News Round-Up
23 April 2025
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by Will Jones
Accusations of 'hate speech' are being increasingly used to silence lawful discussions unpopular with progressives in the European Parliament.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are the 'far Right' unrest in Dublin, Geert Wilders winning in the Netherlands and Tommy Robinson getting arrested at the march against antisemitism.
Tory MP Bob Stewart was convicted last week of committing a hate crime during an altercation with a heckler on the street. This is madness, says Fraser Myers – the footage shows it was just a heated argument.
Paul D. Thacker has written an illuminating exposé of the shadowy workings of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate and its leader Imran Ahmed, and their outsize role in driving online censorship.
The latest Call of Duty video game will include an AI monitoring tool that will spy on players' conversations to identify foul language, 'hate speech', racism and 'misgendering', it has been revealed.
Following the news that Elon Musk is considering taking legal action against the ADL over its role in ad boycotts, a new article in Public underlines the links between censorious NGOs like ADL and state security agencies.
Justin Trudeau's Government is at the forefront of the woke assault on our essential human liberties, says Jordan Peterson, as the psychologist faces the loss of his professional licence over tweets.
A trans activist who served 30 years in jail for kidnap and attempted murder has been cleared of breaking the law by telling a crowd at a rally to "punch a Terf". Does 'hate speech' only go one way?
As the Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen begins her trial at Helsinki's Court of Appeal on Thursday for her Christian belief in traditional marriage, the silence from Western political leaders is deafening, says Julian Mann.
Elon Musk is suing George Soros-linked NGOs for spreading 'misinformation' about the prevalence of 'hate speech' on social media to justify draconian censorship legislation, such as Ireland's hate speech bill.ch bill.
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