Free Speech

Catherine Salgado | September 26, 2022

Facebook and Instagram censored the Media Research Center, slapping an outdated fact-check on an MRC post of a quote criticizing Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s racist views.

Joseph Vazquez | September 26, 2022

The trigger-happy oligarchs at the censorship-obsessed Facebook are apparently so dense they don’t understand satire.

Autumn Johnson | September 25, 2022

New lawsuits claim that Facebook is illegally tracking the behavior of its users.

 

Joseph Vazquez | September 23, 2022

The Washington Post found a so-called “whistleblower” connected to liberal billionaire George Soros to stoke hysteria about how former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account threatened the planet. In a so-called “exclusive,” The Post found…

Brian Bradley | September 23, 2022

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday passed a Big Media “cartel” bill that would protect certain news outlets that band together to negotiate payment terms with tech platforms from antitrust enforcement.

Catherine Salgado | September 23, 2022

Facebook’s ban of former President Donald Trump may be lifted in January 2023, a company executive suggested in an interview. Facebook Global Affairs President Nick Clegg told startup news company Semafor during a Sept. 22 event that…

Gabriela Pariseau | September 23, 2022

Sen. Cruz (R-TX) railed against Big Tech’s unfettered power and reminded Democrat senators that Big Tech is an unreliable friend that could turn against the left without warning.

Catherine Salgado | September 22, 2022

The Supreme Court may consider a Florida law banning social media censorship after the state’s attorney general petitioned the high court for a ruling on the law.

Joseph Vazquez | September 22, 2022

The same petulant Washington Post columnist who became notorious for doxxing the user behind the Libs of TikTok Twitter account and misrepresenting her dealings with two YouTube content creators is back whining about “harassment” on social media…

Catherine Salgado | September 22, 2022

Chinese Communist Party-tied TikTok is experimenting with its policies on political accounts just 47 days before the 2022 U.S. midterm elections.

Catherine Salgado | September 21, 2022

Big Tech’s recent attempts to ramp up pre-election censorship are not restrictive enough for the leftist New York Times.

Autumn Johnson | September 20, 2022

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey reportedly gave a deposition Tuesday for the ongoing lawsuits between the company and Elon Musk.

 

Brian Bradley | September 20, 2022

All six witnesses representing Big Tech companies before a Senate committee last week mentioned “misinformation,” “disinformation” and/or “hate speech.”

Catherine Salgado | September 20, 2022

Canada’s CBC, a government-funded outlet, pushed increased online censorship to stop “radicalization” -- by conservatives like Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief and political commentator Ben Shapiro.

Brian Bradley | September 20, 2022

Political motivations drove Facebook’s reported spying on users’ private messages in the lead-up to the 2020 election, Brownstone Institute founder and President Jeffrey Tucker told MRC Free Speech America Thursday.

Catherine Salgado | September 19, 2022

Three pro-American organizations flayed an NBC News report last week that called for censorship of text messages in one of the latest leftist rallying cries against so-called “disinformation.”

Gabriela Pariseau | September 19, 2022

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, claimed to have accidentally allowed Republican and Democrat firms to dip into each other’s target audiences for political ads. 

Autumn Johnson | September 18, 2022

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld Texas's “free speech” law on Friday.

Catherine Salgado | September 16, 2022

Shortly after Biden said MAGA Republicans represent a threatening “extremism,” the Biden White House heralded that leftist Big Tech companies, in “coordination” with the administration, will be rolling out new tools and policies to combat so-…

Paiten Iselin | September 16, 2022

All aboard the censorship train! Today’s destinations: YouTube and Eventbrite. On this week’s episode of CensorTrack with Paiten, we looked at YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki’s attempt to portray her platform as a haven for free speech. We also…