Rumble, Law Scholar Sue New York Attorney General Over New Online Censorship Law
By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D, The Defender The video-sharing platform Rumble and a constitutional law scholar are among those suing New York over the state’s new…
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“Grotesque”: Google, YouTube Invest $12 Million in Global Fact-Checking Media Network
By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., The Defender Reacting to Tuesday’s announcement that Google and YouTube will fund a global fact-checking network through the media institute Poynter,…
Apple Turned Off Protest Communication Tool Right Before Anti-Lockdown Uprising in China
By Paul Joseph Watson As it mulls kicking Elon Musk’s Twitter off the app store, it has now been revealed that Apple restricted the use…
Separate Tech and State
Op-Ed by Ron Paul Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) recently got in touch with his inner mobster and threatened Elon Musk — the new owner of…
University System Survey Reveals Students and Faculty Hesitant to Express Political Views on Campus
By Darius Avinger A climate survey sent to students and employees of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education concluded that few students and faculty feel comfortable expressing…
Experts Condemn The UK Online Safety Bill As Harmful To Privacy And Encryption
By Joe Mullin The British Parliament may start debating the Online Safety Bill again as soon as this week. The bill is a deeply flawed…
Cancel Culture’s War on History, Heritage and the Freedom to Think for Yourself
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “All the time—such is the tragi-comedy of our situation—we continue to clamour for those very qualities we are…
App Store “Gatekeepers” Urged To Deplatform “Dangerous” Twitter Itself
By Paul Joseph Watson App store ‘gatekeepers’ Apple, Google Play and Amazon could all decide to deplatform Twitter itself following new owner Elon Musk’s commitment…
Watch: FBI Director, DHS Secretary Grilled On Tech Censorship Collusion, Targeting Everyday Americans As Terrorists
By Steve Watson Republican Senators Josh Hawley and Rand Paul took the heads of the FBI and the Department Of Homeland Security to task Thursday,…
Not So Fast Elon: Europe Warns Musk He Must Hire Hundreds Of Moderators To Limit Free Speech
By Tyler Durden At a time when Musk is cutting hundreds if not thousands of workers on a weekly basis, early on Friday Europe delivered…
Defamation Lawsuit Against Serbian Investigative Media Outlet KRIK Sets a Dangerous Precedent
By Metamorphosis Foundation Just a few days before receiving the EU Award for Investigative Journalism in Serbia 2022, the Serbian investigative media outlet KRIK was…
Ireland Considers Enacting A Bill Criminalizing The Possession Of Hateful Material
By Jonathan Turley We recently discussed a troubling conviction in Great Britain of a man for his “toxic ideology.” Now Ireland appears ready to replicate that case…
Doctors Fight Back Against Law that Punishes Them for Diverging from “Contemporary Scientific Consensus”
By Matt Agorist As TFTP has reported, Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, who has sponsored a slew of mandatory vaccine laws throughout his career came out…
Turkey Throttles Internet Access Following Deadly Explosion in Istanbul
By Arzu Geybullayeva On November 13, Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, was rocked by news of a deadly explosion on Istikal, the city’s busiest pedestrian street….