Exclusive: Media Research Center's Censortrack Database Documents 6,000+ Online Censorship Cases
The Media Research Center (MRC)’s Censortrack database, which tracks online censorship, has surpassed 6,000 cases.
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Award-Winning Polish musician is cancelled for expressing her views on gender ideology
An award-winning Polish electronic and noise musician has found herself “cancelled” after speaking out against gender ideology.
Polish musician Ewa Justka has been removed from performances and lost her teaching contract for showing support for JK Rowling and Professor Kathleen Stock. As well as persecution in her professional career, she
Israel-Hamas “war” – another excuse to shut down free speech
As a brand new war-narrative unfolds, there’s already efforts underway to parlay the conflict into tighter controls on free speech and freedom of expression, both in person and on the internet.
The headlines have been filled with nothing but Israel and Hamas since the “surprise attack” on Saturday, with
Figuring Out Their Angle
A federal law was recently passed in Canada called the Online News Act, or Bill C-18.
UK quietly passes “Online Safety Bill” into law
Buried behind the Brand-related headlines yesterday, the British House of Lords voted to pass the controversial “Online Safety Bill” into law.
How Not to Launch a Global Anti-Censorship Movement
So, I’ve been excommunicated from Michael Shellenberger’s global anti-censorship movement.
Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Many Ways Our Rights Have Been Usurped Since 9/11
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”
Abraham Lincoln
Those who gave us the Constitution and the Bill of Rights believed that the government exists at the behest of its
An Urgent Call to Speak Truth
“There can be no doubt that a historic battle is shaping up.
The Criminalization of Dissent (continued)
So, the Berlin State Prosecutor has launched another criminal investigation of me.
Australia: Rights at Core of Voice Referendum
(Sydney) – A referendum in Australia on October 14, 2023, is an important opportunity for Australians to enshrine a First Nations Voice in the country’s constitution, Human Rights Watch and the Australian Human Rights Institute at the University of New South Wales said today. A new Questions and Answers document
Brazil has become a guinea pig for the global effort to censor information
Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes has censored a shocking number of high-profile people in a surprisingly short period of time.
No Fun Allowed: 'Call of Duty' Turns to AI to Drive 'Toxicity' Out of Voice Chat
Voice chats in video games have long been a haven for young people who want to blow off steam and engage in friendly “trash talk,” but the mega-corporations that run the biggest franchises don’t like that.
They’re planning to use AI to make video game chats just as
Twitter Files: Former CIA Agent Tried to Hide Role at Twitter After Smearing Hunter Biden 'Laptop from Hell' Story
A former CIA agent who signed the infamous open letter that smeared the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story as Russian disinformation later tried to conceal her role at Twitter, according to newly unearthed emails. Via the Twitter Files, Substack journalist Texas Lindsay found an email from Nada
Exclusive: Jim Jordan Subpoenas Center for Countering Digital Hate, Org Behind Biden's 'Disinformation Dozen'
The House Judiciary Committee, led by chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is continuing its investigation of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), and the role it played in the federal government’s collusion with social media companies to censor American citizens.
The subpoena gives the CCDH until the end of
Kyrgyzstan: Effort to Shut Down Independent News Outlet
(Bishkek, August 30, 2023) – Kyrgyz authorities have filed a lawsuit to close down Kloop Media Public Foundation, a nonprofit body that runs an independent online news outlet in Kyrgyzstan, Human Rights Watch said today.
The move continues a repressive trend against freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan. The lawsuit, for which
