Kayla Sargent
MRC Free Speech America Staff Writer

Kayla Sargent joined MRC Free Speech America as a Staff Writer in August. She recently graduated from Liberty University with a degree in Government: Politics and Policy.

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A federal judge blocked Florida’s new free speech law from going into effect at the eleventh hour. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle granted a preliminary injunction that blocked Florida’s Big Tech law on June 30, only one day before it was…

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In a second major legal win for Facebook this week, a federal judge dismissed another lawsuit that would have held Facebook accountable for censoring content it disagreed with.

 

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Conservative lawmakers appeared ready and willing for a fight to protect free speech from Big Tech’s tyrannical grip at an event hosted to feature solutions. The Ethics & Public Policy Center held a Big Tech Symposium that allowed politicians…

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Big Tech has hidden behind Section 230 protections for years, but a recent decision from the Texas Supreme Court may shape platforms’ ability to skirt around cases involving human trafficking.

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Christian satire site The Babylon Bee has, once again, felt the sting of tech censorship. The site was reportedly suspended from email service Mailchimp. The Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon tweeted: “I’d email everyone to let them know @Mailchimp…

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The House Judiciary Committee passed six antitrust bills aimed at Big Tech in a two-day marathon markup. The markup left some conservatives leery of the power that platforms may still hold over users. However, a new Senate bill could help to…

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Republicans and Democrats have largely agreed that Big Tech has too much power. Yet, despite some agreement, the debate has raged on as Congress tries to determine how to hold companies like Facebook, Amazon and Google accountable.

The…

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From Planned Parenthood to Satanism, AmazonSmile encourages shoppers to donate to some extreme charities — at least 216 different groups. But multiple prominent conservative groups aren’t even allowed to participate.

Amazon, which is on…

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Big Tech bias is not limited to Facebook, Google and Twitter. The ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee has decided to call out Microsoft for its censorship of conservative voices. 

 

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YouTube has reportedly struck down yet another video of a school board meeting for violating its policies on misinformation. The platform reportedly took down a video from the Shawnee Mission School Board in Kansas City, Kansas for “spreading…

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Facebook appears to have finally developed a sense of humor after its history of fact-checking and targeting satire sites like The Babylon Bee. The platform announced that it has developed a satire exception to its censorship practices in…

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Facebook’s censorship practices have evolved once again. The platform has decided to now extend its power to administrators of Facebook groups. 

The platform said in a blog post that it has developed new tools to “empower community…

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The White House National Security Council released a report about domestic terrorism, and it may actually encourage more censorship online. 

The report, titled “National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism,” included the Jan. 6…

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Facebook has slapped an unfair fact-check label on yet another post from the Media Research Center. Facebook fact-checker Health Feedback fact-checked a video from MRCTV Managing Editor Brittany Hughes for “Partly False Information.” Health…

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Creators said that communist Chinese-owned TikTok has been censoring them for “being Jewish” much in the same way Big Tech companies have censored conservatives. Several Jewish creators on TikTok have alleged that their content was censored by…

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Twitter’s rampage against conservatives has not stopped with the platform now seemingly taking its orders from the left. Rachel Bovard, Senior Director of Policy for the Conservative Partnership Institute, said that Twitter suspended the…

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The Biden administration has reversed three Trump-era executive orders, which could have drastic national security implications. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) called the move “a major mistake.” President Joe Biden signed an executive order to “…

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The Big Tech giant Google has maintained its grip on the market for too long, and another state has decided to fight back. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) filed a lawsuit against Google arguing that “Google’s operation of Google Search is a…

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A Big Tech group reacted to Florida’s new free speech law, and it’s clear that it will seemingly do anything in its power to continue censoring conservatives online. Big Tech group NetChoice begged a judge to block the law before it goes into…

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Facebook’s insane censorship practices have continued for long enough for at least one Republican senator. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) bashed Facebook’s hypocrisy regarding COVID-19 and its origin on the Fox News show Sunday Morning Futures. “[T]hese…