Tom Olohan
MRC Free Speech America Staff Writer

Tom Olohan joined the Media Research Center as a Staff Writer for MRC Free Speech America in April 2023. Previously Tom worked for America Rising as a Field Researcher and Media Monitoring Associate and interned with Heritage Action and AIPAC.  He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2016 before graduating from Boston College in 2018 with an M.A. in Political Philosophy. 

Tom Olohan | September 4, 2025

Witnesses at a Wednesday House Judiciary Committee hearing, including Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage, sounded the alarm about yet another anti-free speech threat to Americans already battling Big Tech censorship.

Tom Olohan | August 18, 2025

Following repeated demonstrations of Google News tab and general search bias, the search giant rolled out a feature to let users pick their own sources. Spoiler: It appears to be window dressing for the same old agenda.

Tom Olohan | August 14, 2025

The State Department just made clear that America will no longer aid or ignore foreign censorship, calling out threats to Americans and American companies. 

Tom Olohan | August 11, 2025

In response to a recent post from a well-known Wikipedia bias critic, X owner Elon Musk hinted at forbidding the use of the online encyclopedia as a go-to source for censoring users’ posts on X. 

Tom Olohan | August 8, 2025

Trump just had to compel financial institutions to fulfill their basic responsibilities of serving their customers instead of fretting over their political beliefs. But as one former Trump attorney put it, this is what the banks should have been…

Tom Olohan, Gabriela Pariseau | August 7, 2025

Imagine stepping off a plane in London, Paris, or Rio de Janeiro, excited for a vacation or business trip, only for it to devolve into handcuffs, detention, confiscated electronics and a prison sentence.