Free Speech

Autumn Johnson | November 19, 2022

CBS News has stopped using its Twitter account for the foreseeable future.

 

Autumn Johnson | November 19, 2022

Former President Donald J. Trump’s Twitter account has been reinstated.

Catherine Salgado | November 18, 2022

Gaming giants Riot Games and Ubisoft are not playing around—they have partnered for a new research project to censor supposed “toxicity” in gaming chats. It’s nothing new for big technology companies, except for the fact that Riot is owned by a…

Catherine Salgado | November 18, 2022

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres just issued a statement calling for governments and tech companies to increase their censorship of alleged “disinformation” online.

Brian Bradley | November 18, 2022

Twitter reinstated the accounts of The Babylon Bee, comedian Kathy Griffin and psychologist Jordan Peterson after their accounts had previously been banned from the platform, Twitter owner Elon Musk announced Friday afternoon.

Jeffrey Clark | November 18, 2022

After reportedly tricking users on their privacy settings, Google agreed to pay a record $391.5 million privacy settlement resulting from a lawsuit filed by 40 states against the tech giant.

NB Staff | November 18, 2022

As the 2022 midterm elections approached, social media platforms aggressively championed political ideas benefiting left-wing candidates while silencing dissenting opinions that don’t fit the liberal worldview in the third quarter.

Paiten Iselin | November 17, 2022

When in doubt, blame misinformation. That seemed to be leftists and the media's 2022 midterm elections strategy.

Catherine Salgado | November 16, 2022

Censorship-obsessed Facebook will reportedly stop fact-checking statements by former President Donald Trump since he announced his 2024 presidential bid in a shocking twist.

Joseph Vazquez | November 16, 2022

A group funded by liberal billionaire George Soros clamored for Twitter CEO Elon Musk to keep President Trump banned from the platform in an apparent effort to get ahead of former President Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign launch.

Autumn Johnson | November 15, 2022

A federal court has denied President Joe Biden’s request to block the deposition of an FBI agent. 

 

Catherine Salgado | November 15, 2022

Newly elected GOP Rep.-elect George Devolder-Santos (NY) has already assured the nation that he is not much interested in investigating pro-censorship Big Tech, saying he doesn’t want to “waste time,” according to a recent news report.

Brian Bradley | November 15, 2022

Another day, another NewsGuard mudsling against the First Amendment.

NewsGuard, a wildly biased website rating firm, attempted to tarnish Elon Musk's Twitter using its flawed rating system. Musk has expressed an eagerness to promote free…

Gabriela Pariseau | November 15, 2022

Oh, the horrors of climate denialists having actual free speech online! 

So say the climate doomsday propagandists. 

Catherine Salgado | November 14, 2022

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) might need to develop a sense of humor after Twitter owner Elon Musk mocked him on his newly-acquired platform.

Gabriela Pariseau | November 14, 2022

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) allegedly dead Disinformation Governance Board is apparently still breathing. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is now asking DHS to address ongoing “disinformation” operations that have continued since the board…

Autumn Johnson | November 13, 2022

The New York Times assembled a team of four technology reporters to pen a bizarre hit piece over the weekend targeting Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his apparently nauseating takeover of Twitter.

Autumn Johnson | November 13, 2022

Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama are holding conferences to encourage more censorship online.

 

Catherine Salgado | November 11, 2022

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) are calling for Chinese Communist Party-tied TikTok to be banned as “potential spyware.”

Paiten Iselin | November 11, 2022

Google searches may not be as autonomous as you think. In reality, it appears the platform feeds users a carefully curated narrative based on the information the company does – and does not – want them to see.