New Age-Verification Systems Seek to Block Underage TikTok Accounts in Europe

New Age-Verification Systems Seek to Block Underage TikTok Accounts in Europe

A new approach will analyse profiles, videos, and user behaviour to identify social media accounts belonging to children under 13.

January 16, 2026
Now Seeking U.S. Asylum, the Critic of Islam Sweden Won’t Protect

Now Seeking U.S. Asylum, the Critic of Islam Sweden Won’t Protect

Sweden’s ruling punishes free expression—effectively enforcing an Islamic blasphemy law.

January 16, 2026
Babiš Secures Confidence Vote as Czech Policy Shift Looms

Babiš Secures Confidence Vote as Czech Policy Shift Looms

The new coalition government has won a confidence vote, paving the way for changes to the Czech Republic’s relationship with the EU.

January 16, 2026
Lucy Connolly Cautioned Online Posts Might Violate Probation Conditions

Lucy Connolly Cautioned Online Posts Might Violate Probation Conditions

Connolly’s reposting of a joke asking Trump to give Starmer the Maduro treatment resulted in a warning letter to the woman who has become a poster child for UK social media censorship.

January 15, 2026
U.S. Appeals Court Ruling Opens Door to Deportation of Pro-Hamas Student Activist

U.S. Appeals Court Ruling Opens Door to Deportation of Pro-Hamas Student Activist

Mahmoud Khalil was detained in March last year and faced deportation after he led illegal student protests at Columbia University in support of Hamas after the October 7 massacres.

January 15, 2026
Senior UK Conservative Jenrick Jumps to Farage’s Party

Senior UK Conservative Jenrick Jumps to Farage’s Party

The defection adds weight to claims that Britain’s political Right is reorganising around a new party with clearer positions on decline, sovereignty and reform.

January 15, 2026
Free Speech Under Fire as Australia Pushes Tough New Hate Laws

Free Speech Under Fire as Australia Pushes Tough New Hate Laws

Civil-liberty advocates and community groups argue the bill grants sweeping discretion to prosecutors and ministers, shifting the focus from intent to perceived offence.

January 15, 2026
Charges Dropped After Asylum Seeker Kills Teen

Charges Dropped After Asylum Seeker Kills Teen

Prosecutors say the suspect was suffering from schizophrenia at the time of the attack and will face preventive psychiatric detention rather than a murder trial.

January 15, 2026
Germany Denies Promoting Abortion Abroad—While Funding Pro-Abortion NGOs

Germany Denies Promoting Abortion Abroad—While Funding Pro-Abortion NGOs

Despite rejecting a global “right to abortion,” Berlin has sent tens of millions of euros to abortion-linked NGOs since 2022

January 15, 2026
UK Tories in Chaos as Jenrick Axed Over Reform Rumours

UK Tories in Chaos as Jenrick Axed Over Reform Rumours

Kemi Badenoch sacks a senior frontbencher after claims he was preparing to jump ship to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

January 15, 2026
Hungary Says No to EU War Funding as Orbán Unveils Petition

Hungary Says No to EU War Funding as Orbán Unveils Petition

The Hungarian prime minister says Brussels wants member states to shoulder the cost of financing Ukraine and is asking voters to push back.

January 15, 2026
Police Shoot Eritrean Man After Knife Attack in German Store

Police Shoot Eritrean Man After Knife Attack in German Store

A 29-year-old with a history of violent crime was shot after threatening officers with a knife, just hours after two men were stabbed in an Ulm electronics shop.

January 15, 2026