Speech
UK Tries to Wield Censorship Laws Globally, Clashing With Gab and Kiwi Farms Over Free Speech and Jurisdiction
Ofcom’s notices to Gab and Kiwi Farms mark the first major test of the UK’s extraterritorial approach to online regulation.
Lawmakers Clash Over KOSA and TAKE IT DOWN Act as Digital Rights Advocates Warn of Censorship
Lawmakers push child safety laws that could gut online anonymity.
State-Approved Truth May Be Making a Comeback in Berlin
Germany’s SPD proposes Medieninnovationsfonds as AfD rises and coalition talks weigh public media funding.
Meta Complies With Brazilian Court Order While Challenging Justice Alexandre De Moraes’s Demand for Journalist’s Instagram Data
Meta complies under protest, signaling a deeper clash over cross-border data demands and unchecked judicial reach.
Judge Dismisses Defamation Lawsuit Against NewsGuard
The judge ruled that subjective ratings, even when damaging, don’t meet the bar for defamation.
Youngkin Says No to AI Speech Police
A bill meant to draw the line on AI in elections thankfully found itself lost in the blur of free speech and fuzzy definitions.
From Blacklist to NIH: Bhattacharya’s Ascent and the Reckoning for the Science™
Silenced for questioning the orthodoxy, Bhattacharya now holds the microphone at the institution that once turned it off.
Rumble to Launch USDT-Powered Wallet Backed by Tether to Revolutionize Creator Monetization and Challenge Big Tech
With USDT payments built in, creators get global reach and full control over their earnings.
Censorship Season Opens as Canada Heads to the Polls
With a tone of urgency wrapped in bureaucratic calm, Canada’s election watchdog teams up with tech giants to patrol the digital frontier of political discourse.
Steven Crowder Leaves YouTube for Rumble Live, Citing Censorship and Surging to #1 in US Live Streams
By cutting ties with YouTube, he’s daring others to question the cost of staying.
When Blocking Piracy Means Breaking the Internet
Italy’s war on piracy veers into digital overkill, drafting Google’s DNS into a censorship crusade that barely knows its targets.
Hillary Clinton vs. the “Autocrats” (Except the Ones Throwing Meme Posters in Jail)
While railing against American autocracy, she stood beneath a slogan borrowed from conspiracy lore, in a country where memes get you raided at dawn.