November NewsGuard & Censorship Update
MEDIA
- Elon Musk on X, “We are going after CCDH and their donors” in response to Center for Countering Digital Hate revealing their primary goal is to “Kill Musk’s Twitter” by targeting advertising and leveraging EU regulations.
- Newsmax, Jordan to Newsmax: The Left is Now the ‘Party of Censorship’
- RealClear Investigations, Global Crackdown: How Foreign Censorship Threatens American Free Speech, by Ben Weingarten
- RealClear Politics, The Left Falsely Portrays Disinformation as the Right’s Monopoly, by Peter Berkowitz
- The Federalist, Foreign Censorship Outfit that Advises Kamala Harris Aims to ‘Kill Musk’s Twitter’, by Beth Brelje
- Washington Examiner, A Look at the ‘Shadow Network’ that Censors Dissent and Tried to Destroy Trump, by Mark Judge
- Washington Times, Censorship isn’t the Problem but Government Cover-ups and Censorship Are, by John and Nisha Whitehead
- MRC via Daily Wire, The Left’s Betrayal of the First Amendment, by Brent Bozell and Dan Schneider
- Epoch Times, Uphill Legal Battle for Those Censored on Social Media, by Katie Spence
- The American Conservative, Democrats are a Major Threat to Free Speech; Trump Isn’t; by Jack Hunter
- Compact, How to Fight Tech Censorship, by Branko Marcetic
GOVERNMENT
Federal
- Section 1555 of the 2024 NDAA was intended to prevent advertising agencies that contract with DoD from funding censorship. However, there is little evidence to suggest they are in compliance with this provision or that DoD is enforcing it. Newsmax continues to work with the Speaker and Republican Armed Services Committee members to strengthen Sec. 1555 in the 2025 NDAA as well as include provisions to rein in censorship in the FY 2025 Omnibus. The status of those bills is highly dependent on the outcome of the election.
