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China’s censorship goes global — from secret police stations to video games
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2025 is off to a repressive start, from secret police stations in New York to persecution in Russia, Kenya, and more.
Australia blocks social media for teens while UK mulls blasphemy ban
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South Korea rejects a short-lived martial law decree, ‘Wicked’ does not defy local censorship laws, ‘Family Guy’ can’t fly, and Australian breakdancer Raygun threatens legal action over a musical.
From the UK to Germany to Singapore: Police are watching what you post
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Police detained a pro-Palestinian activist in London under the UK’s Terrorism Act for, as the arresting officer put it, “making a hate speech.”
Iranian agents accused of attempted assassination on U.S. soil — again
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Authoritarian regimes around the world are cracking down on critics while Europe, Australia promise more tech regulations.
Police killings worsen crisis of mob violence against Pakistan’s blasphemers
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Plenty of free speech news out of Europe, the sedition crackdown in Hong Kong, efforts to control discussion of foreign governments in Canada and the U.S.
Brazil bans X — and threatens daily $9,000 fine for those still trying to use it
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The Free Speech Dispatch is a regular series covering new and continuing censorship trends and challenges around the world.
UK police threaten to prosecute speech from ‘further afield online’ while internet crackdowns and blackouts strike around the world
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Censorship at the Olympics, press freedom wins and losses in Russia and Hong Kong, and more in this packed latest edition of the Free Speech Dispatch.
Tech companies’ censorship compliance abroad, dual U.S.-Saudi citizen facing jail time, and more free speech trouble in the UK
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A ban on lying in politics? Illegal coconuts? We cover the latest from the U.K. and much more in July’s Free Speech Dispatch.
Media censorship in Israel, Tiananmen memorials criminalized, and the perils of criticizing the powerful
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June 2024’s Free Speech Dispatch ranges from Israel to Hong Kong to Uzbekistan and more. And there’s even some good news!
VIDEO: On 35th anniversary of the massacre, ‘Tiananmen is important because it’s hope’
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Zhou Fengsuo, a Tiananmen student leader, tells ݮƵAPP why the 1989 protests, and free speech more broadly, still matter in China today.
