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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is suing British rock-band Placebo’s lead-singer Brian Molko for defamation after he allegedly insulted her during a concert…
The French international news outlet Agence France-Presse (AFP) has pressed charges in a copyright case in France against social media giant Twitter, recently rebranded…
Thierry Breton, the EC's current internal market head, is now reportedly using his status as a champion of the bloc's pro-censorship Digital Services Act to spearhead…
Helen McEntee, Ireland's Minister for Justice, has been told to resign amid a rapid rise in crime in the country's capital Dublin.
Twitter, now branded X, has pressed charges against an organisation that claims to fight online hate but is, according to the platform’s US billionaire owner Elon…
The IOC is calling on the EU "to take the necessary measures to prevent the recurrence of such criminal acts under the pretext of freedom of expression".
In response to security and diplomatic concerns, Denmark is contemplating banning protests involving the burning of the Quran and other religious texts.
A German special-needs school teacher in the university town of Landau has been stripped of her job by local courts over her opinions regarding migration, local…
Under the incoming law, certain social media firms that fail to censor speech the EU disapproves of will face being banned from the bloc within a matter of hours,…
A growing number of Swedes are requesting permission to burn Qurans, causing consternation among the Swedish police and increasing outrage in the domestic Muslim…
Twitter's new rules surrounding the encryption of private messages have been called "dangerous and concerning" in a letter penned by an MEP to the European Commission.
You are perfectly free and entitled to run full speed and headfirst into a brick wall. It is not illegal.
A challenge against the 2021 Covid-19 restrictions on public worship in Slovakia has been filed at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
Authorities in France have demanded big tech corporations increase efforts to clamp down on hate speech ahead of the implementation of the European Union's Digital…
US Nobel Prize winner Dr John Clauser has had his speech cancelled at a conference organised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
A number of Barbie films are laced with anti-Semitism, a German public broadcasters has claimed.
Hundreds of Iraqis stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad on July 20, enraged by the Quran burnings that have taken place in the Scandinavian country.
In the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis, female archaeologists say they are constantly being harassed at work by passers-by.
Former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said a British bank that abruptly closed his account did so because his views “do not align with our values”.
Russian journalists in exile will receive "psychological support" funded by the EU taxpayer, the European Commission said on July 17.
MEPs have called for bans on "positive discrimination" within the European Union after the US Supreme Court ruled the practice illegal last month.
Europe’s largest organisation representing journalists fears a European Union directive on media protection could be undermined by the Council of Ministers.
Paul Coleman serves as executive director of ADF International (Alliance Defending Freedom) from its headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
The United Nations Human Rights Council has approved a Pakistan-led resolution “against religious hatred” targeting Sweden.
European officials will have the ability to completely cut off European Union citizens from certain social media platforms during times of unrest, Internal Markets…
Ireland's Government is considering a push to get European Union Member States to recognise Palestine and may even “go solo” over the issue.
After contentious protests in Sweden, where copies of the Islamic religious text the Quran were set on fire, three new applications have apparently been lodged with…
The Irish Government will postpone discussions over the country’s proposed legislation on hate speech.
France's Senate considered giving police new powers to make social media firms remove content within two hours, after widespread rioting gripped the country.
Violent riots erupted in Paris and other cities across France on the night of June 27 following the shooting of a North African teenager by a policeman in the French…
