Censorship

Corinne Weaver | December 11, 2018

Google had a loud defender in the House Judiciary Committee — interestingly the company is also is his top donor.

During the House Judiciary Committee hearing where Google CEO Sundar Pichai was testifying, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY)…

Corinne Weaver | December 7, 2018

European officials are not happy with Facebook. The platform has run afoul of their regulations one too many times.

In an interview with BBC, former head of British intelligence agency GCHQ Robert Hannigan expressed his concerns about the…

Corinne Weaver | November 27, 2018

Conservatives should just suck it up and accept their online punishments, according to Politico.

In an article criticizing the conservative backlash to Jesse Kelly’s ban on Twitter, Jack Shafer argued that there really wasn’t…

Corinne Weaver | November 19, 2018

Conservatives are having a difficult time trusting that social media companies will protect the First Amendment.

In a new poll released by Axios, the general sentiment towards big tech companies such as Google and Facebook was negative. A…

Corinne Weaver | November 14, 2018

Censoring political opinions as “hate speech” has made its way to Instagram.

Mimi Hecht, a business owner on Instagram, posted several statements on her Instagram story after the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pennsylvania…

Alexander Hall | November 5, 2018

Facebook wants to be militant about removing “hate speech.” However, it keeps deleting the wrong content.

The site removed a rabbi’s harrowing account of harassment by Rev. Louis Farrakhan supporters, only to say later…

Corinne Weaver | November 5, 2018

In the midterm cycle, Facebook is used as a platform for political ads paid for by different candidates. But while Democrats flourish on Facebook, Republican ads are blocked for “sensational content.”

On November 5, a day…

Corinne Weaver | November 2, 2018

Even though 56 percent of America is pro-life, Facebook still deems pro-life ads as unacceptable for its platform.

The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List has had ads deleted from its Facebook page a total of six times, according to the Daily…

Corinne Weaver | October 30, 2018

The battle between PragerU and YouTube just escalated — big time.

YouTube initially marked PragerU’s new video, featuring Fox News host Tucker Carlson, as “dangerous or derogatory content.” The ruling was taken…

Corinne Weaver | October 25, 2018

Liberal activist organizations seem to have plenty of leverage with social media and tech companies these days.

According to a letter sent from Breitbart’s attorney to lefty group Sleeping Giants, Google must have taken the liberal…

Corinne Weaver | October 19, 2018

Citing facts is now considered hate speech, according to Twitter.

LifeSiteNews, a pro-life conservative news outlet, was locked out of its Twitter account on October 18 after Twitter found an article posted four years ago violated its…

Dan Gainor | October 16, 2018

So much for Twitter being the “free speech wing of the free speech party.” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey couldn’t have distanced himself further from that famous 2012 quote. He told a “Wired 25” audience Tuesday that the…

Gabriel Hays | September 21, 2018

Google keeps waving off concerns that they’ve been showing bias against conservative viewpoints. Yet new reports indicate that a group of the company’s programmers discussed ways they could use the search engine to combat Donald Trump…

Gabriel Hays | September 6, 2018

On Wednesday, MRC’s Dan Gainor appeared alongside tech expert Lance Ulanoff on Fox Business’ After the Bell to discuss Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s testimony before Congress. At the hearing the Dorsey denied any allegations that…

Gabriel Hays | September 5, 2018

During Wednesday’s Senate hearing concerning foreign influence on social media platforms, Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey stated that his goal in combating the proliferation of fake or misleading accounts was to amplify the voices of…

NB Staff | September 4, 2018

RESTON, VA — On August 31, Media Research Center founder and president Brent Bozell sent individual letters to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC)…

Gabriel Hays | August 29, 2018

MRC Vice President of Business and Culture Dan Gainor recently appeared on the Fox Business Network’s After the Bell to discuss President Donald Trump’s concerns about conservative censorship online and to call for "fairness…

Ashley Rae Goldenberg | August 28, 2018

The Trump administration is potentially considering taking action against Google for reportedly censoring conservatives, following a tweet by President Trump that accused Google of rigging its results against conservatives.

On Tuesday…

Ashley Rae Goldenberg | August 27, 2018

Facebook has announced its new incoming chief marketing officer, Antonio Lucio. Lucio will be replacing Gary Briggs who, in January, said he would be leaving after four and a half years to pursue advisory work--and to help the Democrats in the…

Ashley Rae Goldenberg | August 22, 2018

The ACLU is seemingly concerned about social media censorship.

In his conversation with HuffPost, the director of the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, Ben Wizner, drew parallels to how the situation might play out if…