Free Speech

Autumn Johnson |

YouTube will be hosting a special series featuring Vice President Kamala Harris for kids, The Hill reports.

 

Catherine Salgado |

Another hearing, another opportunity for the left to call for online censorship. That’s precisely what Democratic Party senators did during the Facebook whistleblower hearing today.

Autumn Johnson |

Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, is a far-left activist and AOC donor, The Daily Wire reported.

 

Autumn Johnson |

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen has called on the government to regulate social media–and the left is following suit. 

 

Catherine Salgado |

Andrew Torba, CEO of the Gab social media platform, slammed Silicon Valley for its “erosion of free speech and Christian values” while explaining his motivations for founding Gab.

Autumn Johnson |

Twitter users are slamming the platform after it labeled an obituary “misleading.”

 

Autumn Johnson |

Jeff Kosseff, an expert on Section 230 and cybersecurity law, is slamming plans from Democrats in the Senate to amend the law.

 

Autumn Johnson |

Former President Donald Trump is suing Twitter to get his account reinstated, the Washington Examiner reports.

 

Autumn Johnson |

YouTube censored, and then reinstated the Ron Paul Institute channel on its platform. Ron Paul, a former congressman from Texas, spoke out.

 

Alexander Hall |

Senators met today for yet another bipartisan session of skewering Facebook and Instagram for controversies ranging from reportedly hiding harms to teenagers to double standards of censorship.

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg |

It’s Week Five of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week, we talked about how Big Tech firms often shut down any conversation that doesn’t fit their agenda.

Alexander Hall |

Big Tech has been hard at work censoring content that runs afoul of the left’s preferred narrative on COVID-19. Now, YouTube is stepping things up a notch and will reportedly begin removing videos questioning any approved medical vaccine.

Catherine Salgado |

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) will be convening a bipartisan hearing to investigate recent allegations that Facebook has hidden its own research showing its Instagram platform is toxic for teens.

Alexander Hall |

It’s as if Big Tech has not already been censoring enough. Now the Biden administration is pushing platforms in an even more censorious direction. COVID-19, like many national crises, has been used to push for more government tyranny. White House…

Catherine Salgado |

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has directed an investigation to be opened into Facebook’s alleged election interference through a secret tiered user privileges program.

Autumn Johnson |

The Heritage Foundation has responded after Twitter allegedly censored a video depicting the work of Border Patrol agents.

Catherine Salgado |

YouTube is seeing red. Susan Wojcicki, YouTube’s top executive, claimed the video platform values “freedom of speech,” following parent company Google's cave to the Russian government in censoring an entire app.

Alexander Hall |

A Twitter employee announced that the platform is “exploring new controls” for a filter that automatically prevents users from having to see “potentially harmful or offensive” replies.

Autumn Johnson |

GoFundMe has deleted a fundraiser in support of harassed students at Arizona State University, according to Reclaim The Net. 

Autumn Johnson |

Multiple conservative groups have come out in support of antitrust bills in Congress.