Free Speech

Gabriela Pariseau |

Google News is the only major Big Tech news aggregator that consistently highlights Al Jazeera, a network so sympathetic to radicalism that MRC’s Dan Schneider refers to it as “Hamas News.”

Catherine Salgado |

Discussing artificial intelligence, President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks and Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi warned that the sheer scale of “woke AI” poses a significant risk to free speech.

Catherine Salgado |

Unlike vampires and werewolves, Big Tech censorship is anything but mythical.

Tom Olohan |

A prominent AI chatbot has a flagrantly partisan message for Americans looking for help this election day: Vote Democrat, straight down the ticket. 

Tom Olohan |

Big Tech behemoths have gone to great lengths to promote Wikipedia. Now, Google has been busted actively suppressing an emerging competitor.

Tim Graham |

Congressional hearings are a great opportunity for Republicans to expose the Left with tough questions. In a March hearing with the CEOs of PBS and NPR, Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) demonstrated how to drag them into answers they don't want to…

Heather Moon |

The X account of epidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher was nearly unreachable following the platform's ban from search results after he shared a study linking vaccines to autism. Hulscher is associated with the McCullough Foundation, formed in 2023 for…

Catherine Salgado |

Climate alarmist billionaire Bill Gates made a surprising admission about “climate change” that Big Tech has yet to make.

Heather Moon |

EA suspended a Battlefield 6 player for using the slang "GGEZ," deemed as "Hateful Conduct," blocking the user for a week. The slang, which means "good game, easy," is often employed sarcastically in gaming. The incident highlights EA's strict…

Tom Olohan |

A top Google executive made clear at a Wednesday hearing that the tech giant was proud of its censorship record. This admission may have dire implications for Big Tech’s ability to censor without consequences. 

Catherine Salgado |

Tech giant Google, increasingly under scrutiny for antitrust and anti-free speech violations, just once again lost in court.

Heather Moon |

A British documentary highlighting the rise of Orwellian language policing in the U.K. is ironically being censored on the platform X due to a 2023 law requiring age verification. Users must log into age-verified accounts to view it, limiting…

Michael Morris |

The 21st annual Free Speech Week marked a pivotal moment in America’s push toward reinvigorating free speech principles, hailed by the Media Research Center (MRC). The late Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was posthumously awarded for…

Catherine Salgado |

A new report accuses communist Chinese government-tied app TikTok of boosting a controversial Democrat candidate in the upcoming New York City mayoral election.

Heather Moon |

Preston Byrne, a lawyer and fellow at the Adam Smith Institute, advocates for a legal doctrine, "Lex loci machinae," which suggests that U.S.-based tech platforms should follow American laws, not foreign censorship rules. Byrne aims to protect…

Dan Schneider |

On the eve of the 21st annual Free Speech Week, “No Kings” protesters filled the streets, denouncing “The Great Dictator” for trampling the Constitution, especially the First Amendment. The irony was entirely lost on them.

Tom Olohan |

Americans increasingly support the First Amendment as Big Tech platforms and the U.S. government draw down their censorship efforts. This was evident in a 2025 poll showing that over half of Americans strongly disagree that the First Amendment is…

Tom Olohan |

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales couldn’t keep his facts straight while defending the online encyclopedia, admitting it relies on legacy media while downplaying its effective blacklist of right-leaning outlets.

MRC Staff |

On this 21st annual Free Speech Week, the Media Research Center recognized numerous individuals across the political sphere from the Trump administration to the halls of Congress and from public advocacy to the courts, but none were more…

Michael Morris, Dan Schneider |

In the current climate of shifting political landscapes, MRC celebrated the importance of free speech by honoring Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk with the 2025 MRC Free Speech Award. Amid debates over Big Tech's liability under Section 230…