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  • Free Speech

    CSOs express concern over power of prosecutors to punish free speech

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 15, 2022
    Some civil society organizations (CSOs) have expressed concern over the “increasing use of the prosecutorial and judicial power of the state” to punish speech ...
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  • Censorship

    Group of doctors denounce Florida bill that would protect medical workers from censorship and penalties

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 14, 2022
    TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A Florida bill proposed in December aims to protect doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers from the potential loss of ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    LETTER: The ‘crowd’ of people in the ‘Freedom Convoy’ are no longer protesters

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 13, 2022
    “To hold a ransom from the city for the repeal of democratically passed laws is not a protest, it is a public disorder,” the ...
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  • Free Speech

    Tulsi Gabbard continues to support Joe Rogan

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 13, 2022
    Tulsi Gabbard has once again voiced her support for Joe Rogan amid the UFC commentator’s recent spate of controversy. The former Democratic presidential candidate, ...
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  • Censorship

    Elwood Watson: We must fight right-wing censorship | Columnists

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 13, 2022
    In the early 1980s, there was a movement by some for the right to target and ban books, music, movies, magazines and other forms ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Islamic revolution anniversary marked in Baghdad, Damascus

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 12, 2022
    TEHRAN — Commemorative ceremonies were held in Baghdad and Damascus to mark the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. The Iranian Embassy in Baghdad ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Iowa House approves 2.5% funding increase for school districts

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 12, 2022
    (The Center Square) — The Iowa House increased state aid for K-12 school districts on Thursday by 2.5% ($179 million) in its 57-39 vote ...
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  • Free Speech

    Attacks on freedom of expression: NMC leaders should be dragged before Parliament – Minority

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 11, 2022
    The minority in parliament is calling for National Media Communication (NMC) officials to be dragged before the House to answer questions about the alleged ...
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  • Censorship

    “Truth-Based Journalism in the Age of Censorship” Forum and Media Leaders’ Dinner — NRB

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 11, 2022
    As the digital information ecosystem becomes increasingly difficult to navigate, truthful and factual reporting seems more elusive than ever. Are there outlets the public ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Bill seeks to cap funding for NH’s ‘Education Freedom Accounts’

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 10, 2022
    New Hampshire Democrats continue to seek ways to add restrictions to New Hampshire’s “educational freedom account” program, even as they try to repeal the ...
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  • Free Speech

    Kiwi protest rights must be guaranteed by freedom of expression

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 9, 2022
    Thursday, February 10, 2022, 11:50 a.m.Press Release: Freedom of Expression Union Disturbing footage of parliament, where protesters are being arrested, sets a chilling tone ...
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  • Censorship

    School Librarian Successfully Defends ‘The Undefeated’ | Censorship

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 9, 2022
    Amanda Jones, 2021 School Librarian of the Year, was supported by her principal and district leaders while meeting the challenges of the award-winning book. ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Hungry for War: My Journey from Peace Poet to Revolutionary Soldier | Burma

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 9, 2022
    DShortly after the February 2021 military coup, protests erupted across Myanmar. The military responded by firing live ammunition at unarmed protesters. People have been ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Artists At Risk Connection & Art At A Time Like This Present BEFORE SILENCE: AFGHAN ARTISTS IN EXILE

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 9, 2022
    PEN America’s Artists at Risk Connection and Art at a Time Like This announce the launch of Before the silence: Afghan artists in exilean ...
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  • Free Speech

    Fort Collins music scene promotes freedom of artistic expression – The Rocky Mountain Collegian

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 8, 2022
    College student | Reed Grayson The Magic Rat Live Music Bar presents nightly entertainment under the lights near the Elizabeth Hotel on January 26. ...
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  • Censorship

    It’s integrity, not censorship

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 8, 2022
    For the editor: A number of letters have recently implored you not to post content spreading dangerous misinformation. The anti-vaccine response is that it ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Star Tech: micro mobility comes of age with FENIX – News

