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.

Luis Cornelio | January 6, 2025

Is the Biden administration attempting to pull the wool over Americans’ eyes by closing a controversial federal entity involved in censorship, while secretly reviving it behind the scenes?

The Global Engagement Center (GEC)—a censorship-…

Luis Cornelio | December 19, 2024

The Democratic-led Senate has passed the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a provision that bans the Pentagon from funneling taxpayers’ dollars to media ratings firms that target news outlets that do not align with leftist…

Luis Cornelio | December 13, 2024

House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), have once again blocked the Pentagon from funneling taxpayer dollars to fund entities that censor news outlets not aligned with leftist dogma.

On Wednesday, the House of…

Luis Cornelio | December 5, 2024

A top Meta executive admitted to what many have long affirmed: its social media platforms are stifling Americans’ free speech and then citing errors when called out.

Meta Global Affairs President Nick Clegg made this mea culpa-like…

Donald Perkins, Luis Cornelio | December 4, 2024

Federal Communications Commissioner and incoming Chair Brendan Carr is offering details on how he will succeed in his pledge to, once and for all, “smash” Big Tech’s censorship regime, including entities like NewsGuard.

Carr came out…

Luis Cornelio | December 3, 2024

Facebook pulled the trigger by suspending—and later reinstating—the page of one of the nation’s largest gun manufacturers.

The Mark Zuckerberg-owned social media platform targeted Smith & Wesson, a firearms manufacturer in business…