Free Speech

Autumn Johnson | November 19, 2021

GoFundMe bizarrely tried to defend its ban on fundraising for acquitted Kenosha, WI defendant Kyle Rittenhouse.

The fundraising platform previously banned fundraisers dedicated to raising money to aid in Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal defense…

Catherine Salgado | November 19, 2021

The Washington Post claimed that so-called “misinformation” online can actually “stymie the highest levels of government” after interviewing National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins. Collins reportedly asserted his desire to…

Autumn Johnson | November 19, 2021

Attorneys general from several states have decided to launch an investigation into the effects Instagram has on children who use the app.

The attorneys will investigate Meta’s outreach to young users as well as whether the company…

Alexander Hall | November 18, 2021

Media mogul and Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch reportedly skewered Facebook and Google for undermining conservatives with censorship and called for “algorithmic transparency.” 

The man behind America’s biggest conservative news…

Catherine Salgado | November 18, 2021

Tech outlet The Verge accused Microsoft of “forcing” users into the tech giant’s own browser, targeting workarounds “even if their default browser is not [Microsoft] Edge.” 

The Verge reported that Microsoft not only made it…

Alexander Hall | November 17, 2021

Podcaster Joe Rogan joined many of the internet’s biggest podcasters from Tim Pool to Michael Malice at a roundtable event. Rogan explained how he came to understand Big Tech is meddling in America’s electoral process.

The Joe Rogan…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | November 17, 2021

It’s Episode Twelve of MRC’s new video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week we reached our 3,000th entry on CensorTrack.org. From one of the top conservative TV hosts, to the founder of Barstool Sports, to our very own censorship segment, the…

Catherine Salgado | November 16, 2021

The Nine Realms (or perhaps, in this case, the Hundred Realms) may soon be part of our reality, not just a superhero movie concept. Meta is only one of the multiple companies rushing to create a plan for their own metaverse, and several of these…

Autumn Johnson | November 16, 2021

Nick Clegg, Vice President of Global Affairs at Meta, says the world needs a “global internet.”

“Meta” is the new name for Facebook.

In an op-ed at Financial Review, Clegg said “global rules” were needed for a “global internet.”…

Alexander Hall | November 16, 2021

The Washington Post corrected and removed information relying on the discredited Steele dossier, but Fox News asked when Big Tech will enforce its own rules against the tweets that perpetuated the dossier’s “misinformation.”

Former…

Autumn Johnson | November 16, 2021

TikTok has settled a class-action suit alleging that the popular entertainment app violated user privacy.

The lawsuit alleged that TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, “violated federal and state law by collecting and using,…

Catherine Salgado | November 15, 2021

Apple is driving full speed into a new arena that could create new controversy. The anti-free speech Big Tech company has reportedly teamed up with state governments to turn iPhones into digital identification cards. What could go wrong?

Alexander Hall | November 15, 2021

Boy does this sound familiar. Facebook allowed far-left group Shut Down DC to send protestors to the doorstep of politicians and even buy advertising to spread the word.

It’s one thing to give Big Tech companies the benefit of the doubt,…

Autumn Johnson | November 14, 2021

A report from The Washington Post suggests Facebook purposefully prevents users from controlling their own feeds.

The “News Feed” feature on Facebook is meant to show the user the most up-to-date posts from friends, family, public figures…

Autumn Johnson | November 12, 2021

YouTube has once again temporarily suspended Senator Ron Johnson’s channel over so-called COVID-19 “misinformation.”

Johnson has frequently criticized the government’s “authoritarian” responses. This time, he was suspended over a video…

Catherine Salgado | November 12, 2021

Who would you trust more for a medical opinion: LinkedIn or a cardiologist? Well, according to LinkedIn, you should trust it. The job networking platform reportedly removed an interview of cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra for discussing an alleged…

Craig Bannister | November 12, 2021

Two-thirds of U.S. adults don’t trust Big Tech and three-fourths say Facebook, in particular, makes American society worse, a new CNN poll finds.

The national survey of 1,004 adults (18 and over), conducted November 1-4, 2021 by SSRS,…

Autumn Johnson | November 11, 2021

The United States government is warning against rules the European Union has drafted that could risk companies’ intellectual property and trade secrets.

According to Reuters, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) sets out a list of things…

Catherine Salgado | November 11, 2021

Haven’t we been down this road before? Axios has unveiled a project in partnership with Google Trends to analyze “which political issues voters are searching for in each congressional district.” 

Psychologist and researcher Dr.…

Alexander Hall | November 11, 2021

The Daily Wire editor-in-chief emeritus and conservative commentator Ben Shapiro warned the augmented/virtual reality metaverse project by Facebook, or “Meta" has dire implications for American life.

Along with Shapiro, The Joe Rogan…