Free Speech

Corinne Weaver | December 16, 2019

Facebook announced a new policy to label state-funded media on its platform. Qatar-backed outlet Al Jazeera has a problem with that.

In a letter sent by the media outlet’s lawyers to Facebook’s Vice President Jennifer Gillian…

Alexander Hall | December 12, 2019

As the hashtag “#youtubeisoverparty” trended following a YouTube policy update, Steven Crowder warned viewers and fellow creators their days on the platform may be numbered.

Yesterday, YouTube’s Vice President and Global…

Alexander Hall | December 11, 2019

The video sharing platform and sister organization to Google may be cracking down on free speech -- this time under the guise of protecting users from “harassment.” YouTube’s Vice President and Global Head of Trust & Safety…

Corinne Weaver | December 11, 2019

Ex-founder of Wikipedia Larry Sanger’s Twitter followers reported that they couldn’t see the tweets he had put out about a social media strike.

“Who wants me to organize mass tryouts of decentralized social media…

Alexander Hall | December 10, 2019

A Pinterest tech insider received an award for his part in blowing the whistle on Pinterest’s bias and censorship of conservative content.

Whistleblower Eric Cochran received an Impact Award during the 3rd Annual Impact Awards…

Corinne Weaver | December 10, 2019

“Journalists play a critical role in our society: keep the world honest and balanced. They are true servants of the people,” said Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in a tweet from 2015. But it seems only certain kinds of journalists “play…

Alexander Hall | December 9, 2019

A former Facebook employee says that social media companies “owe it to democracy” to increase restrictions on Facebook’s political advertising and “fix the mess” they allegedly created.

Facebook’s…

Corinne Weaver | December 6, 2019

One of the four constitutional scholars who testified at the impeachment hearings on Dec. 3 played an instrumental role in the building of Facebook’s Oversight Board.

Noah Feldman, professor at Harvard Law School and director of the…

Alexander Hall | December 6, 2019

Sources claim that the Democratic National Committee ("DNC") directly lobbied Facebook to police the platform for “malicious actors” and “disinformation” from politicians.

The DNC CEO Seema Nanda…

Alexander Hall | December 5, 2019

After taking a stand for free speech on several occasions, is Facebook now backsliding?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided to take a pro-free speech stand and allowed political ads without fact-checking as early as October 2019, and…

Alexander Hall | December 5, 2019

The liberal media likes to hype that a lack of social media censorship and free speech online are ruining our democracy. But podcast host Joe Rogan has a different take.

The host of the Joe Rogan Experience Joe Rogan told Democratic…

Alexander Hall | December 4, 2019

Dave Rubin has launched two platforms on the same day, which he believes could solve the free speech and censorship problem online.

In a Dec. 4 livestream, the host of the Rubin Report Dave Rubin described two platforms he created, Locals…

Corinne Weaver | December 4, 2019

YouTube defines itself as an “open video platform,” where videos that don’t break the rules are free to flourish. But a new blog from the company contradicts its own statement.

“The Fours Rs of Responsibility, Part…

Corinne Weaver | December 4, 2019

Big Tech CEOs for Apple, Google, Microsoft, and other companies signed an agreement with a labor union leader stating that they would uphold the standards set by the Paris Agreement.

The United States government, under President Trump,…

Alexander Hall | December 3, 2019

Even after persistent attacks by liberal critics, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on defending one of America’s most iconic values -- free speech.

Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan appeared in a CBS This Morning…

Alexander Hall | December 2, 2019

YouTube took down more than 300 ads from President Donald Trump’s election campaign in what is only the latest example of the company fighting with the right.

CBS News reportedly “found that over 300 video ads were taken down…

Alexander Hall | December 2, 2019

60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl visited YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California to have a scorching interview with YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki over free speech controversies online.

Stahl opened the episode by saying that…

Corinne Weaver | November 26, 2019

Project Veritas reported that its account on Twitter Ads was suspended permanently for “inappropriate content.” In a video posted to Twitter, the organization's founder, James O’Keefe, explained how the censorship occurred…

Alexander Hall | November 26, 2019

Vice wrote a glowing review of a video game where players control a molotov-cocktail-throwing activist rebelling against a parody of Trump.

Were you looking for the video game equivalent of the Krassenstein brothers cringeworthy book…

Corinne Weaver | November 26, 2019

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey once said, “Journalists play a critical role in our society: keep the world honest and balanced. They are true servants of the people.”

This seems to only apply to journalists that lean left, however.…