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Newsmax Didn’t Like Its NewsGuard Rating, So The FTC Attacked NewsGuard, And Now NewsGuard Is Suing
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
We’ve written a few times now about how the GOP’s “free speech warriors” have been waging an absolutely absurd campaign against NewsGuard, a company whose entire business model is… expressing opinions about the reliability of news sources. You know, speech. T…
Feb 20, 2026, 5:25 PM
FCC reject claims of censorship, announces probe into US show The View
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
Federal Communications Commission faces backlash after comedian Stephen Colbert blamed its rules for scuttled interview.
Feb 18, 2026, 10:27 PM
The ‘Most Massive Attack On Free Speech’ Is Happening Right Now, And The Twitter Files Crew Is Mighty Quiet
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
For the last five years, we had to endure an endless, breathless parade of hyperbole regarding the so-called “censorship industrial complex.” We were told, repeatedly and at high volume, that the Biden administration flagging content for review by social medi…
Feb 18, 2026, 5:28 PM
The FCC (probably) didn’t censor Stephen Colbert
Christian Paz, Vox
For the 12 of us who woke up Tuesday morning wondering what we had missed on Monday’s late-night shows, CBS greeted us with a concerning development. Overnight, Stephen Colbert had laid into his network, dedicating time at the top of The Late Show to claim th…
Feb 18, 2026, 5:08 PM
Stephen Colbert Says CBS Bowed to FTC Pressure, Dropped Interview With Democrat
Ece Yildirim, Gizmodo.com
Here's the interview that CBS and the FTC don't want you to see.
Feb 17, 2026, 5:35 PM
Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us
Jeremy Busby, The Intercept
The government wants to make it illegal to possess literature it deems dangerous — a familiar tactic to this incarcerated writer. The post Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us appeared first on The Intercept.
Feb 16, 2026, 11:00 AM
TikTok creators flock to UpScrolled app after U.S. takeover. Here's why
CBC News
Thousands of creators are deleting TikTok and flocking elsewhere just days after a change in ownership and mounting claims of widespread censorship and shadowbanning, or reduced reach, on the app.
Feb 7, 2026, 9:00 AM
Researchers say no evidence of TikTok censorship, but they remain wary
Bobby Allyn, NPR
Posts have been going viral on social media accusing TikTok's new owners of suppressing content, but eight academics examined the issue and found no evidence to support the claims.
Feb 4, 2026, 11:16 PM
TikTok Raises U.S. Censorship Fears After Messages About Jeffrey Epstein Are Blocked
Miles Klee, Rolling Stone
After Trump-connected investors took a controlling stake in the U.S. version of the app, users have claimed that it's suppressing political topics
Jan 27, 2026, 9:36 PM
TikTok Swears It Didn’t Ban Sharing the Name ‘Epstein,’ as Gavin Newsom Announces Investigation
Bruce Gil, Gizmodo.com
The scrutiny follows a rocky first week under new U.S. ownership./
Jan 27, 2026, 5:30 PM
All the ways TikTok is broken: here’s what’s real and what’s not
Richard Lawler, The Verge
While social media rumors have suggested the errors are examples of censorship, more than a day after the issues began, TikTok USDS says the problems are the result of a power outage at a data center that it is working to resolve. Rumors of censorship targeti…
Jan 27, 2026, 2:10 AM
Trump’s ‘Free Speech’ Presidency Racked Up 200 Censorship Attempts In Its First Year
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
We’ve said it before, and we’ll keep saying it because apparently it needs repeating: Donald Trump is not a free speech president. He just plays one on TV while doing the exact opposite behind the scenes. And in front of the scenes. And basically everywhere. …
Jan 16, 2026, 8:11 PM
The EU Fired Their Censor. Ours Kept His Job
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
The Trump administration has spent months shrieking about EU “censorship” while actively censoring people themselves. While I’ve long been a critic of parts of the DSA, Americans—particularly MAGA officials—keep crying wolf over the DSA’s non-censorial aspect…
Jan 13, 2026, 5:32 PM
The Truth About Europe’s Regulation of Digital Platforms
Bertrand Badré, Project Syndicate
US President Donald Trump claims that Europeans are engaging in "censorship" when they require digital platforms to be transparent about their algorithms and to remove already illegal content. With the US recently barring entry to five Europeans it accuses of…
Jan 2, 2026, 2:42 PM
Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick, Ms.now
In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country — because it doesn’t like their speech.
Dec 27, 2025, 11:00 AM
U.S. bars Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
The Associated Press, NPR
The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.
Dec 24, 2025, 6:48 AM
US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
FATIMA HUSSEIN, Yahoo Entertainment
The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American...
Dec 23, 2025, 9:45 PM
The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband
Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge
Yesterday, Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News, censored a segment of its newsmagazine 60 Minutes about men who had been deported to an El Salvador prison. Today, it's popping up online. 60 Minutes had already begun promoting the now-censored segm…
Dec 23, 2025, 12:06 AM
Trump’s Plan to Corrupt the Media Is Starting to Work
Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic
CBS pulled a critical story after the president complained about the network’s coverage.
Dec 22, 2025, 8:06 PM
Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Will Now Control What TikTok Users See
Sunjeev Bery, The Intercept
Users need to revolt against what will very likely be an even more widespread effort to censor voices critical of Israel. The post Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Will Now Control What TikTok Users See appeared first on The Intercept.
Dec 21, 2025, 9:14 PM
Your Job Was Stopping CSAM? Trump Says No Visa For You!
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
You want to see actual government censorship in action? And have it done by people claiming they’re doing it to stop censorship? Check out last week’s revelation (originally reported by Reuters) that the US State Department will now start denying H-1B visas f…
Dec 8, 2025, 8:21 PM
A Journalist Reported From Palestine. YouTube Deleted His Account Claiming He’s an Iranian Agent
Jonah Valdez, Nikita Mazurov, The Intercept
YouTube offered multiple explanations for deleting the account of Robert Inlakesh, who covered Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. The post A Journalist Reported From Palestine. YouTube Deleted His Account Claiming He’s an Iranian Agent appeared first on Th…
Dec 7, 2025, 11:00 AM
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
Shannon Bond, NPR
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
Dec 4, 2025, 10:22 PM
BBC Pre-Edits Lecture Calling Trump ‘Most Openly Corrupt President’
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
The BBC is now voluntarily suppressing criticism of Donald Trump before it airs—and the reason is obvious: Trump threatened to sue them into oblivion, and they blinked. Historian Rutger Bregman revealed this week that the BBC commissioned a public lecture fro…
Nov 26, 2025, 6:59 PM