Alexander Hall
MRC Free Speech America Staff Writer

Alexander Hall works as a Staff Writer for the Free Speech America division of NewsBusters at the Media Research Center. He is also the host of TechShark, a show featuring weekly tech/politics stories, a joint project of MRC Free Speech America and MRCTV. Before his current position, he graduated from Saint Mary’s College of California with a bachelor’s degree in Communications.

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So much for Facebook’s noble position that the best policy for online speech is to allow more speech. In its latest concession to the left, Facebook is reportedly eyeing a complete surrender and shutting down political ads prior to the election…

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The Chinese social media app TikTok and its unscrupulous data harvesting might be facing a reckoning from the United States. Critics of the app range from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to famous gaming YouTuber “Ninja.” Now, as the meme and…

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Two GOP congressmen roasted Twitter in an open letter for allowing Iranian leaders more liberty to speak on the platform than President Donald Trump. “Two U.S. Republican lawmakers accused Twitter on Wednesday of being biased against…

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A major hearing approaches with Big Tech CEO’s Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai in the hot seat. Republicans claim they were not invited. "We hope that this incident was simply a misunderstanding and not an intentional…

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Left-wing activists and commentators have gone certifiably bananas because Facebook still prioritizes “free expression over all other values.” Even though the company kowtowed to some of their demands, it wasn’t enough. After a seemingly…

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo explained in a Fox News interview that the U.S. government may consider a ban on Chinese social media such as popular video/meme sharing app “TikTok.” This follows similar action by India, which reportedly banned no…

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Facebook was ready to die on the free speech hill. But after over 750 companies joined an advertising boycott, the company is meeting with the enemy. The boycott was led by Color of Change, funded by liberal billionaire George Soros, and Common…

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Facebook is blatantly interfering in elections by banning the ads of a Republican congressional candidate. “Facebook has reportedly banned all ads on behalf of Laura Loomer, the frontrunner in the GOP primary race for House candidate in Florida’s…

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You know you’ve gone too far when even Twitter has called out a Never Trumper organization. The problem came from The Lincoln Project, for tweeting misinformation about the president. The Lincoln Project was fact-checked by Twitter for sharing a…

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Twitter has censored yet another meme posted by President Donald Trump. The company removed an image tweeted by Trump for allegedly violating its copyright policy. Twitter has cracked down on Trump’s sincere demands for order, his calls to action…

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Recode co-founder and New York Times contributor Kara Swisher wrote an opinion piece for The Times that was no less than a tantrum aimed at Facebook’s refusal to be as censorious as other Big Tech companies in the lead up to this November’s…

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Facebook is radically changing the news that is most likely to pop up across Americans’ News Feeds, just in time to have a huge impact on the upcoming election. Facebook’s Newsroom announced in a June 30 blog that “Today, we’re updating the way…

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After years of liberals scapegoating Russian interference for their 2016 defeat, they have turned up the heat on Big Tech to prevent that from happening again. Now, Silicon Valley is doing its best to ensure that President Donald Trump is…

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Activists realize they can bully people into giving them what they want by rioting in the streets or pressuring online. Reddit, like other corporations, has responded by giving them exactly what they want: shutting down pro-Trump political…

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As the Trump administration initiates war on Big Tech censorship, President Donald Trump suspects that Silicon Valley liberals will use every dirty trick they can come up with, including censoring him. Trump speculated in an interview with The…

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg caved to internal and external pressure and once again changed Facebook policies. He declared his platform will be “adopting some new policies to prohibit a wider category of hateful content in ads.” In a June 26…

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Imagine a groan-inducing trip to the Department of Motor Vehicles, but for social media censorship. Such is the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act. The PACT Act, from Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI),…

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Instagram has reportedly censored users from sharing a video by Christian missionary and Bethel Music artist Sean Feucht. The artist said the platform is “classifying my WORSHIP videos as ‘harmful or false information.’” “An Instagram user…

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Twitter has continued its unabashed attacks on President Donald Trump and his allies by permanently suspending well-known, pro-Trump meme creator Carpe Donktum. “I have been Permanently Suspended by twitter for the Todler [sic] video that…

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President Donald Trump’s signed proclamation to halt visas that import foreign workers has enraged Big Tech leaders. Apparently diversity and cheap labor are more important to them than aiding American workers during an unprecedented economic…