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Press Freedom

October 24, 2026

Egypt detains entire newsroom of leading fact-checking platform over ‘fake news’ allegations

Source: MEE staff on Middle East Eye Reporters Without Borders denounces the arrests as the 'first' to target all staff of a media organisation, while…

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Press Freedom

October 21, 2026

Trump’s war with the ‘liberal’ press

Source: Patrick Lawrence on Substack There are some grave matters at issue here. One is the First Amendment, another is the constitutionally protected freedom of…

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Censorship Europe Media Platforms Media Power, Ownership & Funding News Abroad Press Freedom

October 19, 2026

Reporting of the RAF Fairford arrests blows a hole in the idea of a “free press“

Source: Jonathan Cook on Substack When the establishment media deals with issues in which the West’s war industries are most heavily invested, it happily jettisons…

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Foreign Policy Media Platforms War, Foreign Policy & Information Control

October 19, 2026

Giving up on the Russia narrative?

Source: 1g0r.B0hm on X— Last week, this would have been considered a “Russian talking point” Most of the “OMG! The Russians are coming” hysteria is…

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Censorship Foreign Policy Government Censorship

October 18, 2026

Julian Assange on X: Canada bans Russia Today

Source: Julian Assange on X— Canada has now cut all access to Russia Today, the Russian News service. Canada now joins the EU in denying…

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Europe Foreign Policy News Abroad War

October 18, 2026

BreakThrough News: fighting the draft in Germany

Source: BreakThrough News on X— Students across Germany walked out of classes Friday, joining a nationwide school strike against against mandatory military screenings in preparation…

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Foreign Policy Protest, Dissent & Political Repression War, Foreign Policy & Information Control

October 17, 2026

Craig Murray: losing my religion

Source: Craig Murray— Craig Murray is finally disillusioned. I feel that the rather pleasant world I grew up in has been replaced by something much…

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Europe Government Censorship News Abroad Surveillance, Privacy & Digital Identity

October 16, 2026

EU Council advances chat control 2.0 scanning proposal

Source: Ken Macon on Reclaim The Net — The proposed fix keeps the machinery of mass scanning very much alive. EU’s Council is again pushing for…

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Europe News Abroad War

October 16, 2026

German students strike against conscription

Source: Ana Vračar on Savage Minds— Great, now German students are Russian agents. While authorities insist military recruitment remains voluntary, students have warned of a…

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Privacy Laws Surveillance, Privacy & Digital Identity

October 15, 2026

Federal privacy law highly unlikely in 2026, leaving states to continue setting their own rules

Source: Keely Quinlan on Statescoop— "Other priorities,” indeed... Over the next two years, several new state privacy laws and amendments will take effect, expanding requirements…

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Europe Foreign Policy News Abroad War

October 14, 2026

With a harsh winter ahead, Ukraine is trapped in NATO’s fever dream

Source: Aaron Maté — Then, if they are free enough to think for themselves, US citizens will ask: What have we really achieved? Instead of…

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Foreign Policy War

October 14, 2026

No Russian narratives allowed

Source: Pepijn van Houwelingen on X — Criticism from experts would be “pro-Russian disinformation,” and governments want to avoid “getting caught up in such frames.”…

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Egypt detains entire newsroom of leading fact-checking platform over ‘fake news’ allegations

Trump’s war with the ‘liberal’ press

Reporting of the RAF Fairford arrests blows a hole in the idea of a “free press“

Giving up on the Russia narrative?

Julian Assange on X: Canada bans Russia Today

BreakThrough News: fighting the draft in Germany

EU Council advances chat control 2.0 scanning proposal

German students strike against conscription

Federal privacy law highly unlikely in 2026, leaving states to continue setting their own rules

With a harsh winter ahead, Ukraine is trapped in NATO’s fever dream

No Russian narratives allowed

Media Platform Roundup

Reporting of the RAF Fairford arrests blows a hole in the idea of a “free press“

Giving up on the Russia narrative?

The essence of fascism

California Is building an internet of age checks and identity gates

Over 60,000 arrested in ‘chilling curb of free speech’

Camila Lourdes Galarza: the highest honor in journalism