Congressional hearings are a great opportunity for Republicans to expose the Left with tough questions. In a March hearing with the CEOs of PBS and NPR, Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) demonstrated how to drag them into answers they don't want to…
Free Speech
The X account of epidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher was nearly unreachable following the platform's ban from search results after he shared a study linking vaccines to autism. Hulscher is associated with the McCullough Foundation, formed in 2023 for…
Climate alarmist billionaire Bill Gates made a surprising admission about “climate change” that Big Tech has yet to make.
EA suspended a Battlefield 6 player for using the slang "GGEZ," deemed as "Hateful Conduct," blocking the user for a week. The slang, which means "good game, easy," is often employed sarcastically in gaming. The incident highlights EA's strict…
A top Google executive made clear at a Wednesday hearing that the tech giant was proud of its censorship record. This admission may have dire implications for Big Tech’s ability to censor without consequences.
Tech giant Google, increasingly under scrutiny for antitrust and anti-free speech violations, just once again lost in court.
A British documentary highlighting the rise of Orwellian language policing in the U.K. is ironically being censored on the platform X due to a 2023 law requiring age verification. Users must log into age-verified accounts to view it, limiting…
The 21st annual Free Speech Week marked a pivotal moment in America’s push toward reinvigorating free speech principles, hailed by the Media Research Center (MRC). The late Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was posthumously awarded for…
A new report accuses communist Chinese government-tied app TikTok of boosting a controversial Democrat candidate in the upcoming New York City mayoral election.
Preston Byrne, a lawyer and fellow at the Adam Smith Institute, advocates for a legal doctrine, "Lex loci machinae," which suggests that U.S.-based tech platforms should follow American laws, not foreign censorship rules. Byrne aims to protect…
On the eve of the 21st annual Free Speech Week, “No Kings” protesters filled the streets, denouncing “The Great Dictator” for trampling the Constitution, especially the First Amendment. The irony was entirely lost on them.
Americans increasingly support the First Amendment as Big Tech platforms and the U.S. government draw down their censorship efforts. This was evident in a 2025 poll showing that over half of Americans strongly disagree that the First Amendment is…
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales couldn’t keep his facts straight while defending the online encyclopedia, admitting it relies on legacy media while downplaying its effective blacklist of right-leaning outlets.
On this 21st annual Free Speech Week, the Media Research Center recognized numerous individuals across the political sphere from the Trump administration to the halls of Congress and from public advocacy to the courts, but none were more…
In the current climate of shifting political landscapes, MRC celebrated the importance of free speech by honoring Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk with the 2025 MRC Free Speech Award. Amid debates over Big Tech's liability under Section 230…
Free speech includes the freedom to mock humorless liberals. Whether it was jokes about CNN buying huge washing machines to launder news or naming transgender Biden appointee Rachel Levine "Man Of The Year," Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon tells…
MRC president David Bozell appeared on Fox & Friends First Friday Morning to honor Charlie Kirk as the sole winner of MRC's annual free speech award. Host Todd Piro asked Bozell what other factors went into choosing Kirk for this award.…
Global censorship has surged in recent years, but a brave few have steadfastly stood against tyrannical regimes attempting to tighten their grip in America and abroad.
Trump's AI czar, David Sacks, criticized Reid Hoffman of Anthropic for supporting a "backdoor Woke AI" agenda, accusing the AI company of backing leftist regulations after hiring the "Biden AI team." This comes amidst claims of bias in AI…
After years of contending with the Biden White House and its anti-free speech Big Tech collaborators, free speech defenders face an administration far friendlier to their values and, as a result, a wildly different social media landscape. …