Päivi Räsänen
Stories
Capitol Hill Hears the Cost of Speaking Freely Online in Europe
In Washington, they watched a continent trade liberty for censorship and call it progress. Now, that threat is coming across the Atlantic in the form of online censorship laws.
Free Speech Advocates Warn EU’s Digital Services Act Enables Pan-European Censorship and Threatens Political Dissent
Critics warn the EU’s Digital Services Act could transform online regulation into a continent-wide system of state-sanctioned speech control.
US Condemns Prosecution of Finnish Lawmaker Over Bible Verse Tweet
The State Department’s intervention marks a new phase in America’s resistance to Europe’s creeping speech controls.
Inside the Brussels Showdown Over Europe’s Speech Police
In Brussels, speakers cast the DSA not as reform but as Europe’s most sophisticated tool yet for silencing dissent.
Finnish Supreme Court Considers Twitter Bible Verse Case in Fight for Religious Freedom
The Finnish Supreme Court’s landmark decision on religious expression could redefine freedom of speech amid growing concerns over state censorship.
Finland’s “Hate Speech” Prosecutor Appeals Against Ruling That Lawmaker’s Bible Quote Tweets Are Free Speech
The prosecutor says hate speech laws were broken.
Finnish Politician’s Bible Quote on Facebook Lands Her With a “Hate Crime” Investigation
Congresswoman Räsänen had posted a status update criticizing the Church’s participation in LGBT events along with a picture of Romans 1:24-27 from the Bible.
