Free Speech

Autumn Johnson | July 6, 2022

The European Commission passed two bills that will regulate online content like never before, including censoring speech.

 

Catherine Salgado | July 5, 2022

Psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson doubled down on his refusal to bend to Twitter’s woke demands to have his account unlocked. He said he would “rather die” than delete his tweet condemning LGBTQ+ craziness.

Jeffrey Clark | July 5, 2022

The CEO of one of the largest Big Tech companies in the world appeared on Communist Chinese state-affiliated media to praise China for its “inspiring” and “innovative” app development scene.

Catherine Salgado | July 5, 2022

Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei took a brief respite from attempting to incite violence against America and Israel to call for more censorship of alleged “false claims” online.

Brian Bradley | July 5, 2022

Republican senators are calling on Google to take quicker action after the company recently asked the Federal Election Commission to approve a pilot program to address concerns that Gmail’s spam algorithm disproportionately affects GOP…

Autumn Johnson | July 3, 2022

Viral social media app TikTok reportedly claimed its employees who are based in China can access data from users in the United States.

Catherine Salgado | July 1, 2022

California is moving forward with legislation to silence any doctor who deviates from a state-sanctioned narrative on COVID-19.

Twitter gave 12 Rules for Life author Jordan Peterson 12 hours in Twitter jail after he mildly criticized the pride movement and reminded the world of “transgender” actor Elliot Page’s given name.

Autumn Johnson | June 30, 2022

Florida's Big Tech censorship law is blocked -- for now. But the Supreme Court could determine whether Florida’s social media law is constitutional. 

 

Eric Scheiner | June 30, 2022

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has tweeted out his official letter asking Apple and Google remove the TikTok app from their app stores.

Jeffrey Clark | June 29, 2022

The radical liberal billionaire who became infamous for backing a group that “spread disinformation during the 2017 Alabama special election for U.S. Senate” is throwing money behind so-called “mainstream” Democrats in an attempt to prevent…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | June 29, 2022

It’s Episode 44 of CensorTrack with TR. This week, we talked about how Big Tech banned Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America on the same day the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

MRC Free Speech America’s CensorTrack database hit another milestone as Big Tech continues its agenda to silence free speech online at a steady pace.

Gabriela Pariseau | June 29, 2022

Chinese Communist Party-affiliated TikTok “permanently banned” Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America after the Supreme Court overturned 1973’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision on Friday. The platform later quietly restored the account. 

Autumn Johnson | June 28, 2022

Former President Donald Trump appealed the dismissal of the lawsuit that challenged his permanent ban from Twitter.

 

Jeffrey Clark | June 28, 2022

Hundreds of Amazon employees reportedly signed a letter to company executives demanding they denounce the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 decision that reversed Roe v. Wade.

Autumn Johnson | June 28, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly told Twitter he needs more raw data from Twitter to determine the number of bot accounts on the platform.

 

Catherine Salgado | June 27, 2022

Former President Donald Trump is not the only member of his family targeted by Big Tech. Meta-owned Instagram flagged Donald Trump Jr.’s account for supposedly spreading “false information."

Joseph Vazquez | June 27, 2022

The co-owner of a major gaming organization lost his marbles following the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn the notorious 49-year-old pro-abortion Roe v. Wade ruling. 

Autumn Johnson | June 26, 2022

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) launched a new legal fund to protect fact-checkers that face litigation.