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Catherine Salgado | March 28, 2023

The governor of Utah took a victory lap after signing two bills designed to protect children and teens from harmful, anti-free speech social media platforms. 

The Republican governor of Utah, Spencer J. Cox, signed two bills into law…

Catherine Salgado | March 27, 2023

Multiple congressmen from both parties are calling to target or ban TikTok after the popular app’s CEO Shou Zi Chew testified to Congress.

Communist Chinese government-tied TikTok is “an immediate threat” to America, according to Rep.…

Autumn Johnson | March 25, 2023

A new poll from the Washington Post reveals that there are more Americans in favor of banning TikTok than there are against it.

The poll found that 41 percent of Americans support a federal ban of TikTok, while 25 percent oppose it. Not…

Luis Cornelio | March 24, 2023

Leftists are once again calling for TikTok to censor even more free speech, demonstrating a complete obliviousness to the threats posed by the communist Chinese government-tied app TikTok to national security and consumers’ data.

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Catherine Salgado | March 24, 2023

The communist Chinese government-backed TikTok paid for some of its prominent stars to go to Washington, D.C. and object to a ban on the app at a press conference, as the TikTok CEO prepared to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee…

Gabriela Pariseau | March 23, 2023

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is currently attempting to defend his company at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing. But is there anything he can say to assuage Americans’ national security concerns about TikTok? 

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Luis Cornelio | March 23, 2023

Some leftist politicians have ignored the dangers of anti-free speech TikTok and its communist Chinese government-backed parent company, ByteDance, over national security and consumer data. Wonder why that is? Leftist politicians, groups and…

Joseph Vazquez | March 23, 2023

The leftist Big Tech giants that waged a political vendetta against Parler when each banned the app from their platforms are now silent on whether or not the communist Chinese government-tied TikTok app should be banned.

TikTok was…

Catherine Salgado | March 22, 2023

Eight Big Tech companies and one tech industry group all went radio silent when MRC Free Speech America asked whether communist Chinese government-tied TikTok should be banned in the U.S.

MRC Free Speech America emailed leftist Big Tech…

Luis Cornelio | March 21, 2023

ByteDance, TikTok’s communist Chinese government-tied parent company, used web-tracking pixels to surveil over 3,500 companies, including government agencies, a scathing report found.

Toronto-based company Feroot Security found the “…

Luis Cornelio | March 17, 2023

ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, finds itself in more turmoil as a new report suggests that the FBI and Justice Department are investigating the communist Chinese government-tied company’s efforts to spy on U.S.-based journalists.

Autumn Johnson | March 12, 2023

A whistleblower has confirmed that the communist Chinese government-tied TikTok does not protect user data as much as it claims to. 

According to a letter from the office of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen…

Gabriela Pariseau | March 9, 2023

Commissioner for the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr told MRC Free Speech America in an exclusive interview that “the tide is moving out on TikTok whether it’s in Europe or the U.S. and there’s really no amount of prevaricating…

Catherine Salgado | March 9, 2023

A new proposed bill in the Senate would make it easier for the president to ban the pro-censorship, Chinese Communist government-tied app TikTok.

The Risk Information and Communications Technology Act, or RESTRICT Act, proposed by a…

Autumn Johnson | March 3, 2023

A Republican bill joining President Joe Biden’s efforts to ban TikTok advanced in a committee vote this week, and one House Democrat, in particular, doesn’t appear happy about it.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to advance the “…

Autumn Johnson | March 2, 2023

The White House has effectively banned TikTok from all federal devices and given agencies 30 days to ditch the app.

The Office of Management and Budget at the White House released guidance Monday detailing that federal agencies must “…

Autumn Johnson | February 27, 2023

TikTok certainly seems to have an affinity for deflection. The Chinese Communist Party-tied app claims the data experts criticizing its security risks are wrong about the platform.

MRC Free Speech America reported last week that Malcore,…

Gabriela Pariseau | February 24, 2023

Chinese communist government-tied TikTok is at it again temporarily banning accounts. This time the platform targeted a pro-woman and pro-free speech account.

Independent Women's Forum (IWF) told MRC Free Speech America that TikTok…

Autumn Johnson | February 23, 2023

The European Commission’s Corporate Management Board has made the decision to ban the video-streaming app TikTok from corporate devices.

The announcement comes as authorities around the world unite to disavow the company’s sordid ties…

Autumn Johnson | February 22, 2023

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr shared the results of a study tracking the collection of user data and security issues on social media platforms. The study showed that communist Chinese government-tied TikTok currently has “the worst” score in the…