News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
A ban on social media for under-16s is being urged by MPs amid concerns about its detrimental effects on children's well-being.
Lee Taylor exposes Google's pivotal role in the censorship industrial complex and urges freedom-loving retailers to fight back by advertising on sites like Spiked, GB News and the Daily Sceptic.
The rise of 'smart' technology that responds, not to the user but to external commands poses a serious threat to freedom, says Dr R P. However, since all technology is 'hackable', there is hope.
A landmark Supreme Court decision on free speech is on the horizon, after federal judges slammed the Biden administration for pressuring social media platforms during the Covid pandemic.
An FOI reveals that the Australian Government made over 4,000 requests to digital platforms to take down content related to Covid, in the latest example of the Censorship Industrial Complex in action.
The EU has issued its first list of platforms that will be subject to 'content moderation' requirements. Surprisingly, they include Amazon, Apple and Wikipedia. What censorship does the EU have planned for them?
New research by Thinking Coalition highlights the role of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in a sinister network of global censorship bankrolled by billionaires.
U.S. alternative media has erupted into a civil war between Steven Crowder and The Daily Wire. Whose side are you on? asks Nick Dixon.
An investigation has revealed new evidence that Big Tech collaborates with the US Government to censor social media. The journalists found a Facebook portal where government agents can submit censorship "requests".
“The FSU is going to try to get the law changed so PayPal and other companies can’t deplatform people for expressing political views they disapprove of. I feel like saying to PayPal, ‘You messed with the wrong guy.’”
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