Category: censorship

Ramaswamy Slams ‘Election Interference’ as LinkedIn Censors GOP Candidate Over Comments on China, Climate Change

Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is criticizing social media platform LinkedIn for allegedly interfering with a presidential election as it locked his account over comments he made about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Biden administration, and climate change. “If they can do it to me, they can do it to anyone. It’s remarkable that…


The Woke Cartel and Twitter’s New CEO

Commentary On May 12, 2023, Elon Musk announced that Linda Yaccarino, the now former chairman of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal, would become the new CEO of Twitter. Musk’s appointment of Yaccarino followed an advertiser exodus that caused Twitter’s ad revenue to plummet by more than 60 percent from October 2022 through Jan. 25, 2022, from…


5 Critical Points About America’s Speech Police

Commentary Recently I testified before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability for a vital hearing titled “Censorship Laundering: How the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Enables the Silencing of Dissent.” That hearing centered on the role of DHS sub-agency CISA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in censoring the speech…


How Major Media Outlets Suppressed My COVID Journalism

Commentary The COVID-19 emergency has at last come to an end as even the most restrictive countries—the United States, most recently—have lifted draconian COVID mandates. Freedom has been restored, but the pandemic has left an indelible mark on the bedrock institutions of our society. The corruption of the FDA, CDC, the White House, Big Pharma has been undeniably…


Chinese Regime Fines Talk Show Firm $2 Million for Mocking Chinese Military

China’s communist regime fined a mainland Chinese talk show company around $2 million and suspended its performances indefinitely this week after a comedian was reported by audience members for mocking China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the regime’s military slogan. Observers pointed out that it’s becoming harder for talk show hosts and comedians to survive…


Baroness Fox: Cancel Culture Having a Chilling Effect on Free Speech

Cancel culture is having a “chilling effect” on free speech, Baroness Claire Fox has warned. The author and politician described the growing clampdown on dissenting voices as “censorious.” Speaking to NTD’s Lee Hall on the “British Thought Leaders” programme, Fox told how she’s faced down attempts by critics to have her thrown off events and…


They’re Coming to Take You Away

Commentary Suppose I tell you in advance that the essay you are reading is meant to startle you. And suppose I suggest, by way of demonstration, that two people as loosely connected as the leader of the “COVID Crisis Group” and Joe Biden’s “Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism”—both of whom have recently offered…


Fox News Sued for Defamation by Biden’s Former Disinformation Chief

A former Biden administration official who oversaw a federal initiative against alleged disinformation filed a civil lawsuit against Fox News on Wednesday, alleging that the news outlet defamed her and damaged her career. Nina Jankowicz, former head of the now-disbanded Disinformation Governance Board, alleged in a complaint filed Wednesday that Fox News, via figures like…


Free Speech Is on Its Deathbed in Academia—But Students Will Save It

Commentary While in high school, I dreamed of attending a university where my right to say what I believe would remain sacred. I therefore enrolled at the University of Chicago because of its advertised commitment to unfettered academic inquiry. Upon attending, however, I quickly realized that the famed values upon which the school had been…


Lawmakers Push Bill to Close NYC’s Chinese Consulate

China’s illegal police station in New York City has been shut down, but what about the Chinese consulates? Two lawmakers are pushing for a new bill, aiming to do just that and boot Chinese diplomats out of America. But it wouldn’t be the first time. The Chinese consulate in Houston was shut down under the…