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 7, 2022
    Launched in November 2020, the company is making waves in five countries and 13 cities in the Greater Middle East Fenix ​​founders with scooters ...
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  • Free Speech

    If we the people allow it, free speech will be the last casualty of Covid – 850 WFTL

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 6, 2022
    By Stephen Diener As Covid begins to calm down all over the world, those in power who have gained so much can’t seem to ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Abdullah Ocalan: Symbol of 100 years of Kurdish resistance

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 6, 2022
    Since his kidnapping by Turkish military intelligence in Nairobi in 1999, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, endured nearly 23 ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Governor offers billions in education initiatives

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 5, 2022
    Joey Hensley | The daily Herald Tennessee Governor Bill Lee delivered his fourth state of the state address Monday and presented budget and legislative ...
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  • Free Speech

    UVa Free Speech Committee Could Use Some Transparency

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 4, 2022
    By Walter Smith Published by arrangement with Bacon’s Rebellion James Ryan, UVa President In February 2021, University of Virginia President Jim Ryan appointed a ...
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  • Censorship

    Ohio lawmakers push bill that would end censorship of conservative views on Facebook

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 4, 2022
    Individuals could sue social media giants like Facebook and Twitter for allegedly discriminating against a particular viewpoint and collect damages if the charges are ...
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  • Government Oppression

    House approves ‘transformative’ $8.47 billion budget

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 4, 2022
    A record $8.47 billion budget that would increase state government spending in New Mexico by nearly 14% in the coming fiscal year passed the ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Basque Center cancels Idaho Freedom Foundation educational rally

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 3, 2022
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  • Free Speech

    Joe Rogan saved free speech and other commentary

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 3, 2022
    Iconoclast: Joe Rogan saves freedom of expression “’They can have Rogan or Young. Not both.’ This ultimatum from singing legend Neil Young to Spotify ...
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  • Censorship

    US truckers slam Facebook for removing page organizing DC freedom convoy: ‘Censorship at its finest’

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 2, 2022
    US truckers are following Canada’s lead and staging a protest against vaccination mandates. The US group’s Facebook page, however, was taken down early Wednesday ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Uyghur activist urges Olympians to pressure China with podium gesture

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 2, 2022
    Kabir Qurban remembers feeling proud of his new home as he and his parents attended the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. But Qurban, who immigrated ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    TechCabal Daily – OLXits 🚪

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 2, 2022
    FEBRUARY 2, 2022 Hello 🌄 Wordle was sold to the New York Times. The web game, which first appeared in October 2021, grew from ...
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  • Censorship

    The absence of Yuzuru Hanyu fans relieves the paranoid censors of Pooh in China

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    February 1, 2022
    This winter’s decision to hold the Beijing Olympics behind closed doors will rob the Games of one of its most telegenic moments, but it ...
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  • Government Oppression

    OP-ED: Forces behind Marilyn Mosby are charged

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 31, 2022
    By Dayvon Love Too many conversations in the public sphere regarding the federal indictment of Marilyn Mosby revolve around issues of corruption and whether ...
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  • Free Speech

    Former ACLU chief slams organization for failing to stand up for free speech: ‘What is the ACLU doing saying that?’

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 30, 2022
    #MediaBuzz – Sunday January 30 On today’s episode of ‘#MediaBuzz’, Howard breaks down coverage of the Supreme Court vacancy, the debate surrounding the next ...
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  • Censorship

    SC professor says banning 1619 project amounts to censorship

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 30, 2022
    OPINION AND COMMENT Editorials and other opinion content provide insights into issues important to our community and are independent of the work of our ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Bob Doucette: As the Winter Olympics begin, a reminder of the challenge the United States faces with China | Columnists

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 30, 2022
    But things are different now, mainly because the nature of China has changed. Chinese leadership has shifted again – from communist to capitalist and ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    JSU secures grant from Getty Images to preserve historic photos

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 29, 2022
    JACKSON, miss. Jackson State University is one of four historically black colleges and universities to receive a grant to help preserve the schools’ impact ...
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  • Free Speech

