America’s biggest corporations have a lot to answer for, particularly when it comes to their blatant collusion against conservative voices. Imagine if a congressional investigation revealed that 90% of America’s ad infrastructure had been actively censoring minority business owners, denying them services unless they stayed within “acceptable” boundaries. There would be outrage—and rightly so. But the real scandal isn’t about race; it’s about the targeted censorship of conservative media and viewpoints.
Enter the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM). Formed in response to concerns about extremist content, GARM quickly devolved into a corporate tool for silencing conservative outlets. It claimed to fight terrorism and other “harmful” online content, but emails from GARM’s leadership reveal its real agenda: shutting down conservative voices. GARM’s leader, Ron Rakowitz, openly criticized companies for failing to censor right-wing ads and even bashed the Constitution itself.
The House Judiciary Committee’s report exposed GARM for what it was—an effort to “demonetize certain viewpoints” and manipulate consumer choices. Worse, it may have violated federal antitrust laws. Seeing the damage GARM inflicted on his platform, X, Elon Musk launched a lawsuit against the organization. Despite this, the damage had already been done, and the bias was entrenched.
Many corporations joined GARM, turning their platforms into political tools. Amazon has been known to censor books challenging the left’s narratives. Bank of America has targeted Christian nonprofits. While quick to censor conservatives, Microsoft and its subsidiaries ignore inflammatory rhetoric from their board members. This selective outrage is proof that GARM’s agenda was never about “brand safety”—it was about silencing conservative voices.
Conservatives need to wake up. We must hold these corporations accountable through shareholder activism and transparency demands. The corporate world is counting on us to forget their biases. It’s time to remind them that American consumers and shareholders won’t stand for political collusion disguised as corporate policy.
This post originally appeared at https://www.phyllisschlafly.com/constitution/corporate-america-hates-conservatives/
Phyllis Schlafly