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September 21, 2026

Judge rules Trump admin cannot punish noncitizens for protected speech

Source: Quinn Welsch on Courthouse News— The judge’s decision was the first in the country to rule on the constitutionality of these statutes. "This…

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September 21, 2026

US ‘terror’ label on Palestine Action threatens free speech

Source: Julia Conley on Consortium News— The designation, based on a Bush-era 9/11 executive order, puts pro-Palestine civil disobedience on equal footing with Al-Qaeda. …

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September 21, 2026

Free speech is under relentless attack in Britain – on both the Left and Right

Source: Silkie Carlo on The Telegraph— These days, you’re far more likely to hear someone say “you can’t say that!” than “it’s a free country!"…

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AI & the Future of Information Foreign Policy Government Censorship Privacy Laws

September 20, 2026

This creepy Israeli spy tech is likely operating in a city near you

Source: Hayden Long on Responsible Statecraft— Since 2023, local and state police departments across the country have purchased technology for real-time monitoring of smart devices…

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Europe Government Censorship News Abroad Press Freedom

September 19, 2026

One question, Ms. Fahimi: Does the union still stand by press freedom?

Source: Paul Schreyer on Multipolar— The union leadership should campaign for the lifting of EU sanctions against the German journalist Hüseyin Dogru. "Everyone" is…

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AI & the Future of Information Media Platforms Meta

September 18, 2026

Gilles Babinet: We are entering a political paradigm shift

Source: Gilles Babinet on X— Do we really need a society organized around platforms controlled by at most a few thousand people on a planetary…

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Foreign Policy Protest, Dissent & Political Repression War

September 17, 2026

The Trump administration has designated Palestine Action as a global terrorist organization

Source: Max Blumenthal on X— Trump is Greater Israel's US enforcer. Pal Action has shut down 4 Israeli weapons factories in the UK without…

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AI & the Future of Information Media Platforms Meta

September 16, 2026

All it takes is one crack in the lie we’ve been sold

Source: Caitlin Johnstone on Substack— You start pulling on one thread and then the whole thing unravels. Maybe you start with the Iraq war lies.…

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Press Freedom

September 15, 2026

Editor’s Notes: Press freedom more important than ever

Source: News and Sentinel — State and federal government attempts to keep news organizations from shining a light on what they do are nothing new. Press…

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September 15, 2026

Glenn Greenwald cites one of free speech’s greatest statutory threats

Source: Glenn Greenwald on X— An Australian judge calls out the IHRA definition "as verbose, imprecise and detached from reality." The wildly expansive definition…

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Foreign Policy Media Platforms War, Foreign Policy & Information Control

September 14, 2026

Ethan Levins: I was told by the DHS to never speak on Ben Gvir again

Source: Ethan Levins on X— Why is DHS protecting him? Does my free speech stop with Gvir? JTNDY2VudGVyJTNFJTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZmcmVlc3BlZWNobmV3cy5zdWJzdGFjay5jb20lMkZlbWJlZCUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyNDgwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyMTUwJTIyJTIwc3R5bGUlM0QlMjJib3JkZXIlM0ElMjAxcHglMjBzb2xpZCUyMCUyM0VFRSUzQiUyMGJhY2tncm91bmQlM0ElMjB3aGl0ZSUyMiUyMGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyJTNEJTIyMCUyMiUyMHNjcm9sbGluZyUzRCUyMm5vJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF

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Government Censorship Media Platforms Platforms, Algorithms & Online Gatekeepers

September 13, 2026

How nations manipulate your feed

Source: The People's Art of War— Social media has shifted from a communication tool to information warfare. With so many conflicting sources of truth,…

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Judge rules Trump admin cannot punish noncitizens for protected speech

US ‘terror’ label on Palestine Action threatens free speech

Free speech is under relentless attack in Britain – on both the Left and Right

This creepy Israeli spy tech is likely operating in a city near you

The Trump administration has designated Palestine Action as a global terrorist organization

All it takes is one crack in the lie we’ve been sold

Editor’s Notes: Press freedom more important than ever

Glenn Greenwald cites one of free speech’s greatest statutory threats

Ethan Levins: I was told by the DHS to never speak on Ben Gvir again

How nations manipulate your feed

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