Free Speech

Autumn Johnson |

An editor of a conservative publication slammed Big Tech social media platforms for continuing to favor leftist viewpoints online.

Alexander Hall |

Protecting the right of people to be censored? A federal court blocked the Texas HB 20 law against social media censorship based on political view.

Catherine Salgado |

You might say Twitter had a heart attack after the American Heart Association (AHA) published a study abstract about the dangers of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Twitter reportedly attached an “unsafe” label to an American Heart Association link.

Craig Bannister |

“Big Tech has become the censorship arm of the Democratic Party,” Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared Thursday, pointing to Congressional testimony citing Media Research Center (MRC) studies proving his point.

Joseph Vazquez |

The leftist firm NewsGuard is going from skewing its rating system to favor left-wing websites to monitoring cable and broadcast TV news in an apparent attempt to become the new ministry of truth.

Catherine Salgado |

A government-controlled news outlet threatens another country with becoming “cannon fodder.” A ruler hurls insults at another nation and demands that allies sever all ties with that nation. A government official accuses another country of…

Autumn Johnson |

Meta removed over 160 Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to Hamas, a designated terrorist group, according to The Jerusalem Post. The accounts reportedly were primarily operated in the Gaza Strip and targeted “Palestinian territories,”…

Catherine Salgado |

The Heritage Foundation technology policy research fellow Kara Frederick in congressional hearing testimony cited Media Research Center ground-breaking analysis on the political impacts of Big Tech’s censorship, including how Big Tech stole the…

Alexander Hall |

Facebook has reversed its crackdown of searches related to Kyle Rittenhouse now that he has been found not guilty. During a national wave of riots in the summer of 2020, teenager Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people in Kenosha, Wis., in self-…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg |

It’s Episode Fourteen of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about satire sites, funny memes and tweeting jokes … all of which Big Tech censored.

Catherine Salgado |

The Walt Disney Co. is seeing red. Streaming platform Disney+ in Hong Kong reportedly removed an episode of The Simpsons that mocked Chinese propaganda about the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

Alexander Hall |

Users, including numerous conservatives are hammering Twitter for unleashing a new policy that could destroy videos or images that expose the left to mockery or criticism.

Autumn Johnson |

Twitter announced on Tuesday that it would expand its privacy policy to include media posted of an individual without their consent.

Catherine Salgado |

If Gigi Sohn is confirmed to the FCC, it might stand for Federal Censorship Commission instead of Federal Communications Commission. Biden’s FCC commissioner nominee Gigi Sohn has an extensive history of support for anti-conservative censorship…

Craig Bannister |

Twitter’s new CEO Parag Agrawal has said that the social media platform’s content censorship should not be restricted by the First Amendment and that Twitter should “focus less on thinking about free speech.”

Alexander Hall |

Liberal Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey resigned, but conservatives bashed his immediate replacement Parag Agrawal for potentially being far worse.

Catherine Salgado |

A win for free speech! The Colombian Supreme Court just ruled in favor of popular YouTuber Erika “Kika” Nieto, who came under fire after defending traditional marriage in a video online.

Autumn Johnson |

A scientist who routinely challenges the mainstream narrative on the COVID-19 pandemic said he was temporarily banned from Twitter.

 

Autumn Johnson |

SendGrid has reportedly terminated an email account belonging to Revolver News.

 

Autumn Johnson |

Wikipedia has asked its users to weigh in on the platform’s article discussing "Mass killings under Communist regimes."