Political controversy
Big Tech censorshipAtlas
Media & Information · Censorship & suppression
Competing accounts of whether major platforms function as de facto public-square censors—including via government outreach—versus private moderators enforcing house rules without becoming state actors.
Open the caseInvolved
event
Big-Tech Censorship Forum (DOJ Antitrust Division)
concept
content moderation
document
Digital Services Act
organization
European Commission
government agency
Federal Trade Commission
organization
Google / YouTube
document
Google leaks (Vorhies book)
document
Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck
person
Mark Zuckerberg
organization
Meta Platforms
document
Reed v. Town of Gilbert
concept
state action doctrine (platforms)
organization
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
organization
Supreme Court of the United States
government agency
U.S. Department of Justice
government agency
U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
government agency
U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee
organization
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
organization
X (Twitter)
person
Zach Vorhies