Stop Big Tech from rigging another election.
In this report, we make the case that Big Tech censorship, particularly when it suppresses election-related information and political expression, is a real and present danger to our entire system of representative government.
Our case rests on three simple arguments
Big Tech is powerful.
These are the most influential companies in the world, they are monopolies, and they have an outsized influence on our politics. They have effectively become the new public square.
Big Tech is biased.
We go to great lengths to show how these companies favor Democrats over Republicans, not only in their content moderation policies, but also in their political contributions.
Big Tech interfered.
We highlight exactly what these companies did and how they ultimately determined the outcome of the 2020 election.
How Big Tech Blocked a Critical News Story
October 14th, 2020
The New York Post publishes two stories written by Emma-Jo Morris and Gabrielle Fonrouge: “Hunter Biden emails show leveraging connections with his father to boost Burisma pay,” and “Smoking gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad.”
October 14th, 2020
Facebook’s fact-checker announces a probe on the Hunter Biden story published in the New York Post. This resulted in suppression of the story.
October 14th, 2020
Twitter suspends the New York Post’s account until the New York Post deletes the original story. The Post refuses.
October 14th, 2020
Twitter censors Michael Coudrey for posting the Post’s Hunter Biden story.
October 14th, 2020
Twitter blocks users from sending the NY Post story to each other via direct message.
October 14th, 2020
Media Research Center’s Curtis Houck has his Twitter account restricted after trying to share the Post’s story.
October 15th, 2020
Conservative commentator Jack Posobiec was locked out of his Twitter account for sharing a meme based on the New York Post Report by JoMorris and Fonrouge
October 15th, 2020
Bryan Passifiume, a Toronto Sun reporter, has his Twitter account censored after trying to share the Post’s story.
October 15th, 2020
Twitter censors Sebastian Gorka for posting about the New York Post story.
October 16th, 2020
Facebook and Twitter finally allow the sharing of the New York Post story. A Twitter spokesman confirmed that the company would now allow the link to the New York Post article to be shared because the information had spread across the internet and could no longer be considered private. Despite publicly saying this, the New York Post’s Twitter account remained locked, and sharing the article was still made difficult through other methods.
October 27th, 2020
The House Judiciary GOP Twitter account was censored when trying to share an article detailing Congressman Jim Jordan’s confirmation of the New York Post’s story.
October 28th, 2020
Jack Dorsey falsely tells Senator Ted Cruz that anyone could share the New York Post’s story.
October 30th, 2020
Twitter lifts suspension on the New York Post’s account.
November 30th, 2020
Facebook removes post linking to story on Pamela Geller’s website about Hunter Biden’s ties to China.
March 25th, 2021
Jack Dorsey says blocking Post’s Hunter Biden story was ‘total mistake.’
June 16, 2021
The National Pulse had its article about Hunter Biden taken down by Facebook.
August 17th, 2021
Facebook deletes ForAmerica’s post about newly leaked Hunter Biden photos.
September 15th, 2021
FEC says Twitter acted “lawfully” in restricting the New York Post’s article.