While protections for free speech have begun to improve this year, Big Tech censorship has not let up, with Americans still finding themselves issuing “mayday” alerts as they were silenced or stuck in social media jail in May.

Despite increasing government and media scrutiny, Big Tech refuses to prioritize safeguarding free speech. Even Telegram CEO Pavel Durov found himself silenced by Meta’s Instagram, while YouTube shut down a rapidly growing Canadian channel after an inquiry from taxpayer-funded media. Meanwhile, LinkedIn continued to aggressively control medical discourse and Facebook targeted a religious Christian post. TikTok took aim at dozens of accounts.

Read the full blog on MRC Free Speech America’s site.