Free Speech

Brian Bradley |

Conservative groups expressed doubt that the Facebook Oversight Board will direct the platform to stop its censorship in reaction to any critical comments it receives about a program that gives prominent users preferential treatment.

Joseph Vazquez |

A new report by The Washington Free Beacon exposed how Amazon, whose web services division nuked the free speech platform Parler reportedly for “violent content,” has been peddling Nazi propaganda films.

Alexander Hall |

Musician John Ondrasik, also known by his stage name Five for Fighting, slammed YouTube for reportedly temporarily censoring his music video about Biden’s incompetence in the Afghanistan troop withdrawal. 

Catherine Salgado |

Someday the metaverse will come … and it may be sooner than later for Disney. The corporation is reportedly exploring the potential of “headsetless augmented reality” through a “virtual-world simulator” in their Disney theme parks.

Joseph Vazquez |

YouTube’s censorship overlords suspended MRCTV for posting a video that dared to highlight government officials’ garbled messaging on COVID-19 guidance. 

Catherine Salgado |

Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) director of policy Rachel Bovard called out social media platforms on Twitter for their censorship of alleged COVID-19 “misinformation,” pointing to needed action now that the U.S. Centers for Disease…

Alexander Hall |

gender dysphoria and transgender politics. One year later, that book author, Ryan T. Anderson, was interviewed on the incident and what it portends for American politics.

Craig Bannister |

While a slim majority of Americans still want social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to allow unrestricted free speech on their platforms, a solid majority of Democrats want the platforms to regulate content that might offend “some…

Brian Bradley |

Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-affiliated TikTok censored the pro-free-speech Media Research Center for the third time in three months. This time, the platform targeted MRCTV Managing Editor Brittany Hughes.

Autumn Johnson |

An adviser to former President Donald Trump said Trump’s suspension from Big Tech platforms has helped him.

 

Autumn Johnson |

Conservative social media app Parler has obtained $20 million in funding.

 

Autumn Johnson, Gabriela Pariseau |

Vaccine scientist Dr. Robert Malone has been banned from LinkedIn reportedly because of his controversial views on COVID-19 vaccines.

 

Autumn Johnson |

On Friday, The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh was suspended from Twitter for daring to tweet about transgenderism in light of their dominance over female records in everything from Jeopardy! to female sports.

 

Catherine Salgado |

As Congress proposes more tech-regulating bills, the head of the Internet Accountability Project said Big Tech platforms’ “unchallenged growth is a threat to the conservative movement.”

Alexander Hall |

Former President Donald Trump’s Big Tech alternative platform Truth Social will reportedly go online on Presidents Day in February.

Catherine Salgado |

Hysteria proclaiming Jan. 6, 2021, as a MAGA-fueled “insurrection” against “democracy” is strong as ever one year later. Government agencies, a university and nonprofits are all coming together to develop supposed “political violence”-predicting…

Brittany Hughes |

When conservative columnist Bethany Mandel realized she’d been locked out of her publishing company’s Facebook account, she thought surely it had been a mistake.

Autumn Johnson |

A new tax rule from the Internal Revenue Service will require payment apps to report business transactions over $600.

 

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg |

It’s Episode Nineteen of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week we gave a recap of some of the worst Big Tech censorship cases of 2021. To start, former president Donald Trump was censored 625 times throughout his…

Alexander Hall |

Commentator and journalist Ian Miles Cheong said that payment processing platform PayPal booted him without providing a specific reason.