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.

Tim Pool Trashes Big Tech for Using Media Like CNN as ‘Authoritative Sources’
Alexander Hall | May 1, 2020

Independent journalist and YouTuber Tim Pool appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast in late April, and scorched Big Tech for holding the media as reliable alternatives. “You know what the problem is? This idea of approved truth, what YouTube calls ‘…

Twitter Allows Chinese COVID-19 Propaganda Video to Blame America
Alexander Hall | April 30, 2020
Twitter’s rules against “misinformation” don’t apply to everyone. The platform didn’t stop a full-blown anti-American propaganda video from being released by the Chinese government. And this isn’t the first time…
Most Americans Unable or Unwilling to Use Big Tech COVID-19 Tracking Tech
Alexander Hall | April 30, 2020
Even a global pandemic isn’t enough to make Americans want to surrender their privacy to Big Tech. Apple and Google had launched an unprecedented “contact tracing” project in mid-May that would notify users when they have entered…
YouTube Launches Fact-Checking Panels for US Amidst COVID-19 Crisis
Alexander Hall | April 29, 2020
YouTube’s fact-checking panels will now be launched in America after being tested in India. YouTube’s chief product officer Neal Mohan, was quoted in The Verge’s April 28 coverage explaining that “When users are searching on…
YouTube REMOVES Video on Potential COVID-19 Treatment
Alexander Hall | April 28, 2020
While YouTube is relying on the hapless WHO to fight misinformation, the platform is clamping down on reports of potential treatments that are being developed. There has been some controversy about an ultraviolet light-based treatment for the COVID-…
YouTube CEO Relies on WHO Mistakes to Fight Misinformation
Alexander Hall | April 27, 2020
Big Tech platforms have taken it upon themselves to police misinformation, but why are they glorifying the mistakes at the World Health Organization? YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki made a special appearance on Brian Stelter’s Reliable Sources…