Free Speech

Kayla Sargent | August 26, 2020

Google doesn’t seem to understand privacy. Perhaps its employees need to Google it.

A recent lawsuit against Google included emails from employees claiming that the company’s privacy settings are so complicated, even its own engineers don…

Alexander Hall | August 26, 2020

First Lady Melania Trump and the president’s youngest daughter Tiffany Trump blasted Big Tech during their speeches at the Republican National Convention. 

Many members of the Trump family have given the 2020 Republican National…

Kayla Sargent | August 26, 2020

When faced with the choice earlier this year, YouTube chose to censor more content on its platform during its second quarter than it had in any previous quarter.

YouTube reported that it removed twice as many videos in its second quarter…

Alexander Hall | August 26, 2020

Activision apparently never read its own tagline “KNOW YOUR HISTORY OR BE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.” The company edited its new video game, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War to cater to communist China.

Activision quietly replaced the game…

Kayla Sargent | August 25, 2020

Several Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee took a big step in holding Amazon accountable for discriminating against conservatives.

Republicans on the House Committee on the Judiciary sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos…

Alexander Hall | August 25, 2020

A recent study found that Americans are divided strongly along party lines over whether they approve or disapprove of Big Tech companies fact-checking politicians.

Seventy-three percent of Democrats said they “strongly or somewhat approve…

Kayla Sargent | August 24, 2020

TikTok is reeling after two executive orders have threatened the Chinese-owned apps existence in the U.S. Now it has decided to take to the U.S. courts.

Today, TikTok filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government after President Donald…

Alexander Hall | August 24, 2020

Conservatives want the federal government to stop social media companies from interfering in the presidential election. 

American Principles Project Director of Government Affairs Jon Schweppe sent an open letter to the Federal…

Kayla Sargent | August 24, 2020

Months before the presidential election, Facebook has already made plans to crack down on President Donald Trump’s posts in case he attempts to use the platform to contest the election’s legitimacy.

An August 21 New York Times article…

Alexander Hall | August 24, 2020

It happened again. This time, Twitter undermined the president for expressing concern over voter fraud. 

President Donald Trump wrote an August 23 tweet criticizing “Mail Drop Boxes” as a “voter security disaster.” Twitter responded…

Alexander Hall | August 21, 2020

Big Tech has allowed open season on President Donald Trump for years, but cracks down quickly on criticism of the Democratic presidential ticket.

Conservative media analyst and author Mark Dice announced that “Facebook censored a viral…

Kayla Sargent | August 21, 2020

Despite recent news that the social media platform Reddit would allow President Donald Trump’s campaign to run ads on the platform, the company still squashes free speech on the platform.

Reddit has banned nearly 7,000 subreddits since…

Corinne Weaver | August 21, 2020

Facebook fact-checkers should be “nonpartisan and transparent.” But they defended Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) 20 times to one over the course of 10 days. 

Since former Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden…

Alexander Hall | August 20, 2020

Facebook’s latest bans include a purge of some Antifa accounts, which the left quickly defended. Leftist organizations and journalists themselves have covered for the banned groups, gaslighting that they are not tied to violence. 

A…

Kayla Sargent | August 20, 2020

A recent Pew Research Center (Pew) study found that most Americans are, at least to some extent, concerned about online censorship and the ability of social media companies to handle misinformation. 

The Pew study, published on…

Kayla Sargent | August 20, 2020

In their campaigns to censor opposing viewpoints, Facebook has blocked and Twitter has provided warning labels to the Plandemic: Indoctrination video.

NBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny tweeted on August 18, “Facebook not allowing users to…

Alexander Hall | August 19, 2020

Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey has been caught following a pro-Antifa radical activist who specializes in doxxing people 

“A notorious Antifa doxxer was soliciting the public for identifying information of those who participated in the…

Alexander Hall | August 19, 2020

Facebook revealed its new “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations” policy to crack down on groups the platform said are “tied to violence.” It was the latest of many revisions in Facebook policies in recent weeks, all seemingly connected to the…

Kayla Sargent | August 19, 2020

With only a few months left before the presidential election, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg claimed that the platform is prepared to remove posts from President Donald Trump to fight what the platform has deemed misinformation…

Alexander Hall | August 19, 2020

Bleeding-heart liberal Bruce Springsteen’s pro-Biden anthem was flagged by Facebook’s third-party fact-checkers … until Facebook reportedly explained its mistake after backlash.

“The Democratic National Convention video of the Bruce…