‘Illegal Secret Deal:’ Musk Claims EU Tried to Blackmail X into Censorship
X/Twitter owner Elon Musk has claimed the European Union tried to blackmail him into allowing covert censorship at the behest of Brussels, and has accused other social platforms of making such deals. The European Union moved to enforce its new Digital Services Act (DSA) on Friday, accusing Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) of violating EU […]
Media group under spotlight in GOP report for alleged censorship of conservatives
A media coalition is under the spotlight in a new report from the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee for allegedly censoring conservatives and, in the telling of the Republican majority, violating antitrust law. The report, released Wednesday, zeroes in on the influence of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, a “cross-industry initiative established by the World […]
The Supreme Court Just Opened The Door To A New Orwellian Censorship Regime
Legal experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the Supreme Court’s decisions in recent cases challenging the Biden administration’s censorship efforts unleash new threats to Americans’ ability to speak and be heard freely online and make legal remedies virtually impossible ahead of the 2024 election. Last Independence Day, U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty […]
Disinformation, Censorship, and Information Warfare in the 21st Century
Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes In recent years, prominent national security officials and media outlets have raised alarm about the unprecedented effects of foreign disinformation in democratic countries. In practice, what they mean is that democratic governments have fallen behind in their command of the methods of information warfare in the early 21st century. As […]
Sacking the citadels of censorship
When it comes to fundamental rights like freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of association, we are living through the darkest period in American history. In more than two centuries of free government, no administration has attempted to silence, imprison or kill its main political opponents as much as the current one. […]
Supreme Court Sides With Biden Admin In Landmark Censorship Case
The Supreme Court issued a ruling Wednesday siding with the Biden administration in a landmark case that challenged the federal government’s ability to pressure social media companies to censor speech. The justices ruled 6-3 to reverse a lower court injunction barring the federal government from “coercing or significantly encouraging” social media companies to suppress speech, […]
SCOTUS sides with BIDEN on censorship, prevent ‘grave harm’
The Supreme Court ruled that the Biden administration can work with social media companies to censor views it deems dangerous. “We all know the Biden administration is not going to censor the left.” Sara Gonzalez He expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict and said: This decision Murthy v. Missouri State attorneys general accused government officials of […]
Wall Street Journal knocks Supreme Court for giving Biden administration ‘license for social media censorship’
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board on Thursday denounced a Supreme Court decision that suggested it would give the government unfettered power to censor social media. The Supreme Court on Wednesday, by a 6-3 majority, handed President Biden a major victory by tossing out a lawsuit, Marcy v. Missouri, which accused the current administration of […]
No Standing on Social Media Censorship, Alito Dissents
WASHINGTON, DC – Despite fierce opposition from conservatives, a divided Supreme Court has ruled that social media companies like Facebook are free to continue censoring conservatives. “During the 2020 election season and the COVID-19 pandemic, social media platforms frequently removed, demoted, or fact-checked posts containing allegedly false or misleading information,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett said. […]
Alito defends free speech as Supreme Court majority punts on Biden censorship case
Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday wrote a dissent that stood up for defenders of free speech after the majority on the Supreme Court declined to weigh the merits of a major case accusing the Biden administration of attempting to censor users on social media. The lawsuit known as Murthy v. Missouri alleged the Biden administration violated the […]