    Assembly overturns mayor’s veto on ordinance that limits free speech rights

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 29, 2022
    In a hastily called meeting to respond to Mayor Dave Bronson’s veto of Anchorage’s Anti-Liberty Ordinance 2021-117, the Anchorage Assembly voted 9-2 on Friday ...
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  • Censorship

    “I have never been in favor of censorship”

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 28, 2022
    Neil Young clarified via his official website that his decision to remove his catalog from Spotify was in no way to censor Joe Rogan. ...
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  • Government Oppression

    The people of Uttarakhand have not forgotten who ordered the shooting of youths demanding a separate state in Rampur Tiraha: Amit Shah

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 28, 2022
    Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed the Congress party on Friday and said the people of Uttarakhand had not forgotten who ordered the opening ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Divinity School to meet all tuition needs of assisted students

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 28, 2022
    Full scholarships have been a priority for over a decade and were announced by the school’s dean earlier this month. Alex Ori 01:24, January ...
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  • Free Speech

    Living by prayer: Supreme Court to hear case of football coach who lost his job for praying | Husch Blackwell LLP

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 27, 2022
    On January 14, 2022, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to determine whether a school district was within its rights to tell a coach not ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Police officers charge with batons at MQM-P protesters in Karachi

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 26, 2022
    CARACHI: At least one person was killed and several others injured while many were arrested on Wednesday after police resorted to batons and bombardment ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Yellow card boosts cryptocurrency adoption in Africa – KT PRESS

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 26, 2022
    Yellow Card, a fast-growing cryptocurrency startup, is driving crypto adoption in Africa by providing exceptional services and financial education. yellow card offers an easy ...
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  • Free Speech

    Submit your articles to the Journal of Free Speech Law

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 25, 2022
    If you have something you’ve been working on for the February submission round, submit it to us first. We require an exclusive submission, but ...
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  • Censorship

    Trump Site Truth Social Plans AI Moderation Despite Emphasis on Free Speech

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 25, 2022
    Donald Trump has hired a tech company to help moderate his new social media site. Hive uses AI to scan platforms for banned content ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Government Seminar on Agriculture Based on Ethnic Cleansing, War Crimes and Human Rights Violations

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 25, 2022
    PSNA has written to Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor and Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta urging the government to withdraw from a webinar project with Israel’s ...
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  • Free Speech

    ‘Hate speech’ trial against Finnish MP begins – EURACTIV.com

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 24, 2022
    Päivi Räsänen, a former Christian Democrat MP who chaired the party and interior minister from 2011 to 2015, will be in court on Monday ...
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  • Censorship

    Google says court ruling would force it to ‘censor’ the internet

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 23, 2022
    Google has asked the High Court of Australia to overturn a 2020 ruling it says could have a “devastating” effect on the wider internet. ...
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  • Government Oppression

    India a dangerous country for minorities under BJP rule: report

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 23, 2022
    ISLAMABAD: India has become a dangerous country for minorities under the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A report by Kashmir Media Service ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Opinion: Why 2022 will be critical for Europe’s Jews | Reviews | DW

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 23, 2022
    2021 has been an alarming year for European Jews. In May, there was an escalation in anti-Semitism as violence erupted in the Middle East. ...
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  • Free Speech

    Wave the White Flag in City Hall Plaza Mayor Wu’s Free Speech Case

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 22, 2022
    There is a lot of well-meaning advice against retirement, often offered in the context of war by people who are not on the front ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Slavery in Mauritania and the Shame of a Continent, By Osmund Agbo

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 21, 2022
    In November 2017, the world watched in utter disbelief as newsworthy footage aired by CNN showed dozens of men in detention centers being auctioned ...
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  • Censorship

    Superman’s Sister Is So Brutal DC Needs To Censor Her Kills

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 21, 2022
    Dark Knights of Steel sees Superman’s sister go on a murderous rampage so brutal that DC has censored graphic details of the violence she ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    MELD takes the Cardano Global Impact challenge all the way

