Speech
Ballerina Wants Applause Not Opinions
The only thing more choreographed than the fight scenes in Ballerina is the studio’s campaign to silence anyone who doesn’t clap on cue.
Inside the Brussels Showdown Over Europe’s Speech Police
In Brussels, speakers cast the DSA not as reform but as Europe’s most sophisticated tool yet for silencing dissent.
UK Regulator and “Kick It Out” Report Calls for Policing and Censorship of Legal Online Speech Under Censorship Law
What counts as harm is no longer measured by law, but by how much it offends the ear of a regulator.
Trump Media’s Truth+ Expands to More Devices in Alternative Media Push
Trump Media expands Truth+ to Roku, Samsung, and LG connected TVs, extending its proprietary streaming platform’s device reach.
Telegram’s Pavel Durov Offers to Testify in Romanian Election Probe, Accuses France of Pressuring Platform to Censor Conservative Voices
Durov’s entry sharpens the focus on digital censorship claims swirling around Romania’s chaotic election.
European Commission Accused of Orchestrating $735M Speech-Control Campaign
Surveillance tech with cheerful names and moral mandates is the new frontier in manufacturing consent.
Supreme Court Overturns Maine’s Censure of Rep. Laurel Libby in Free Speech Ruling Over Trans Athlete Post
Free speech scored a procedural knockout as political etiquette took the count.
MEPs, ADF International, and US Voices Convene to Challenge EU Censorship Law
European lawmakers brace for a showdown over censorship as the DSA faces its fiercest transatlantic scrutiny yet.
Key Group in Government-Linked Censorship Network Boasted of Defunding News Outlets
The real triumph wasn’t in foreign policy but in rebranding domestic censorship as national security strategy.
Trump Signs Take It Down Act
A law signed with ceremony and bipartisan applause, but built on the same brittle scaffolding that once turned copyright into a cudgel.
Independent Media Alliance Launches Decentralized Journalism Portal on Odysee to Bypass Big Tech Censorship
Journalists sidelined by tech giants carve out a sovereign corner of the internet to publish on their own terms.
Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Rejected Pressure to Censor Romanian Conservatives
A covert bid to muzzle Romanian conservatives collides with Telegram’s stance on free speech.