UK
UK Commons Passes Bill to Electronically Tag Protesters That Haven’t Been Convicted of a Crime
Sweeping new surveillance proposal.
“Only Women Have a Cervix” – Biomedical Scientist Is Barred From Profession Over Twitter Posts
The UK lacks free speech protections.
PayPal Backtracks on Fining Users for “Misinformation,” Calls It an “Error”
But it remains to be seen if PayPal will punish users in other ways, like closing accounts.
Speech Police: UK Writer Caroline Farrow Arrested, Accused of Posting “Offensive” Message Online
Despite government’s proposals to stop it, British citizens are still being arrested over alleged speech offenses.
PayPal to Expand Its Speech Restriction Rules in November
An updated policy that pulls financial services from those that don’t adhere to its arbitrary speech limitations.
Ko-Fi Unpublishes Page of UK Women’s Rights Group
Another UK campaign group has one of its donation pages shut down.
Apple Removes Russian App VK and Others From App Store After UK Sanctions
Popular Russian social networks and communications apps are starting to be removed.
The Digital Dollar Will Not Be Anonymous, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Says
Erasing the anonymity of physical cash and privacy-focused cryptocurrencies.
UK Lawmakers Want to Block PayPal From Shutting Down Accounts Over Political Ideology
PayPal is closing accounts for what it believes is “misinformation.”
UK Broadcasters and Streamers Challenge the Monarchy Over Access to Queen’s Mourning Period Footage
The rights to retain and use footage.
Meta’s Nick Clegg Says the Company Risks Being “the Greatest Industrial-Scale Censor Ever in Human History”
Yet the platform continues to censor opinions.