A toxic combination of misinformation, hate speech, and online harassment is pushing several European countries to take action against social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. But some believe their actions—however well-intentioned—run...
A cross party group of six MEPs have asked the European Commission to introduce legislation protecting independent media against intimidating lawsuits that attempt to bully media into submission. Read the full article
It wasn’t only the EU nomenklatura who had their noses put out of joint in June 2016, when the British people rudely reminded the Euro-emperor of his embarrassing lack of clothes. Many members of the House of Lords, one suspects, equally resented...
A TOXIC COMBINATION OF MISINFORMATION, hate speech, and online harassment is pushing several European countries to take action against social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. But some believe their actions—however well-intentioned—run...
Murad Subay sees the devastated streets and bombed buildings in Yemen's war as something more than just ruins: he sees canvases onto which he can tell stories through art. The award-winning 30-year-old street artist's aim is to spread a message of...
U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO) and David Pulphus, the young artist whose work he displayed at the U.S. Capitol, are still fighting a legal battle against the Architect of the Capitol, who removed the painting depicting police as animals after...
Free speech groups have praised Little, Brown’s decision to release Michael Wolff’s tell-all book on Donald Trump’s presidency despite the UK’s strict libel laws and legal threats from the president. Read the full article
Free speech groups have praised Little, Brown’s decision to release Michael Wolff’s tell-all book on Donald Trump’s presidency despite the UK’s strict libel laws and legal threats from the president. Read the full article
‘Banal nationalism’ is taking some Asian countries by storm, as citizens are forced to sing national anthems – enthusiastically, or else. Read the full article
Theatres creating potentially controversial work can now receive training on how to handle sensitive subjects, as part of a new scheme from the Index on Censorship. Read the full article
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