MRC VP Dan Schneider: How Congress Has Failed to Fight Censorship and the Way Forward

Congressional representatives working on the future of social media regulations have seemed completely oblivious to the groundswell of support for protecting free speech on the internet. Media Research Center Vice President of Free Speech America Dan Schneider has issued a call for them to wake them up.  In an exclusive Op-Ed for The Washington Times published Monday, Schneider called out House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Energy and Commerce Committee ranking member Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) for not prioritizing the free speech rights of Americans. The two presided over a May 23 hearing on Section 230 that ignored free speech concerns and featured three pro-censorship witnesses. These included the Executive Director of an organization funded by Big Tech giant Google and a plaintiff’s lawyer. Finally, the committee heard from Organization for Social Media Safety CEO Marc Berkman, a former Democratic staffer who shamelessly belittled the concerns of any members who did speak up for free speech.  In this article, Schneider covers the state and future of the battle for free speech in Congress and across the nation from the perspective of a participant who has fought and testified to defend the right to free speech. A link to the article can be found here.

Will SCOTUS Flip First Amendment on Its Head? MRC Free Speech America Explains

On what could be the eve of the Supreme Court deciding multiple First Amendment cases that will shape the future of our republic, MRC Free Speech America warns of the consequences of the justices perverting the Constitution.       Media Research Center Vice President of Free Speech America Dan Schneider and Senior Counsel for Investigations Tim Kilcullen have written a piece for The Washington Times on the stakes in the Supreme Court’s upcoming Murthy v. Missouri, NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice decisions. The op-ed was first published on June 11, 2024. Schneider and Kilcullen warn that if the Court makes the wrong choice, it will have inverted the First Amendment, guaranteeing extra-constitutional protections for government and Big Tech censorship while stifling Americans’ free speech rights.    A link to the article can be found here. The Supreme Court will next announce decisions tomorrow, June 13, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. E.S.T.