Censorship Project

Purge! Twitter Censors Gateway Pundit, Pamela Geller, Wayne Allyn Root
Twitter obliterated an anti-establishment journalism outlet @Gatewaypundit and conservative movement leaders in a shocking escalation of censorship.

Dems New Section 230 Bill May Incentivize Big Tech to Censor MORE
Senate Democrats have decided to take a swing at reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and if it censors more speech, it will do far more harm than good. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the latest proposal to reform Section 230, the SAFE TECH Act. The new act would cut liability protections for providers on paid-for speech…

Jason Miller: Trump Deciding Whether to Join Platform, Start His Own
A senior adviser to former President Donald Trump said that Trump was considering his return to social media. The twist is that this could imply Trump joining an anti-establishment platform or creating his own platform entirely: “all options are on the table.”

Texas Follows Florida, Preps Own Bill Against Big Tech Censorship
Conservative leaders from Texas and Florida are taking unprecedented action to punish Big Tech for censoring conservatives.

YouTube, Vimeo Censor MyPillow CEO Lindell Docu-Movie ‘Absolute Proof’
The self-proclaimed truth overlords have struck again, lest anyone raise questions about possible election fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
YouTube and Vimeo have removed MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s documentary Absolute Proof, which called the results of the 2020 presidential election into question.

French President ‘Very Upset’ Big Tech Censored Trump, His Supporters
A “very upset” French President Emmanuel Macron condemned Big Tech for hypocritically censoring a sitting president and his supporters after enabling violence.

AOC Urges Censorship of Critics Calling Out Her Lies on Social Media
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) apparently expects her supporters to cover for her lying. Ocasio-Cortez has now reportedly encouraged her supporters to report social media users who call her out for the fact that she was not actually in the U.S. Capitol Building during the Jan. 6 riot. She asked them to target embarrassing hashtags.

PolitiFact Editor-in-Chief Calls to Save America by Censoring Speech
There is no greater or more ironic threat to free speech than liberal journalists and fact-checkers. PolitiFact Editor-in-Chief Angie Drobnic Holan’s piece for Poynter is a great example.

Hungary Joins Rising Chorus of Nations Against Big Tech Censorship
Yet another major European power has joined the growing alliance of nations against censorship by American Big Tech companies. Hungary is joining Poland as one of the premier European powers taking on Big Tech. “After consulting with the heads of the involved state institutions, the Ministry of Justice will propose a law to the Parliament this spring about the regulation of the great tech…
YouTube Censors Doctor’s Senate Testimony on COVID Treatment
YouTube has removed video footage of a U.S. Senate hearing — at least the second time the platform has censored a Senate hearing. YouTube took down “two videos of doctors testifying under oath,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) tweeted on January 27. The testimonies, uploaded to YouTube by Johnson, were during a Dec. 8 Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing that discussed early treatments for COVID…

FL Gov. DeSantis Proposes Law to Punish Big Tech for Censorship
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s new proposal could radically change American politics by holding Big Tech accountable with fines for censorship.

Amazon CEO Replaced By Head of Group That Deplatformed Parler
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is stepping down and being replaced by the head of Amazon Web Services, which deplatformed Parler. Andy Jassy, who has led the company’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) division, will reportedly take over as the company’s CEO. AWS is the division of Amazon that canceled services to the free-speech site Parler following the Jan. 6 riot in the U.S. Capitol building, which…

Ministry of Truth? NYT Writer Suggests Gov't Appoint ‘Reality Czar’
The New York Times liberal tech writer Kevin Roose has made a career out of condemning social media for allowing free speech. In the second week of President Joe Biden’s first term, Roose and a gaggle of liberal experts have suggested America needs the government to determine reality.

Facebook Bans Robinhood Trade Group, Later Restores: Reuters
A group called Robinhood Stock Traders lost out to the sheriff — in this case, Facebook. The social media site removed the group from the platform and later restored it without explanation, according to Reuters.
The group is similar to those on other social media sites, like Reddit, that have helped foment chaos in the stock market for wealthy hedge funds.