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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“Listen to the scientists!” the left has screamed during the entire pandemic. “But not those scientists!” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) blasted Google and YouTube for censoring a March 18 COVID-19 roundtable discussion with several doctors,…

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Big Tech censorship keeps getting worse. But the Media Research Center is fighting back, launching a new initiative encouraging lawmakers to refuse Big Tech’s political contributions. MRC President Brent Bozell discussed the Free Speech Alliance’…

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Big Tech companies often try to get away with practices like censorship that harm consumers, but one United States senator has a plan to fight back. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has introduced the “Trust-Busting for the Twenty-First Century Act” (…

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The fight against Big Tech censorship has long been a rallying cry for conservatives. Now, one Virginia candidate has promised to take action and fight for America’s First Amendment rights. Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin (R)…

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Not even Fortnite and Minecraft streamers are safe from the all-seeing eye of Big Tech censorship. On Wednesday, Amazon’s popular streaming platform Twitch introduced new guidelines for taking action against “misconduct,” even if it has happened…

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Congress has seen enough of YouTube allegedly exploiting children for monetary gain. The House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy sent a letter to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and demanded answers for, and changes to, the advertising…

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appeared ready to take on Big Tech tyranny in an opinion regarding former President Donald Trump’s Twitter practices. Thomas wrote a concurring opinion for a recent court order to remand the case of…

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Apple has, once again, reaffirmed its commitment to silence conservative voices and so-called “hate speech” on the company’s platforms.

Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared on Sway, a podcast hosted by far-left Recode co-founder and New York Times…

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The only entity more tyrannical than Big Tech is Big Government, and a new bill in California’s General Assembly could create an unholy union of the two. California Assembly Bill 587, introduced by Assembly Member Jesse Gabriel (D) and…

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YouTube removed yet another faith-based channel as the platform continues its relentless assault on religious liberty. YouTube has a long history in deplatforming channels with dissenting opinions, and Christian media organization theDove alleges…

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Congress has remained locked in a stalemate over how to tackle Big Tech tyranny. Meanwhile, state governments have stepped up and decided to take matters into their own hands where the federal government has failed. The partisan gridlock in…

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Facebook has, once again, decided to change its algorithm but shockingly not in a way that insults the platform’s users. The platform made the unusual move to provide more transparency and give its users more control over their news feed. 

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A former Big Tech employee has started a new liberal advocacy group, and he has not attempted to even hide his organization’s overt leftist bias. Former Google policy lead Adam Kovacevich founded the ridiculously named Chamber of Progress, a…

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In the latest dumpster fire of a congressional hearing, House Republicans and Democrats disagreed on whether Big Tech should increase censorship online or let internet users speak freely. House GOP members bashed Big Tech for acting “like the…

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A Facebook-funded organization may have actually swayed Arizona to then-candidate Joe Biden in the civic disaster known as the 2020 presidential election, according to a new report.

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Congress, once again, has the chance to grill Big Tech CEOs about their censorship of conservatives , but whether members will actually take advantage of this opportunity is questionable at best. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack…

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Senate Democrats have considered bringing several Big Tech leaders to make their way to Capitol Hill again soon to defend their business practices. Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), chair of the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, said that…

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Iowa legislators proved that they were serious in the fight against Big Tech when the state Senate joined the Iowa House in passing its own bill to combat online censorship. The Iowa Senate passed its latest measure on March 17 to tackle the…

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The number of states taking the fight to Google has increased as Americans have grown tired of the company’s market dominance. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed an amended complaint in his antitrust lawsuit against Google. The amended…

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Twitter has continued to play innocent amid allegations that it allowed child pornography to circulate on the platform. Now it wants the lawsuit to go away entirely. The company filed a motion to dismiss a child porn lawsuit, and claimed that its…