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Joseph Vazquez, Gabriela Pariseau | February 9, 2022

Big Tech speech restrictions turned COVID-19 into the most pro-censorship environment in the U.S. at least since World War II. Media Research Center has found more than 800 examples of bans, deleted content, and other speech restrictions related…

Joseph Vazquez | February 8, 2022

The Heritage Foundation released a damning report blasting censorship and showing that it has jumped fully into the fight against Silicon Valley speech controls.

Gabriela Pariseau | February 7, 2022

Twitter permanently suspended an anti-critical race theory organization, then reinstated the account after MRC Free Speech America asked the platform for an explanation. A Twitter spokesperson told MRC Free Speech America that the account…

Craig Bannister | February 7, 2022

Grammy Award-winning Country singer Travis Tritt thinks it’s strange that singers who trumpeted free speech in the 60’s and 70’s are now fighting against it. Travis Tritt Calls Out Musicians For

Joseph Vazquez | February 7, 2022

Twitter launched a new tool that allows users to secretly downvote tweets to see how the company could “better surface the most relevant content,” the platform said in an email to MRC Free Speech America. Twitter will be able to taint tweets that…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | February 2, 2022

It’s Episode Twenty-Three of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how when Big Tech censors the speech of prominent figures, they’re censoring you, too.

Brian Bradley | January 31, 2022

The “Big Four” tech companies – Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple – spent more than $55 million lobbying the federal government in 2021 to stave off antitrust legislation. That’s a $21 million increase over 2020.

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | January 26, 2022

It’s Episode Twenty-Two of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how Big Tech promoted pro-abortion posts and censored life-affirming posts.

Catherine Salgado | January 25, 2022

Twitter and Facebook allow Russian state-controlled media to maintain verified accounts even as Russia prepares to invade Ukraine. Both sites ban organizations involved in violence. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump remains banned from the…

Autumn Johnson | January 23, 2022

Twitter commemorated the anniversary of Roe v. Wade instead of the March for Life.

 

Autumn Johnson | January 21, 2022

Twitter temporarily suspended a congressional candidate in Washington for his tweet in support of the Second Amendment.

 

Brian Bradley | January 20, 2022

Facebook and Twitter are doing nothing to curb flagrant disinformation spouted by President Joe Biden. During his press conference Wednesday, Biden falsely claimed conservatives are already manipulating the 2022 midterm elections.

Catherine Salgado | January 20, 2022

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday that Big Tech censorship is the “single greatest threat” to “free speech” and “fair elections” in America. Cruz also called for legislation specifically targeting Big Tech’s biased…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | January 19, 2022

It’s Episode Twenty-One of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how Big Tech silenced Fox News host Dan Bongino for voicing his thoughts.

Catherine Salgado | January 17, 2022

Twitter has reportedly permanently suspended an account linked to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei following an apparent death threat against former President Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a rare enforcement…

Larry Elder | January 17, 2022

In an article last February headlined “Do Facebook, Twitter and YouTube censor conservatives? Claims 'not supported by the facts,' new research says,” USA Today's Jessica Guynn wrote, “Despite repeated charges of anti-conservative bias from…

Catherine Salgado | January 14, 2022

The January 6 House Select Committee made a dangerous attack against free speech online. It issued subpoenas to four major Big Tech companies — in the name of stopping “extremism.”

Alexander Hall | January 14, 2022

Big Tech has used a worldwide pandemic to usher in a new plague of censorship, but has allowed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) infamous misinformation to remain online unfiltered. 

Autumn Johnson | January 12, 2022

Twitter was criticized after it allowed a purported Iranian government account to threaten former President Trump with death.

 

Catherine Salgado | January 12, 2022

Twitter censored Project Veritas Chief of Staff Eric Spracklen for alleged “ban evasion” just after Spracklen posted the outlet’s bombshell report claiming evidence that Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke falsely under oath.