Free Speech

Larry Elder | January 17, 2022

In an article last February headlined “Do Facebook, Twitter and YouTube censor conservatives? Claims 'not supported by the facts,' new research says,” USA Today's Jessica Guynn wrote, “Despite repeated charges of anti-conservative bias from…

Autumn Johnson | January 16, 2022

Leftists are calling for platforms to ban famous podcast host Joe Rogan and political and social commentator Jordan Peterson to prevent the spread of so-called “misinformation.”

Jordan Peterson is known for his challenges to liberal…

Autumn Johnson | January 16, 2022

Microsoft Office’s “woke” spellcheck program is getting new attention after its creation in 2020.

Gizmodo and Daily Mail reported on the feature this week.

Microsoft said it first created the feature in March 2020, and that the…

Autumn Johnson | January 15, 2022

Dr. Ron Paul said that he has been suspended from Facebook for 90 days.

Paul was a congressman from Texas. The offending post was about the efficacy of the Pfizer vaccine and comments from the CEO of the company.

“Facebook has…

Autumn Johnson | January 15, 2022

YouTube has suspended Fox News host Dan Bongino for content that contained alleged “misinformation” about COVID-19.

YouTube appeared to take issue with Bongino’s claims that masks were “useless” in preventing the virus. He has over 850,…

Catherine Salgado | January 14, 2022

The January 6 House Select Committee made a dangerous attack against free speech online. It issued subpoenas to four major Big Tech companies — in the name of stopping “extremism.”

The committee has previously shown itself interested…

Alexander Hall | January 14, 2022

Big Tech has used a worldwide pandemic to usher in a new plague of censorship, but has allowed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) infamous misinformation to remain online unfiltered. 

The WHO has been a source of dangerous…

Alexander Hall | January 14, 2022

Ethics watchdog and shareholder for Google’s parent corporation Alphabet, The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) demanded Google cough up its records of banning content on behalf of the Biden administration.

As the so-called science…

Autumn Johnson | January 14, 2022

Hundreds of doctors called on Spotify to target Joe Rogan’s podcast because of alleged Covid-19 "misinformation."

Rogan was criticized for hosting Dr. Robert Malone on his podcast. Malone, a vaccine scientist, was banned from Twitter for…

Alexander Hall | January 13, 2022

President Joe Biden called for social media companies to censor American citizens online during a speech Jan. 13, amidst a presidency marked by censorship and government crackdowns.  

Biden made a “special appeal to social media…

Autumn Johnson | January 12, 2022

Twitter was criticized after it allowed a purported Iranian government account to threaten former President Trump with death.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran considers vengeance against those responsible for the Baghdad crime to be the…

Catherine Salgado | January 12, 2022

Twitter censored Project Veritas Chief of Staff Eric Spracklen for alleged “ban evasion” just after Spracklen posted the outlet’s bombshell report claiming evidence that Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke falsely under oath.

While Project Veritas…

Alexander Hall | January 12, 2022

Former President Donald Trump reportedly slammed Twitter for rigging the electoral process, but nonetheless is fighting to regain access to the platform. 

Trump has not given up on mainstream social media, access to which he said is…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | January 12, 2022

It’s Episode Twenty of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how Big Tech thinks they know better than licensed professionals when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines. 

Dr. Robert Malone is one of the…

Joseph Vazquez | January 12, 2022

The left-wing media’s Ministry of Truth — website ratings firm NewsGuard — is at it again, slamming conservative news outlets while promoting liberal rags. And conservative leaders are furious.

The firm’s report headlined, “Special Report…

Catherine Salgado | January 12, 2022

President Joe Biden’s new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief of Staff Kristie Canegallo has a politically leftist, pro-censorship history that should raise concerns for free speech advocates.

Kristie Canegallo, formerly Google’s…

Brian Bradley | January 12, 2022

Conservative groups expressed doubt that the Facebook Oversight Board will direct the platform to stop its censorship in reaction to any critical comments it receives about a program that gives prominent users preferential treatment.

The…

Joseph Vazquez | January 11, 2022

A new report by The Washington Free Beacon exposed how Amazon, whose web services division nuked the free speech platform Parler reportedly for “violent content,” has been peddling Nazi propaganda films.

The Free Beacon said the Big Tech…

Alexander Hall | January 11, 2022

Musician John Ondrasik, also known by his stage name Five for Fighting, slammed YouTube for reportedly temporarily censoring his music video about Biden’s incompetence in the Afghanistan troop withdrawal. 

Biden mishandled the end of…

Catherine Salgado | January 11, 2022

Someday the metaverse will come … and it may be sooner than later for Disney. The corporation is reportedly exploring the potential of “headsetless augmented reality” through a “virtual-world simulator” in their Disney theme parks.

The U.…