From apnews.com

Trump says he'd create a government efficiency commission led by Elon Musk

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Former President Donald Trump says he would create a government efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government.

#USA #gop #News #Vote #rvat #walz #Trump #nazis #polls #Harris

on Sep 5

From arstechnica.com

Appeals judge baffled by X’s loss over Calif. moderation law, orders injunction

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Elon Musk takes grandest stands yet in defense of free speech.

#x #xcorp #policy #Twitter #elonmusk #extremism #California #freespeech #hatespeech #transparency

on Sep 5

From independent.co.uk

When Trump and Putin go head to head, who wins?

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Friday’s summit in Alaska between the two leaders to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine will show that it is the cunning former KGB officer who understands the art of the deal, says Sean O’Grady

#us #gop #ice #usa #war #maga #nazi #news #media #press

16h ago

From bbc.com

Yvette Cooper: Some 'don't know the full nature' of Palestine Action

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Defending the group's proscription under terror law, she said the organisation was "not a non-violent organisation".

#knowledge #freespeech #information #yvettecooper

on Tue, 12AM

From theguardian.com

Ben Jennings on the killing of journalists in Gaza – cartoon

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The Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif and four colleagues were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Sunday

#tv #uk #us #idf #usa #war #gaza #news #media #ukpol

on Mon, 7PM

From wikimediafoundation.org

Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations – Wikimedia Foundation

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UPDATE: On Monday, 11 August, the High Court of Justice dismissed the Wikimedia Foundation’s challenge to the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) Categorisation Regulations. While the decision does not provide the immediate legal protections for Wikipedia that we hoped for, the Court’s ruling...

#ukpol #wikimedia #wikipedia #freespeech #ukpolitics #onlinesafetyact #freedomofexpression

on Mon, 11AM

From csmonitor.com

Curbs on social media? Judges make it about criminal justice, not free speech.

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When governments hesitate to regulate social media giants for free speech reasons, the courts have shown a path to tighter control – criminal law.

#x #press #elonmusk #freespeech

on Sep 5

From openrightsgroup.org

Tell your MP: The Online Safety Act isn’t working

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What's the problem? The Online Safety Act has been a disaster. Rather than protect children, millions of adults are facing widespread censorship, and teenagers are having their freedom of expression restricted. Here are some of the key problems with the law: Wrongful Censorship: The law places...

#osa #ukpol #wikipedia #freespeech #ukpolitics #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #freedomofexpression

on Jul 31

From mastodon.nl

Sandra de Haan in Heeze (@SandraDeHaan@mastodon.nl)

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Attached: 1 image Kritische cartoons over Musk worden verwijderd van X. Met je 'free speech'. 😟

#x #CDA #NSC #d66 #vvd #denk #pvda #vance #Twitter #freespeech

on Feb 16

From standard.co.uk

Kemi Badenoch says Britons must ‘fight’ for ‘under threat’ free speech

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Her comments come in the wake of US vice president JD Vance’s claims freedom of expression was ‘in retreat’ across the UK.

#vance #atlantic #badenoch #freespeech

on Feb 16