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Irish court grants ‘secret order’ for police to search conservative outlet’s X account
An Irish court issued warrants in secret to the Irish police in June who wanted to search for confidential information from the X account of conservative news portal…
France’s Bardella: ‘With free speech under attack, time to adopt US model’
President of France's National Rally (RN) party and MEP Jordan Bardella has warned that free speech was "under attack" in his country, citing the US as a model for…
Weeping security conference chairman calls event a ‘European nightmare’
Christoph Heusgen, chairman of the Munich Security Conference, has called this year's edition a "European nightmare" after it became clear the US was pushing for…
US VP Vance slams EU censorship at Paris AI Summit
US Vice-President JD Vance has used his first foreign trip in office to criticise the European Union’s AI regulations, warning that excessive oversight could hinder…
Austrian security agents raid home of British activist over alleged Hamas membership
Austrian State security services have raided the Vienna home and studio of Richard Medhurst, a self-described "independent journalist" and pro-Palestinian activist.
Polish police ‘detain pensioner who criticised pro-Tusk charity chief’
A squad of three policemen, including the deputy chief of city police, have detained a pensioner after raiding her home because of a social media message, it has…
Macron files complaint over picture depicting him beheaded and bloody
French President Emmanuel Macron has filed a legal complaint in response to a painting depicting him beheaded with his neck dripping blood.
Islam critic convicted of hate crimes in Sweden after Quran-burning associate shot dead
Salwan Najem, an Islam-critic whose fellow Quran-burning activist Salwan Momika was shot dead on January 29 in Stockholm, has been convicted of incitement against…
Amazon hits reverse and ramps up ad spending on X
US technology giant Amazon has boosted its advertisement spending on social media giant X.
Meta settles with Trump, pays $25m in account bans case
Facebook owner Meta has agreed to pay €25 million (€24.
Quran-burning activist Salwan Momika shot dead in Sweden
Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee in Sweden who became world-famous after carrying out several Quran burnings, has been shot dead.
Storm over Polish minister’s ‘Auschwitz built by Polish Nazis’ remark
The opposition in Poland has called on Barbara Nowacka, education minister in the Polish Government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, to resign over her remark…
Pope Francis: AI is ‘accelerating crisis of truth’
Pope Francis has warned the World Economic Forum (WEF) that artificial intelligence (AI) was accelerating a so-called "crisis of truth" currently plaguing the modern…
Belgian TV channel delays Trump speech to check for ‘hate’ and ‘racism’
Belgian news channel RTBF refused to broadcast the inauguration speech of US President Donald Trump live, having claimed he spread a "racist, far-right, xenophobic"…
German Chancellor tells Musk: Supporting ‘extreme-right’ is not free speech
Germany's outgoing left-wing Chancellor Olaf Scholz has told US tech billionaire Elon Musk that supporting so-called "extreme-right" positions did not count as free…
EU hails full implementation of plans to censor ‘digital hate’
Senior Eurocrats have been celebrating the full implementation of its censorship plans aimed at countering so-called "digital hate".
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EU ramps up investigation into X amid feud with Musk
The European Union has ramped up its Digital Services Act (DSA) investigation into the X social media platform amid a growing feud with its owner, Elon Musk.
Are European governments next? Paris joins growing exodus from Musk’s X
The city of Paris has become the latest European municipality to abandon Elon Musk’s social media platform, saying it will close its X account January 20.
Google rejects EU demands for fact-checking
Google has rejected demands by the European Commission to add fact-checking to its search results and YouTube videos as well as to use fact-checking in ranking and…
FPÖ bigwig starts firestorm with call for abolishing EU censorship law
Petra Steger, a leading MEP for the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), has provoked an EU firestorm about censorship and freedom of speech with her calls to abolish…
German army withdraws from Twitter/X
Germany's defence ministry and army announced they were ending their activities on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Breton: EU censorship just a ‘buzzword’ pushed by ‘conspiracy theorists’
Former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has decried recent allegations of censorship within the European Union as just a "buzzword" pushed by "conspiracy theorists".
Brussels fears Musk, he fights the ancient fight for free speech
The Brussels elite have contended they are defending liberal democracy against authoritarianism at home and abroad.
Polish Government aims for power to block social media content
The Polish centre-left coalition government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk has proposed legislation that would grant a state agency the power to block social…
German magazine attacks rival for publishing Musk op-ed
A major German news website has attacked one of its main rivals over its competitor's decision to publish an article written by Elon Musk.
EU threatens Meta with fines after Zuckerberg backs Trump
The European Union has threatened Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta with fines of up to six per cent of the global turnover of the platform.
Meta’s Zuckerberg vows to ‘restore free speech’ as ‘EU is institutionalising censorship’
Meta, the parent company of social media giants including Instagram and Facebook, has said it planned to "restore free speech".
Germany sees ‘100 gender change applications daily’ under new law
Around 100 people apply to change their legal gender each day in Germany under federal-level legislation passed late last year.
Polish opposition says proposed hate-speech law changes would lead to ‘censorship’
Poland’s opposition Conservatives (PiS) have failed in their attempt in parliament to reject at first reading a bill proposed by the government aiming to widen…