Category: censorship

Signal Experiences Massive Growth Following WhatsApp Privacy Terms Change

“Signal” app is experiencing remarkable growth due to concerns over Big Tech’s recent ban on President Donald Trump and other prominent conservative figures. The growth spiked even more after messaging app WhatsApp put into place a controversial privacy terms change, which requires the app to share user data with Instagram and Facebook. Brian Acton, co-founder…


Will Good People Stand By While Censorship Threatens America?

Commentary “You Americans think your system of government is so special,” chided the Ghanian student in my advanced constitutional law seminar at Columbia Law School. “It works more or less the same way in Ghana—except that even as children we knew not to ask what had happened to the other half of our class following…


Video: Dennis Prager—‘This Is the Reichstag Fire, Relived’

On the heels of the breach of the U.S. Capitol, big tech companies have swiftly censored the President, the emerging social media platform Parler was effectively shut down, and there are growing calls for no-fly lists. Does the assault on the Capitol warrant such a response? “We’re living in a gigantic lie that is reminiscent…


Welcome to America’s Managed Democracy

Commentary The populist disruptor, an unapologetic rough diamond, won a surprise victory with massive working-class support. In power, he battled overwhelming odds to keep his campaign promises, such as an anti-war foreign policy, fighting corruption, and challenging media bias. His political enemies within both the partisan opposition and his own government were legion. The bipartisan…


I’m Sounding the Alarm: PRC-Style Censorship Has Arrived in the United States

Commentary Last week, I stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building. Not on Jan. 6, the day of the election fraud protest announced by President Donald Trump, but on Jan. 5, the day before. I stood next to my U.S. House representative, Jim Baird—a Vietnam veteran who has earned two Purple Hearts, a…


Regulate Social Media Like Public Utilities

Commentary Democracy took a big blow when Twitter shut down President Donald Trump’s accounts and Google and Amazon ousted Parler, a site favored by millions of conservatives. Big Tech, which is run by the left, is robbing Americans of their right to communicate freely and exchange ideas. The nation’s founders worried that the government would…


Florida State Rep. Calls on Gov. DeSantis to Divest From Big Tech Over Censorship

Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) is calling on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to divest from Big Tech companies after the tech giants suspended President Donald Trump’s social media accounts and shut down the Parler platform, citing a breach in their “inciting violence” policy related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. “I write today…


I’m Afraid We’re on the Cusp of a Civil War

Commentary America is, unfortunately, ripe for civil war. Everyone is angry and scared, and so many “leaders” are making things worse. I’m reaching out to the Congressional Problems Solvers Caucus, and any other politicians who care more about America than they do about winning elections, to take the steps I prescribe at the end of…


Levin, Bongino, Shapiro Deny Receiving Censorship Memo From Radio Company Owner

Conservative talk radio show hosts Mark Levin, Dan Bongino, and Ben Shapiro have denied receiving an alleged censorship memo from the company that owns the radio stations their shows are aired on. The Washington Post reported on the alleged memo from Cumulus, a syndicate that owns 416 radio stations in the United States, on Jan. 11. The memo…


It’s Not Censorship, It’s a Coordinated Effort

Commentary Big tech, social media, and the press used the violence on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6 as a pretext to purge their platforms of conservative figures and Republican officials, most notably President Donald Trump. Amazon, Apple, and Google conspired to de-platform Parler, regarded as a conservative, or free-speech, alternative to Twitter. Critics of the…