Free Speech

Autumn Johnson | August 13, 2021

Snopes co-founder David Mikkelson has been accused of publishing plagiarized articles under a false name.

The notorious fact-checking website holds itself out as an arbiter of truth in an age of “fake news.”

A Buzzfeed News…

Autumn Johnson | August 13, 2021

Three Australian publishers have accused Facebook of taking their content for its newly-launched news service without compensation.

Broadsheet Media, Urban List, and Concrete Playground publish entertainment news and reviews.

The…

Alec Schemmel | August 13, 2021

Grabien Founder and Editor Tom Elliott “suspected this was coming.” Elliott said the company, which provides a suite of tools for newsmakers and curates its own original news content, had its YouTube channel demonetized.

Demonetization,…

Gabriela Pariseau | August 13, 2021

Fox News host Tucker Carlson said that mainstream news outlets should consider it their “duty” to reject Big Tech censorship before ultimately claiming “that's not going to happen.”

Carlson criticized the blatant hypocrisy of “legacy…

Alec Schemmel | August 12, 2021

YouTube alternative Rumble is gaining traction among more than just conservatives. The video-sharing platform just welcomed a diverse group of big name voices.

Rumble announced that “eight nationally recognized thought leaders” would be…

Alexander Hall | August 12, 2021

Big Tech’s greatest enemy may be bipartisan legislation, as politicians from both sides of the aisle unite to introduce the Open App Markets Act.

“U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Amy Klobuchar (…

Casey Ryan | August 12, 2021

President Joe Biden is at odds with the First Amendment. His administration has reportedly pressured Facebook for several months to censor Americans who post views contradicting the administration’s COVID-19 narrative.

The First Amendment…

Alexander Hall | August 11, 2021

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) roasted PolitiFact after the Facebook fact-checker tried to pretend it knew more about Texas law than Cruz did. 

Cruz reportedly proclaimed that there was “clear legal authority” to arrest Democratic…

Gabriela Pariseau | August 11, 2021

YouTube appeared to remove Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) video protesting the platform’s censorship and reportedly suspended him for seven days. “Apparently, because I dared to contradict Dr. Fauci and the government YouTube removed my video,”…

Alec Schemmel | August 11, 2021

Social media helps bring government to the people. And then takes it away. Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have censored local government meetings and officials at least 15 times over roughly the last four months.

School board meetings,…

Alexander Hall | August 10, 2021

It’s said we live in a post-truth world. If so, the social media companies and their so-called fact-checkers helped put us there. Facts no longer matter. Saying that women are men, the Wuhan lab leak theory is false or even claiming the president…

Alexander Hall | August 10, 2021

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly backed far-left candidates with “dark money” over the past few years, and the Capital Research Center said he went to great lengths to hide his donations from the public. 

Alexander Hall | August 9, 2021

Facebook’s approved fact-checker PolitiFact rated a graphic from the Media Research Center as “FALSE,” even though the image merely shared a chart from the Center for Disease Control.

Facebook’s trusted flagger PolitiFact came after the…

Autumn Johnson | August 8, 2021

At least eight GOP-controlled states have passed bans on donations to election offices in order to deter Big Tech influence. 

Last year, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $400 million to election offices during the…

Autumn Johnson | August 7, 2021

Twitter has temporarily suspended conservative radio personality Erick Erickson for tweeting that Laurel Hubbard “is a man.”

Erickson was commenting on a post about the suspension of conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey, who had…

Autumn Johnson | August 6, 2021

Twitter has temporarily restricted the account of Liz Harrington, chief spokeswoman to former President Donald Trump (who is also a former MRC intern and former CNS News reporter).

Twitter said the account was restricted because it…

Gabriela Pariseau | August 6, 2021

There’s a new form of COVID control — a Yelp search. Yelp introduced a new woke filter that allows consumers to identify and visit businesses that refuse potential customers who have not received a vaccination. The company will even prevent…

Alec Schemmel | August 6, 2021

Apple attempts to position itself as a leader in privacy rights, but that’s just grandstanding. Apple has announced plans to search private pictures on its customers’ devices in an attempt to stop child abuse.

The resulting violation of…

Gabriela Pariseau | August 6, 2021

Leftists are furious that Facebook disabled research accounts analyzing the “spread of misinformation on the platform,” according to Cybersecurity for Democracy. The real furor is because the left uses “misinformation” as a synonym for…

Autumn Johnson | August 5, 2021

Blaze Media’s Allie Beth Stuckey was locked out of her Twitter account on Thursday after she tweeted that Olympian Laurel Hubbard is “still a man.”

Hubbard, a New Zealand weightlifter, is a transgender woman who competed in the 2020 Tokyo…