Censorship

Alexander Hall | July 17, 2019

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) roasted Google’s representative at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. 

The hearing, “Google and Censorship through Search Engines,” featured numerous heavy hitters from both sides of…

Alexander Hall | July 10, 2019

The Thursday Social Media Summit at the White House will rally supporters of free speech. 

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who plans to attend the summit, has commented that he is “concerned there are people who work at the major…

Corinne Weaver | May 31, 2019

Tech companies have been strangely silent on the subject of Chinese censorship. But one reason for their silence might be the millions Chinese companies have invested in these platforms.

In a May 30 podcast with the Harvard Business…

Joseph Valle | May 30, 2019

It is becoming likely that a controversial star-spangled banner in North Carolina will continue to wave over Gander RV in Statesville.

The city said that its leaders will consider amending an ordinance regulating the size of flags…

Joseph Valle | May 24, 2019

Every year, Memorial Day reminds us of the strength and honor of the men and women who lost their lives in battle. That attitude clearly influenced Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis’ thoughts as he vowed earlier this week to never let the…

Alexander Hall | May 21, 2019

Both The New York Times and Washington Post blasted the free speech position taken by President Donald Trump last week.

World leaders, led by New Zealand, united around the Christchurch Call to demand stronger internet censorship. This…

Corinne Weaver | May 15, 2019

The White House slammed both Google and Facebook over the First Amendment when it passed on a New Zealand plea for censorship of online content.

The Washington Post reported that while other foreign powers sign on to the Christchurch Call…

Corinne Weaver | May 14, 2019

In order to win the hearts and votes of liberals everywhere, Democratic presidential candidates are now saying that they will break up or regulate Facebook.

After Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes wrote an May 9 op-ed calling for Facebook…

Ryan Bomberger | May 13, 2019

Big Tech always preaches about treating people equally, but they never do. Funny how their “algorithms” never seem to suspend liberals’ accounts. The religion of Inclusion is a fraud. As I write this, my organization’s…

Alexander Hall | May 8, 2019

Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times on how Google has actually been aiming to protect user privacy. “[P]rivacy is for everyone — not just for the few,” he declared. His critics are not…

Matt Philbin | April 30, 2019

Social media companies appear to be tossing away their copies of SPLC’s bogus “hate map.” It took a while, but Facebook finally responded to the April 3 call from MRC President Brent Bozell and numerous other conservative…

Corinne Weaver | April 10, 2019

At the Senate Judiciary hearing on April 10, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) grilled Facebook and Twitter on their censorship policies, especially of conservative and pro-life content during the Senate Judiciary hearing on April 10.

He…

Corinne Weaver | April 1, 2019

Twitter has tried again to silence voices of the pro-life movement.

The page for the film Unplanned was suspended on Twitter on March 30 by mistake, if Twitter is to be believed. The account, which at the time had 40,000 followers, was…

Corinne Weaver | March 27, 2019

Tech companies rarely reach out to work with conservative organizations. When they do, news outlets savage both sides of the agreement.

Google recently partnered with the Heritage Foundation for its AI council on ethics. Heritage…

Corinne Weaver | March 20, 2019

“We’ve looked at the top social media companies. Twitter always ends up being the worst of the bunch,” MRC Vice President of Business and Culture Dan Gainor said on Trish Regan Primetime on Fox Business on March 19.

Alexander Hall | March 5, 2019

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt spoke recently about how he has worked with Silicon Valley tech elites to crush speech he finds offensive.

In a February 26 panel hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, Greenblatt announced that he has…

Corinne Weaver | February 7, 2019

What happens when the front page of the internet is funded by the company that made the Great Firewall in China?

Reddit, the internet forum for communities, posts, and news, is currently fundraising to keep itself afloat, with a $300…

Gabriel Hays | December 28, 2018

Facebook’s massive hate speech policies were blasted by The New York Times Thursday. The Times detailed Facebook’s current hate-speech failsafe controls as essentially “a network of workers using a maze of Powerpoint slides…

Alexander Hall | December 18, 2018

Facebook is more concerned about protecting Palestinians from hate speech than about hosting terrorist propaganda on its site.

On December 16, Israeli PM Netanyahu’s son Yair was quickly suspended for 24 hours for ranting about…

Corinne Weaver | December 11, 2018

Google’s CEO came to the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Dec.11, but was unwilling to play 21 questions.

Five House representatives, from both political parties, asked CEO Sundar Pichai questions about Google’s…