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Judge Bars Feds From Pressuring Apple, Facebook Over ICE Alert App
Censorship by phone call is hard to prove. Censorship by press release, it turns out, is not.
Australian Censor Chief Rejects Claims Digital Duty of Care Will Drive Censorship
Australia is asking platforms to police harm without first agreeing on what harm means.
German CDU MPs Seek Climate "Misinformation" List
The motion says opinions should not be banned, then reaches for a database of people who express them.
Australia Considers Letting Users Sue Tech Platforms Over Online "Hate"
Australia’s Digital Duty of Care Bill could let users sue platforms over posts, making free speech a legal liability.
New York Chatbot Law Requires Adults to Verify Their Age
What sounds like child protection also looks like a new speech code for software.
Rhode Island Staffer Could Be Reinstated After Firing Over Ceasefire Post
The First Amendment, the governor’s office learned, does not clock out when the employee does.
European Commission Says TikTok Recommendation Algorithm Breaches Censorship Law
The algorithm’s offense is doing what users asked of it, slightly too well.
Meta, Google, TikTok Challenge California Social Media Restrictions
The lawsuits cite the First Amendment and Section 230 while leaving California age verification intact.
Australia Concedes Social Media Ban Burdens Political Communication
The government’s defense is a remarkably candid admission dressed in constitutional understatement.
45 Attorneys General Urgently Want Congress to Push Platforms Toward Age Checks
Washington is being asked to referee the internet’s most persistent identity check.
Britain’s Online Censorship Law Now Comes With a Crisis Plan for Your Posts
The switch is designed for emergencies, but its definition of one is remarkably elastic.
UK: Police Charge Kellie-Jay Keen Over X Posts
A speech offense with no clear boundary, now aimed at religious criticism.
