Free Speech

Alexander Hall | December 5, 2018

Facebook has been criticized in congressional hearings for the practice of “shadowbanning,” allowing conservatives to publish right-wing content, but subtly preventing users from actually seeing it.

Over the past 24…

Corinne Weaver | December 5, 2018

Censorship on Facebook has reached a level of absurdity. Even seemingly innocuous Christmas images are considered too graphic for sensitive users.

A post with over 11,000 shares dating back to 2015 was given a blackout covering, with the…

Corinne Weaver | December 4, 2018

Wikipedia is considered by many in the media to be “the Internet’s greatest store of knowledge.” But what happens when that knowledge is compromised?

The information library is under siege from hackers who radically…

Corinne Weaver | December 4, 2018

Hate speech is the rallying cry of the left. And woe to any conservative who falls afoul of hate speech rules online.

At an Anti-Defamation League event on December 3, Apple CEO Tim Cook extolled the thought-policing standards of Apple…

Alexander Hall | December 4, 2018

While this popular commentator is not calling for Twitter’s ban, he muses that humans as a whole would be better served doing anything else.

Glenn Reynolds, known by most as Instapundit, has been a part of the political blogosphere…

Alexander Hall | December 3, 2018

New York’s State Senate is considering a bill that will allow the government to investigate a citizen’s social media and search engine history before the sale of a handgun. 

The bill, proposed by Democrat Kevin Parker,…

Corinne Weaver | December 3, 2018

Because of the state funeral of George H.W. Bush, a highly anticipated hearing with Google CEO Sundar Pichai will be postponed.

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte said that the hearing, which is scheduled the same…

Alexander Hall | November 30, 2018

Twitter stocks dropped Thursday in the wake of new transgender censorship policies and pressure over banned accounts — including a boycott by Fox News. The stock saw a tiny boost in its share price to finish out the week.

Bloomberg…

Corinne Weaver | November 30, 2018

Research has shown that Google has a habit of downranking conservative news in the search rankings. Now The Daily Caller has proof of employees wanting to do so.

The Daily Caller published leaked emails from Google on November 30, which…

Alexander Hall | November 29, 2018

With concerns about tech bias dominating the news cycle, Google wants to remove its information panel from search engine results.

The Knowledge Panel, generated primarily by crowd-sourced information website Wikipedia, is often the first…

Alexander Hall | November 28, 2018

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is heading to Congress to answer accusations his company censors conservatives, as well as respond to reports that the firm will create a censored search engine just for China.

While Pichai has travelled to…

Corinne Weaver | November 28, 2018

Twitter seems to be unprepared to deal with answering Congress’ questions, so instead it  backed off.

The platform caused an uproar on November 25 when it permanently banned conservative pundit and former Marine Jesse…

Corinne Weaver | November 28, 2018

The scariest thing about Google Search is the algorithms and changes that users don’t see.

Dr. Robert Epstein of AIRBT has spent years studying Google and the algorithms behind it. In a study released in April of 2018, Epstein and…

Alexander Hall | November 27, 2018

Twitter’s CEO has some explaining to do over its double standard about how conservatives and liberals are treated.

On November 26, Meghan McCain’s husband Ben Domenech accused Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey of lying under oath.…

Corinne Weaver | November 27, 2018

Conservatives should just suck it up and accept their online punishments, according to Politico.

In an article criticizing the conservative backlash to Jesse Kelly’s ban on Twitter, Jack Shafer argued that there really wasn’t…

Corinne Weaver | November 26, 2018

Many in traditional media want to remove all conservatives from social media. After all, conservatives are like terrorists from their perspective.

In an editorial written by The New York Times, “right-wing extremism” took…

Alexander Hall | November 26, 2018

Only months after its CEO claimed Twitter “does not take sides,” Twitter unveiled a policy that bans people for disagreeing with trans ideology. A statement as simple as “women aren’t men” can now be a policy…

Corinne Weaver | November 26, 2018

Twitter’s war on conservative thought claimed new victims over the holiday weekend.

The PC banhammer struck down two popular accounts. Jesse Kelly, a Marine, former congressional candidate, and radio host, was banned on November 25…

Alexander Hall | November 21, 2018

The news media have figured out a way to fight the big social media companies — they want Congress to let them “collude against Google and Facebook,” according to Buzzfeed News.

The site reported that publishers are…

Corinne Weaver | November 20, 2018

Even liberal voices agree that Facebook is censoring people for their political views.

In an interview with Recode’s Kara Swisher, Knight First Amendment Institute’s Director Jameel Jaffer talked about protecting the First…