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Censorship Europe News Abroad War

August 15, 2026

Rajiv Menon KC: Contempt of Court proceedings

Source: Garden Court Chambers — The case against Menon is unprecedented and is believed to be the first time in British legal history that a…

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August 14, 2026

Australia bill lets eSafety demand data from foreigners

Source: Cindy Harper on Reclaim The Net X has told an Australian Senate committee that a proposal expanding the powers of the nation's top censor…

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August 13, 2026

Cities are ditching Flock, immediately replacing it with Axon license plate readers

Source: 404 Media — Rather than get rid of ALPR cameras entirely, many cities and towns are switching to Axon, whose cameras can be mounted…

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August 12, 2026

The limits of our world — and the prisons we make for ourselves

Aurelien on Trying to Understand the World— "The limits of my language signify the limits of my world” — Ludwig Wittgenstein. Words, phrases and narratives…

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August 11, 2026

Glenn Greenwald: Corporate media out of touch with majority of Americans on Israel

Source: Glenn Greenwald on X — Their approved narratives just aren't working anymore, and they are nonplussed. After polls indicate that Americans agree with…

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August 10, 2026

Hans Mahncke: We are living through a massive information crisis

Source: Hans Mahncke on X – At least half the population is being systematically misinformed, making any sane national debate increasingly difficult. A country…

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August 9, 2026

FBI seeks AI for political watch list

Source: Daniel Boguslaw on Reason — Documents show the FBI seeking AI tools to flag Americans before they act, as the terror watch list's focus…

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August 8, 2026

Protesting Flock, Arizona man presents plan to surveil government officials

Source: Samantha Cole on 404 Media — "But I wouldn't because it's wrong. Just like what you guys are doing to us is wrong.” …

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August 8, 2026

FEMA’s new mission: domestic terrorism

Source: Ken Klippenstein — The disaster response agency forgets the weather and embraces pre-crime. What is needed now is the thing FEMA was actually…

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Foreign Policy Middle East News Abroad War

August 7, 2026

Human Rights Watch doesn’t have a single Palestine researcher

Source: Zo Brown on X — The entire "Israel/Palestine" team quit in disgust, due to censorship of their reports. Human Rights Watch doesn't have…

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Censorship Europe Foreign Policy News Abroad

August 7, 2026

Freedom of speech dying a slow death in Europe

Source: Claudio Grass on Forum Geopolitica — From the Digital Services Act to economic sanctions, by way of hate speech laws, Europe has quietly erected…

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Press Freedom War

August 6, 2026

Journalist quits following criticism for fact-checking Israeli claims

Source: William Peynsaert on X — He has since quit journalism, even as a finalist for the Pulitzer prize. too much of a journalist…

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Rajiv Menon KC: Contempt of Court proceedings

Australia bill lets eSafety demand data from foreigners

Cities are ditching Flock, immediately replacing it with Axon license plate readers

The limits of our world — and the prisons we make for ourselves

Glenn Greenwald: Corporate media out of touch with majority of Americans on Israel

Hans Mahncke: We are living through a massive information crisis

FBI seeks AI for political watch list

Protesting Flock, Arizona man presents plan to surveil government officials

FEMA’s new mission: domestic terrorism

Human Rights Watch doesn’t have a single Palestine researcher

Freedom of speech dying a slow death in Europe

Journalist quits following criticism for fact-checking Israeli claims

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Australia bill lets eSafety demand data from foreigners

Glenn Greenwald: Corporate media out of touch with majority of Americans on Israel

Journalist fired for asking EU if Israel should fund rebuilding of Gaza

Rania Khalek: BreakThrough News is under attack

Top UK Cop: Time for police to stop being free speech monitors

Soon it will be illegal to oppose imperialism