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free speech
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‘Hate Speech’ Case Over Bible Tweet Dragged Into 7th Year as Finnish Supreme Court Sets Hearing Date for 30th October
Päivi Räsänen, former Finnish Minister of the Interior, faces third court hearing after two previous unanimous acquittals Räsänen faces criminal charges for sharing her faith-based beliefs on marriage and sexuality, including on X in 2019…
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U.S. State Department Doubles Down on Warning to UK: “Buffer Zones” are an “Egregious Violation” of Free Speech
State Department issues a further condemnation of Britain’s “egregious” buffer zones, warning of a “concerning departure” from shared UK-US values Birmingham Christian Isabel Vaughan-Spruce is back under investigation for silently praying near an abortion facility WASHINGTON, D.C.…
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Christian pastor threatened with arrest after being assaulted for peaceful preaching
Pastor Dia Moodley was assaulted by Muslim bystanders who objected to his peaceful preaching in Bristol. One man threatened to stab the pastor Police twice threatened to arrest Pastor Moodley for ‘public order offences’. Prior…
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Musk sets sights on EU online censorship law after Australian free speech win
X owner endorses repeal of EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) On Tuesday, X and Canadian campaigner Chris ‘Billboard Chris’ Elston were successful in striking down an Australian government order from the country’s eSafety Commissioner, that…
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Free Speech Victory in Australia for Billboard Chris as “X” post censorship overturned
Tribunal upholds speech rights of Canadian campaigner Chris “Billboard Chris” Elston, striking down a government order that censored his X post under the country’s Online Safety Act. Censored X post referred to controversial WHO “expert”…
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The Digital Services Act and Online Speech in Europe
Given the wide array of anti-speech laws throughout EU countries, the DSA allows the worst laws in any individual country to restrict speech across the entire bloc X-twitter Linkedin We are living in an unprecedented…
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Europe’s Free Speech Crisis Is Making International Headlines
Imagine a Europe where quoting the Bible lands you in court. Where praying silently or offering consensual conversation on a public streetside lands you with a criminal charge and hefty fines.
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Police arrest ADF International team member and Canadian child protection advocate Billboard Chris for their signs, while ignoring violent counter-protestors
Belgian police arrest Lois McLatchie Miller and Chris Elston, for peacefully displaying a sign that read: “Children are never born in the wrong body”
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‘Surveillance and control’: Experts convene at European Parliament to warn about EU online censorship law, following US State Department expressing concern
First-of-its-kind, cross-party event, co-hosted by politicians and ADF International, examined threats to free speech posed by Digital Services Act (DSA) Journalist and best-selling author Rod Dreher, a friend of US Vice President JD Vance, said…
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Experts to convene at European Parliament to warn about EU online censorship law, following US State Department expressing concern
First-of-its-kind, cross-party event, co-hosted by politicians and ADF International, to examine threats to free speech posed by Digital Services Act (DSA) Event, also featuring journalist and best-selling author Rod Dreher, to take place on morning…
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