Speech
Canada Issues Further Blow To Free Speech, Forces Even Podcast Platforms To Register With The Government
More government control over speech.
The CDC Awards $260 Million Contract For Disease Surveillance
Such programs include social media surveillance.
The Supreme Court Will Hear The Case On Florida and Texas Banning Big Tech From Censoring Citizens
The United States Supreme Court has agreed to review the legitimacy of two landmark laws from Texas and Florida aimed at preventing tech giants from censoring content posted on their platforms. This decision has been rightly hailed as potentially resulting in a pivotal constitutional judgment o
Biden Criticizes Online “Misinformation,” Compares The Internet To The Unregulated Printing Press
President Biden is currently pushing back against an injunction that blocked him from censoring online speech.
UN Urges Governments and Platforms To Implement Its Guidelines For Censoring “Misinformation,” and “Hate”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last week addressed a high-level meeting in New York City to detail the ideas around preparing for “the next pandemic.” In his remarks – although he had the good sense to first address issues related to actual diseases – Guterres also prominently urges gove
EU Commissioner Věra Jourová Threatens X Over “Disinformation” and Tells Big Tech “We Expect More”
While declaring that it wants to combat, among other kinds, “pro-Kremlin disinformation,” the EU is acting suspiciously, and ironically, like the Kremlin of yore: there are arbitrary accusations flying around against (this time social) media, and of course, there are threats. One by one, major
Anti-Deepfake Law Proposal Threatens Memes and Parody
There is a new legislative proposal, the DEEPFAKES Accountability Act, re-introduced by a Democrat, that seeks to criminalize the use of a certain type of generative AI content. Creators targeted here would be those who fail to label their work as required by the bill, namely, as “malicious dee
Amicus Brief Supports The Babylon Bee Against New York’s “Hateful Conduct” Law
Attorneys from the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) have supported the satire news site, The Babylon Bee, with a friend-of-the-court brief filed in the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. This action comes in the wake of New York’s contentious online censorship law, which effectively force
UK Media Regulator Investigates GB News
Positioning itself as supporting free speech and anti-censorship, something that has several times been brought into question – though it is at least more so than other news outlets, GB News is currently wrestling with the UK’s media regulator Ofcom over what many see as the hand of censorship
Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown Calls For Media Crackdown in GB News Free Speech Controversy
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has ignited a debate over freedom of speech and potential censorship within the media. Brown specified that and commentators Dan Wootton and Laurence Fox should be barred from broadcasting, according to statements made during his interview with Sophy R
Rumble Launches #SupportFreeSpeech Campaign In Response To Media Pressure
An open call to creators to stand for free speech.
X CEO Linda Yaccarino Is “Successfully” Censoring “Lawful But Awful” Speech, Interview Reveals
The CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino, is once again plunged into a conversation surrounding the principles of free speech, shedding light on her standpoints which seem to contain inconsistencies. Yaccarino, in her conversation with the Financial Times, appeared initially to champion the concept of fre