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London politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 hour ago

Police begin arrests at UK protest against Palestine Action ban

Hundreds protested in Trafalgar Square against the ban on Palestine Action, leading to arrests and calls for free speech and government accountability.
EU data protection
fromTNW | Eu
8 hours ago

Estonia is the rare EU country opposing bans on children's social media use

Estonia and Belgium declined the Jutland Declaration, emphasizing different concerns about age-based social media restrictions and advocating for digital literacy instead.
Law
fromHarvard Gazette
21 hours ago

When is it time to dissent? - Harvard Gazette

Dissent is essential in law and faith, offering lessons on navigating disagreement productively.
Europe news
fromIrish Independent
1 day ago

Government will only announce supports once 'blockades end' but protesters vow to continue until they 'get a result'

A standoff occurred between GardaĆ­ and fuel protestors blocking access to a Cork refinery, impacting emergency service fuel deliveries.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

Palestine weekly wrap: Protests sweep West Bank after death penalty law

Israeli strikes on Gaza escalate, and a new law imposing the death penalty on Palestinians has sparked widespread protests and international condemnation.
Right-wing politics
fromTruthout
1 week ago

No Kings Must Mean No War: Foreign Policy Is Least Democratic Space in Politics

The majority of Iranian Americans oppose the war on Iran, despite media portrayal of pro-monarchy sentiments.
US news
fromArs Technica
2 days ago

First man convicted under Take It Down Act kept making AI nudes after arrest

Strahler was arrested for creating and distributing AI-generated nudes, becoming the first convicted under the Take It Down Act.
fromwww.dw.com
2 days ago

Russia labels human rights group Memorial 'extremist'

The Supreme Court's ruling stated that Memorial and its supporters are 'clearly anti-Russian in nature and are aimed at destroying the basic foundations of Russian statehood, violating its territorial integrity, and eroding historical, cultural, spiritual, and moral values.'
Russo-Ukrainian War
NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

Mamdani says he's reviewing protest bills, says serious' constitutional concerns cloud decision | amNewYork

Mayor Mamdani is reviewing two NYC Council bills on protest management near houses of worship and schools, considering constitutional rights concerns.
Privacy technologies
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Australia wants to sell its social media ban to the world but are the measures even working?

Age assurance technology is ineffective, with many teens bypassing age verification and platforms failing to enforce compliance with the social media ban.
#human-rights
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago
World politics

Human Rights Watch director: AI, in the hands of autocratic governments, will accelerate their ability to control and surveil the population'

Left-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Trump's sanctions against a UN human rights expert show free speech is dying |

Israel has committed genocide against the Palestinian people, as concluded by multiple international human rights organizations and experts.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago
World politics

Human Rights Watch director: AI, in the hands of autocratic governments, will accelerate their ability to control and surveil the population'

Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

Nobel Prize Committee condemns Russian move to criminalise rights group

Memorial won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for documenting human rights abuses in Russia and faces designation as an extremist organization by Russian authorities.
Intellectual property law
fromNextgov.com
2 weeks ago

Judge blocks DOD's ban on Anthropic, calls it First Amendment retaliation

A federal judge temporarily blocked the government's ban on Anthropic, citing retaliation and due process violations by the Defense Department.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

They can reach me wherever': China using financial tactics to coerce people who flee, says report

Transnational repression tactics by Hong Kong authorities target dissidents abroad, using financial means to intimidate and control them.
London politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

The attack on the right to protest in the UK is not just about Palestine

Recent trials of pro-Palestinian activists reveal politicised policing and legislation threatening free assembly in Britain.
#hong-kong
EU data protection
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Police in Hong Kong can now demand phone and computer passwords under amended national security law

Hong Kong police can now demand passwords from suspects under new national security law amendments, increasing penalties for non-compliance.
EU data protection
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Police in Hong Kong can now demand phone and computer passwords under amended national security law

Hong Kong police can now demand passwords from suspects under new national security law amendments, increasing penalties for non-compliance.
Europe politics
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Major rally planned as Czech MPs mull 'foreign agent' law

Prague is preparing for a major demonstration against democratic erosion, draft legislation resembling Russian restrictions on civil society, and concerns over public media and state institutions.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

