Big Tech Methods Change — BUT Secondhand Effects of Censorship Remain

January 28th, 2025 1:04 PM

Big Tech companies have evolved their censorship tactics, moving from direct actions to more subtle methods like shadowbanning and search suppression. This shift has led to a significant "secondhand censorship effect," impacting millions of users by restricting access to content they choose to follow. While platforms like X and Meta show some transparency via features like Community Notes,…

MRC Tested YouTube on Burying Rogan-Trump Video. Here’s What We Found

November 1st, 2024 3:09 PM

Google-owned YouTube is still finding new ways to interfere in the 2024 presidential election, suppressing a three-hour Rogan interview of Trump.

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MRC Launches Free Speech Hub as CensorTrack Database Eclipses 7k Cases

August 13th, 2024 10:48 AM

The Media Research Center (MRC) has launched a new website for its Free Speech America division, centralizing efforts to combat Big Tech censorship and protect free speech. The site features MRC's CensorTrack database, which has documented over 7,000 cases of censorship by platforms like Google and Facebook. The MRC Free Speech America division also publishes studies and reports exposing the…

Google Still Burying Trump Campaign Site Ahead of Presidential Debate

June 26th, 2024 4:02 PM

Google is still at it. Just two days before the widely anticipated presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the tech giant buried Trump’s campaign website in its search results. But Biden’s appears at the very top for voters looking for information about him.

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39 Times Facebook Interfered in US Elections Since 2008

April 23rd, 2024 11:09 AM

Facebook has interfered in U.S. elections multiple times since 2008. The platform has been involved in incidents of political censorship and policy changes that detract from free speech, despite CEO Mark Zuckerberg's affirmations to support it. MRC researchers have documented 39 instances where Facebook intervened in electoral processes, from removing political posts and ads to limiting users…

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Election Interference! Big Tech Censors Biden Opponents 162 Times

November 28th, 2023 9:30 AM

Google, YouTube, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok each participated in election interference when they censored presidential candidates and particularly Biden opponents a total of 162 times.

Five Worst Times Big Tech Silenced Veteran Voices on Their Platforms

November 10th, 2023 5:28 PM

Veterans fought and gave their lives to preserve the First Amendment rights of U.S. citizens. However, Big Tech is set on taking those rights away from the very people who fought to defend them. 

Carter & Schneider Predict Lawsuits, RIP Big Tech on MRC UnCensored

November 10th, 2023 4:52 PM

Fox News contributor and investigative journalist Sara Carter slammed Big Tech and the legacy media during an interview with MRC Free Speech Vice President Dan Schneider on the latest MRC UnCensored.

MRC Research, CensorTrack Data Expose Google’s Pro-Choice Agenda

October 31st, 2023 3:14 PM

As 40 Days for Life campaigns begin to wrap up, Google’s pro-abortion agenda could not be more clear.

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CensorTrack Surpasses 6,000 Documented Cases of Big Tech Censorship

October 17th, 2023 4:30 PM

There's no doubt that Big Tech has done its part to eliminate speech that harms the Democratic Party, the Biden administration or otherwise runs counter to the left's narrative. Social media platforms have aggressively silenced and gaslit the American people, but as MRC has documented, Big Tech has overplayed its hand.

BACK TO OLD WAYS? X Strikes Wokeness Watchdog with Censorship

September 13th, 2023 1:22 PM

Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has once again embraced silent suppression and has begun placing sensitive content filters on nearly every original media post from a government watchdog organization. 

Trump Calls Out COVID-19 Tyrants, Censorship in New Video

September 1st, 2023 2:36 PM

Former President Donald J. Trump is speaking out against online censorship related to COVID-19 in a new video posted by his campaign on Twitter, now known as “X.”


 

Are You Ready for AI-Led Censorship on Social Media?

August 22nd, 2023 10:55 AM

OpenAI recently made the case that its GPT-4 product should be used for so-called “content moderation.” And that just means more censorship.


 

Did Musk Just Get Censored on His Own Platform?

August 18th, 2023 5:56 PM

In a bold twist, Twitter’s Community Notes censored Elon Musk and had the gall to tell him what he can and cannot do with his own platform.