Censorship

Following almost a year of living in obscurity after being fired by CNN, disgraced primetime host Don Lemon was set to make his return as a political commentator with a show that would premier exclusively on X; with owner Elon Musk being his first guest. But the dream arraignment was over before it really started as Musk killed the deal after Lemon conducted a 90-minute interview that was…

Meta's Oversight Board decided not to censor a controversial video posted by former French presidential candidate Éric Zemmour, discussing immigration and colonization. The video, which compared African population growth and immigration to a kind of colonization of Europe, was deemed to not violate Meta's Hate Speech Community Standard. Despite some members advocating that similar content…

Representative Dan Goldman (D-NY) made a series of questionable remarks about the nature of the First Amendment, prompting a response from renowned Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson.

The free speech video platform Rumble is making moves to protect the First Amendment with its new Rumble Cloud service.

The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Foundation honored figures in the media industry who have supported censorship with First Amendment awards. Those who participated in the invent included MSNBC host Jen Psaki who emceed the event and Rep. Jamie Raskin, and CBS President Ingrid Ciprián-Matthews who received awards. During her time as White House Press Secretary, Psaki…

MRC President Brent Bozell pulled no punches in addressing where his organization stands regarding the recently introduced TikTok ban: It must “divest” from communist Chinese government control.

The President of the Brownstone Institute, Jeffrey Tucker, argues that the upcoming Supreme Court case, Murthy v. Missouri, is crucial for Americans' free speech rights. The case will decide whether the government can force or encourage private companies to censor users. Tucker warns that a ruling in favor of the government could enable federal agencies to coerce media companies into deleting…

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) did not give President Joe Biden a pass on his hypocritical TikTok stance in her Thursday rebuttal to the contentious State of the Union address. 

In a 50-0 vote on Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a proposed law that would ban apps in the U.S. if they were tied to a foreign power. China-owned TikTok, chief among those in the bill’s crosshairs, organized a campaign to have users call their member of Congress; some of their users threatened to commit suicide and many others threatened to assassinate lawmakers.…

Google-owned YouTube has admitted a mistake in censoring a pro-life video but refuses to revoke its fact-checking censorship.

Google appears to have stopped peddling pro-Hamas talking points about sexual violence carried out against Israeli citizens on Oct. 7 — just after MRC pressed the Big Tech giant for answers.

Spring is here, but for Big Tech, spring cleaning just means more censorship — even if it’s more subtle and sneakier than before.

YouTube has been put on notice after placing labels on videos against abortion, downplaying the dangers of such medical procedures ahead of a Supreme Court case on abortion pills.

Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) promised to fight for Americans’ right to free speech against government censorship, even when this censorship is outsourced to private companies.