The United Kingdom is increasingly bearing a resemblance to an anti-free speech dictatorship straight out of a George Orwell novel, especially with its latest move, as one independent journalist critiqued.
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The Trump White House signaled it may consider granting asylum to Europeans targeted for their free speech.
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Legal scholar Jonathan Turley emphasized the importance of viewing free speech as a fundamental human right amid a hailstorm of false definitions.
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America First Legal (AFL) released documents reportedly showing coordination between the U.S. and U.K. governments and biased private entities to suppress online free speech.
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Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi broke the news that the censorship outfit Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) allegedly misrepresented itself to the IRS to gain tax-exempt status.
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A United Kingdom lawmaker proposed a communist Chinese-style social credit score. Wake up, West!
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A former police officer won his U.K. Court of Appeal challenge to “hate incidents” guidance from the College of Policing in a big victory for free speech.
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Who would you trust more for a medical opinion: LinkedIn or a cardiologist? Well, according to LinkedIn, you should trust it. The job networking platform reportedly removed an interview of cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra for discussing an alleged…
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A proposed law in the United Kingdom (U.K.) would reportedly regulate social media like a “hazard industry,” with new methods of censorship. Free speech advocates should be concerned.
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So much for the facts. A U.K.-based fact-checking outlet financed by liberal billionaire George Soros tried as early as February 2020, to swat down the idea that COVID-19 had leaked from a laboratory in communist China.
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, admitted he doesn’t know much about the First Amendment, but that didn’t stop him from calling it “bonkers” and blaming social media platforms for trying to “redefine what free speech means.” The Duke of Sussex…
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Twitter does not seem to have a direct answer as to whether or not it has reduced visibility for President Donald Trump’s Twitter account. Twitter’s U.K. Head of Government, Public Policy and Philanthropy, Katy Minshall, was asked by MP Clive Efford…
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Foreign governments are preparing to crack down on social media monopolies. An English House of Commons committee, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, released a report claiming Facebook’s flaws were “risking the U.K.’s democracy.”