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 21, 2022
    NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MELD, a cryptocurrency company that lets you be your own bank, has helped the Cardano Foundation ...
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  • Free Speech

    Supreme Court to hear case involving high school football coach’s postgame prayer on the field

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 20, 2022
    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal in the longstanding legal dispute over a high school football assistant coach praying ...
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  • Censorship

    Warning against online censorship of scientific misinformation

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 20, 2022
    We are faced with a torrent of misinformation on matters large and small. The Royal Society report looks at the challenges of disinformation and ...
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  • Government Oppression

    EXPLAINER: Different mindsets of Mayor Mike, Guv Gwen on using vax cards against the unvaccinated. But could an LGU challenge central government policy?

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 20, 2022
    Gwen-Mike-on-the-vaccination-card THE SITUATION. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said Wednesday (January 19) that he would not enforce the National Capital Region’s “no vaccination, no ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    How the left is using federal funding rules with strings attached to impose its ideology everywhere

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 20, 2022
    Freedom-loving Americans are celebrating last week’s Supreme Court ruling overturning President Joe Biden’s vaccine or testing mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees. ...
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  • Free Speech

    Time to scrap sedition law altogether: former SC judge Rohinton Nariman

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 19, 2022
    Calling for the abolition of sedition law, former Supreme Court Justice Rohinton Nariman expressed concern that critics of the government would be charged with ...
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  • Censorship

    Rise of right-wing apps worsens midstream misinformation

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 18, 2022
    The new apps and sites present a new information landscape for voters as November’s midterm elections approach and Democrats seek to defend their narrow ...
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  • Government Oppression

    HRW media darling ignores Palestinian crackdown, calls for end to aid to Israel

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 18, 2022
    Human Rights Watch (HRW) said last week in its latest Global Report that Israel was a repressive regime and called on democratic leaders around ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Coal mine clash escalates, Czech minister visits Warsaw – EURACTIV.com

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 18, 2022
    The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, thanks to on-the-ground reporting by EURACTIV’s media network. You can subscribe to the newsletter ...
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  • Free Speech

    French far-right hopeful Zemmour sentenced for hate speech

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 17, 2022
    Zemmour’s lawyer says he will appeal the verdict, which Zemmour calls ‘ideological and stupid’ A French court on Monday found far-right candidate Eric Zemmour ...
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  • Government Oppression

    🌱 Lincoln Restler on Radio + Eviction Moratorium + NYC Ducks

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 16, 2022
    Happy Martin Luther King Day, Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO. Public schools and government buildings are closed, and there are many opportunities to commemorate the civil rights ...
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  • Censorship

    Letter: Censorship of US History Deprives Students of Critical Skills | Letters to the Editor

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 16, 2022
    Representatives Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs (left) and Nick Schroer, R-St. Charles County, testifying outside the House of Elementary and Secondary Education on Tuesday, January ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Montana parents’ rights deserve protection | Columnists

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 16, 2022
    KENDALL COTTON “The right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children is a fundamental right protected by the Constitution of ...
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  • Censorship

    Washington State Politicians Embrace Censorship

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 15, 2022
    I suppose it was inevitable, as political tribalism rises, that the impulse would also grow to simply remove things that one side or another ...
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  • Free Speech

    EFF Supports DMCA Provision Criminalizing Open Speech, Indirectly Conveying ‘Right to Repair’

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 14, 2022
    The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has formally petitioned a federal appeals court to decriminalize certain provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The ...
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  • Censorship

    Judge says Trump can’t merge big tech censorship lawsuits

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 13, 2022
    By Khorri Atkinson (January 13, 2022, 4:12 PM EST) – Former President Donald Trump has failed to persuade a California federal court to combine ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Afghanistan: Taliban takeover aggravates rights crisis

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 13, 2022
    (New York) – The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has accelerated the human rights crisis and humanitarian catastrophe in the country, Human Rights Watch said ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Should Vancouver help fight Quebec’s Bill 21?

