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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…

Catherine Salgado | March 11, 2025

While the U.S. government is pondering a ban on Chinese AI, communist Chinese government-tied TikTok’s future still hangs in the balance.

After putting a pause on the TikTok ultimatum, giving the video platform a few months of reprieve,…

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 | March 6, 2025

While Americans celebrated St. Valentine’s Day in February, Big Tech proved that it still loves censorship.

While Meta and X aim to be more free speech, tech platforms continue to silence Americans. While Google-owned YouTube suppressed…

Catherine Salgado | February 25, 2025

It appears that the Donald Trump administration is ready to fight with the European Union and the UK over the fate of online speech.

Trump signed a memorandum Feb. 21 titled “Defending American Companies and Innovators from Overseas…

Tom Olohan | February 3, 2025

While the European Union (EU) is infamous for its contempt for free speech, it may have sunk to a new low by reportedly going after a religious app.

Tech entrepreneur Alex Jones (not to be confused with Infowars founder Alex Jones)…

Catherine Salgado | January 27, 2025

Despite Big Tech CEOs abruptly trying to cozy up to the Trump administration, Vice President JD Vance has his eyes wide open on the issues of tech bias and censorship of constitutionally-protected speech.

CBS News host Margaret Brennan…

Tom Olohan | January 20, 2025

Then President-elect Donald Trump debuted his plan to neuter TikTok as a national security threat one day before his inauguration.  

Trump made clear that he would take action to bring back TikTok and resolve the threat it poses…

Catherine Salgado | January 17, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against communist Chinese government-tied TikTok, meaning a ban takes effect on Jan. 19. Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump has his own ideas for the platform.

In a per curiam decision Friday, the U.S.…

Catherine Salgado | January 15, 2025

The Washington Post is promoting “alternatives” to communist Chinese government-tied TikTok as the Biden-era ultimatum looms, but the “alternatives” appear to have the same issues.

In the event that TikTok does go dark, The Post listed…

Catherine Salgado | January 10, 2025

A new study reveals communist Chinese government-tied TikTok’s biased, anti-free speech manipulation of China content as the app faces a looming ban.

A U.S. federal government TikTok ban is set to take effect on Jan. 19, and TikTok is…

Catherine Salgado | December 24, 2024

Big Tech aimed for a Silent Night all year long as it silenced users’ free speech. While Americans voted for their political leaders, Big Tech platforms took every opportunity to vote for censorship.

Election-interfering censorship was…

Catherine Salgado | December 19, 2024

News that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear communist Chinese government-tied TikTok’s case comes exactly one month before the app is set to lose its American market.

After multiple recent legal defeats at the D.C. circuit appeals…

Catherine Salgado | December 17, 2024

Communist Chinese government-tied TikTok just lost yet another frantic appeal to halt federal legislation that could kill its American market success.

The Chinese-owned app recently lost its case before a federal appeals court, which…

Catherine Salgado | December 13, 2024

TikTok attempted to duck a threat to end the tech company's business operations by boasting about its efforts to silence election-related free speech.

Canada plans to forbid TikTok from operating its business within the country due to…

Catherine Salgado | December 11, 2024

Communist Chinese government-tied TikTok has lost another appeal in court but is still desperately trying to halt a federal law empowering the president to impose a national ban against it.

TikTok is still holding out hope after an…

Catherine Salgado | December 7, 2024

Chinese-owned app TikTok lost its main bid to halt a ban at the D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

The federal law takes effect on Jan. 19, effectively banning the Communist Chinese government-tied app unless its parent company ByteDance…

Catherine Salgado | December 5, 2024

Before and after Election Day 2024, Big Tech platforms voted for election interference.

Google was the most egregious election censor, as MRC Free Speech America found the tech giant repeatedly burying right-leaning sources in search…

Catherine Salgado | November 18, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump has taken MRC’s advice and selected a free speech advocate with a record of taking on Big Tech censorship as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in a major blow to the anti-free speech Silicon Valley…

Catherine Salgado | October 30, 2024

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) has appealed to Big Tech companies to prioritize free speech ahead of the 2024 election.

In response to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and a group of seven Democrat lawmakers writing to tech companies to insist on…