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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
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
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams at social media platforms working to identify and remove coord…
Nov 24, 2025, 5:24 PM
Bipartisan Senators Want To Honor Charlie Kirk By Making It Easier To Censor The Internet
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Democratic Senator Mark Kelly and Republican Senator John Curtis want to gut Section 230 to combat “political radicalization”—in honor of Charlie Kirk, whose entire career was built on political radicalization. Kirk styled himself as a “free speech warrior” b…
Nov 18, 2025, 5:27 PM
Trump, Brendan Carr Threaten To Censor Some More Comedians For The Crime Of Comedy
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Donald Trump and his earlobe nibbler (FCC boss Brendan Carr) are threatening to try and censor some more comedians after their efforts to cancel Jimmy Kimmel went so well (read: not well at all). Over at the right wing white propaganda website formerly known …
Nov 18, 2025, 1:30 PM
Sinclair Broadcasting Posts Huge Quarterly Loss After Jimmy Kimmel Censorship
Karl Bode, Techdirt
You might recall that right wing propaganda broadcaster Sinclair Broadcasting recently tripped over its own ass after working with the Trump administration to try and censor Jimmy Kimmel for criticizing the President. The flood of outrage at the Disney/FCC/AB…
Nov 13, 2025, 1:28 PM
Republicans Claimed Biden Censored YouTube. 20 Employees Seem to Say Otherwise
Makena Kelly, Wired
Lawyers for Alphabet, Youtube's parent company, recently alleged that the Biden administration tried to “influence” the company. Interviews with employees don't appear to support their claim.
Oct 31, 2025, 3:55 PM
Meta repents again to Republicans in hearing over moderation, while Google stands its ground
Lauren Feiner, The Verge
At a Senate hearing Wednesday on government censorship of tech platforms, a Meta executive expressed regret to Republican lawmakers for failing to speak out more against the Biden administration's requests that it remove health and election misinformation, in…
Oct 29, 2025, 10:06 PM
Hey Zuck, Remember When You Said You’d Never Again Cave To Government Pressure? About That…
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
You may recall a year or so ago, when Mark Zuckerberg whined to Jim Jordan about how the Biden administration “repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain… content.” Or maybe you remember when he went on Joe Rogan and whined some more about Bi…
Oct 15, 2025, 5:48 PM
Pete Hegseth’s press crackdown is backfiring
Sophia Tesfaye, Salon
Even Fox News is fed up with the Pentagon’s new press restrictions
Oct 15, 2025, 1:05 PM
She posted about Charlie Kirk's death. Within eight hours, she was fired
Huo Jingnan, NPR
Alexandra is one of many people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship."
Oct 11, 2025, 9:00 AM
When He’s Not Busy Censoring Comedians, Brendan Carr Is Eliminating Free Wi-Fi For Poor Rural School Kids
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Brendan Carr has received ample attention for his recent failed attempt to ban a comedian and trample the First Amendment, something he’s facing several fledgling investigations over. But that disaster class in shitty governance shouldn’t overshadow all the o…
Oct 6, 2025, 12:25 PM
DOJ Demands Removal Of ICEBlock App; Why Are The ‘Free Speech Warriors’ Suddenly So Quiet?
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
For years now, the MAGA crowd has been absolutely convinced that the Biden administration engaged in the most egregious censorship campaign in American history. They’ve waved around the Murthy v. Missouri case as proof that Biden officials illegally pressured…
Oct 3, 2025, 6:08 PM
‘South Park’ Tortures FCC Chair Brendan Carr in New Episode
Opheli Garcia Lawler, Cracked.com
It’s pretty clear what Trey Parker and Matt Stone think about television’s top censor
Sep 25, 2025, 4:15 AM
Brendan Carr Is A Shameless Liar: Now Pretending He Didn’t Break The Law And Censor Comedians Critical Of His Dim, Unpopular Boss
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Brendan Carr is fairly typical of a far right wing zealot, in that he has absolutely no compulsion about lying, constantly, about everything. The latest case in point: Brendan Carr is trying to pretend he didn’t abuse FCC power and break the law to try and ce…
Sep 24, 2025, 7:32 PM
YouTube Gives the Right Wing What it Wants, Says Biden Admin ‘Pressed’ it to Remove Content
AJ Dellinger, Gizmodo.com
It'll also reinstate accounts banned for spreading misinformation.
Sep 24, 2025, 1:45 PM