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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.

AFL noted Thursday that the “censorship scheme” included the…

Tim Kilcullen | March 11, 2025

The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.

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

Tim Kilcullen | March 3, 2025

The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.

If Linda McMahon is confirmed today as President Donald Trump’s secretary of education, it is…

Tim Kilcullen | February 24, 2025

The following article is a supplement to the MRC Report: The Biden Administration Waged War on Free Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives.

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article mistakenly stated NewsGuard was funded by…

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.

Taibbi, known for his work on The Twitter Files,…

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…

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.

Rubio, in comments to U.S. diplomats published by RealClearPolitics, stated that he is already taking…

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.

During…

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.

The State Department is dismantling the Global Engagement Center (GEC) and…

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.

Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to NewsGuard Co-CEOs Steven…

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).

The State Department announced Monday a new AI partnership with Google,…

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.

Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and three other…

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.

The House Small Business Committee, chaired by Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX), specifically…

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.

At the National…

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. 

MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider spoke with Benz about the devastating impact of…

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.

Taibbi recounted his findings from the Twitter…

Gabriela Pariseau | June 20, 2024

President Joe Biden sits atop a censorship regime made up of federal agencies that has repeatedly pressured Big Tech social media companies to clamp down on those who express views in opposition to his own. 

The U.S. Supreme Court is…

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.

New reporting by Washington Examiner reporter Gabe Kaminsky unveiled that…

Tom Olohan | April 9, 2024

Syndicated radio host Mark Levin demonstrated Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s multi-generational connection to leftist billionaire George Soros and how the cozy relationship shaped American policy towards Albania.

On the April 4…