Censorship Project

Spotify apparently accepted singer Neil Young’s terms after he demanded the platform choose between his music and famed podcast host Joe Rogan. Old man, look at your life. Spotify noted in a response to the once-legendary Canadian-American singer’s ultimatum that it regrets Young’s decision to remove his music from the platform’s library.

Twitter VP Sinéad McSweeney warned of unprecedented government crackdowns on free speech and requests for surveillance of internet users in the platform’s latest transparency report.

Neil Young has reportedly demanded that Spotify become a safe space for him. The Once-legendary Canadian-American singer  delivered an ultimatum to Spotify, according to Rolling Stone: Get rid of the massively popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast or lose his music.

Politics and sports commentator Clay Travis condemned YouTube for censoring an interview with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). Travis called a penalty against Big Tech. “YouTube has refused to post our @clayandbuck interview with @RandPaul. Think about this for a moment: YouTube is disallowing a doctor and sitting US senator’s interview to be shared. This is madness,” Travis warned in a Jan. 24 tweet…

Instagram has written in clear terms that the company’s moderators will reduce the spread of content not merely for violating the platform’s rules, but for even having the potential to offend viewers.

Twitter commemorated the anniversary of Roe v. Wade instead of the March for Life.

YouTube reportedly classified a recent sermon from evangelical pastor John MacArthur as “hate speech.”

Gab founder/CEO Andrew Torba proclaimed the essential role of cryptocurrency in the struggle for free speech during his appearance on the Timcast IRL podcast.

Twitter temporarily suspended a congressional candidate in Washington for his tweet in support of the Second Amendment.

YouTube appears to have censored an interview between a British YouTube channel and Dr. Peter McCullough before it was even published.

A lawsuit filed by 16 states and one territory alleged Google and Facebook negotiated an underhanded agreement to rig online advertising in their favor.

YouTube censored Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) for questioning the COVID-19 narrative around what masks are effective at stopping disease transmission. Earlier this month, he shared a breaking story from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conceding cloth masks are less effective, and demanded an apology from YouTube. 

Dr. Ron Paul said that he has been suspended from Facebook for 90 days. Paul is a former congressman from Texas. The offending post was about the efficacy of the Pfizer vaccine and comments from the CEO of the company.

YouTube has suspended Fox News host Dan Bongino for content that contained alleged “misinformation” about COVID-19.