Speech
Texas Woman Arrested for Facebook Post About Town Water Quality
A Texas town used a bomb-threat law to jail a mom who posted about brown water the city later admitted was undrinkable.
Hawaii to Pay Up After Trying to Criminalize Political Memes
Hawaii’s taxpayers now owe six figures because their state tried to make certain memes illegal.
Florida Pays $485K to Biologist Fired Over Charlie Kirk Post
A shorebird biologist’s firing over a private Instagram post turned into one of the sharpest federal tests of government employee speech rights in years.
South Carolina’s New Social Media Law Puts Every User Under Age Surveillance
A bill sold as child protection builds the legal framework for surveilling every user in the state.
Incoming Chief of UK Speech Regulator Takes Aim at VPNs
The incoming Ofcom chair’s to-do list includes treating VPNs as obstacles, demanding new powers over YouTube, and asking the Treasury for a bigger budget.
Merkel Urges EU to Keep Regulating Social Media Speech
The architect of Germany’s original internet censorship law now wants the whole continent to stop worrying and learn to love the delete button.
Big Tech Backs Colorado OS-Level Age Data Bill
Apple and Google would become the state-appointed gatekeepers of every Coloradan’s age data and their lobbyists are pushing hard for the privilege.
Canada’s Military Punished Whistleblowers Who Flagged Illegal COVID Speech Monitoring
Six years later, the legal vacuum that made domestic surveillance possible hasn’t moved an inch.
X Agrees to Review Illegal “Hate” Within 48 Hours Under UK Online Safety Act
The platform that once called Ofcom’s approach “overreach” just handed it a 48-hour content removal pipeline with quarterly audits.
TikTok Removes Reform UK Campaign Video Using Online Safety Act “Hate” Censorship Rules
The law Parliament sold as a shield for children just became a sword against a political campaign.
Britain Decides Viral Protest Clips Need Prosecutors
Your chant at a march is now judged not by the crowd around you but by how a stranger might feel watching a clip of it online.
Ofcom and the Fantasy of Global Speech Control
The British speech regulator proved it doesn’t understand the internet.