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On the deportation of dissent

Source: Alistair Kitchen — This writer was deported for posts like this. In an executive order 10 days ago, the Trump Administration promised to ‘go on…

freespeechnewsJune 19, 2025

Censorship News Abroad

Fico warns EU’s ‘mandatory political opinion’ spells end of common European project

Source: Remix News — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said sovereignty must be defended against Brussels diktats and warned of a dangerous future for Europe…

freespeechnewsMay 29, 2025

Censorship Foreign Policy

US To Deny Visas To Foreign Officials Who Try To Censor US Social Media Platforms

Source: Michael Shellenberger for Public — Actions against foreign regulation of US tech companies seems to be more of a push to protect US firms,…

freespeechnewsMay 28, 2025

Press Freedom

A free people need a free press

Source: A.G. Sulzberger — The pompous fools running mainstream media have zero awareness of what's happening to true journalists, nor do they have any self-awareness.…

freespeechnewsMay 16, 2025

Censorship

NYU denies diploma to student who criticized Israel in commencement speech

Source: Associated Press — Former free speech bastion NYU said it would deny a diploma to a student who used a graduation speech to condemn…

freespeechnewsMay 15, 2025

Censorship Press Freedom

No one who writes an op-ed should be arrested, detained, or deported for expressing their free speech point of view.

Source: The Intercept — It appears Ozturk was targeted because she co-authored an opinion editorial in the student newspaper a year ago calling on the…

freespeechnewsApril 13, 2025

Censorship

Trump Administration Wants to Install Federal Oversight of Columbia University

Source: The Wall Street Journal — The US government is aiming to legally bind Columbia University to changes in their speech policies as they negotiate…

freespeechnewsApril 10, 2025

Censorship

Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs

Source: Associated Press — Khalil has adamantly rejected allegations of antisemitism, accusing the Trump administration in a letter sent from jail last month of “targeting…

freespeechnewsApril 10, 2025

Censorship

A Letter to Columbia

Source: Columbia Spectator — This op-ed was dictated by Mahmoud Khalil. Khalil is currently detained at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center. Faced with a…

freespeechnewsApril 4, 2025