Heather Moon
MRC Free Speech America Senior Researcher

Heather Moon is a Senior Researcher for the Media Research Center’s Free Speech America division. She previously wrote for The Resurgent. She has a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Liberty University, as well as a Master’s of Library Science from Texas Woman’s University.

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Preston Byrne, a lawyer and fellow at the Adam Smith Institute, advocates for a legal doctrine, "Lex loci machinae," which suggests that U.S.-based tech platforms should follow American laws, not foreign censorship rules. Byrne aims to protect…

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Trump's AI czar, David Sacks, criticized Reid Hoffman of Anthropic for supporting a "backdoor Woke AI" agenda, accusing the AI company of backing leftist regulations after hiring the "Biden AI team." This comes amidst claims of bias in AI…

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff criticized ChatGPT for refusing to modify an image due to alleged "copyright infringement" involving conference necklaces he and Sam Altman wore. Instead, he turned to Elon Musk's AI, Grok, which complied. This sparked…

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Telegram founder Pavel Durov warns that global censorship poses a threat to internet freedom unless countries resist government overreach. Highlighting measures like age restrictions and message monitoring in regions like Australia, the EU, and…

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OpenAI admitted to political bias in its AI chatbot, releasing a study claiming a 30% bias reduction in the latest model. Despite this, research shows ChatGPT still displays bias, favoring left-leaning perspectives and media sources. OpenAI…

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YouTube briefly shut down Monét Souza's channel, A Message of Hope, citing violations related to spam, though it focuses on Catholic faith and values. Souza argued this was an act of "Christian persecution." YouTube later reinstated the channel…

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The Fair Election Fund's report reveals that LinkedIn has targeted users with censorship based on political bias, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic and recent elections. The study found increased moderation, especially against content…

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Meta AI failed to acknowledge the significance of the 9/11 anniversary, while other AI chatbots recognized its importance. Unlike Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, and China’s DeepSeek AI, which provided detailed insights on…

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Andrew Ferguson, the new Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), asked the American people to send him examples of Big Tech censorship. The Media Research Center has just the tool to deliver.

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Big Tech companies have evolved their censorship tactics, moving from direct actions to more subtle methods like shadowbanning and search suppression. This shift has led to a significant "secondhand censorship effect," impacting millions of users…

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Google-owned YouTube is still finding new ways to interfere in the 2024 presidential election, suppressing a three-hour Rogan interview of Trump.

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The Media Research Center (MRC) has launched a new website for its Free Speech America division, centralizing efforts to combat Big Tech censorship and protect free speech. The site features MRC's CensorTrack database, which has documented over 7…

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Google, YouTube, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok each participated in election interference when they censored presidential candidates and particularly Biden opponents a total of 162 times.

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OpenAI recently made the case that its GPT-4 product should be used for so-called “content moderation.” And that just means more censorship.

 

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In a bold twist, Twitter’s Community Notes censored Elon Musk and had the gall to tell him what he can and cannot do with his own platform.

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Big Tech’s continued censorship of free speech on platforms creates real-world harm, not just to the users being censored, but to anyone who should have seen the censored messages. Nowhere is that more clear than when Big Tech platforms either…

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The Oversight Board for Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta plans to announce three abortion-related posts that have been censored, looking at whether pro-abortion Meta platforms are stifling debate about the issue. But it doesn’t require…

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Anti-free speech Big Tech platform LinkedIn has already interfered in the 2024 presidential election.

 

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The leftist censors at Facebook got triggered over an op-ed by a Vietnamese refugee who dared to sound the alarm on America’s border crisis.

Big Tech has sent conservatives a clear message through its outrageous censorship practices: There is no room for worldviews that contradict the leftist version of reality, and real people are being harmed as a result.