the U.S. and U.K. governments and biased private entities to suppress online free speech.

Tim Kilcullen | March 11, 2025

The Biden administration funded a host of obscure censorship groups. Fact check: true.

Under President Joe Biden’s administration, the State Department and the National Science Foundation funneled millions to a motley assortment of…

Tim Kilcullen | March 3, 2025

If Linda McMahon is confirmed today as President Donald Trump’s secretary of education, it is imperative that the scourge of media literacy be excised from American schools. 

The Biden administration labored to build more public,…

Tim Kilcullen | February 24, 2025

Federal government taxpayer dollars were awarded to so-called media ratings firm NewsGuard.

NewsGuard first was awarded money by the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) in the amount of “$25,…

Tom Olohan | February 13, 2025

Independent journalist Matt Taibbi warned the House Judiciary Committee that a key player in the deep state censorship cartel could continue its nefarious activities in government.

Joseph Vazquez | February 12, 2025

The revelation that The New York Times and Politico received millions collectively in taxpayer dollars from a slew of US government agencies sparked public outrage. But a new investigation by MRC Business will make the scandal of government-…

Catherine Salgado | January 22, 2025

Newly sworn in Secretary of State Marco Rubio is already prioritizing free speech in a major change from the Biden State Department.

Tom Olohan | January 14, 2025

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg surprisingly opened up to podcast host Joe Rogan about the massive pressure the Biden administration and global governments put on Big Tech companies to censor speech. Zuckerberg is now calling for action.

Catherine Salgado | December 11, 2024

Another federal censorship agency bites the dust as the State Department dissolves its interagency censorship funding arm, the Global Engagement Center.

Tom Olohan, Michael Morris | November 13, 2024

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) ultimately was elected to lead Republicans as they took a majority in the Senate following the 2024 election red wave. But what transpired before today’s leadership vote surrounding free speech and censorship contextualizes…

Catherine Salgado | October 29, 2024

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have taken leftist, biased media ratings firm NewsGuard to task for its ties to the Biden-Harris administration.

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).

Catherine Salgado | September 20, 2024

A group of  Republican lawmakers are calling on the U.S. State Department to take a decisive stand against Brazil’s campaign to crush free speech online.

Catherine Salgado | September 13, 2024

A Republican-led congressional committee called out an office within the Biden-Harris State Department over its brazen anti-free speech activities.

Christian Baldwin | July 17, 2024

Mike Benz, the executive director of the Foundation For Freedom Online, discussed the government and military's alleged role in driving censorship on social media platforms by investing in AI technology.

Tom Olohan | July 9, 2024

Mike Benz, a free speech advocate and former State Department official, said there is still hope for free speech on MRC UnCensored. 

Christian Baldwin | June 28, 2024

Matt Taibbi, independent journalist and Twitter Files author, revealed the origins of the expansive government censorship enterprise working with social media to censor Americans.

Gabriela Pariseau | June 20, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh in on whether the Biden administration has used federal agencies and Big Tech companies to systematically censor political opposition. The Biden administration has argued that the federal government has a…

Christian Baldwin | June 17, 2024

House Republicans are now pulling at another thread in the web of the Censorship Industrial Complex that has been directly funded by the American taxpayer.