Topic: European Convention on Human Rights
The European Convention on Human Rights serves as a framework for protecting individual liberties, including free speech and privacy. However, recent developments highlight ongoing tensions as governments use this framework to impose censorship and surveillance measures, undermining the very rights it aims to protect. The challenges faced by rights groups and the push for greater transparency highlight the need for vigilance in defending these fundamental freedoms.
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“Nothing to Fear” Is Back: The UK High Court Clears Way for Police Facial Recognition
The policy that turns every Oxford Street shopper into a biometric template just got the judicial nod its architects were…
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Italian Court Orders Google to Restore Banned Catholic Blog
An Italian court’s pushback against Google turns a local censorship dispute into a landmark test.
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X Fights Irish Ruling on Content Censorship, Flags Conflict With EU Digital Laws
Ireland’s tiny regulator is punching way above its weight and every platform in Europe is feeling it.
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Free Speech Union Scotland launches this month
Free Speech Union is expanding.
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Rights groups push back against Greece’s “fake news” law
Overreaching.
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UK employers warned forcing vaccine passports in the workplace could be a criminal offense
Digital vaccine passports are one of the latest affronts to civil liberties and, at least in the UK, employers have…
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UK police are still investigating journalists over the Edward Snowden case from 2013
UK’s National Union of Journalists criticized it by saying that reporting about unlawful surveillance was in the public interest.
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Austria is determined to not let people use the internet anonymously
If you leave a comment online, the government want to know who you are.









