Online Censorship Blog Posts
60 Minutes’ German Censorship Segment: A Recycled NYT Report?
Recommended Reading / February 21st, 2025 / by Andy Gorel

Ahead of German elections, 60 Minutes aired a segment in which it accompanied German police on raids of those who have committed speech crimes. The feature bears striking resemblance to a 2022 report...
See moreIs Facebook’s Moderation Policy Biased? Here are Meta’s Fact Checking Partners
Recommended Reading / July 9th, 2024 / by Clare Ashcraft

All of Meta's U.S. based fact checking partners have a Left, Lean Left, or Center AllSides Media Bias Rating.
See moreMedia Bias Alert: Center and Left Media Outlets Ignore GOP Report on Federal Government’s 2020 ‘Censorship’ Efforts
Bias / November 9th, 2023 / by Andy Gorel

This week, center and left-rated media outlets showed story choice bias by omission in their lack of coverage on a GOP-led Congressional committee report that claims government agencies, think tanks,...
See moreMore Social Media Censorship Coming as Midterms Approach
Recommended Reading / August 29th, 2022 / by Upward News Editorial Team

The federal government will assist TikTok in promoting "election integrity" and censoring "harmful misinformation" on the app.
See moreRight-Rated Outlets Omit Relevant Context of “Let’s Go Brandon” YouTube Ban
Recommended Reading / November 2nd, 2021 / by Joseph Ratliff

In their coverage of YouTube’s removal of Bryson Gray’s popular rap song “Let’s Go Brandon,” many right-leaning outlets ignored key factors which likely contributed to YouTube’s decision to remove the...
See moreWhen Donald Trump Thinks He Has Been Cancelled
Recommended Reading / July 9th, 2021 / by Dan Schnur

From the Center This view is from an author rated as Center. Donald Trump’s latest attempt at performance art has just arrived, in the form of his announcement of a lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter,...
See moreAllSides Live: Should AllSides Censor Instagram Comments?
News / June 10th, 2021 / by Julie Mastrine

Sharon McMahon, or @SharonSaysSo, joined AllSides CEO John Gable and Director of Marketing Julie Mastrine to discuss civil discourse on our Instagram page.
See moreDemocrats and Republicans Actually Both Support These Free Speech Positions
Common Ground / March 3rd, 2021 / by Jackson Lanzer

Many Americans share the misperception that America is divided on freedom of speech issues. People on different sides disagree about what constitutes hate speech, what types of speech should be protec...
See moreStory of the Week: The Capitol Breach's Vast Repercussions
Story of the Week / January 14th, 2021 / by AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. The violence in Washington D.C. last week, which left five people dead and the U.S. Capitol building vandalized, had other w...
See moreCoverage of Parler Ban Highlights Media Bias
Bias / January 12th, 2021 / by Henry A. Brechter

From the Center This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. News outlets from left to right covered Big Tech’s ban of Parler very differently depending on their media bias rating. The social media a...
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