Thierry Breton’s Smug Authoritarianism Jacob Reynolds August 13, 2024 What is civilised about unaccountable, supranational bodies determining what can and cannot be said?
UK: Labour Responds to Riots by Going After Free Speech Michael Curzon August 13, 2024 Campaigners say recent disorder is being used as an “excuse to clamp down on one of our most fundamental human rights.”
Germany: Banned Right-Wing Compact Magazine Returns As Näncy Zoltán Kottász August 6, 2024 “Read here what you are not allowed to read,” the new publishers wrote.
Sweden: How To Stop Quran Burnings While Protecting Free Speech? TEC News July 30, 2024 Security Services to weigh in on permits for demonstrations ‘likely to cause threat to national security.’
Labour Stops Free Speech Law a Week Before It Comes Into Force Graham Barnfield July 26, 2024 Protecting freedom of expression against university cancel culture deemed too “burdensome”
Scholz Praises Press Freedom While Saying Some Opinions Are “Forbidden” Zoltán Kottász July 25, 2024 German chancellor contradicts himself in comments on right-wing magazine ban.
Conservative News Outlet Sues German Interior Ministry TEC News July 19, 2024 Mainstream media’s apparent tip-off on Compact raids contrasts with Interior Minister Nancy Faeser’s subsequent refusal to respond to press queries.
Germany Bans Right-Wing Magazine in a Blow to Press Freedom Zoltán Kottász July 16, 2024 Compact is anti-establishment and anti-immigration—but not advocating constitutional overthrow.
‘Billboard Chris’ Caught Up in “The Global Spread of Censorship” Michael Curzon July 11, 2024 Gender ideology-critical activist has speech rights stunted in Australia.
Nothing Better To Do? 360 German Police Investigations Over Anti-Migration Song Thomas O'Reilly July 11, 2024 Even schoolchildren are falling foul of German hate speech laws as establishment struggles to deal with the craze.
