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Quiet Riot: EU Commissioner Floats Social Media Shutdowns During Unrest

Chris Tomlinson July 12, 2023

Echoing remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron, a European Union Commissioner has suggested that social media platforms could be shut down if they fail to remove content that incites rioting and urban unrest in the wake of the French riots this month.

Macron Threatens to Block Social Media Platforms Amid Continued Rioting

Chris Tomlinson July 6, 2023

As rioters use social media apps like Snapchat and TikTok to coordinate their violent activity, President Macron’s threat to block the sites has led to accusations of “authoritarianism.”

Pavica Can Pray

Ludwig Graf von Brühl June 29, 2023

Should Germany follow through with its censorship policies, a legal clash will be inevitable. But for now, the right to pray and gather peacefully has been affirmed.

Musk: Twitter To Publish All Government Censorship Requests

Tamás Orbán June 5, 2023

The announcement appears to be a swing at the EU’s new anti-disinformation efforts, as well as a bid to clear Musk’s name after a backlash over an increased compliance rate with removal requests.

French Bill To End ‘Woke’ Rewrites

Hélène de Lauzun May 29, 2023

MP Thiériot, who proposed the bill, believes that decisions to rewrite were made because of “pressure from the ‘wokist’ movement and ‘cancel culture.’”

Tribute to French Historian Dominique Venner Banned in Paris

Hélène de Lauzun May 24, 2023

Since 1881, the idea of preventing future crimes by censoring ideas or events were supposed to have disappeared from French law—but the cancellation of the commemoration proves it is still very much alive.

The Plague of Inclusive Writing

Hélène de Lauzun May 18, 2023

Instead of adopting inclusive writing, we might consider learning a language without gendered grammar, like Hungarian—or Farsi—as options.

Meloni Accused of Ideological Purge of State Broadcaster

Thomas O'Reilly May 9, 2023

The power struggle at the Italian state broadcaster typifies a wider power struggle in national institutions as the Fratelli government seeks to secure its long-term survival.

MEPs To Lose ‘Right of Dissent’

Thomas O'Reilly May 3, 2023

The report lends credence to the belief that the EU seeks to use post-Qatargate reforms to harass dissenting MEPs, banning them from speaking against EU foreign policy missions while overseas.

Ireland Set To Pass Far-Reaching Hate Speech Laws

Tristan Vanheuckelom May 2, 2023

Barely covered by Irish media, news about the bill soon reached the likes of Twitter’s Elon Musk and Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, who promptly slammed it.

Tag: censorship

Pavica Can Pray

French Bill To End ‘Woke’ Rewrites

Tribute to French Historian Dominique Venner Banned in Paris

The Plague of Inclusive Writing

Meloni Accused of Ideological Purge of State Broadcaster

MEPs To Lose ‘Right of Dissent’

Ireland Set To Pass Far-Reaching Hate Speech Laws

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