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 13, 2022
    Should the City of Vancouver help fund a legal challenge against Quebec’s controversial Bill 21, which became law in 2019 and prohibits public officials ...
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  • Free Speech

    Reviews | The gender gap takes us to unexpected places

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 12, 2022
    Steven Pinker, professor of psychology at Harvard, writes in his book “The Better Angels Of Our Nature”, that “the most basic empirical generalization on ...
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  • Censorship

    Trump fights to keep Twitter censorship trial alive

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 11, 2022
    By Khorri Atkinson (Jan. 11, 2022, 6:24 p.m. EST) – Former President Donald Trump has urged a California federal judge to reject Twitter’s offer ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    “I saw myself in RuPaul”: How drag racing inspired LGBTQ + Kenyans to find freedom | Global development

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 11, 2022
    AA public wearing face masks sit on the edges of a nondescript room in an unassuming building in central Nairobi. Sparsely furnished and adorned ...
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  • Free Speech

    Reviews | Boris Johnson’s repressive legislation reveals who he really is

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 10, 2022
    These drastic measures, over time, will certainly be challenged. But the government has a plan for it: to drain the blood of democracy. There’s ...
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  • Censorship

    Amazon banned its transgender book

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 10, 2022
    For three years, Amazon sold Ryan Anderson’s book “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment”. Then, last February, the book disappeared from ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Huntington mayor talks about possible bankruptcy filing for town

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 9, 2022
    HUNTINGTON – A town of a few hundred people in southern Sebastian County may consider filing for bankruptcy, according to its mayor. Gary Lawrence, ...
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  • Free Speech

    Colston defendant says juries and freedom of speech are ‘cornerstones of society’

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 8, 2022
    One of four people cleared of charges related to dismantling a statue of slave trader Edward Colston said jury trials and free speech are ...
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  • Censorship

    Internet censorship cost the global economy $ 5.5 billion in 2021

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 8, 2022
    Internet shutdowns cost the global economy $ 5.5 billion in 2021, per digital rights group Top10VPN. Myanmar has been the hardest hit, losing an ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Anti-military violence erupts in Sudan following resignation of civilian leader – World Peace Organization

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 8, 2022
    Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok resigned his post on Sunday despite his recent return to power following a military coup earlier this year. Hamdok’s ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Broncos announce donation of over $ 200,000 to player-nominated organization through club’s Social Justice Fund

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 7, 2022
    ENGLEWOOD, Col. – As part of the Denver Broncos’ Inspire Change program, the organization on Friday announced a donation of more than $ 200,000 ...
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  • Free Speech

    Inslee: Lies about election results by officials should be a crime

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 6, 2022
    OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday he wants lawmakers to pass legislation making spreading lies about election results a serious ...
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  • Censorship

    China: CAC strengthens its grip on internet censorship

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 6, 2022
    (MENAFN) On Wednesday, the Chinese cyberspace watchdog reported that software developers who create applications capable of impacting public opinion must undergo a security review. ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Explained: Why Elon Musk Is Facing A Backlash On His Businesses In China

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 6, 2022
    From Tesla to SpaceX, Elon Musk’s trip to China did not go as he planned. It could be from Time Magazine Person of the ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Vera Institute of Justice responds to New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s state-of-the-state address

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 5, 2022
    New York Governor Kathy Hochul presented the state of the state on Wednesday, where she outlined her administration’s priorities for 2022. The Vera Institute ...
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  • Free Speech

    Oath Keepers Kelly Meggs, Connie Megs Sue January 6 Committee

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 4, 2022
    Kelly Meggs and Connie Meggs, via the FBI A husband and wife couple of extremist militia members Oath Keepers sued the House committee investigating ...
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  • Censorship

    With helicopter crash, military censor takes on social media again, fails

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 4, 2022
    Two Knesset members violated military censorship orders on Monday evening, sharing information about the evening’s fatal helicopter crash and drawing sharp criticism. However, at ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Hindu pilgrims meet NA speaker, praise upkeep of religious sites – Journal

