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Self-Censorship and the Silenced Generation
Are America’s college students doing to themselves what the Chinese Communist state does to its citizens? An Ivy League professor—an old-fashioned liberal who actually cares about free speech—recently warned me about what’s happening in classrooms like his. He encourages class discussion of the great books he teaches in class—but students are afraid to speak, not…Daniel McCarthy -
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Is the Left’s Censorship Industrial Complex Pulling the Strings Behind AI?
Over the past decade, the Left has cultivated a censorship industrial complex of “experts” on “extremism” who try to bully Big Tech and corporate America into blacklisting conservatives over hot-button cultural issues such as LGBTQ+ orthodoxy and parental rights. While the censorship industrial complex has suffered setbacks, it enjoys a persistent influence—notably at Anthropic, the…Tyler O’Neil -
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Amazon Banned ‘The Camp of the Saints.’ I Wrote Its Foreword.
You can buy all kinds of things on Amazon, from sex toys to “Mein Kampf.” Yet last week, Amazon decided that Jean Raspail’s 1973 novel, “The Camp of Saints,” was beyond the pale of respectability. Vauban Books, a small independent publishing house, had been selling a new translation of the book for months. Sales had…Nathan Pinkoski -
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Blue States Scrambling to Keep Gender Counseling Censorship Alive After SCOTUS Ruling
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democrat-led states are searching for ways to keep censoring counselor conversations about gender after a near-unanimous Supreme Court came down against viewpoint discrimination. In an 8-1 ruling on Tuesday, the Supreme Court held Colorado’s so-called conversion therapy ban regulated Christian counselor Kaley Chiles’ speech based on viewpoint. Twenty-three states, along with the District of Columbia, have…Katelynn Richardson -
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The Next Front in the Censorship War Against Christians
Whether through pressure exerted on social media platforms or through armed raids carried out against pro-life Americans, former President Joe Biden and his administration oversaw an alarming increase in the suppression and censorship of religious—chiefly Christian—expressions and actions in the public square. At the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) International Christian Media Convention on Thursday, Christian…S.A. McCarthy -
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Rogue Censorship Regime Tries to Shut Down Conservative News Sites Using ‘Disinformation’ Label
There’s a movement brewing to shut down conservative websites that offer views and information contradicting left-wing orthodoxy. Investigative reporter Gabe Kaminsky did an excellent job of uncovering how activist organizations, some partnered with the State Department, work to blacklist and defund conservative media. His ongoing series at the Washington Examiner is worth reading and explains…Jarrett Stepman -
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House Republicans Subpoena Big Tech to Reveal How the Government ‘Coerced and Colluded’ With Them to Censor Speech
The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed five Big Tech executives to produce documents by late March about collusion with federal government agencies to suppress free speech. “To develop effective legislation, such as the possible enactment of new statutory limits on the Executive Branch’s ability to work with Big Tech to restrict the circulation of content…Fred Lucas -
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CNN Remains Unreliable Source on Conservatives Being Censored by Big Tech
In the Trump years, CNN oppressively promoted the conspiracy theory of Donald Trump’s “collusion” with the Russian government to get elected in 2016. So, it was heartbroken when Robert Mueller’s investigation ended with a negative verdict: “The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in…Tim Graham -
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Big Tech Firm Temporarily Censors Former GOP Nominee for Minnesota’s Top Elections Office Over Election Integrity Post
LinkedIn initially removed a post from former Minnesota Republican Secretary of State nominee Kim Crockett regarding potential noncitizen voting in the state, claiming it was “misinformation.” But the social media site restored the post about an hour after an inquiry from The Daily Signal about the removal. The network notified Crockett that it removed the…Fred Lucas -
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Arizona GOP Seeks Investigation of Katie Hobbs for Pushing Twitter Censorship
Two days after the Arizona Republican Party requested an investigation, the state’s GOP attorney general isn’t saying whether his office will look into specific actions of Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs, a Democrat. Hobbs, Arizona’s outgoing secretary of state, flagged certain tweets last year in her official capacity that Twitter then removed. Her interaction with Twitter was…Fred Lucas -
