Catherine Salgado
Contributing Writer/Contractor

Catherine Salgado is a Contributing Writer and former Staff Writer/Researcher with MRC Free Speech America. She also has a column, Washington's Bayonette, on The Rogue Review and her own SubStack newsletter, Pro Deo et Libertate. Catherine previously wrote for The National Pulse and is a graduate of Christendom College with a degree in Classical Languages and Theology. She received the Andrew Breitbart MVP award for August 2021 from The Rogue Review.

Whistleblower SLAMS Facebook’s Rampant Censorship in FTC Comments
Catherine Salgado |

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked the American people to submit comments on the threats of online censorship, and a Facebook whistleblower responded with strong condemnations of attacks on free speech.

Biased Google Trains AI With Anti-Free Speech YouTube’s Videos
Catherine Salgado |

Tech giant Google reportedly uses YouTube videos to train its artificial intelligence models, which raises several concerns related to the bias and censorship across Google’s platforms.

Guess How Low Big Tech Scored on New Free Speech Index
Catherine Salgado |

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) released on June 11 its 2025 Viewpoint Diversity Scores Business Index, and Big Tech companies are low on the free speech totem pole.

Guess What Happened Just ‘Minutes’ After JD Vance Joined Bluesky
Catherine Salgado |

Leftist anti-free speech haven Bluesky, which claims to prioritize a “pleasant experience” for users, banned the vice president of the United States almost immediately after he created his account.

Musk’s X Makes SHOCKING Claim in Challenge to NY Censorship Law
Catherine Salgado |

Elon Musk’s X is rightly challenging a new censorship law in New York, but the platform made a shocking admission in the process.

Anti-Free Speech Social Media Is America’s Top News Source
Catherine Salgado |

Even as major Big Tech platforms remain under federal scrutiny for enforcing biased censorship, social media provides more Americans’ news than ever.