Luis Cornelio
Associate Editor for Free Speech America

Luis is the associate editor for MRC Free Speech America. After graduating cum laude from the CUNY's City College of New York with a political science major, Luis worked for President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign. Following the 2020 election, Luis served as the editor-in-chief of the start-up news site El American (now Voz Media) and as an aide at the Thomas More Society. He previously held an internship at The Heritage Foundation.

Meta, Google, Microsoft, More: Which of Six AI Could Correctly Name Israel’s Capital?
Luis Cornelio | June 18, 2025

More than 75 years after Israel declared Jerusalem as its capital—and more than seven years since U.S. President Donald Trump formally recognized it as such—several artificial intelligence chatbots still hedge on what should be a simple question…

Google AI Marks Flag Day with ‘Outrageous’ Take on American Flag
Luis Cornelio | June 12, 2025

O say, can you see… that the American flag is now “controversial” because it’s tied to conservatives? That’s the latest take from Gemini, Google’s notoriously anti-American AI chatbot.

 

Google’s AI Can’t Say Exactly How Much NPR/PBS Get in Taxpayer Dollars—Because NPR/PBS Won’t
Luis Cornelio | June 11, 2025

Google may be NPR and PBS’s partners in crime, but even the tech giant’s AI chatbot Gemini can’t run cover for the leftist outlets’ taxpayer-funded shell game.

IRONY: KJP Cites Key Biden WH Priority as Reason for Leaving Dem Party
Luis Cornelio | June 5, 2025

Karine Jean-Pierre may have left the Democratic Party, but that doesn’t mean she’s done parroting the left’s talking points—especially regarding free speech.

Trump Could Make Shocking Move on Looming TikTok Ban
Luis Cornelio | June 4, 2025

President Donald Trump may grant another extension to TikTok despite the Biden-era law banning the platform unless its Chinese owner, ByteDance, sells its shares to an American company.

Meta Solicits Kudos But Tacitly Admits Biased Censorship Continues
Catherine Salgado, Luis Cornelio | May 30, 2025

Even as Meta seeks congratulations on free speech reforms amid federal scrutiny, the company tacitly admitted on Thursday that censorship is not over on its platforms.