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When Government Colludes With Big Tech to Censor Americans
Despite plenty of negative media attention this year on the now-dissolved Disinformation Governance Board, government collusion with social media platforms is ramping up. This collaboration between the Department of Homeland Security and companies such as Twitter and Facebook to police the speech of Americans requires a legislative remedy. On Halloween, a concerning report in The…Will Thibeau -
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Republican National Committee Targets Google Censorship in Lawsuit
After enduring years of targeted censorship, the Republican National Committee is suing Google for its bulk-labeling of millions of RNC campaign email communications to its supporters and donors as “spam” during “pivotal points in election cycles.” The lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, where Google has its corporate headquarters, is seeking an injunction ordering…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Probe Launched Into Homeland Security’s ‘Taxpayer-Funded Censorship Campaign’
House Oversight Committee Republicans are kicking off an investigation into what they called a “taxpayer-funded censorship campaign” at the Department of Homeland Security. Since 2020, the federal agency has been under fire for working with Big Tech companies to censor certain viewpoints mainly related to election integrity. The GOP launched its investigation after Monday’s report…Casey Harper -
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‘It Just Kept Happening’: RNC Sues Google Over Email Censorship
Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, joined Tony Perkins on “Washington Watch” this week to discuss the legal action the RNC is taking against Google’s purported censorship of their account. She claimed that their emails would go from 90% deliverability to 0% in the last four days of every month for the past…Marjorie Jackson -
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Biden Administration Outsourcing Online Censorship of Conservatives
Woke academics and Democratic Party loyalists are using taxpayer dollars to police the internet and suppress the voices of Biden administration critics. In the 2020 election cycle, the deep state and Silicon Valley worked tirelessly to limit the reach of conservatives on social media platforms. Today, the departments of Homeland Security and State are supporting the same…Jake Denton -
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PayPal Censors Speech? Users Jump Ship After Questionable Policy Draft Leak
At the end of September, popular online payment processor PayPal announced impending updates to its Acceptable Use Policies. Reported first by The Daily Wire, the policy update stated that it would debit users up to $2,500 if they engaged in banned activity such as “promot[ing] misinformation” or “hate,” effective Nov. 3. As the headline spread across…Marjorie Jackson -
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Google, Amazon Censored Campaign Exposing School Counselor Association’s Agenda, Education Group Says
An educational consultant group says its campaign exposing “the radical and woke mission of the American School Counselor Association” was taken down from its website and Google Drive. Courage Is a Habit launched the campaign “Behind Closed Doors” on Sept. 7, including content reportedly from the July conference of the American School Counselor Association. Courage Is a Habit…Samantha Aschieris -
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‘Terror Campaign’: Trans Activists Push for Censorship of Discussions on Child Sex Changes
Transgender activists have accused Libs of TikTok and other prominent Twitter users of engaging in “terrorism” in an attempt to have them removed from the platform for criticizing child sex-change procedures. Libs of TikTok, commentator Matt Walsh, Manhattan Institute senior fellow Chris Rufo, and activist Billboard Chris shared several publicly available documents and videos purporting to show that Boston Children’s Hospital was performing sex…Laurel Duggan -
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Twitter Vows to Fight ‘Election Misinformation.’ More Censorship Incoming.
In the run-up to November’s midterm elections, Twitter is priming itself to go on a censoring spree in the name of fighting misinformation. What could possibly go wrong? The social media platform made the announcement Thursday that it was “activating enforcement of our Civic Integrity Policy for the 2022 U.S. midterms.” The tech giant said it…Douglas Blair -
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13 People, Outlets Censored by Twitter for Questioning Gender Ideology
Editor’s note: This commentary, originally published March 23, has been modified to reflect Twitter’s suspensions of psychologist Jordan Peterson and commentator Dave Rubin for their tweets, and to update certain details. Of the many topics the radical left has tried to make verboten, there is none more contentious than gender ideology. At the mere suggestion…Douglas Blair