Texas

Catherine Salgado | March 24, 2025

A bill in the Texas House would make some political speech a criminal offense.

Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, a Republican, who was censured and ultimately dropped out of the state speaker’s race last year, has introduced Texas H…

President Joe Biden and his administration spent four years continuously attacking the First Amendment and the free speech rights enshrined by the nation’s Founders. 

The Biden administration’s censorship efforts ran the gamut from…

Tim Kilcullen | March 7, 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 was unrelenting in its war against free speech. 

Under…

Catherine Salgado | November 22, 2024

The attorney general of Texas is investigating an effort by advertising firms to demonetize X and other platforms and coerce the platform into censoring its own users.

AG Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he’s launching an investigation…

Tim Kilcullen | August 13, 2024

The Media Research Center (MRC) has identified 126 Soros prosecutors across the nation who have worked to undermine law and order in the American justice system.

Leftist activists George and Alex Soros are America’s top cops. MRC…

Controversial leftist billionaire George Soros and his son Alex have worked tirelessly to undermine law and order in America. The Media Research Center has obtained thousands of never-before-seen internal communications from dozens of Soros…

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…

Tom Olohan | May 29, 2024

MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider called out Big Tech for censorship, discrimination and election interference during a hearing at the Texas Capitol. 

During a May 29 hearing of the Texas Senate Committee on State…

Catherine Salgado | January 26, 2024

Eighteen states are taking a firm stand for free speech against Big Tech censorship.

In the cases Big Tech front group NetChoice has against Florida and Texas, NetChoice has attempted to fight against the states’ anti-censorship laws.…

Tim Kilcullen | September 29, 2023

After years of delay, the notoriously risk-averse Supreme Court will finally decide whether states have the right to protect free speech from Big Tech’s authoritarian censors.

In a Friday morning order, the U.S. Supreme Court announced…

Catherine Salgado | September 29, 2023

Yelp is reportedly discriminating against pro-life pregnancy centers on its website and app.

Crisis pregnancy resource centers specifically exist to help pregnant women and their babies, but Yelp appears to have jumped on the bandwagon of…

Luis Cornelio | April 7, 2023

Leftist Big Tech giant Google’s attempt to get off scot-free over its alleged misuse of Texas consumers' data proved unsuccessful.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) celebrated a victory Thursday in its legal fight…

Autumn Johnson | February 14, 2023

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has launched an investigation into the censorship operations of Big Tech platforms, including Google, Meta, Twitter, TikTok and others.

In a letter to the companies, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on…

Autumn Johnson | February 7, 2023

Don’t mess with Texas. Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced Monday that his state is implementing a plan to enforce its TikTok ban on state-owned devices. 

Abbott cited increased security risks due to the app’s troubling ties…

Catherine Salgado | January 5, 2023

Ex-Enron executive and billionaire John Arnold is under fire from Texas Republicans for reportedly funneling millions into groups trying to censor supposed “disinformation.” Ironically, Enron is the same company that went bankrupt from corruption…

Catherine Salgado | December 9, 2022

Texas has joined four other states in banning or partially blocking the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-tied TikTok for state agencies.

South Dakota, South Carolina, Nebraska and Maryland had already moved to ban TikTok for state agencies,…

Autumn Johnson | October 14, 2022

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a stay Wednesday that will temporarily prevent a Texas law aimed at protecting free speech online from taking effect.

Passed a year ago, HB 20 would prevent social media companies…

Autumn Johnson | September 18, 2022

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld Texas's “free speech” law on Friday, which would prevent social media companies from censoring certain viewpoints online.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that the ruling was a…

Autumn Johnson | May 31, 2022

The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a Texas law that aims to prevent discriminative censorship on social media platforms.

The decision did not rule on the merits of the law but instead placed it on hold until federal courts decide…

Kayla Sargent | March 31, 2021

Congress has remained locked in a stalemate over how to tackle Big Tech tyranny. Meanwhile, state governments have stepped up and decided to take matters into their own hands where the federal government has failed.

The partisan gridlock…