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. 

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Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson clarified during a CNBC interview that the FTC will not lighten up on investigating Big Tech monopolies under President Donald Trump. 

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YouTube has demonstrated a strong socially leftist animus for years. FCC Chair Brendan Carr wants to get to the bottom of it.

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Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr used a Barcelona conference to let the world know where America stands on free speech. 

 

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The Media Research Center-led Free Speech Alliance sent a critical message to the U.S. Senate on Friday: we need a free speech majority on the Federal Trade Commission. 

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Vice President JD Vance hammered home the importance of free speech during a Monday sit-down with Fox News host Sean Hannity.

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The House Judiciary Committee made big moves to get to the bottom of foreign attacks on free speech.

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Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) didn’t spend years fighting Big Tech censorship to let Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) outright deny that censorship faced by conservatives on social media platforms exists.

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European bureaucrats eager to crack down on free speech seek major leverage over American social media platforms, House Republicans warned on Sunday.

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Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) ripped search giant Google for abusing its power to exert influence over the minds of Americans.

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The Trump administration dealt a massive blow to the censorship “nerve center” of the federal government. 

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Vice President JD Vance denounced German censorship after a major legacy media player acted as an apologist for the authoritarian practices in the European country. 

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Vice President JD Vance tore into Europe’s abandonment of free speech and authoritarian approach to defending democracy. 

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Independent journalist Matt Taibbi warned the House Judiciary Committee that a key player in the deep state censorship cartel could continue its nefarious activities in government.

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The Media Research Center has led the fight in a newly empowered government oversight board taking action.

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As Big Tech and the U.S. government take steps away from their past censorship abuses, House Intelligence Committee Chairman  Jim Jordan (R-OH) issued a warning to the anti-free speech bureaucrats across the pond. 

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Old Glory Bank co-founder and president Mike Ring blasted years of banking discrimination against conservatives and entire industries in a long overdue Senate hearing on debanking.

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An investigative journalist has revealed that the censorship regime at Microsoft remains intact and unrepentant, despite the pro-free speech ultimatum that accompanied the 2024 presidential election.

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While the European Union (EU) is infamous for its contempt for free speech, it may have sunk to a new low by reportedly going after a religious app.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly been undermined by repeated leaks of his comments and policy changes since agreeing to dismantle the censorship regime at Meta. That’s not a coincidence.

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President Donald Trump tore up former President Joe Biden’s artificial intelligence (AI) policies during the first week of his presidency.