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Substack expands censorship to Australian users

On Wednesday, Australian Substack authors received a message: “Substack is introducing age verification steps for readers in Australia.” “To say that I was flabbergasted is an understatement,” author of Informed Choice Meryl Dorey said, bec

Rule of Law Backsliding in France

On December 9, CIVICUS Monitor, a nongovernmental group assessing civic freedoms globally, downgraded France’s civic space from “narrowed” to “obstructed.” The downgrade is the result of years of attacks on civic space, marked by “escalatin

WHO’s anti-nicotine campaign turns dirty

In mid-November, the WHO held its 11th Conference of the Parties (“COP11”) to the WHO FCTC, which concluded with a series of critical decisions on global tobacco control. Adopted by the 56th World Health Assembly on 21 May 2003, the WHO Fra

Thailand: Montagnard Activist Extradited to Vietnam

(Bangkok) – Thai authorities forcibly returned to Vietnam the prominent Montagnard human rights activist Y Quynh Bdap, putting him at risk of torture and other serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. Thai authorities extradited Bdap,

Cloudflare CEO explains what happened to cause a widespread internet outage

A major global outage at Cloudflare on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, disrupted access to numerous high-profile websites and services, including X (formerly Twitter), ChatGPT, Spotify, Zoom and various forex and CFD brokers, with the incident r

Saudi Arabia: Migrant Workers in Mecca Arrested for Demanding Unpaid Wages

(Beirut) – At least 600 migrant workers employed by Saudi Arabian Baytur Construction Company have not received their salaries for at least eight months, Human Rights Watch said today. The actual figure of unpaid workers could be significan

Dr. Russell Blaylock: Aluminium, childhood vaccines and the rising rates of autism (Part 2)

In June, Dr. Russell Blaylock published a paper which describes aluminium’s neurotoxic properties and the connection between childhood vaccines which contain aluminium and autism spectrum disorder (“ASD”). “In this paper, I offer a well-dem

Childhood vaccines are the most significant factor in causing autism

On Monday, the McCullough Foundation published a report on the ‘Determinants of Autism Spectrum Disorder’. The report synthesises evidence from over 300 studies to analyse the potential risk factors for autism spectrum disorder (“ASD”), co

Merz Shouldn’t Ignore Türkiye’s Assault on Rights, Democracy

On the heels of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to sign a dealfor Türkiye to acquire fighter jets, on October 30 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will beat his own path to the presidential pala

Online Safety Act: Wikipedia will not comply, says co-founder Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales is a co-founder of Wikipedia. Speaking of Ofcom’s determination to implement the UK’s Online Safety Act, Wales said: “We’re in talks with Ofcom, but we will not be identifying users under any circumstances. We will not be age-g

How “follow the science” destroyed trust in science

In a recent article, Paul D. Thacker described how the covid mantra “follow the science” has destroyed trust in science. He used evidence gathered by journalist David Zwieg to demonstrate how and why. “There is no going back to a time befo

UN relentlessly propagates fear about man-made climate change to grasp control

The United Nations has again been spreading misinformation and hyperbole, particularly regarding climate change and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. The UN’s weather and climate agency, the World Meteorological Organisation, has recently claime