War spirals as information control tightens

The war on Iran has escalated with increased leadership assassinations, a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, and strikes on energy infrastructure.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

The battle on the propaganda front intensifies

Iran employs asymmetric economic tactics against U.S.-Israeli military superiority while misinformation complicates public understanding of the conflict.
NYC parents
fromThe Atlantic
4 weeks ago

Today's Atlantic Trivia: Authoritarianism

The Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, a group of mothers whose children disappeared during Argentina's dictatorship, continue protesting weekly in Buenos Aires nearly five decades after their movement began in 1977.
fromianVisits
1 month ago

Official announcement: It's time to end the tyranny of officially

Once upon a time, adding official to an announcement served a purpose. It distinguished fact from rumour, press release from pub chat. Sensible. Helpful. Civilised. But in recent years, the word has gone rogue. Nothing can simply happen anymore. It must be officially announced.
Media industry
Philosophy
fromApaonline
1 month ago

Secrecy, Democracy, Necessity

Executive officials justify secrecy through claims of protecting decision-making integrity and national security, but such necessity arguments alone cannot legitimize secret governance in democracies.
US politics
fromAxios
1 month ago

Axios Finish Line: A consensus Bill of Rights

Americans across political lines support limited government intervention in personal freedoms, secure borders with pathways for legal immigrants, reduced federal spending, and decreased government trust.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Why international law is still the world's best defence

The post-World War II international legal order faces erosion from ultranationalism, great-power rivalries, and norm violations, risking a return to force-based politics where power supersedes principle.
Philosophy
Tyranny corrupts all psychic faculties into servants of lawless appetite, with reason producing ideology to rationalize control rather than ceasing to function.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Autocracy is rising in the west. But the global south proves it's not inevitable | Kenneth Roth

Autocrats face growing internal pressure from their populations, while democracy remains valued globally despite Western challenges from far-right movements and disaffected voters.
Social justice
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Living Under a Concentration Camp Regime - and Fighting Back

Mass detention systems expand through legal 'end runs' and normalization; rapid U.S. detention infrastructure growth signals a dangerous escalation requiring organized resistance.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

On Censorship by Ai Weiwei review are we losing the battle for free speech?

Ai Weiwei persistently provokes authority and challenges Chinese cultural norms through confrontational art and activism, facing censorship and state repression.
Miscellaneous
fromEngadget
1 month ago

US website 'freedom.gov' will allow Europeans to view hate speech and other blocked content

The US State Department and DHS are developing freedom.gov to let people view online content banned in their countries, including a VPN to bypass restrictions.
Germany news
fromThe Local Germany
2 months ago

UN expert warns of 'shrinking space' for free speech in Germany

Hate speech is rising in Germany, and some government counter-measures risk violating international human rights standards, creating uncertainty, stigma, and self-censorship.
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Philippines: Are terror laws being used to silence critics?

The conviction last week of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio has intensified concerns in the Philippines about how counterterrorism laws are being applied, particularly their impact on critical journalism and civic dissent. After nearly six years in detention awaiting trial, Cumpio was convicted on January 22 of financing terrorism and sentenced to 12 to 18 years in prison. She denies the charges.
Media industry
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The criminalizing of protest and dissent has a long history in America

Federal immigration agents increasingly label protesters and observers as domestic terrorists and prosecutors file charges against victims, using force and Section 111 to criminalize dissent.
#palestine-action
Social justice
fromAxios
2 months ago

Leaders urge action in 2026: "We are on the brink of tyranny and authoritarianism"

Authoritarian-style enforcement is eroding civil rights, protest freedoms, and democracy, prompting state and local legal actions and demands for inclusive civil rights strategies.
#jimmy-lai
Philosophy
fromApaonline
1 month ago

'Totalitarian' Technologies and the Transformation of the Political World: A Radical Cold War Critique

Modern Cold War technology was viewed by many political theorists as inherently totalitarian, shaping society's structures, enabling propaganda, control, and genocide, not merely neutral tools.
Privacy technologies
fromWIRED
1 month ago

