Free Speech Dispatch

French politicians want to shut down social media during riots. But censorship won't stop unrest, though it could make things worse.

The question now won’t just be whether police will come knocking at your door over what you said online, but under what conditions you can speak online in the first place.

Age-gating teens online was never going to stop with kids. The UK is already promising a more "active interventionist state" for the internet.

AfD filed a criminal defamation complaint against Germany's chancellor over a speech. In democracies, politicians don't get to police criticism.

Australia’s top bureaucrats want limits on politicians sharing parliamentary clips that invite ridicule. That’s exactly when scrutiny matters most.

Hong Kong jails Tiananmen memorial organizers, China imprisons an artist for mocking Mao, and Beijing's censorship reaches London and Texas.

Chinese officials pressured a U.S. Catholic group to drop a Texas conference speaker. What the episode reveals about censorship on American soil.

Britain abolished blasphemy law years ago. A Quran burning, an anti-Islam meme, and two protest signs show why the controversy never left.

His death leads to hard questions. But it must not lead to censorship.

Foreign journalists face new U.S. social media vetting as France’s top court blocks a sweeping teen social media ban on free-speech grounds.