Government
The Facebook ‘how-to’ manual on COVID censorship exposed after lawsuitThe onboarding documents that Facebook used to help new employees quickly delete posts that the government deemed unacceptable during the pandemic has been released. The documents were turned over to… Read More
Culture
Majority of Americans admit to ‘self-silencing’ on hot button issues, survey reveals(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Nearly two-thirds of Americans conceal their political opinions on contentious issues in public, according to a new Populace Research/YouGov survey. Most Americans, 58%, said they… Read More
Opinion
Censorship crosses the pond as Brazil bans X(The Daily Signal) – The censorship regime that threatens Europe has crossed the Atlantic and has landed in the New World. Brazil became the latest example of a reputed “democracy” opting… Read More
Politics
Mark Zuckerberg admits Biden-Harris admin pressured Facebook to censor content, expresses regret(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Mark Zuckerberg expressed regret Monday that Facebook caved to pressure by the Biden-Harris administration to censor content. Zuckerberg admitted in a letter to House… Read More
Culture
Meta’s Facebook stifles college course on the dangers of MarxismMeta shut down a page on Facebook run by a prominent conservative college after the school posted a course teaching about the “economic failure, ghastly atrocities, and untold human misery”… Read More
Culture
‘State of free speech in America is dire’: Majority says First Amendment ‘goes too far’(The Center Square) – Free speech suppression on college campuses and social media censorship often spur debates over how far the First Amendment should go to protect Americans’ rights to… Read More
Culture
Google criticized for apparent censorship of Trump assassination attempt in search feature(Daily Callers News Foundation) – Google faced backlash Sunday for the apparent censorship of the assassination attempt against 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump from the search engine’s “autocomplete” feature. Read More
Courts
Musk’s X to sue groups that boycott conservative media companies(The Center Square) – Tesla founder and X owner Elon Musk said Thursday he plans to file a lawsuit against a collaboration of people and organizations that work to prevent… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court strikes down injunction against government censorship via big tech, citing plaintiffs’ standingIn a 6-3 ruling Wednesday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of the Biden administration in a lawsuit brought by two state attorneys general and… Read More
Courts
Trump, censorship and abortion: Here are the final big rulings SCOTUS is expected to release this week(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Supreme Court is expected to release all of its remaining decisions by the end of the week. Opinions coming down the line include decisions… Read More
Culture
UK silent prayer arrests prompt international embarrassment(The Daily Signal) – A fever of censorship has seemed to descend upon the British Isles lately, and the world—especially the U.S.—finally may be waking up to it. Scotland began… Read More
Eric Schmitt
Democrats likely to protect one of ‘worst Cabinet members of all time’ from Senate impeachment trial, Schmitt warnsDespite Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s image being on “the Mount Rushmore of worst Cabinet members of all time,” Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt expects Democrats will try to… Read More
Courts
Landmark Missouri v. Biden case at Supreme Court Monday, exposing ‘disgusting underbelly’ of government censorship, Sen. Schmitt saysMissouri’s lawsuit fighting censorship of conservatives on social media has revealed the “disgusting underbelly” of the Biden administration’s “vast censorship enterprise,” says U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt – who filed the… Read More
Free Speech
Landmark Missouri v. Biden case to be argued at Supreme Court Monday, exposing ‘disgusting underbelly’ of government censorship, Schmitt saysMissouri’s lawsuit fighting censorship of conservatives on social media has revealed the “disgusting underbelly” of the Biden administration’s “vast censorship enterprise,” says U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt – who… Read More
Culture
Libs of TikTok founder calls NBC News ‘embarrassing’ for bomb threat allegationsLibs of TikTok founder Chaya Raichik responded to recent attacks on her popular X account by accusing the media of fake outrage for her exposés of wrong-doing by schools and teachers. Read More
Culture
Emails show Amazon censored books on COVID-19 after Biden admin pressure as censorship battle heats up in courts, CongressEmails disclosed by the House Judiciary Committee (HJC) show Amazon censored books for the Biden administration, even as Amazon expressed concern about whether the practice would draw attention. In one… Read More
Free Speech
U.S. Supreme Court must now free this government’s dissenters from the stocks of social media censorship and the dark return of ‘seditious libel’It was actually a crime to criticize the royal government in colonial America. Untold thousands were fined, imprisoned and shamed for the impertinence, not incidentally silencing many thousands more. We… Read More
Free Speech
Report: Feds coordinated broad censorship of Americans on election, COVID, more(The Center Square) – The federal government coordinated with an array of entities to censor Americans’ speech online, a newly released report from the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of… Read More
Free Speech, Missouri
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Missouri v. Biden social media free speech case(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a free speech case involving the federal government and social media censorship during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court, which granted… Read More
Free Speech
Feds threatened social media companies with ‘adverse legislation’ if they didn’t censor online speech, new Supreme Court brief arguesBiden officials “threaten, pressure, and coerce social-media platforms to silence the core political speech of millions of Americans,” Missouri and Louisiana argue in a Wednesday brief that asks… Read More