Free Speech

Catherine Salgado |

Pro-censorship leftists are eager never to let a good crisis go to waste. And European elites are no exception.

Gabriela Pariseau |

Big Tech companies have shown that science is only relevant when it’s not confirming biological facts about sex and gender, and they don’t hesitate to censor anybody who wields science against them.

Joseph Vazquez |

The oligarchs on Facebook’s oversight board released their first annual report, shedding light on the company’s bloated censorship operation.

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg |

It’s Episode 43 of CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how Savanah Hernandez said that Big Tech baselessly and repeatedly censored her social media accounts.

Brian Bradley |

Eight House Republicans on Tuesday joined their Senate counterparts in proposing legislation aimed at curbing left-wing political bias in email services’ spam filters. 

Autumn Johnson |

A new report suggested China exploited Google search results to spread its false narrative about COVID-19.

 

Autumn Johnson |

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, faced a lawsuit after it was revealed the company used a tracking tool to obtain patient health information.

 

Catherine Salgado |

The Center for Countering Digital Hate, which previously classified Media Research Center as one of the “Toxic Ten” of alleged climate misinformation, is now trying to pressure Google to suppress pro-life websites.

Joseph Vazquez |

Twitter’s Board of Directors told the platform's shareholders to accept the world’s richest man’s $44 billion takeover deal, according to a new government filing.

 

Catherine Salgado |

“Is TikTok destroying civilization?” Elon Musk tweeted June 17. “Or perhaps social media in general.” Hyperbole? Perhaps, but maybe not considering new revelations about TikTok’s reported data sharing with China.

Autumn Johnson |

U.S. lawmakers urged Google to “fix” abortion searches.

 

Autumn Johnson |

A new report suggested Facebook received sensitive medical information from hospital websites.

Gabriela Pariseau |

YouTube has shown time and time again that it won’t allow users to post about Jan. 6 or the 2020 election unless they outright deny claims of potential fraud or vote-counting errors. The Congressional January 6 Committee is no exception.

Jeffrey Clark |

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell snuck in mention of a dystopian digital currency system during a speech at a June 17 conference.

Catherine Salgado |

Fox News host Sean Hannity slammed the White House’s new task force to address online abuse and “disinformation,” noting that even the White House doesn’t seem to know what the board will do.

Jeffrey Clark |

Tesla CEO Elon Musk defended free speech online and fielded questions from Twitter employees, according to a leaked video call.

Catherine Salgado |

House Republicans on Monday introduced a bill to stop Big Tech from allowing Chinese Communist Party senior officials to have accounts on American social media platforms. The “China Social Media Reciprocity Act” would prevent certain officials…

Paiten Iselin |

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said that the White House national climate advisor’s recent comments urging Big Tech to combat so-called disinformation represent the Biden administration’s latest effort to “control” and “chill” speech.

Catherine Salgado |

The Biden White House will announce the launch of a task force today supposedly to help prevent online abuse, including so-called “gendered disinformation.” Is this a Disinformation Governance Board 2.0 in disguise?

Autumn Johnson |

Big Tech platforms agreed to provide data to the European Union to fight “disinformation” online.