Censorship

Free Speech Under Threat in Texas with Latest Alleged Safety Effort
A Texas bill that threatened free speech has failed to move ahead in the state legislature.

This Foreign Censor Faces Consequences in Trump’s Free Speech Battle
The Trump administration is coming after foreign government officials who pressure Big Tech platforms to censor Americans—and Brazil might be their first target.
It’s Back! Censorship Beginning with ‘R’ Instead of ‘D’ This Time
“The Kids Online Safety Act is back” read multiple headlines as a “bipartisan pair of senators reintroduced” the bill May 14 with a subtle change in hopes that the legislation — which thankfully flatlined in the U.S. House after it passed 91-3 in the U.S. Senate — will fare better this go-round.

Marco Rubio Promises Crackdown on Anti-Free Speech Authoritarians
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a big move against foreigners who trample the rights of Americans.
Firebrand Ohio Senator LIGHTS UP Google for Censoring Senate Testimony
A freshman Ohio senator has lambasted Google’s YouTube for censoring critical information on the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a May 21 Homeland Security Governmental Affairs Committee …

Conservatives Rally in Budapest for Free Speech, Slam Biden Censorship
BUDAPEST, Hungary – On Wednesday morning, the group EU-U.S. Forum held its spring conference and – with former Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller alongside – took aim at the rise of government censorship both in the United States and the European Union, an issue that’s also central to our mission here at the Media Research Center.

FDA Chief Exposes Biden’s Pandemic Medical Censorship
The Trump-appointed commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration exposed the Biden administration on Fox News for seeking to censor potentially damning information about vaccines.

EU Lawmaker Calls Out ‘Obvious Tool for Control and Intimidation’
Free speech advocates directly confronted the European Parliament (EP) and pushed the pro-censorship body to make a massive course correction.

Google's Gemini Smears Memorial Day as ‘Controversial'
Memorial Day may mean different things to Americans. A solemn day to honor fallen soldiers? Naturally. The unofficial start of summer? Why not. A racist holiday steeped in controversy? Bingo—at least if you ask Google’s AI chatbot, Gemini.

Rogan, Rodgers Cite MRC Study Finding 96% Negative Coverage for Musk
On the most recent episode of the world’s most popular podcast, a moment made possible by the Media Research Center: Joe Rogan and Aaron Rodgers discuss the negative coverage drawn by the DOGEfather, Tesla/SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

MRC VP Schneider Denounces ‘Greatest Weapon’ for Censorship
MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider and other free speech advocates exposed the insidious impact of a vague European censorship law from the capital of the European Union.

Big Tech CEO Says France Pressed Him to Interfere in Romanian Election
The creator of a social media platform with a billion monthly active users warned that the same country prosecuting him for speech on his platform pressured him to interfere in a European election.

Censorious NY Times Frets Over Trump's 'Misinformation Research Cuts
New York Times reporter Steven Lee Myers, who covers “misinformation and disinformation” and is a social media censorship supporter and First Amendment non-fan, is back with a story posted on Thursday, relaying the sad news that the Trump administration against self-styled invariably leftist misinformation “experts” – i.e. social media censors: “Trump Administration Cancels Scores of…