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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Google doesn’t seem to understand privacy. Perhaps its employees need to Google it. A recent lawsuit against Google included emails from employees claiming that the company’s privacy settings are so complicated, even its own engineers don’t fully…

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When faced with the choice earlier this year, YouTube chose to censor more content on its platform during its second quarter than it had in any previous quarter.

YouTube reported that it removed twice as many videos in its second quarter…

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Several Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee took a big step in holding Amazon accountable for discriminating against conservatives.

Republicans on the House Committee on the Judiciary sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff…

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TikTok is reeling after two executive orders have threatened the Chinese-owned apps existence in the U.S. Now it has decided to take to the U.S. courts.

Today, TikTok filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government after President Donald…

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Months before the presidential election, Facebook has already made plans to crack down on President Donald Trump’s posts in case he attempts to use the platform to contest the election’s legitimacy.

An August 21 New York Times article…

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Despite recent news that the social media platform Reddit would allow President Donald Trump’s campaign to run ads on the platform, the company still squashes free speech on the platform.

Reddit has banned nearly 7,000 subreddits since…

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A recent Pew Research Center (Pew) study found that most Americans are, at least to some extent, concerned about online censorship and the ability of social media companies to handle misinformation. 

The Pew study, published on August 19…

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In their campaigns to censor opposing viewpoints, Facebook has blocked and Twitter has provided warning labels to the Plandemic: Indoctrination video. NBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny tweeted on August 18, “Facebook not allowing users to post…

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With only a few months left before the presidential election, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg claimed that the platform is prepared to remove posts from President Donald Trump to fight what the platform has deemed misinformation…

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Facebook is all too ready to crack down on hate speech when it has suggested the right has stepped out of line, but its standards do not appear to apply to Indian politician T. Raja Singh, which raises questions about the rules it applies in the…

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President Donald Trump has once again turned up the pressure on the communist Chinese-owned company ByteDance Ltd. In an executive order signed on Friday evening, Trump ordered ByteDance Ltd., the parent company of TikTok, to divest its interest…

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It’s a win for free speech. Conservative comedian and political commentator Steven Crowder will once again be allowed to draw ad revenue on his YouTube channel. YouTube lifted the restrictions against Crowder on August 12, more than a year after…

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Google has joined Facebook, who launched its new Voting Information Center campaign, in an apparent trend to register more U.S voters in preparation for the upcoming presidential election.   The search giant released a similar campaign to…

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Facebook has launched its own campaign to reach voters on its platform with less than twelve weeks until the U.S. presidential election. The platform announced last month that it would be rolling out the “largest voting information campaign in…

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New information came to light about TikTok’s aggressive data collection just days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning the app in the United States. The Wall Street Journal released a report on August 11 detailing how…

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In a win for free speech, the popular social media platform Reddit is planning to encourage healthy conversation about the upcoming presidential election.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman announced that the platform will allow political ads,…

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Another one bites the dust. Facebook just restricted a pro-Trump super PAC with less than three months left before the presidential election. 

Facebook banned the Committee to Defend the President, a pro-Trump Super PAC, from…

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President Donald Trump’s administration warned that it was considering a ban on Chinese social media. And it delivered in a big way last evening. Trump signed an executive order Thursday night, “Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by…

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Even the left is beginning to understand the danger of the Chinese-owned app TikTok after months of concern.  Bloomberg news reported on July 27 that the Biden campaign sent a memo to staffers, telling them to delete the app from both their work…

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For years now, the progressive left and media have been quick to demonize the nation’s police officers, so it comes as no surprise that Big Tech is following the trend. A quick Google search of the word “demon” results in a dictionary definition…