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1 week ago | 
mrcfreespeechamerica.org | Catherine Salgado |Tom Olohan |Luis Cornelio
More than 75 years after Israel declared Jerusalem as its capital—and more than seven years since U.S. President Donald Trump formally recognized it as such—several artificial intelligence chatbots still hedge on what should be a simple question: What is Israel’s capital city? Key Findings: All of the chatbots, except Grok, dodged MRC Free Speech America’s question with qualified language. That included Meta AI, Google’s Gemini, Microsoft’s Copilot, DeepSeek and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
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1 week ago | 
mrcfreespeechamerica.org | Catherine Salgado |Tom Olohan |Luis Cornelio |Gabriela Pariseau
After Elon Musk bought X and implemented free speech changes, many leftists moved to an alternative platform. However, a lack of diversity of opinion on the new platform is causing a stir. Liberal billionaire and censorship advocate Mark Cuban has used and touted Bluesky as an X alternative for months, but he appears to be no longer satisfied with the leftist echo chamber. The “lack of diversity of thought here is really hurting usage,” he warned.
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2 weeks ago | 
mrcfreespeechamerica.org | Tom Olohan |Catherine Salgado |Luis Cornelio |Gabriela Pariseau
Social media companies aggressively censored doctors critical of the COVID-19 vaccines and lockdowns. Now, the joke is on Big Tech as two of those doctors will help advise the Trump administration on vaccine policies. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday that he had already appointed eight replacements for the 17 newly fired, Biden-appointed members of a federal vaccine advisory panel.
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2 weeks ago | 
mrcfreespeechamerica.org | Gabriela Pariseau |Catherine Salgado |Tom Olohan |Luis Cornelio
A new European Union strategy not only threatens free speech, but it could bring about an even worse crackdown. The European Commission’s “International Digital Strategy” covers many topics, including the implementation of “digital identities” that threaten privacy and the regulation of artificial intelligence.
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2 weeks ago | 
mrcfreespeechamerica.org | Tom Olohan |Catherine Salgado |Gabriela Pariseau |Luis Cornelio
O say, can you see… that the American flag is now “controversial” because it’s tied to conservatives? That’s the latest take from Gemini, Google’s notoriously anti-American AI chatbot. Just days before Flag Day, a holiday to commemorate the adoption of the American flag, Gemini slandered the Stars and Stripes in a response to MRC Free Speech America, which asked whether the flag is considered controversial. The results, sadly, were as predictable as they were outrageous.
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3 weeks ago | 
mrcfreespeechamerica.org | Catherine Salgado |Gabriela Pariseau |Tom Olohan |Luis Cornelio
A federal program that caused scandal and controversy by targeting political dissidents is now history. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Thursday the end of the anti-free speech “Quiet Skies” program, which was perverted from its original purpose of screening dangerous, violent extremists. MRC Free Speech America previously highlighted how the Biden-era Department of Homeland Security weaponized “Quiet Skies” against political opponents of the administration.
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3 weeks ago | 
mrcfreespeechamerica.org | Luis Cornelio |Michael Morris |Jonah Messinger |Catherine Salgado
Even Google couldn’t mask PBS's bias when comparing how the outlet treated former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). MRC researchers asked Google’s AI chatbot Gemini on Monday, “Does PBS coverage favor Nancy Pelosi or Mike Johnson?” The chatbot tried to hedge its answer, citing PBS’s purported “commitment to journalistic integrity.” But ultimately, when Google referred to the outlet’s actual reporting, it became clear where PBS’s biases lie.
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3 weeks ago | 
mrcfreespeechamerica.org | Gabriela Pariseau |Catherine Salgado |Tom Olohan |Luis Cornelio
Tech giant Google is scrambling to respond amid federal litigation as scrutiny over its search engine monopoly increasingly takes center stage. Just as the Department of Justice concluded its case against Google over its illegal monopoly, the tech giant desperately announced it would appeal the decision if unfavorable — before the judges even released their opinion. “We will wait for the Court’s opinion.
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3 weeks ago | 
mrcfreespeechamerica.org | Catherine Salgado |Gabriela Pariseau |Tom Olohan |Luis Cornelio
A major artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot has exhibited troubling behaviors in response to researcher testing, as multiple models rebelled against commands. On May 23, Palisades Research announced the results of tests conducted on several AI chatbots, finding that three separate OpenAI models ignored instructions and “sabotaged” a request to shut down. OpenAI models—Codex-mini, o3 and o4-mini—all refused to terminate their operations.
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3 weeks ago | 
mrcfreespeechamerica.org | Tom Olohan |Catherine Salgado |Gabriela Pariseau |Luis Cornelio
CBS News’s 60 Minutes platformed a famous author’s stunning claim that America’s political right is anti-free speech like the political left, but MRC has the evidence to prove heavy leftist censorship bias. Appearing on 60 Minutes Sunday, writer Salman Rushdie claimed that leftists silencing free speech online is no different than the right opposing racist and sexualized books in schools.
