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In Congressional Testimony, Whistleblower Accuses Meta Of Aiding China’s Censorship

April 14, 2025 Tyler Durden via Zero Hedge 2

Wynn-Williams served as the director of global public policy for Facebook, now Meta, from 2011 to 2017. During that time, she said Meta executives “lied about what they were doing with the Chinese Communist Party to employees, shareholders, Congress, and the American public. ”Wynn-Williams’s allegations against Meta, which she detailed in her memoir “Careless People,” include the claim that the company worked “hand-in-glove” with the CCP to custom-build and wield censorship tools against the regime’s critics. […]

Fact Check: Obama, Who Backed Censorship, Claims to Be Free Speech Champion

April 12, 2025 Joel Pollak via Breitbart News 3

The Obama administration also backed efforts by Muslim governments to suppress free speech, including criticism of Islam and its prophet, Muhammad. […]

Meta Keeps Big MAGA Accounts on Ban List as Mark Zuckerberg Lobbies Trump

April 11, 2025 Lucas Nolan via Breitbart News 0

Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly lobbying the Trump administration to drop a pivotal FTC case against the company, in what would amount to a major political favor for Meta. Despite Zuckerberg’s multiple olive branches to the Turmp administration, a number of high-profile, pro-MAGA voices are still banned on Meta’s Facebook and […]

How Taxpayer-Funded Censorship Tools Could Manipulate What Americans See About Vaccines, Raw Milk, And More

April 8, 2025 Logan Washburn via The Federalist 0

The U.S. government funded various online censorship tools, some of which went missing after President Donald Trump took office. Others, however, are still operating today — potentially limiting what Americans see online, especially regarding health issues. […]

A battle over religion and schools in Oklahoma could decide the future of the First Amendment

April 4, 2025 Lawrence Hurley via NBC News 4

Under Walters’ watch, the state approved the first ever religious virtual public charter school, a provocative move that is now before the Supreme Court, which will hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the move next month. He has also proposed placing Bibles in schools, a move that was recently blocked by the state Supreme Court, and is seeking to add more Christian-related themes to the curriculum, including information about the Ten Commandments. […]

How Big Pharma’s Favorite Ad Agency Helped Create NewsGuard

April 1, 2025 FFO Staff via Foundation for Freedom Online 1

Studies show NewsGuard’s ratings are heavily skewed against anti-establishment media sources. Its advertiser exclusion lists include some of the most prominent destinations for non-mainstream news, including Newsmax, Breitbart News, The Federalist, and One America News. While conservative websites bear the brunt, left-wing websites with an anti-establishment, anti-war tendency, like Consortium News, have also found themselves on NewsGuard’s blacklists.

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‘It ALL comes back to Obama’: Mike Benz details deep state use of propaganda on Americans

March 29, 2025 Chris Donaldson via BizPac Review 1

We’re up against a much actually deeper, darker problem with this USAID scandal,” Benz told Rogan. “And as people will see increasingly the, the scandals that will break open at the Pentagon and the State Department,“ which is that we have a Smith-Mundt problem for funding and operations, it’s not just propaganda.” […]

Mollie Hemingway Delivers Masterclass Explainer On The ‘Government-Funded’ War On Free Speech

March 27, 2025 Shawn Fleetwood via The Federalist 1

Throughout her opening statement, The Federalist’s editor-in-chief highlighted how the federal and state governments have “fund[ed] and promote[d] censorship and blacklisting technology,” and have even gone as far as to “direct Big Tech companies to censor American speech and debate.” […]

Biden admin’s ‘vast censorship enterprise’ with help of NGOs slated for key hearing, lawmaker says

March 25, 2025 Julia Johnson via Fox News 1

“The Biden Administration created a vast censorship enterprise, comprised of a sprawling network of federal agencies and NGOs that have been working overtime to censor Americans’ speech. From special reporting portals to the White House press secretary admitting at the podium that they were flagging posts to be taken down, the level of coordination to subvert the First Amendment and remove disfavored speech was beyond what most imagined,” the Missouri senator told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement previewing the hearing. […]

America First Legal Exposes Censorship Scheme by USAID and Global Engagement Center, Working With UK Government and Media Firms, to Use AI Censorship Tools

March 22, 2025 America First Legal 1

“The partnership between USAID and the Global Engagement Center is bad news for the American people. Add in the fact that they were coordinating with internet censorship enforcers at NewsGuard and Poynter, and you can start to see just how dangerous this unholy alliance is for free speech and free expression. Thankfully, the GEC is shuttered and USAID is being exposed — but lawmakers should take note of this example as they consider legislation to ensure the federal government actually serves American principles and interests,” said Andrew Block., America First Legal Senior Counsel […]