Chesnot / Getty Images Texas AG Launches Investigation Into Big Tech's 'Large-Scale Silencing' of Conservatives Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation into tech companies' censorship policies. By Bradley Stein January 14, 2021
AP Pro-Democracy Website Blocked as Communist China Clamps Down on Freedom in Hong Kong A Hong Kong pro-democracy website was blocked under a strict new national security law. By The Associated Press January 14, 2021
Michael Reynolds / Pool / AP Twitter CEO Breaks Silence, Acknowledges 'Dangerous' Precedent of Banning Trump Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey spoke out after the social media service banned President Trump. By The Associated Press January 13, 2021
Drew Angerer / Getty Images Dual Lawsuits Level Bold New Accusations as States Band Together Against Google States in two lawsuits are taking different legal approaches in the growing effort to crack down on Google. By The Associated Press December 24, 2020
Shutterstock Left-Wing Senator Wants Streaming Companies To Offer Free Subscriptions To Keep People Inside Leave it to a lefty senator to ask major corporations to give away the very things they're in business to sell. By C. Douglas Golden December 20, 2020
PK Studio / Shutterstock Dozens of States Join Forces To Hit Google with Another Major Lawsuit Thirty-eight state attorneys general brought an antitrust lawsuit against Google. By The Associated Press December 17, 2020
Denis Charlet / AFP via Getty Images Twitter's Thought Police To Start Removing Disfavored Claims About Virus, Vaccine Twitter announced that it will begin removing certain claims about the coronavirus pandemic from its site. By The Associated Press December 16, 2020
charnsitr / Shutterstock Major Credit Card Companies Cut Ties with Pornhub After Monetized Child Sex Abuse Comes to Light Mastercard and Visa are ending the use of their cards on Pornhub following a report that the pornography website profits off sexual abuse. By Mary Margaret Olohan December 10, 2020
Stefani Reynolds / Getty Images Sen. Hawley Introduces Bipartisan Bill Holding Pornhub Accountable for Monetizing Sex Abuse Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is sponsoring a bill allowing sexual assault victims to sue websites like Pornhub. By Mary Margaret Olohan December 9, 2020
Jack Taylor / AFP via Getty Images Ben Sasse Demands Probe of Porn Website 'Infested with Rape Videos' Following Sickening Report Sen. Ben Sasse demanded an investigation into Pornhub after a New York Times Op-Ed accused the porn website of profiting off child sex abuse. By Mary Margaret Olohan December 4, 2020