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 4, 2022
    ISLAMABAD: The first group of Hindu pilgrims currently visiting the country met with National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Monday and praised the upkeep ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Reviews | Hopefully 2022 is the year the two-state solution finally dies in Washington

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 3, 2022
    You may remember that photo that toured the world four years ago. A Palestinian boy was accused of throwing stones and left blindfolded by ...
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  • Free Speech

    Sudanese PM resigns amid violent coup protests that have left at least 57 dead

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 2, 2022
    By Alaa Elassar and Pierre Meilhan, CNN Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned, according to a video address of Hamdok posted on Sunday ...
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  • Censorship

    Art of Japan: Representations of Women in the Edo Period

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 2, 2022
    Art of Japan: Representations of Women in the Edo Period Tokyo modern times Lee jay walker Kyoto artist Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671-1750) was born in ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Imam Khamenei’s sincere communications with Iranian Christians

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 2, 2022
    Imam Khamenei’s sincere communications with Iranian ChristiansThe following report examines the history and quality of Imam Khamenei’s communications and visits with Iranian Christians. The ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Farmers will be paid to restore natural habitats with the aim of bringing the countryside back to life

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 1, 2022
    The initiative will be open to individual landowners and farmers or groups engaging in land management projects covering 500 to 5,000 hectares. Applications will ...
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  • Free Speech

    Letter to the Editor | law will treat people unfairly | Readers Forum

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    January 1, 2022
    A December 4 Readers’ Forum letter by Chuck Colbert, “Equality Law Offers Protection,” demands my response. Colbert identifies protection for LGBT Americans, but ignores ...
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  • Censorship

    Local productions “Censorship”, “Teranah” are the big winners of the Brunei Film Blitz Awards

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 31, 2021
    “The pandemic has challenged us, but the show must go on and we as the film industry are forced to move forward and grow,” ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Protesting trans athletes is not about fairness. It’s about transphobia

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 31, 2021
    As swimmers on the University of Pennsylvania women’s team appear to be considering a boycott of their trans teammate, Lia Thomas, it’s worth remembering ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Young protesters win small victories in struggle for democracy: hungry to vote – News

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 31, 2021
    UN-PAC members protest outside the White House on the ninth day of a 15-day hunger strike in December (courtesy of Shana Gallagher) Group of ...
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    How to Identify the Signs of a Bad Credit Loans Scam

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 30, 2021
    Being a victim of a loan scam could be harmful to your financial wellbeing. Scammers can take cash from your bank account, trade-in your personal ...
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  • Free Speech

    Thousands of people challenge Sudan’s lockdown in latest anti-coup protests | News of the protests

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 30, 2021
    Security forces fired tear gas at protesters trying to march towards the presidential palace in the Sudanese capital, as thousands defied containment to join ...
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  • Censorship

    2021 Personality of the Year Finalist: Library resists controversy for the good of the LGBTQ + community | News, Sports, Jobs

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 30, 2021
    June, as many know from the rainbows over just about everything in stores this month, is LGTBQ + Pride Month. But for the James ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Stories that could define China

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 29, 2021
    welcome to Foreign policeChina Brief, the last edition of 2021, a very bad year in US-China relations. But things can always get worse. This ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Pour money in education, not in guns, wars

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 29, 2021
    VATICAN CITY – Governments must spend more money on education and drastically cut military spending for there to be real progress and world peace, ...
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  • Free Speech

    A dark year for freedom of expression

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 28, 2021
    By Dina Matar Hundreds of journalists killed or arrested, growing numbers of female media workers targeted, floods of disinformation and hate speech, and ineffective ...
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  • Censorship

    Anger among Kellogg workers as work resumes after union betrayed after two-month strike

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 28, 2021
    Kellogg grain workers returned to work in the United States on Monday after their two-and-a-half-month strike was betrayed by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    India blocks foreign funding for Mother Teresa’s charity

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 27, 2021
    The Indian government has refused to renew the authorization for Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity (MoC) to receive funds from abroad, cutting off a ...
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  • Free Speech

