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Oct 28, 2024 | 
dailysignal.com | Kara Frederick |Daniel Cochrane
Four years ago this month, the FBI worked with Facebook and Twitter to suppress a New York Post story detailing the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop, just weeks before the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Today, on the eve of another contentious election, America could see a repeat of what federal District Court Judge Terry Doughty called the “most massive attack against free speech in United States’ history.”The FBI knew Hunter Biden’s laptop was authentic in November 2019.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
conservativereview.com | Daniel Cochrane
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
theblaze.com | Daniel Cochrane
Texas lawmakers have launched what may prove to be the most extensive probe of Big Tech election manipulation to date. While still in its early stages, the investigation could uncover further damning evidence of Big Tech’s election interference as Americans prepare to head to the polls this November.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Hans von Spakovsky |Daniel Cochrane
When government and Big Tech collude to censor speech online, Americans should not be at the mercy of lengthy and uncertain litigation to vindicate their rights. After government officials like former White House advisers Rob Flaherty and Andy Slavitt repeatedly harangued platforms such as Facebook to censor Americans who contested the government’s narrative on COVID-19 vaccines, Missouri and Louisiana sued. They claimed that the practice violates the First Amendment.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
dailysignal.com | Daniel Cochrane
A House panel held a hearing last month examining how the Biden White House colluded with Big Tech platforms to censor speech about COVID-19 and the 2020 presidential election. Exposing these past abuses was a good start for the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. But now, the same forces are reforming to impose a new digital censorship regime ahead of this fall’s elections.
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May 29, 2024 | 
heritage.org | Daniel Cochrane
Testimony before the Texas Senate Committee on State AffairsMay 29, 2024Daniel CochraneSenior Research Associate, Tech Policy CenterThe Heritage FoundationChairman Hughes, Vice-Chair Paxton, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on this important topic. My name is Daniel Cochrane, and I am a senior research associate in the Tech Policy Center at The Heritage Foundation. In my testimony today, I will focus on two key points.
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May 7, 2024 | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Hans von Spakovsky |Daniel Cochrane
Congress made the right decision last month when it voted overwhelmingly to require TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest from the app. But there’s more work to be done. TikTok is a Chinese Communist Party propaganda and espionage asset with tremendous ability to shape political discourse, and it intends to sabotage America’s democracy at every turn.
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May 1, 2024 | 
nypost.com | Hans von Spakovsky |Daniel Cochrane
People vote at a polling place set up inside the City College of San Francisco's Mission Center location during the Super Tuesday primary election in San Francisco, California. REUTERS In less than six months, Americans will head to the polls.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
dailysignal.com | GianCarlo Canaparo |Daniel Cochrane
Do you think that the following statements violate LinkedIn’s policy forbidding speech that is based on prejudice, discrimination, or stereotypes about “inherent traits” or religious affiliation? [Africans] have never been civilized![Muslims] control the media. There are too many [black] women in this industry. Most [black] people have an uncontrollable urge to control [white] bodies. All [black] children have been indoctrinated since birth. You [black people] are all far worse than your ancestors.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
dailysignal.com | Daniel Cochrane
Kids’ social media safety is at a crossroads in Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis is considering whether to sign HB 1, which—if it becomes law—would become the new national gold standard for protecting kids online. Critics claim that the bill, which the Florida legislature approved on Feb. 22, is inconsistent with privacy and parental rights, but their concerns don’t pass muster. The governor has until Friday to decide whether to sign it.
