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A number of NGOs in Europe are pushing for the population to use China-style software to report instances of racism, hate speech and “digital violence” to them.

A now-fired British police officer and former prison guard faces imprisonment for sending “grossly offensive” memes about George Floyd on WhatsApp.

Elon Musk has seemingly kowtowed to the EU on internet free speech, declaring he is “exactly aligned” with the bloc’s censorship regulations.

Ireland’s President Michael D Higgins has suggested that Elon Musk loosening speech restrictions on Twitter would be “incredible and dangerous narcissism”.

A Flemish MEP has warned the EU “does not want free speech” after a European Commission official threatened Elon Musk over his takeover of Twitter.

The mayor for the city region of Liverpool, England has claimed advertisements on buses promoting an appearance by American evangelist Reverend Franklin Graham constitute “hate speech” and should be removed.

Almost a third of Swedes say they are for banning political demonstrations that are offensive to sections of the community following multi-day riots over Easter sparked by anti-Islam protesters burning copies of the Qur’an.

A spokesman for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has demanded that Elon Musk keeps Twitter ‘responsible’ through content censorship.

Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos criticized a fellow billionaire’s purchase of a media company on Tuesday by wondering if Communist China might use economic pressure against Elon Musk to gain “a bit of leverage” over Twitter. The Chinese Foreign Ministry brusquely labeled such ideas as “speculation . . . without any factual basis.”

Brazil’s O Globo newspaper reported on Monday that leftists in the nation’s Congress are planning to seek ways to limit conservative President Jair Bolsonaro’s pardon powers after he used them to free lawmaker Daniel Silveira, who the nation’s top court sentenced to eight years in prison last week for political comments broadcast on Youtube.

Another big tech clampdown on free speech online appears to be forthcoming after the European Union agreed in principle more online censorship laws on Saturday.

Lithuania’s parliament has successfully cancelled part of the alphabet, passing a law that will see the symbolic use of the letters ‘Z’ and ‘V’ banned over their links with Russia.

A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges.

Male-to-female transgender police in the UK are fully permitted to strip-search biologically female suspects according to newly seen police guidelines.

Family members of teacher Samuel Paty, who was murdered by a Chechen refugee in 2020, have filed a complaint against the French government for not doing enough to prevent his death.

Christian satire site the Babylon Bee, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, and Fox News’s Tucker Carlson are all still locked out of their Twitter accounts for posting that transgender Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) assistant secretary Rachel Levine is a biological male.

Germany’s left-wing Chancellor has openly verbally attacked a group of anti-lockdown protesters, accusing them of lying.

A Scottish man has been sentenced to 150 hours of community service after being found guilty of writing a “grossly offensive” tweet.

A lawyer fined £500 ($660) by regulators after saying that “free speech is dying and Islamists and other Muslims are playing a central role” has won an appeal to the Bar Tribunals & Adjudication Service.

Ukraine’s ‘Democratic’ government has demanded that all countries across the world ‘criminalize’ the use of Russia’s ‘Z’ symbol.

A number of federal states in Germany have said that the symbolic use of the letter ‘Z’ can now be considered a criminal offence.

The British government has claimed they will give free speech a “trump card” status in an effort to combat woke cancel culture, despite the fact it is currently legislating to increase censorship online.

Graham Linehan, the cancelled co-creator of Father Ted, has once again defied the trans lobby by insisting that ‘women are real’.

Federal police in Germany have conducted mass raids across 13 states on Tuesday over online ‘insults’ levelled against politicians.

Ofcom announced that “with immediate effect” Russia’s state-funded news channel RT will have its licence to broadcast in Britain revoked.

Britain’s Secretary of State for Digital and Media has admitted that a new “Online Safety” bill has the potential to censor news outlets online.

The Slovakian National Crime Agency (NAKA) has warned residents could face 25 years in prison if caught promoting “war propaganda” on social media regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

EU and NATO member-state Czechia has warned that citizens who express support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including on social media, could face prison.

A Christian website designer alleges that Colorado law would force her to design wedding websites for same-sex couples in spite of her convictions.

UK officials fear that their deep state has sprung a leak, with ministers suspecting that a civil servant is sending secret info to ex-Deputy PM-turned-Facebook bigwig Nick Clegg.

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s crackdown on the Freedom Convoy movement has drawn criticism from the liberal-leaning Economist magazine, which urged the once-darling of the establishment to stop trying to “police thoughts”.

Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel is set to sign off on a new bill that will ban so-called ‘anti-vaxxer’ protests from taking place at jab centres and schools. 

Priti Patel’s UK Home Office has demanded that tech giants block ‘legal but harmful’ content posted on their services.

“Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston has prostrated himself before the woke mob by confessing to his “white blindness” and white privilege, declaring “I need to learn, I need to change.”

Tahra Ahmed was jailed following antisemitic Facebook posts in which she branded a deadly apartment fire as a “Jewish Sacrifice”.

Justin Trudeau’s government violates freedoms of speech, expression, assembly, and religion, a supporter of the Freedom Convoy said in Ottawa.