How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance

Grassroots organizing requires careful tradeoffs between openness and security to protect participants from extensive government surveillance and corporate data cooperation.
fromemptywheel
2 months ago

This Is Not A Constitutional Moment - emptywheel

This script is based on a theory proposed by Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School. Ackerman's idea is laid out in his 1991 book We The People: Foundations, and is discussed in the second of his Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures of 2006. It's gained prominence since the 2024 election and the wholesale assault on our governmental system by Trump.
US politics
Philosophy
fromApaonline
2 months ago

What Accountability-Seeking Protest Can Tell Us About Democracy

Different kinds of political protest pursue distinct aims; accountability-seeking protest aims to hold actors responsible and can reinforce democratic community bonds.
World politics
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

What you can do to bypass authoritarian surveillance

Authoritarian governments build segregated "splinternets" that require verified identities, biometrics, and location data to prevent anonymity and control digital participation.
US politics
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Freedoms Under Threat

Independent, progressive journalism holds the powerful accountable, centers marginalized communities, exposes distortions, and relies on reader support to sustain urgent coverage.
World news
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Police States Are Terrifying, But They Are Brittle. I Witnessed This in Tunisia.

A mass movement in Tunisia toppled a 24-year dictator fifteen years ago, showing how quickly entrenched authoritarian systems can collapse.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Can X be banned under UK law and what are the other options?

The Online Safety Act (OSA) contains a provision that allows Ofcom to seek a court order imposing business disruption measures on a website or app that is in breach of the legislation. These measures are in effect a block on the recipient operating in the UK. This is because they include ordering an internet service provider to block access to a platform or requiring payment providers or advertisers to withdraw their services from that business.
UK politics
World politics
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

What Happens to Your Identity Under a Dictator

Authoritarian surveillance and fear force self-censorship, creating a split between public persona and authentic self that causes lasting psychological harm.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

Trump is pulling America under authoritarian rule, international human rights groups warn

United States shows democratic backsliding: erosion of civil liberties, weakened rule of law, normalization of coercive state power, and targeted attacks on marginalized groups.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

After dozens died in Israeli jails, death penalty law rattles Palestinians

Dozens of Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli prisons over the past two and a half years, some during torture while others as a result of medical neglect by prison authorities, rights groups say. Now, Israel is making plans for the execution of possibly hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held on charges of fatal attacks against Israelis, according to an Israeli media report, under what legal experts have called racist legislation that has rattled the families of thousands of Palestinians in Israeli jails.
World news
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Britons' right to protest is under threat like never before. If you value it, speak up now | Imran Khan

Lawful protest and free speech are fundamental but can be abused; laws are inconsistently applied, leaving racialised groups—especially Muslims—disproportionately unprotected.
World politics
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

India: Security, terrorism laws used to silence dissent

Thousands are detained under UAPA with low conviction rates, prolonged pretrial imprisonment, and an expanded definition of terrorism targeting protesters and minorities.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Alex Pretti's Past Does Not Justify the Government Killing Him

Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents using unnecessary and fatal force while peacefully observing and documenting government action in Minneapolis.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Gessen: State terror has arrived in the United States

After the past three weeks of brutality in Minneapolis, it should no longer be possible to say that the Trump administration seeks merely to govern this nation. It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear a fear of violence from which some people may at a given moment be spared, but from which no one will ever be truly safe. That is our new national reality. State terror has arrived.
US politics
World news
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago

Putin is abusing INTERPOL to 'pursue critics' such as journalists and those connected to Ukraine - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

INTERPOL is being exploited by Russia to pursue critics, journalists, activists, and others internationally, undermining protections against political persecution and neutral legal mechanisms.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

How an Assad-era law is threatening Syrian civil society

Law No. 93 of 1958 remains in force in Syria, allowing the state to control, restrict and dissolve civil society organizations without judicial oversight.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

How the left can win back the internet and rise again

The internet transformed political power, enabling right-wing forces to exploit engagement-driven platforms while undermining leftist organizing and progressives' previous online advantage.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Pakistan arrests rights lawyer, husband, family says

Pakistani rights lawyer Imaan Mazari-Hazir and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha were arrested and face trial under cyber-terrorism and related charges for posts on X.
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