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Breitbart Tech recently had the opportunity to speak to open source social network Minds’ founder Bill Ottman, who explained the differences between Minds and free-speech centric social media site Gab and discussed why Big Tech is failing.

London’s Metropolitan Police Force has said it will give up on investigating many instances of “low-level” crime such as shoplifting and vandalism, saying it is “not practical” to fight them in a time of cutbacks.

Transport for London (TfL) and London’s police are teaming up to encourage people to report “perceived” so-called “hate crimes”, specifically targeting Muslims by going into mosques.

British police forces arrested at least nine people a day for “offensive” comments on social media in 2016.

According to a report from the Crimson, Harvard University has been spending around $10,000 in security costs to host controversial speakers like Charles Murray.

The all-female Scripps College in Claremont, California, is offering traumatized students “support and resources” in response to a contentious debate that took place during a guest lecture event.

Students at the prestigious Amherst College demanded protection from the “hurtful” ideas of recent guest speaker, radio talk show host Michael Graham.

The University of Wisconsin System announced a policy on Friday that will expel students who repeatedly disrupt guest lecture events on campus.

The government is spending hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayer’s cash on the first-ever national police unit dedicated to tackling Internet ‘trolls’.

A Black Lives Matter Activist group at The College of William & Mary shut down an ACLU Free Speech event on the basis that “liberalism is white supremacy.”

Pamela Geller, editor-in-chief of the Geller Report, spoke with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Thursday regarding her upcoming book, Fatwa: Hunted in America.

Longtime readers and supporters know I have spoken little of the impact this fight has had on my life and the personal toll exacted by jihadists. I thought it was time to tell my story, the story of how a New York City newspaper executive went from being an apolitical career girl to one of the most notorious anti-jihadists in the world.

Barry C. Lynn, a former senior fellow at the New America Foundation who was fired after criticizing Google, claimed this week democracy could be threatened by technology monopolies.

Who would have believed that our Hollywood actors and late-night comedians could be counted on to be canaries in the mine? Their incessant chirping now warns us of the poison gases of hate wafting in on the nightly news reports of riots and blood-letting. These celebrity canaries are so concerned, they devote precious airtime, otherwise used to award each other prizes for being wonderful (and radically relevant), to sound the alarm.

People in the United Kingdom could face up to fifteen years in prison for repeatedly viewing “far-right propaganda” or “terrorist material” online, according to a report.

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch spoke about the importance of the First Amendment and free speech at a luncheon hosted by the Fund for American Studies at the Trump International Hotel in D.C. on Thursday while a handful of protesters took shots at him and President Donald Trump outside the venue.

The University of Connecticut has canceled an event featuring comedian Owen Benjamin after he criticized the practice of giving hormone replacement treatment to young children.

WASHINGTON, DC — The Supreme Court on Thursday added 11 new cases to its docket for this year, including one that appears certain to be a major blow to public-sector unions.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions says that students’ freedom to express conservative ideas on public university campuses is a civil rights issue, and the Justice Department has a duty to protect civil rights, including taking action against government officials who violate them.

Students at Southern Illinois University called the police on a group of conservative students who were engaging in a free speech exercise that involved a beach ball.

Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions elaborated on the Department of Justice’s initiative to take on public institutions that have placed limits on the freedom of speech. Sessions told host Tucker Carlson that could

One America News Network (OANN) is offering airtime to speakers from the canceled Free Speech Week at UC Berkeley.

Theryn Meyer, a popular transgender commentator and anti-SJW activist, has been permanently suspended from Twitter.

A British University has blocked an academic studying a reported surge in people regretting transgender surgery, claiming a “social media” backlash to the “politically incorrect” research could harm the institution.

President Donald Trump called out former 49ers quarterback Colin Kapernick and other NFL players on Friday for protesting the national anthem, expressing what millions of football fans have already registered by tuning out.

UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol T. Christ sent out an email to her community condemning “hateful” messaging on campus that she claims targets specific student groups.

Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney joined SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam on Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily to review President Trump’s address to the UN General Assembly.

Pomona College announced on Monday that it will not punish students who participated in the blockade that shut down Heather Mac Donald’s speech at nearby Claremont McKenna College this spring.

A survey of college students reveals that 20 percent of students believe it is okay to use violence to shut down an offensive speaker.

Pamela Geller, editor-in-chief of The Geller Report joined Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming Free Speech Week at Berkeley and President Trump’s signing of legislation condemning White Supremacists and other “hate groups.”

The UK Electoral Commission has suggested banning internet trolls from being able to vote in elections, according to a report.

Twitter has suspended the account of right-libertarian trans commentator Michelle Catlin.

Gab, a free speech-orientated social network, has been given five days to change domain services from its provider Asia Registry, who claimed their domain will otherwise be terminated.

When Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef was replaced by younger, hipper, more charismatic Mohammed bin Salman, the government of Saudi Arabia took pains to present the switch as logical, good for the people, and acceptable to all parties.

Gab, the free speech social network, has filed a lawsuit against Google after they were suspended without warning from Google’s Play Store last month.

The European Parliament has been accused of trying to “criminalise” pro-life views and opposition abortion, after passing a paper describing restricting abortion as “violence” and demanding “all the Member States to guarantee… legal abortion.”