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Digital Brownshirts Demand Big Tech Censor So-Called Climate ‘Denial’
The leftist U.K.-based Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) is back attacking the Media Research Center and complaining that Facebook isn’t doing enough to silence those who question the left’s eco-extremist take on climate change. Liberal media outlets are boosting the foreign CCDH’s activism just as the White House was reportedly set to hold its first event tackling “climate change…

CensorTrack with TR: Big Tech Censors 808 COVID-19-Related Posts
It’s Episode 25 of CensorTrack with TR. This week we’re talking about a study that MRC’s Free Speech America team recently conducted. Results showed that from March 2020 to Feb. 2022, Big Tech censored more than 808 COVID-19-related posts.

BuzzFeed COMPLAINS About Lack of Censorship in Meta’s VR Metaverse
A censor every hour to help liberal media tyrants keep power? If media outlet BuzzFeed gets its way, censorship could be more invasive in the metaverse even than on current social media platforms.

TX AG Paxton Sues Facebook for ‘Deception, Lies and Brazen Abuses’
On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that he has sued Facebook (now known as Meta) for illegally capturing and using the biometric data of millions of Texans and failing to destroy the collected data in a reasonable period of time, in violation of Texas law.

ROAD BLOCK! Facebook Locks Freedom Convoy Admin Out
Facebook reportedly blocked the account of Canadian businesswoman Raechel Allan-Nicholls allegedly for being associated with the Freedom Convoy protesting draconian COVID-19 policies.

Meta Oversight Board Demands Tougher Stance Against ‘Doxing’
Revealing the home address of public figures has become a predatory tactic among hostile political activist groups.

STUDY: Over 800 Cases of Big Tech Censoring COVID-19 Debate
Big Tech speech restrictions turned COVID-19 into the most pro-censorship environment in the U.S. at least since World War II. Media Research Center has found more than 800 examples of bans, deleted content, and other speech restrictions related to the virus, as well as to resultant vaccines masking and government policies.

Heritage Declares War Against Big Tech ‘Enemy of the People’
The Heritage Foundation released a damning report blasting censorship and showing that it has jumped fully into the fight against Silicon Valley speech controls.

Meta Questions If Regs Could Shut Down Instagram, Facebook in Europe
Meta reportedly predicted that regulations covering online data could prevent the company from offering Facebook and Instagram in Europe.

‘Democratic’ Facebook Cancels Trucker Group Protesting Gov’t Mandates
Facebook ousted a populist group of U.S. truckers protesting COVID-19 mandates despite calling itself a “democratic” platform.

CensorTrack with TR: When Big Tech Censors Them, You’re Censored, Too
It’s Episode Twenty-Three of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how when Big Tech censors the speech of prominent figures, they’re censoring you, too.

Big Tech SMASHED Records, Spent $55M on Lobbying Last Year
The “Big Four” tech companies – Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple – spent more than $55 million lobbying the federal government in 2021 to stave off antitrust legislation. That’s a $21 million increase over 2020.

CensorTrack with TR: Big Tech PRAISES Abortion But CENSORS Life
It’s Episode Twenty-Two of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how Big Tech promoted pro-abortion posts and censored life-affirming posts.

Big Tech Allows Russian Propaganda as War Looms, But Banned Trump
Twitter and Facebook allow Russian state-controlled media to maintain verified accounts even as Russia prepares to invade Ukraine. Both sites ban organizations involved in violence. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump remains banned from the social media platforms for allegedly encouraging violence.