Free Speech

Autumn Johnson | April 29, 2022

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) discussed social media regulations on MSNBC.

Fox News reported that Warren, who had long been a proponent of government regulation of social media platforms, insisted that Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter…

Craig Bannister | April 29, 2022

Americans largely think Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter will make it better, and that they’ll use it more often, now that the free-speech billionaire has purchased the giant social media platform.

Asked if Musk’s purchase will make the…

Alexander Hall | April 29, 2022

Fox News host Tucker Carlson torched Disinformation Governance Board leader Nina Jankowicz for leading the United States into an Orwellian nightmare. 

Police states ruled by uniformed generals are SO last century, the hour of…

Catherine Salgado | April 29, 2022

“It’s a censorship organization.” On Thursday, Tucker Carlson slammed the Pentagon’s $750,000 contract with leftist ratings firm NewsGuard on his Fox News show Tucker Carlson Tonight.

Carlson reported on the outlandish contract between…

Brian Bradley | April 29, 2022

UPDATE: This story has been updated to include a tweet by MRC President and founder Brent Bozell about the FEC filing and underlying North Carolina State University study.

Three powerhouse conservative political groups are pushing the…

Joseph Vazquez | April 29, 2022

The world’s richest man went from liberating Twitter to blasting leftist extremism.

Someone break out the popcorn.

Wait But Why blog website founder Tim Urban retweeted a meme graph shared by Tesla CEO Elon Musk illustrating the…

Catherine Salgado | April 28, 2022

Leftist internet traffic cop NewsGuard surprisingly put the left-wing Daily Beast in the doghouse by knocking its rating down 30.5 points for false reporting. 

NewsGuard downgraded The Daily Beast for discrediting the now widely…

Alexander Hall | April 28, 2022

The Biden administration formalized its war against so-called disinformation. 

Politico outlined the new Disinformation Governance Board’s (DGB) purpose to “coordinate countering misinformation related to homeland security, focused…

Craig Bannister | April 28, 2022

Announced shortly after free-speech advocate Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, DHS’s new ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ seeks to maintain Democrats’ power to censor conservative and dissenting speech, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) tells…

Craig Bannister | April 28, 2022

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) says Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ new “Misinformation and Disinformation Governance Board” will “twist language to fit their own needs” – just as Democrat politicians are doing to…

Autumn Johnson | April 28, 2022

Twitter must remain “politically neutral” in order to gain public trust, Elon Musk said. Musk sent out several tweets that expressed his desire to uphold freedom of speech on the platform. “For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | April 27, 2022

It’s Episode 35 of CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about a recent MRC study that found 646 cases of censorship that covered criticism of President Joe Biden over the past two years. 

Using the CensorTrack database, MRC Free…

Craig Bannister | April 27, 2022

“The extreme antibody reaction from those who fear free speech says it all,” billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday, commenting on the liberal outrage over his purchase of Twitter and plans to open it up to free speech.

Autumn Johnson | April 27, 2022

Elon Musk had a lot to say about free speech since he purchased Twitter for $44 billion this week.

“Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate,” he…

Catherine Salgado | April 26, 2022

Seventy-one percent of global executives say that the metaverse will be good for businesses, according to a new survey. Several of the biggest names in both business and woke politics are rushing to stake their virtual claim in the metaverse.…

NB Staff | April 26, 2022

Billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter was totally about protecting the First Amendment, and had little to do with labor considerations or investing for financial gain. MRC President and founder Brent Bozell made those remarks during an…

Craig Bannister | April 26, 2022

The purchase of Twitter by a free-speech advocate, billionaire Elon Musk, has prompted iconic conservative commentator Mark Levin to return to the social media behemoth -- and he wasted no time getting back to true form.

January 8, 2021,…

Alexander Hall | April 26, 2022

Hillary Clinton praised the Digital Services Act from Europe that would force Big Tech to censor even more. 

If a career’s worth of horrible foreign policy weren’t enough, Clinton praised an E.U. policy proposal that may upend…

Autumn Johnson | April 26, 2022

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was optimistic about Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the platform. NewsBusters reported that after several days of back and forth negotiations, Twitter and Musk finally reached a deal.

A statement from…

Autumn Johnson | April 25, 2022

The Washington Post issued a correction in an article about conservatives on Telegram after it was called out.

Telegram advertised itself as “a freeware, cross-platform, cloud-based instant messaging service.” The service competed with…