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Government Censorship Protest, Dissent & Political Repression

Persecution of speech boomerangs again

Source: Glenn Greenwald on X At some point, center-left and center-right parties in "the democratic world" -- along with the establishment power centers that own…

freespeechnewsNovember 7, 2026

Government Censorship

Now they’re going after Members of Parliament

Source: The Free Speech Union on X Robert Jenrick, Reform UK’s Shadow Chancellor, has been reported to the police and Prevent, the Government’s counter-extremism programme,…

freespeechnewsOctober 30, 2026

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Censorship Protest, Dissent & Political Repression Surveillance, Privacy & Digital Identity TikTok

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

Source: The Daily Mail — A major free speech row erupted last night after it was revealed that more than 60,000 people have been arrested…

freespeechnewsSeptember 30, 2026

Censorship Foreign Policy Government Censorship

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. …

freespeechnewsSeptember 21, 2026

Censorship Foreign Policy Government Censorship

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…

freespeechnewsSeptember 15, 2026

Foreign Policy Media Platforms War, Foreign Policy & Information Control

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

freespeechnewsSeptember 14, 2026

Censorship Europe News Abroad Press Freedom

Anti-Zionism protected by UK law

Source: David Miller on X — The ruling upheld that David Miller's stated anti-Zionist beliefs qualify as a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act…

freespeechnewsAugust 17, 2026

Censorship Europe News Abroad Press Freedom

Finnish MEP warns Britain is ‘worst example’ of death to free speech in Europe after entry ban

Source: Remix News — Sebastian Tynkkynen said “something is deeply wrong” with Britain after the Home Office ruled that his presence would not be conducive…

freespeechnewsAugust 3, 2026

Press Freedom

It’s about free speech

Source: Todd Spence on X — Free Speech News supports fake Mick Jagger and not fake Keith Richards! What’s next, you won’t be able to…

freespeechnewsJanuary 9, 2026

Censorship Europe News Abroad

Irish teacher given life sentence for speech crime

Source: CilComLFC on X — Today in Ireland, Christian schoolteacher Enoch Burke was sentenced to LIFE in prison for “refusing to use a transgender student’s…

freespeechnewsDecember 3, 2025