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You don’t need to live in China to experience China’s censorship
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China’s censorship isn’t confined within its borders — it’s shaping what the world sees, from museum exhibits to universities and global industries.
French bill would criminalize ‘from the river to the sea’
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Governments worldwide tighten speech controls — from new hate laws to arrests, censorship, and digital crackdowns.
It’s the end of internet anonymity as we know it (and I don’t feel fine)
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Turkey’s push to end online anonymity is a warning that governments everywhere are inching toward a real-name internet.
Finnish Supreme Court fines politician for hate speech over religious pamphlet
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From Finland to Hong Kong, governments tighten speech controls: fines, arrests, and surveillance raise global alarms over expression.
The UK is testing digital curfews. Social media bans for teens might be next.
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UK and Australia push teen social media bans as U.S. rulings reshape global speech and age-verification debates.
Lies in politics are bad. That doesn’t make Wales’ new plan to criminalize them a good idea.
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Criminalizing “misleading” campaign speech may sound like a good idea, but handing politicians the power to define truth is a cure worse than the disease.
Spain’s new AI ‘hate’ tracker raises familiar risks for online speech
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Spain launches an AI “hate” tracker, raising urgent questions about the future of online speech regulation.
Iran war triggers calls for censorship in UK as higher ed regulator seeks to monitor ‘extremism’
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War abroad and censorship at home, meanwhile the UK bans protests and eyes campus speech under “non-violent extremism,” raising alarms for academic freedom.
Northern Ireland to consider abolishing blasphemy law
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Blasphemy laws face scrutiny in Northern Ireland, Dubai warns over social media posts, and free speech battles erupt from UK campuses to Thai courts.
Hamit Coskun wins Quran-burning case, but threats to free expression linger in UK
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Hamit Coskun beat UK prosecutors after burning a Quran in protest — but the case exposes troubling threats to free speech and blasphemy bans in Britain.
