Media
London Times Condemns Shadow Censorship While Quietly Endorsing Selective Speech Control
The Times warns against shadow censors but keeps its own spotlight dim when choosing who to muzzle.
Canada’s PM Mark Carney Revives Online Censorship Agenda
Carney inherits Trudeau’s plans.
FTC Escalates Probe Into Media Matters Over Alleged Collusion in Advertiser Boycott of X Platform
The FTC’s scrutiny threatens to unmask the alleged backroom choreography behind corporate brand safety decisions.
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.
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.
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.
US House Judiciary Committee Warns EU and Poland’s Tusk Government Over Censorship Threat to US Free Speech
Poland’s crackdown on dissent collides with EU silence, sending shockwaves through the global rules of online speech.
Wikipedia Challenges UK’s Online Censorship Laws
Wikipedia is fighting to keep regulation away from the unpaid workforce that powers its platform.
Spain Blackouts Prompt EU Push for More Censorship Under “Preparedness Strategy” Citing “Disinformation” Threats
As Europe grapples with failing power grids, officials would rather prep you for the apocalypse than fix the wiring.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Luiz Edson Fachin Renews Push for Regulation of Online Speech and “Fake News” Amid Press “Freedom” Forum
By recasting free expression as a threat, Fachin opens the door for power to define the boundaries of truth.
UK: Ofcom Appoints “Experts” to Advisory Committee on “Disinformation” Under New Censorship Law
A committee of speech-policing veterans now holds the keys to defining “harm” under one of the UK’s most sweeping internet laws.
BILD Politics Chief Slams New German Coalition’s Free Speech Crackdown as Establishment’s Bid to Regain Control Over Online Discourse
The state tightens its grip on speech not to protect truth, but to police who gets to speak it.