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.
Alexander Hall
MRC Free Speech America Staff Writer
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Google prides itself on creating a “safe,” politically “nonpartisan” and “inclusive” workplace… for everybody but conservatives, according to one Google engineer. Conservative Google software engineer Mike Wacker published a scathing May 21 tell-all…
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Both The New York Times and Washington Post blasted the free speech position taken by President Donald Trump last week. World leaders, led by New Zealand, united around the Christchurch Call to demand stronger internet censorship. This followed the…
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Having it your way at Burger King might well include urging violence against conservatives, according to critics of the company. The fast food company’s UK Twitter account has been tied to attacks on conservative political figures. There has been a…
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Facebook’s COO claims that breaking up the company will put America at a disadvantage to China. During a May 17 CNBC interview with Julia Boorstin, Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg tried to dodge government regulation by appealing to American interests.
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The man who created some of most famous Trump memes is back on Twitter after a bogus suspension. The account that goes by @CarpeDonktum tweeted that while he was restored as of May 10, his account’s restoration is “is not the fairy tale ending as we…
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The White House has announced a new system that gives Americans the power to call out foul play by tech companies. As of May 15 it read, “SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS should advance FREEDOM OF SPEECH.” “Too many Americans have seen their accounts…
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Google has laid down the law that employees can be severely punished for accessing internal information without permission. Because employees have leaked information over ethical concerns and staged sit-ins and walkouts, the company plans to crack…
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An upcoming documentary will explore five people who have been shut down and silenced on social media. The official Twitter account @CensorshipMovie tweeted a trailer of the documentary May 12. The caption read: “Five high profile conservatives…
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Twitter will desperately defend its stance on transgender rights, even if it means snuffing out the voices of the opposition. Dr. Ray Blanchard, who helped write the official psychological position on transgender identity, was temporarily blocked…
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After being suspended for paraphrasing an iconic line from Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Woods announced he is done with Twitter. The conservative actor was upset that the platform deleted a tweet of his amid widespread outrage over censorship and…
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times on how Google has actually been aiming to protect user privacy. “[P]rivacy is for everyone — not just for the few,” he declared. His critics are not convinced. The same day…
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A conservative news host’s account tracking violence against Trump supporters was deplatformed. One America News Network host Jack Posobiec’s Twitter account “@MAGAphobia” was taken down from Twitter May 6. Posobiec said he started this account…
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Recently deplatformed activist Laura Loomer showed up to Facebook’s lobby, skewering the company for showing solidarity for everybody but Jewish and Christian people. A poster, possibly handmade by a local worker, hangs in the lobby right next to…
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An Irish Pro-Life political party has had its most recent video restricted on YouTube without comments or recommendations. The National Party, An Páirtí Náisiúnta in Irish-Gaelic, has received intense media scrutiny for its strong pro-life and anti-…
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Claremont Institute President Ryan P. Williams tweeted that his organization’s advertisements are being blocked on bogus charges. He claimed that Google operatives were “punishing us for our political thought by refusing to let us advertise to our…
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Instagram and its parent company Facebook have purged several what it called “extremist” figures ranging from controversial Jewish activist Laura Loomer to anti-Semitic hate preacher Rev. Louis Farrakhan. In the latest round of tech bans, Facebook…
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Activists have forced Mastercard to call a vote at its upcoming June shareholder meeting that could result in the credit company refusing service to conservatives. A plan promoted by liberal activist group SumOfUs called for Mastercard to add a “…
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Markus Persson, aka “Notch,” the original inventor of the worldwide video game phenomenon Minecraft, has been memory-holed by Microsoft from the game’s history for being politically incorrect. Persson created the original game in 2009, and sold the…
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In the latest case of Big Tech interfering with elections, Twitter recently banned at least two candidates running for office. Tommy Robinson (legal name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) is both the former leader of the English Defence League and an alumni of…
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Google has come under fire from both Republicans and Democrats for its invasions of privacy. Now Congress wants is holding its feet to the fire. Democrats and Republicans from the House Energy and Commerce Committee penned an April 23 open letter to…
