Censorship Project

Tech platforms have cracked down tightly on the former president, banishing his presence from their networks. In Big Tech’s latest act of silencing Trump, the unverified account purporting to be CBN News Chief Political Analyst David Brody said YouTube deleted his interview with the former president.

On his Real Time show on HBO on Friday night, Bill Maher lashed out at Google and Facebook for suppressing anyone merely asking the question if the coronavirus leaked out of a lab in Wuhan. Science is supposed to be about testing a hypothesis, but some of those had to be crushed...for politics. 

Former President Donald Trump has joined YouTube alternative Rumble.

Former TikTok employees have disclosed that the popular social media platform is largely controlled by its Chinese parent company.

A video channel dedicated to highlighting human rights violations in China has been blocked by YouTube.

Christian satire site The Babylon Bee has, once again, felt the sting of tech censorship. The site was reportedly suspended from email service Mailchimp. The Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon tweeted: “I’d email everyone to let them know @Mailchimp just suspended our account but Mailchimp just suspended our account.” 

Facebook made it loud and clear that satire may be OK on the platform, but only on the condition it doesn’t target people or things that it favors. Leftist, progressive outlet Slate responded by claiming The Babylon Bee is the perfect target for punishment.

The House Judiciary Committee passed six antitrust bills aimed at Big Tech in a two-day marathon markup. The markup left some conservatives leery of the power that platforms may still hold over users. However, a new Senate bill could help to alleviate some concerns about Big Tech’s power. 

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows warned that conservatives should be skeptical of a Democrat-led effort to shape how Big Tech impacts the United States.
 

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) torched fellow politicians for denying that Big Tech needs an antitrust reckoning, especially those Republicans who are taking money from Big Tech.

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn bowed to China once again when it reportedly censored the profile of a Swedish writer to appease the Chinese Communist Party. LinkedIn is reportedly the only major Western social media company that operates freely in China because it has been willing to adhere to the requirements of the Chinese government’s censorious restrictions on speech and information.

Big Tech platforms like Twitter were once characterized by free content. Now the platform is working toward releasing Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces as the internet shifts toward paid access to influencers.

From Planned Parenthood to Satanism, AmazonSmile encourages shoppers to donate to some extreme charities — at least 216 different groups. But multiple prominent conservative groups aren’t even allowed to participate.

Amazon, which is on track to be America’s largest retailer next year, launched its charity program AmazonSmile in 2013. The company has banned multiple conservative…

Big Tech bias is not limited to Facebook, Google and Twitter. The ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee has decided to call out Microsoft for its censorship of conservative voices.