Free Speech

Once again, it appears Twitter has operated by a different set of rules. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling had been criticized for her comments on transgenders in the past, but a new response to her comments included a death threat.

Two committees of the parliament of the European Union voted for a bill that would strip all privacy protections from cryptocurrency. Axios reported that the bill “would ban transactions that state authorities can't readily tie to a person or an organization.”

Google threatened to demonetize publishers for “dissent" on Ukraine. Publishers received a message from Google warning that it would not monetize content that “exploits, dismisses, or condones” the war in Ukraine.

Besieged podcaster Joe Rogan spoke about sincerity as a core part of his show during a recent podcast, and noted he would end his multimillion-dollar Spotify deal if the platform restricts him too much.

Google finally added a mention of Donald Trump’s presidency to his “about” section on the search results page. The change came months after MRC Free Speech America exclusively reported that former President Donald Trump was one of only two U.S. presidents with no acknowledgement of his presidential status in his Google “about” section.

Big Tech censors: We know what we’re doing. Their algorithms: April Fools! It’s a tall task for Big Tech companies to justify mashing the censorship button on conservative speech when the systems they use to do their dirty work are so stupid that they always come back to kick them in the pants. 

Democracy or demagoguery? YouTube censored a Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial debate hosted by a pro-family institute, then reinstated the video, claiming it had “mistakenly” removed the event video.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) called for unity among free speech advocates during a podcast by The Daily Signal. During the interview, she said that the GOP should be ready on “day one” with conservative reforms to protect free speech and stop censorship online.

It’s Episode 31 of CensorTrack with TR. This week we talked about how YouTube took down two days’ worth of videos from the February 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).  

Big Tech faced yet another blow from the Department of Justice. Originally reported by The Wall Street Journal, the DOJ sent letters to members of the congressional judiciary committees and asked them to support an antitrust bill that prevented Big Tech companies from showing favoritism to their own products.

In a Tuesday appearance on the Fox Business Network’s The Evening Edit, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell called out the liberal Big Tech companies and media for their “censorship” of the Hunter Biden laptop story that has recently been confirmed by The New York Times. He also called out their double standard for scrutinizing the business dealing of presidential adult children.

Twitter and other Big Tech social media companies are brazenly censoring America’s conservatives, while providing an open platform for its enemies, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) says.

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube allow seven dictators, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, unfettered access to post on their platforms, influencing approximately 50 million followers as of March 28. Meanwhile, former leader of the free world President Donald Trump is still banned.

A senior editor at The Federalist was locked out of his Twitter account over the weekend after he called Rachel Levine a man. According to The Federalist, Senior Editor John Daniel Davidson tweeted that Levine “is in fact a man” and was locked out of his account. Levine is a transgender woman who works for the Biden administration.