Free Speech

Alexander Hall | December 9, 2021

Comedian, actor and commentator Russell Brand called out the fact that Twitter once represented the Wild West of free speech, but has since become a machine for controlling public opinion. The unexpected rise of former President Donald Trump…

Catherine Salgado | December 8, 2021

Snap CTO Bobby Murphy is the latest tech executive who announced he is all in on augmented reality (AR), which is a key piece in how some envision the metaverse. Murphy said Snap is developing its own AR Spectacles and hoping to have applications…

Alexander Hall | December 8, 2021

Liberals infamously told censored conservatives that they should build their own platforms. 

Now that conservatives have built everything from payment processors to video hosting platforms, liberals have now condemned these platforms…

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg | December 8, 2021

It’s Episode Fifteen of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week, Big Tech showed their desire to protect the leftist narrative at all costs — even if that means censoring information that could benefit public health. …

Gabriela Pariseau | December 8, 2021

MRC’s CensorTrack found 100 examples of Big Tech censoring content and users who affirm only two genders or recognize biological gender differences over the last 11 months. That’s an average of about two censorship incidents a week.

The…

Autumn Johnson | December 8, 2021

Life360, an app designed to help parents track the movements of their children, reportedly sells customers’ locations to data brokers.

According to its website, Life360 is used by 31 million members. The company’s privacy policy states…

Catherine Salgado | December 7, 2021

Apparently history is too dangerous to teach children. YouTube has censored a Young America’s Foundation (YAF) video about “Victims of Socialism,” restricting the video on the grounds that it is not “suitable” for kids.

YAF said it was…

Autumn Johnson | December 7, 2021

Less than a day before its CEO testifies in front of Congress, Instagram announced it will roll out new safety features for teenage users, hoping the changes will help make them "even safer" when using the social media platform.

Alexander Hall | December 7, 2021

Is this the start of a big conservative splash in the tech sphere?? Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) will reportedly resign from his position as a congressman to join former President Donald Trump’s burgeoning Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG.)…

Catherine Salgado | December 6, 2021

“As it turns out, remembering the politically inconvenient is a risky thing. To help others to remember is even more dangerous.” Leftist WIRED published these words as part of a report on Chinese online censorship. The irony is that WIRED…

Alexander Hall | December 6, 2021

House Democrats are pushing legislation that would allow platform users to sue Big Tech companies for “emotional injury.” House Energy and Commerce Committee ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) skewered the legislation and those pushing…

Autumn Johnson | December 5, 2021

A new social network being created by former President Donald Trump reportedly said it has $1 billion lined up in capital.

Trump announced his plan to create a new social network after he was banned from Facebook and Twitter. The network…

Autumn Johnson | December 4, 2021

In a scathing Twitter thread, the editor of The Daily Caller slammed Big Tech social media platforms for continuing to favor leftist viewpoints online. 

Geoffrey Ingersoll, The Caller's editor-in-chief, tweeted no…

Alexander Hall | December 3, 2021

Protecting the right of people to be censored? A federal court blocked the Texas HB 20 law against social media censorship based on political view. 

Texas House Bill 20 was enacted to stop platforms from censoring content merely for…

Catherine Salgado | December 3, 2021

You might say Twitter had a heart attack after the American Heart Association (AHA) published a study abstract about the dangers of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Twitter reportedly attached an “unsafe” label to an American Heart Association link.…

Craig Bannister | December 3, 2021

“Big Tech has become the censorship arm of the Democratic Party,” Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared Thursday, pointing to Congressional testimony citing Media Research Center (MRC) studies proving his point.

Giant social…

Joseph Vazquez | December 3, 2021

The leftist firm NewsGuard is going from skewing its rating system to favor left-wing websites to monitoring cable and broadcast TV news in an apparent attempt to become the new ministry of truth.

A press release revealed that NewsGuard…

Catherine Salgado | December 2, 2021

A government-controlled news outlet threatens another country with becoming “cannon fodder.” A ruler hurls insults at another nation and demands that allies sever all ties with that nation. A government official accuses another country of…

Autumn Johnson | December 2, 2021

Meta removed over 160 Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to Hamas, a designated terrorist group, according to The Jerusalem Post.

The accounts were reportedly primarily operated in the Gaza Strip and targeted “Palestinian territories…

Catherine Salgado | December 1, 2021

The Heritage Foundation technology policy research fellow Kara Frederick in congressional hearing testimony cited Media Research Center ground-breaking analysis on the political impacts of Big Tech’s censorship, including how Big Tech stole the…