MRC’s Schneider: How Congress Failed on Censorship and the Way Forward

June 25th, 2024 2:51 PM

Congressional representatives working on the future of social media regulations have seemed completely oblivious to the groundswell of support for protecting free speech on the internet. Media Research Center Vice President of Free Speech America Dan Schneider has issued a call for them to wake them up. 

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WATCH: Rachel Bovard Calls Weak Section 230 Hearing ‘Slap in the Face’

May 31st, 2024 5:04 PM

Conservative Partnership Institute Senior Director of Policy Rachel Bovard dressed down Members of Congress and thinkers on the right who are wedded to an outdated mindset that allows for Big Tech censorship, debanking and ultimately the death of the free market. 

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Guess Which Lawmakers Stood Up for Free Speech at Big Tech Hearing

May 23rd, 2024 10:33 AM

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing supposedly to discuss sunsetting Big Tech’s tightly clutched liability shield that allows for censorship. But free speech and Big Tech censorship were hardly part of the discussion.

Free Speech Alliance Calls Out Hill for ‘Insufficient’ Big Tech Bill

May 22nd, 2024 11:17 AM

Bipartisan members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee met today on a new bill concerning Big Tech’s liability shield, but will the latest bill actually accomplish anything?

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Here Are the Best & Worst Parts of the NPR Hearing with MRC’s Graham

May 8th, 2024 5:45 PM

On Wednesday, the Media Research Center’s NewsBusters executive editor Tim Graham testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations during a hearing on the decades-long liberal boondoggle that is National Public Radio (NPR). Not surprisingly, he came armed with examples of their virulent bias and hate for conservatives.

WIRED Smears Concerns of CCP-Tied TikTok Security Risks as Racist

August 10th, 2023 11:12 AM

Despite evidence of Chinese government-tied TikTok’s national security risks, WIRED just published a piece falsely framing Americans’ concerns as racist.

Cracking Down! McMorris Rodgers, McCarthy Pushing Action on TikTok

March 27th, 2023 4:15 PM

Multiple congressmen from both parties are calling to target or ban TikTok after the popular app’s CEO Shou Zi Chew testified to Congress.

Republicans Pass Bill to Prohibit Feds from Censorship Pressure

March 16th, 2023 6:15 PM

House Republicans have passed a bill that would prevent federal government officials from putting pressure on tech platforms to censor.

FREE THE DOCS: House GOP Lawmakers Demand WH Release Censorship Docs

September 15th, 2022 4:49 PM

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and two other Republican House lawmakers on Tuesday demanded the Biden White House hand over its correspondence allegedly pressuring Big Tech to increase online censorship.

FINALLY: A Bill to Make Federal Gov’t Censorship ILLEGAL

August 31st, 2022 5:27 PM

Uphold the First Amendment! Several House lawmakers apparently seek to do just that by introducing a bill to make government-sponsored censorship illegal.

MUST READ: Dillon, McMorris Rodgers Offer Three Ways to Fight Big Tech

August 2nd, 2022 4:32 PM

The Babylon Bee CEO and the leader of the House Republican Big Tech Task Force are taking the sting out of Big Tech censorship by detailing three ways to hold Big Tech companies to account.

House GOP Joins Senate Fight to STOP Gmail’s Leftist SPAM Bias

June 22nd, 2022 12:47 PM

Eight House Republicans on Tuesday joined their Senate counterparts in proposing legislation aimed at curbing left-wing political bias in email services’ spam filters. 

Republicans Demand Biden Protect Kids Online

March 2nd, 2022 12:20 AM

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) both called on President Joe Biden to take stronger action to protect children online as Biden delivered his State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Lawmakers Urge New Twitter CEO to Uphold First Amendment Rights

December 20th, 2021 5:21 PM

A group of congressmen have sent a letter to new pro-censorship Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, urging the new CEO to address Twitter’s history of biased censorship and make the platform more pro-free speech.