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Australia blocks social media for teens while UK mulls blasphemy ban
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South Korea rejects a short-lived martial law decree, 鈥榃icked鈥 does not defy local censorship laws, 鈥楩amily Guy鈥 can鈥檛 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鈥檚 Terrorism Act for, as the arresting officer put it, 鈥渕aking a hate speech.鈥
Iranian agents accused of attempted assassination on U.S. soil 鈥 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鈥檚 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 鈥 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 鈥榝urther afield online鈥 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鈥 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鈥檚 Free Speech Dispatch.
Media censorship in Israel, Tiananmen memorials criminalized, and the perils of criticizing the powerful
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June 2024鈥檚 Free Speech Dispatch ranges from Israel to Hong Kong to Uzbekistan and more. And there鈥檚 even some good news!
VIDEO: On 35th anniversary of the massacre, 鈥楾iananmen is important because it鈥檚 hope鈥
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Zhou Fengsuo, a Tiananmen student leader, tells FIREwhy the 1989 protests, and free speech more broadly, still matter in China today.
How court rulings in Hong Kong and Australia threaten the global internet
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Censorship about gods and kings, tech takedowns, and more are on the radar in this latest edition of Free Speech Dispatch.
