Censorship

Censorship And The Ratchet Effect: Threats To Free Speech Outlast Supposed Crises

During the COVID era, the Great Panic of 2020, “dissenters from the official narrative were blacklisted and booted. The tools censors used aren’t going away.” The “ratchet effect” has carried the censorship mantra over to the current administration. With foreign attacks on Free Speech in America,  the ratchet is turning into a torque wrench, putting immense pressure on America to fold. CFFS resolutely defends Free Speech for all American citizens, regardless of political orientation.

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Censorship

Worst Censorship of 2025: Big Tech Targeted Right-Leaning Media, Trump, Faith and Life

While the Big Four digital news gatekeepers aggressively pushed elitist media, artificial intelligence chatbots tried to undermine President Donald Trump and his AI agenda. Meanwhile, platforms like Bluesky and YouTube suppressed posts from Vice President JD Vance and an interview of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, respectively. Other social media platforms censored faith and the pro-life message, with Instagram covering up the truth about abortion, and X suppressing Bible verses and anti-terrorism messages from the Israeli government.

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Censorship

U.S. Sanctions Starmer-Linked ‘Radical Activist’ NGO Boss at Centre of Censorship Scandal Against Breitbart

Imran Ahmed, a British citizen and the founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), the notorious censorship and deplatforming outfit which defined its central mission as “Kill Musk’s Twitter” and is closely linked to the inner circle of British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, has been sanctioned by the United States government.

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AI

When the Watchmen Are Silenced, the Gates Are Left Open

The Watchman’s role is moral, not political. He is accountable not for outcomes, but for truth. Every society depends on such Watchmen. They are the ones willing to speak uncomfortable truths before the threat is obvious, before it is too late to respond. Today, many of the most important Watchmen are inside the technology systems that increasingly govern our lives.

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Academia

Letitia James Sued for Threatening School Boards That Permit Free Speech on LGBT Issues

In other words, the Attorney General and Commissioner of Education … require school board members across New York to self-censor and shut down parent speech that advocates for their core values and for children’s privacy, safety, and opportunity. If school board members and parents disagree with Defendants’ viewpoint, they cannot speak. If they do speak, school board members risk being removed from their elected offices, and school board members and parents alike risk being publicly and falsely branded a bully and harasser of children.

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