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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People of common sense may be seeing red when they hear the latest words the PC police might cancel. Even the term “blacklist” is getting, well, blacklisted. An account claiming to be an angel investor and Breaker podcast app Co-founder Leah…

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The most radical member of Facebook’s new Oversight Board just showed herself to be even more unhinged than many feared. Tawakkol Karman, a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood, announced in a June 7 tweet amidst international destructive protests…

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As the George Floyd protests rage on, a Big Tech company has kept an eye on posts including FBI stats about race and crime in the United States, just in case the truth is too offensive. “Instagram is banning federal crime statistics, which drive…

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A Facebook worker and registered Democrat resigned from the company after it’s leadership refused to censor the president of the United States. Naturally, CNN devoted more than 1,400 words to his protest. “Timothy Aveni, a 22-year-old Facebook…

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Twitter is dead set on blocking President Donald Trump on the platform, even when he’s mourning the death of George Floyd. Twitter “disabled” a video by the Trump reelection campaign, alleging a copyright violation. The “Healing, not Hatred”…

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has gone out of his way to alienate himself from conservatives in the name of social justice, and he has put his money where his mouth is to the tune of $3 million. Dorsey pledged to make a massive donation to social…

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President Donald Trump has accused another platform of rigging the election by deboosting his content from youth. Snapchat will no longer allow Trump’s verified Snapchat account to be promoted on its platform. This decision came “after executives…

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Leadership at The Verge have called for the mass censorship of the president and his allies in a damning article headlined “BAN THEM ALL” in all-caps. Even in a time as hyperbolic as 2020, an article with a lede paragraph that states: “President…

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In the time of the COVID-19 virus, Twitter apparently sees conservative satire as the true plague. The parody Twitter persona Titania McGrath,created by comedian and Spiked columnist Andrew Doyle to satirize social justice advocates, is the…

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Even after Mark Zuckerberg’s $10 million donation to social justice groups, liberals are still hounding him for not censoring the president of the United States. President Donald Trump threatened a crackdown on the violent riots tearing apart the…

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After President Donald Trump called for “designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization,” a GOP congressman was censored for demanding the group be treated as such. Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) tweeted after days of violent riots: “Now that we…

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Let no crisis … or marketing opportunity go to waste? Big Tech and entertainment corporations across the country have declared solidarity for protestors as the country burns. Many of the household name companies that are a staple of modern…

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Twitter’s overreach has caused conservative leaders to declare an all-out political and legal response. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), sent an open letter to the Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury on Friday to call for a criminal…

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An executive order AND proposed legislation? Social media may be in for a reckoning. “Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Wednesday separately announced they were both working on legislation to strip Twitter of federal…
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Twitter’s choice to fact-check the president’s genuine concern over the hazards of mail-in voting appear to have been the last straw. “President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order today that seeks to punish social media companies…
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Twitter fact-checked President Donald Trump for suggesting that mail-in ballots could lead to voter fraud. When he responded by accusing the platform of foul play, liberal journalists from all corners of the internet came out of the woodwork to…

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Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel scorched Twitter’s fact-checking system for denying the possibility of voter fraud. McDaniel roasted Twitter’s leadership in a tweet thread for fact-checking President Donald Trump’s…

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In a time where traditional media are biased and unhinged and men’s magazines embrace feminism, The New York Times discovered that men are seeking their news elsewhere. And millions have found it in former “The Fear Factor” host, Mixed Martial…

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Twitter’s terms of service say the platform doesn’t need a reason to terminate users or meddle with user content, and it appears its warning was no bluff. Josh LeKach’s show Wrong Opinion engages with anti-establishment and radically pro-free…

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Twitch tried to downplay concerns over an advisory board member who identifies as a deer and believes many gamers are “white supremacists.” Twitch, the platform for watching internet celebrities broadcast as they play video games, lit fire to a…