Free Speech

Corinne Weaver | August 3, 2020

Twitter has allowed numerous videos of the Black Lives Matter protests and even Antifa riots on its platform. But a video about the Students for Life chalking a sidewalk gets slapped with a label for “potentially sensitive content.” 

Alexander Hall | July 31, 2020

Facebook is censoring speculation over hydroxychloroquine being used as a cure for COVID-19, even when other nations are reportedly using it as a treatment.

Reclaim The Net addressed what could be called “a case of digital imperialism”…

NB Staff | July 30, 2020

On Thursday’s Evening Edit, Media Research Center Founder and President Brent Bozell excoriated Big Tech a day after a House subcommittee hearing on the matter, telling the Fox Business Network’s Jackie DeAngelis that these “monster…

Alexander Hall | July 30, 2020

Misinformation mega-donor Reid Hoffman whose disinfo campaign influenced the 2017 Alabama Senate election is bankrolling a meme war.

“Meme 2020, the collective of social media influencers and content creators that posted sponsored content…

Alexander Hall | July 30, 2020

It takes a special kind of chutzpah to tell the Israeli parliament that calls for Israel’s destruction are more acceptable than Trump’s tweets. 

“A Twitter spokeswoman has defended the company’s decision to block and restrict tweets…

Corinne Weaver | July 29, 2020

Big Tech companies claim to represent American values, but their business practices say otherwise.

The CEOs declared that they were American companies, then had to deal with numerous examples that undermined that patriotic claim. Before a…

Alexander Hall | July 29, 2020

The Trump administration’s “Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship” may overhaul social media, with the help of the Federal Communications Commission.

“On Monday, the Department of Commerce, as directed by President Donald J.…

Alexander Hall | July 29, 2020

Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) pulled no punches when he demolished Google for enabling Chinese tyranny. 

During a Congressional Antitrust Hearing hearing, Buck brought the hammer down on Google CEO Sundar Pichai for his company’s ties…

Alexander Hall | July 29, 2020

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) raked Big Tech over the coals, saying there’s no more denying what can be plainly seen: “Big Tech is out to get conservatives. That’s not a suspicion. That's not a hunch. That's a fact.”

Jordan slammed Amazon…

NB Staff | July 29, 2020

Four prominent Big Tech CEOs are set to appear before a congressional subcommittee today, and we demand answers!

The CEOs of four of America’s largest Big Tech companies, including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO…

Alexander Hall | July 28, 2020

Twitter can pretend that niche articles about the popularity of socialism are trending, meanwhile a comedian can tweet a poo emoji and a famous puppet to get more traction.

“One of the way [sic] Twitter manipulates us is with bogus trends…

Corinne Weaver | July 28, 2020

No one in the media or in tech companies bats an eye when football players kneel during the national anthem as a protest. But when a football player tries to offer an inspirational message of faith, Twitter censors it as “potentially sensitive…

Corinne Weaver | July 28, 2020

Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube all worked in concert to mass censor material from President Donald Trump, his son, Donald Trump Jr., and a Facebook event hosted by the Tea Party Patriots that involved doctors discussing COVID-19.

Yet…

Alexander Hall | July 28, 2020

Tomorrow’s hearing looks like regulation judgment day for the CEO’s of four of America’s largest tech companies.

This Wednesday, the CEO’s of four major Big Tech companies, including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO…

Alexander Hall | July 27, 2020

Even in an election year as divided and chaotic as 2020, millions of Americans can seem to agree that Big Tech has too much political clout. 

An overwhelming majority of Americans are skeptical over Big Tech’s unchecked power, a Pew…

Alexander Hall | July 27, 2020

A Florida man sent death threats to a respected conservative organization on social media, and while the government took them seriously, Facebook moderators reportedly did not.

Facebook claims to protect its users from being targeted for…

NB Staff | July 27, 2020

RESTON, Va. -- On Monday, Media Research Center Founder and President Brent Bozell and the MRC's Free Speech Alliance released an open letter to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai ahead of Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee and the Antitrust…

Alexander Hall | July 24, 2020

Don’t doubt that Wikipedia is liberal. Fierce debate erupted among Wikipedia moderators about whether Fox News could even be used as a credible source in Wikipedia entries. It ended by being a source that could only be used with proper warnings…

Corinne Weaver | July 24, 2020

Events supporting Black Lives Matter are allowed to stay up on Facebook. But not events that support the police force. 

According to Law Enforcement Today national spokesperson Kyle Reyes, the page for the Long Island “Back the Blue…

Alexander Hall | July 23, 2020

Facebook wants to stop its computer algorithms from being biased. But only when it comes to racial issues, not politics. 

Facebook is “creating new teams dedicated to studying and addressing potential racial bias on its core platform…