Great Britain Cracks Down On “Non-Crime Hate” Speech, Including Playground Taunts
Authored by Jonathan Turley In my book, The Indispensable Right, I discuss how free speech is in a free fall in Great Britain, where officials continue to…
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Brazil’s $9,000 Fine For Accessing X Puts “Wall Of Censorship” Between Citizens And Unregulated Information
Authored by Jonathan Turley Brazil has not just banned X (formerly Twitter) from the entire country, but citizens will now be fined $9,000 a day (more than…
“It’s Not OK Any More”: UK Free Speech Crack-Down Targets “Extremist Ideologies”
Authored by Jonathan Turley, The crackdown on free speech continues in the United Kingdom as officials use recent rioting to justify a roundup of citizens…
The EU Just Declared War On Free Speech In America. It Is Time To Fight Back…
Authored by Jonathan Turley, Eighty years ago, the U.S. government launched a war bond campaign featuring a painting by artist Norman Rockwell in the struggle…
Anti-Free Speech Laws Hit New Heights In Italy: Reporter Fined For “Body Shaming’ PM Meloni
Authored by Jonathan Turley I have long been critical of the erosion of free speech in Italy and other Western European countries, including the use of criminal…
“The First Amendment Is Out Of Control”: Academic And Media Figures Rally Against Free Speech
Authored by Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org “The First Amendment Is Out of Control.” That headline in a recent column in the New York Times warned…
Oh Canada: Parliament Moves To Impose Potential Life Imprisonment For Speech Crimes
Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have previously discussed the unrelenting attacks by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his allies on free speech. There has been a…
The Censorship “Switchboard”: A New Layer To The Biden Administration’s “Orwellian Ministry Of Truth”
By Jonathan Turley Free speech is in a free fall as millions embrace censorship as a political cause, including some now running for federal office on a…
“We Are Restricting Freedom… For The Common Good”: Irish Green Party Calls For Limiting Free Speech
By Jonathan Turley The Irish Green Party followed many on the left around the world, including our own Democratic Party, this week and came out…
The Tower For Twitter? UK Minister Calls For Jailing Social-Media Bosses Who Do Not Censor Speech
By Jonathan Turley As previously discussed, after Musk decided to buy Twitter, Hillary Clinton called upon European countries to force social-media companies to censor Americans….
Welcome To Hotel California: Lawmakers Move To Tax People Who Have Left The State
By Jonathan Turley California lawmakers appear intent on making the Eagles song Hotel California a reality … at least when it comes to taxes for those who…
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…
New Zealand Prime Minister Calls For A Global Censorship System
By Jonathan Turley New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is the latest liberal leader to call for an international alliance to censor speech. Unsatisfied with…