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.

Alexander Hall | June 12, 2020

Snap leadership’s decision to stop President Donald Trump from being able to promote himself on the Snapchat platform may be just the ripe first target for Sen. Josh Hawley’s proposed legislation.

“We’re well within our First Amendment…

Alexander Hall | June 12, 2020

Now that Microsoft has joined other Big Tech companies in refusing to help police, President Donald Trump has retweeted a call to have them barred from government contracts. 

Microsoft followed the lead of IBM and Amazon in vowing to…

Alexander Hall | June 11, 2020

Facebook stood up for free speech against former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign’s petition calling for censorship.

The Biden campaign posted an open letter to Facebook demanding the platform change its policies on free speech. The…

Alexander Hall | June 11, 2020

Three Big Tech companies are the latest to join the fight against police by withholding their facial recognition technologies.

IBM, Amazon and Microsoft have vowed to stop helping police with facial recognition. The rationale is that, “…

Alexander Hall | June 10, 2020

Senators sent an open letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai demanding action on President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship.

The open letter summarized how Section 230 works, arguing that it, “shields social media…

Alexander Hall | June 9, 2020

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to Amazon censorship by demanding the Big Tech’s monopoly be destroyed. 

“Musk tweeted that it is now ‘time to break up Amazon’ after the tech giant temporarily blocked the publication of a…