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Alternativ för Sverige (AfS) Party Leaders Blocked from Social Media Ahead of Elections

Robert Semonsen September 10, 2022

Ahead of parliamentary elections, Facebook and TikTok have blocked Gustav Kasselstrand, the leader of Alternativ för Sverige (AfS), and Evilina Hahne, one of the party’s Riksdag candidates, from accessing their social media accounts.

Karl May’s Winnetou Draws Eye of the Woke

Tristan Vanheuckelom August 30, 2022

Out of caution not to be seen as inflicting “racist stereotypes” upon consumers or purveying material rife with “cultural appropriation,” German publisher Ravensburger anticipates canceling Winnetou as part of its future offerings.

MEPs Attempt to Ban Pro-Life Lobbyists from EU Parliament

Bridget Ryder July 6, 2022

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión noted that the request to remove pro-life lobbyists was based on the assumption that abortion is a fundamental human right, though it has never been enshrined as such in European law.

British Government Fires Imam Over Support for Film Ban

Tristan Vanheuckelom June 18, 2022

The Lady of Heaven proved an affront to all branches of Islam for its showing of the prophet Muhammed—within the Islamic faith, any depiction of its founder is expressly forbidden.

Sweden: Free Speech in Peril after Muslim Riots

Sven R. Larson April 25, 2022

The assertiveness and coordination of the riots convey a simple yet brutal message: the Islamist movement in Sweden is not going to tolerate the country’s free-speech laws anymore, and it will use whatever means necessary to achieve its goal.

Social Media Censorship: Why Was a Holiday Video Clip Taken Down by Facebook?

Christof Zellenberg-Zellenberg March 6, 2022

Shaping public opinion is very hard without social media—and it is made worse when one is in conflict with social media. And because of such tendencies, which tend to dominate on the big platforms, public opinion eventually morphs into one single mold or mindset. It is ‘groupthink’ par excellence.

Finnish Member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen in Court to Defend Freedom of Speech and Religion

Hélène de Lauzun January 23, 2022

Beyond her personal case, Päivi Räsänen is well aware that her struggle is much broader: “It is my honor to defend freedom of speech and religion.”

A Government Monopoly on Truth

Sven R. Larson January 20, 2022

New speech-restriction laws, whether national or at the EU level, would amplify a disturbing trend underway in Europe, where the right to free expression is gradually being replaced with a new legal default. What speech is not explicitly permitted, is banned.

Germany: Leftist Interior Minister Threatens to Ban Telegram

Robert Semonsen January 17, 2022

If it decides to shut down Telegram, Germany will join countries like China, Iran, Pakistan, Belarus, and Cuba who’ve also banned the application in the past.

Freedom of Inexpression

Hélène de Lauzun January 10, 2022

In her brilliant essay, Anne-Sophie Chazaud, a French journalist and columnist, dismantles the systemic character of the censures we are subjected to today.

Tag: censorship

Karl May’s Winnetou Draws Eye of the Woke

MEPs Attempt to Ban Pro-Life Lobbyists from EU Parliament

British Government Fires Imam Over Support for Film Ban

Sweden: Free Speech in Peril after Muslim Riots

Social Media Censorship: Why Was a Holiday Video Clip Taken Down by Facebook?

Finnish Member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen in Court to Defend Freedom of Speech and Religion

A Government Monopoly on Truth

Freedom of Inexpression

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