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Internet anonymity is the big issue right now that nobody is talking about

Source: Sarah McLaughlin on X — Countries around the world have been chipping away at internet anonymity, citing harms and child safety. Now Türkiye is…

freespeechnewsMay 3, 2026

Censorship News Abroad

London Mayor Sadiq Khan calls for a government social media ‘disinformation’ unit

Source: modernity — Sadiq Khan is pushing hard for a new state-backed disinformation unit to silence online criticism of London. Khan added: “The outrage economy…

freespeechnewsMay 2, 2026

Censorship Foreign Policy

Immigration board denies Mahmoud Khalil’s appeal

Source: ZeroHedge — An immigration appeals board on April 9 denied Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s final appeal seeking to keep him from being deported from…

freespeechnewsMay 2, 2026

Privacy Laws

Our private Idaho

Source: Idaho State Rep. Heather Scott on X — Big win for Idaho Citizens as Senate Bill 1299 gets signed into law. No forced digital…

freespeechnewsMay 2, 2026

Foreign Policy War

Who wrote the memo?

Source: The Duran on X — European Commission Ursula President Von der Leyen copied German chancellor Friedrich Merz's X post almost verbatim. Copy-paste politics --…

freespeechnewsMay 2, 2026

Europe News Abroad

EU looking for weaponized suspicion

Source: Mike Benz on X — Nothing quite like a 27-government supra-body with highly secretive decision-making telling you the problem is you being suspicious. The…

freespeechnewsMay 1, 2026

Censorship Foreign Policy

Where the antiwar movement went

Source: Ryan Grim on X — The crackdown at universities included expulsions, criminal charges, the actual jailing of students for as little as an oped,…

freespeechnewsMay 1, 2026

Censorship Europe News Abroad

Nearly 700,000 French people have signed a petition calling for proposed pro-Israel legislation to be blocked

Source: Middle East Eye — Nearly 700,000 people have signed a petition calling for the proposed legislation to be blocked. Lawmakers behind the bill state…

freespeechnewsMay 1, 2026

Europe News Abroad

UK government minister says “digital ID can combat populism”

Source: Bev Turner on X — We cannot fathom the power that a digital ID would put in the hands of governments who fundamentally do…

freespeechnewsMay 1, 2026

News Abroad

Country that lectures Iran on democracy arrests another 523 people for peacefully protesting

Source: Council Estate Media on Substack — The absurdity surrounding the UK’s treatment of Palestine Action and its supporters has reached new lows. A staggering…

freespeechnewsMay 1, 2026