'Digital Brownshirts' Roll Out New Year Censorship Resolutions

January 3rd, 2024 4:53 PM

The anti-free speech group, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), plans to fight Elon Musk's lawsuit, curb alleged "disinformation" and "hate speech," and continue promoting pro-censorship legislation in 2024. The group, known for pressuring tech companies and officials to silence conservatives, also pledged to conduct research on several topics, such as public health, kids, and so-…

See Who’s Backing Biden Censorship Regime in Free Speech Lawsuit

January 2nd, 2024 5:11 PM

A powerful group of leftist entities, including academics, doctors and a lawmaker, are rallying behind the Biden administration’s un-American censorship operations as it battles a pending Supreme Court case.

SPEECH CONTROL: Reddit to Enforce Preemptive AI Censorship?

January 2nd, 2024 2:47 PM

Reddit has unleashed its newest tool to assist in censoring speech on its platform: artificial intelligence.

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CBS Reporter Laments ‘Protections of Free Speech’ Prevent Censorship

December 31st, 2023 6:12 PM

During a year-end wrapup segment on Face The Nation, CBS Senior Business and Technology Correspondent Jo-Ling Kent lamented that “the arguments and protections of free speech” prevent social media companies from engaging in further censorship and viewpoint suppression. Additionally, Kent took a shot at Elon Musk for his free speech reforms at X, formerly known as Twitter.

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Ready for ‘24? Here’s a Look at 2023’s Most-Read Items on NewsBusters

December 31st, 2023 2:53 PM

2024 is bound to be not only one of the most monumental years in American history, it ventures to be among the most chaotic. So, before we dive head first into 2024 at midnight, let’s look back one last time at 2023 to look at what stories you, the readers, visited the most on NewsBusters. As always, we can’t thank you enough for not only your readership, but also financial support. Amid a…

Dems Petition SCOTUS to Allow Big Tech-Gov’t Collusion

December 29th, 2023 4:50 PM

23 attorneys generals in the US want the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that prevents the Biden administration from working with social media platforms to censor online content. The ruling, from the Fifth Circuit court in the case of Missouri v. Biden, allows the administration to notify platforms of certain threats, deceptive voter information, and attempts to influence elections, but not…

Google Seeks Patent for New Censorship Tool

December 28th, 2023 6:46 PM

Google has filed a patent for a machine-learning tool reportedly designed to detect so-called misinformation and disinformation in social media posts. Critics, citing Google's history of perceived leftist bias and censorship, fear the tool could be misused to censor content the company disagrees with. The tool is designed to analyze content, assign it a score based on the likelihood of it…

Biden Signs NDAA Calling Out NewsGuard … Then Issues Disclaimer

December 27th, 2023 12:12 PM

President Joe Biden signed on Friday the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which included a pro-free speech provision effectively prohibiting the Department of Defense from contracting with radical leftist entities that discriminate against right-leaning media. Hours later, however, Biden invoked a Geoge Soros-tied Supreme Court case to hint at his potential rebellion against the…

Lawmakers Sue Oregon over Election Meddling Contracts

December 27th, 2023 11:24 AM

A pro-free speech group is suing Oregon officials to stop an attempt to undermine online free speech.

Meta Boasts ‘Fundamental Shift’ to Integrate AI in Every Part of Life

December 22nd, 2023 7:12 PM

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta boasted about a “fundamental shift” of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) in every part of your life.

Does Online Censorship Drive a Self-Censoring Culture?

December 22nd, 2023 2:43 PM

As Big Tech censorship continues unabated, a new study has found that Americans — particularly conservatives — are increasingly self-censoring.

Substack Co-Founder’s Surprising Response to Deal with ‘Fringe Voices’

December 22nd, 2023 12:32 PM

A co-founder of Substack rejected efforts that seek to punish egregious content that is otherwise protected by the First Amendment, delivering a rebuke against widespread censorship plots to thwart free speech.

NOT IN FLORIDA: FL CFO Taking Fight to ‘Garbage’ NewsGuard

December 21st, 2023 5:43 PM

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis has had it with government agencies partnering with dystopian outfits like NewsGuard to attack right-leaning voices that don’t comport with state and leftist dogma.

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Tucker: Without THIS Platform, Media Will Put Biden Over the Top Again

December 21st, 2023 5:31 PM

Independent journalist Tucker Carlson made clear that any chance of a free and fair election in 2024 rests on keeping Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) platform free of censorship.