    Russia Sins Google, Meta Multi-Million Dollar Fines for Failure to Remove Banned Content

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 26, 2021
    Google LLC was fined an unprecedented nearly $ 100 million in a Russian court on Friday for its “systemic failure to remove banned content” ...
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  • Censorship

    Professor Eric Kaufmann discusses free speech and censorship among academics – Oakland News Now

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 26, 2021
    Oakland News Now – Professor Eric Kaufmann discusses freedom of speech and censorship among academics – video made by the YouTube channel with the ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    New Committee of Veteran Idaho Officials Seek to Face Extremists |

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 25, 2021
    A group of former Idaho government, business and agriculture leaders have formed a new political action committee designed to oust extremists from the Idaho ...
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  • Free Speech

    Trial: Canyon County Jail illegally censors inmate mail

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 25, 2021
    BOISE – Canyon County officials are violating the First Amendment to the US Constitution by censoring mail sent to prisoners in the county jail, ...
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  • Censorship

    Russia: year of doubling of Internet censorship

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 24, 2021
    (Moscow) – Russian authorities have redoubled their efforts in 2021 to crack down on internet freedoms, Human Rights Watch said today. The government has ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Afghan resettlement program: Experts await “crucial details” after launch confirmation

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 24, 2021
    “The government also urgently needs to clarify how it intends to support local councils and international organizations to ensure that those fleeing the Taliban ...
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  • Free Speech

    Satanic exhibit inside Illinois Statehouse days before Christmas draws protesters

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 23, 2021
    Religious leaders and others in Illinois were outraged this week, just days before Christmas, when a satanic group unveiled their holiday exhibit inside the ...
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  • Censorship

    Medical journal blames Facebook for using bogus ‘fact checks’ to censor

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 22, 2021
    The editors of a peer-reviewed medical journal wrote a scathing letter demanding that Facebook reassess its bogus third-party “fact-checking” processes after the journal was ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Chinese pressure fuels unlikely language renaissance in Taiwan

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 22, 2021
    TAIPEI — Aversion to the Chinese Communist government has caused many people in Taiwan to stop seeing themselves as Chinese. Now, the increased pressure ...
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  • Free Speech

    The Year of Censorship – Book and Film Globe

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 21, 2021
    The book streamers deployed their tentacles with vengeance last year, sparking an explosion of challenges that resulted in books being taken out of student ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Kyodo News Digest: December 21, 2021

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 21, 2021
    The following is the latest list of news highlights selected by Kyodo News. ———- Moderna says COVID booster shows effectiveness against Omicron WASHINGTON – ...
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  • Free Speech

    Democrats move from Build Back Better to illiberal ‘voting rights’ bill

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 19, 2021
    Unable to pass their welfare state expansion with a simple majority, Democrats set aside Build Back Better. Prepare now for the entire left-wing infrastructure ...
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  • Censorship

    United Arab Emirates end censorship of film releases

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 19, 2021
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates The UAE announced on Sunday that it will no longer censor theatrical films, the country’s latest effort to strengthen its ...
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  • Government Oppression

    UP LIVE 2022 Election Updates, Most Recent UP Today Election Dates, Uttar Pradesh UP Chunav News Today, UP, BJP, Priyanka Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, Yogi Adityanath Today News

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 19, 2021
    An income tax department search is underway at the residence of the personal secretary of the national president of the Samajwadi Party, Akhilesh Yadav, ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Biden finally ready to fight for the right to vote with the Senate on vacation

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 18, 2021
    Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty HThe vacation break has come for the United States Senate without the passage of the Build Back Better Act ...
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  • Free Speech

    Opinion: Cherish the right to freedom of expression

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 18, 2021
    Obviously, some readers hate my conservative worldview, and that’s to be expected. If you have to insult me, go ahead. If you have to ...
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  • Censorship

    The movement to remove books from school libraries continues to put pressure on school boards | Education

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 18, 2021
    They cited Section 18.2-391 of the Virginia Code, which states that it is illegal to sell, rent, or lend to a minor any book ...
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