Online Speech

Ofcom, the UK’s broadcasting regulator has been hiring top staff from Big Tech firms as it prepares to enforce the Online Safety Act.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman issued guidance demanding police stop recording ‘non-crime hate incidents’ when someone was merely offended.

The government is reportedly considering a measure to force social media companies to ban misogyny online as a part of the Online Safety Bill.

French President Emmanuel Macron demanded that Elon Musk abides by European Union restrictions on speech on Twitter in a meeting on Friday.

The Free Speech Union has vowed to secure a change in the law after it, its founder Toby Young, and the Daily Sceptic website were all deplatformed by PayPal.

Andrew Tate’s move to Rumble saw the influencer rake in over 130,000 live viewers after he was banned by Silicon Valley social media sites.

A British police force which arrested a veteran for causing someone “anxiety” with a sardonic Pride flag meme has been making people not convicted of any crime attend “re-education” lessons on racism, sexism, and transphobia.

The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has admitted that his force regularly wastes time on investigations into people being offended by things, against the public’s wishes. 

A police force has been chastised by its own elected commissioner for arresting a British Army veteran for posting a meme while burglaries are ignored.

Police in Britain were filmed arresting a military veteran for posting a meme critical of woke gender ideology on Facebook.

Elon Musk has seemingly kowtowed to the EU on internet free speech, declaring he is “exactly aligned” with the bloc’s censorship regulations.

Ireland’s President Michael D Higgins has suggested that Elon Musk loosening speech restrictions on Twitter would be “incredible and dangerous narcissism”.

A Flemish MEP has warned the EU “does not want free speech” after a European Commission official threatened Elon Musk over his takeover of Twitter.

Nigel Farage says it is “crazy” that Donald Trump was banned from Twitter but the radical Islamic extremist Taliban remained on the platform even as it stormed Kabul.

Another big tech clampdown on free speech online appears to be forthcoming after the European Union agreed in principle more online censorship laws on Saturday.

Britain’s Secretary of State for Digital and Media has admitted that a new “Online Safety” bill has the potential to censor news outlets online.

The Slovakian National Crime Agency (NAKA) has warned residents could face 25 years in prison if caught promoting “war propaganda” on social media regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

EU and NATO member-state Czechia has warned that citizens who express support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including on social media, could face prison.

Poland’s government has taken Meta to task for banning a eurosceptic party with representation in the Polish parliament from Facebook.

Boris Johnson’s government is claiming to “back freedom of speech to the hilt” even as it moves to prosecute tech bosses who fail to censor “foul content”.

Opposition politicians have questioned whether Berlin’s Social Democrat (SPD) Mayor Michael Müller abused his power after he triggered a police operation and search of the home of a woman who had criticised him on social media in actions later deemed unlawful.

The United Kingdom has taken a step closer to CCP-style totalitarian censorship with its Online Safety Bill.

Poland’s new Freedom Act against Big Tech censorship will see members of the public automatically notified of “shadowbans” and empowered to overturn restrictions if their speech online is lawful.

Britain’s new anti-woke Reclaim party is calling for Britain to follow Poland’s example by “outlawing censorship” online.

The Hungarian government is following the Polish government in moving against Big Tech, vowing action against the “shadowbanning” of “Christian, conservative, [and] right-wing opinions”.

Poland’s government has unveiled a draft law to combat censorship on social media, creating a Freedom of Speech Board with the power to order tech firms to restore online accounts and posts deleted for lawful speech on pain of substantial fines.