The Australian Government's proposed misinformation bill may be "dead in the water" following significant pushback from opposition Senators in the upper house of the federal Parliament, says Frederick Attenborough.
In a victory for free speech, the 'hate speech' clauses in Ireland's Hate Crime Bill, which would have seen people jailed for mere possession of 'hateful' material, have been scrapped.
A Swiss girl has been been taken into care because her parents stopped her taking puberty blockers, breaching a ban on conversion therapy. Is this what Labour means by a "full, trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices"?
In a disappointing verdict, the US Supreme Court has sidestepped the question of whether the federal government breached the First Amendment when it coerced social media companies to remove dissident content.
Elon Musk has said "freedom of speech is worth fighting for" after Australia's cyber safety regulator dropped its federal court case over X Corp's refusal to globally block footage it deemed harmful.
The US Supreme Court has unanimously revived the NRA's lawsuit against a former New York official accused of strong-arming banks into cutting ties with the organisation.
Accusations of 'hate speech' are being increasingly used to silence lawful discussions unpopular with progressives in the European Parliament.
Over the weekend, the Government quietly slipped out the news that it's scrapped plans to ban 'conversion therapy'. This is a major victory for free speech and in no small part due to the lobbying of the Free Speech Union.
In another victory for the Free speech Union, the Employment Tribunal has upheld a claim of unfair dismissal and disability discrimination on behalf of Carl Borg-Neal, an employee of Lloyds Bank.
Elon Musk is suing George Soros-linked NGOs for spreading 'misinformation' about the prevalence of 'hate speech' on social media to justify draconian censorship legislation, such as Ireland's hate speech bill.ch bill.
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