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Denmark Takes Steps to Restrict Freedom of Speech

William Stehmann William Stehmann studies Social Studies and English literature at a college in Denmark. fee.org Denmark has historically had some of Europe’s most lenient laws regarding freedom of speech. But following backlash from a number of Middle Eastern nations, the new Social Democrat-led government in Copenhagen

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A Day I Will Never Forget

Principal X November 15th, 2021 marked a day of profound heartbreak for me, a day I will never forget. On this day, a profound shift occurred; a juncture where former allies in leadership transformed into arbiters of my exile, classifying me as a ‘safety risk’. Just one week prior to

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Major Free Speech Victory for Pro-life Group

Jonathan Turley ronpaulinstitute.org The US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has handed down a major victory for free speech against the District of Columbia. In Frederick Douglass Foundation v. District of Columbia, Judge Neomi Rao reversed district court judge James E. Boasberg who dismissed the challenge

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Matt Taibbi’s Courageous Fight for Free Speech

Steve Dewey Steve Dewey is a retired federal financial regulator with 40 years of diverse business and financial experience in the private and public sectors. His career has involved the resolution of distressed asset portfolios and failed financial institutions in both Asia and the United States. In 2019, he founded

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Politicians Will Always Want to Control the Public Square

Politicians Will Always Want to Control the Public Square

Isaac Schick Isaac Schick is a policy analyst at the American Consumer Institute, a nonprofit education and research organization. fee.org Recently the Supreme Court avoided deciding on where the limits of Section 230 were concerning content algorithms. Many have interpreted this as a positive sign that Section 230 will

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Sweden’s Long-Held Commitment to Freedom Of Expression

Sweden’s Long-Held Commitment to Freedom Of Expression

Mårten Schultz Stockholm University theconversation.com To people outside Sweden it may seem surprising that police have, on several recent occasions, granted people express permission to burn copies of the Qur’an in public. The incidents have caused upset and triggered a significant debate about the far right co-opting

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Woke Is Alive, Well and (Still) Crushing Free Speech

Woke Is Alive, Well and (Still) Crushing Free Speech

Christian Toto newsbusters.org Conservatives are cheering the Bud Light blowback and the success of Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town” and “Sound of Freedom.” The three pop culture “victories” suggest woke is on the run. Not so fast. The last few days have seen a woke

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There Is Zero Tolerance for Doctors Who Stray

There Is Zero Tolerance for Doctors Who Stray

Call it what you will. A Medical Council disciplinary trial, a kangaroo court or a show trial… A show trial is a public trial in which the guilt or innocence of the defendant has already been determined. The actual trial has as its only goal the presentation of both the

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Thought of the Day

On social media yesterday, Alia Bee posted this thoughtful and well-written comment regarding the young man before the court for assaulting an older woman, and those responsible for inciting the chaos and violence at Albert Park. Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to

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The One Paragraph That Reveals All

The One Paragraph That Reveals All

Bill Rice Bill Rice, Jr. is a freelance journalist in Troy, Alabama. brownstone.org The mountain of evidence proving beyond a reasonable doubt officials in the Biden White House bullied Facebook (and other social media) executives to perform Orwellian censorship has now reached Mt. Everest elevations. Yesterday, I spent several

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Musk Offers to Fund Lawsuits

Musk Offers to Fund Lawsuits

Nicholas Schau newsbusters.org Musk, in yet another win for free speech, offered to stand behind employees of various companies who were mistreated for exercising free speech on his social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter). Musk, in an Aug. 5 post on X, said, “If you were unfairly

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How New Zealand MSM Censored NZDSOS

How New Zealand MSM Censored NZDSOS

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com In November 2021, just as the mandates came down on health and education workers, NZDSOS arranged for a brief advertisement to be aired on Newstalk ZB to let people know about our organisation and our website.  New Zealanders were keen for

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You Are the Target

Brownstone Institute brownstone.org The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceived of in May 2021 in support of a society that minimizes the role of violence in public life. The ongoing release of the Facebook Files reveals the target of the White House’s

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Free Speech Goes Underground

Free Speech Goes Underground

Steven Tucker Steven Tucker is a UK-based writer with over ten books to his name. His next, Hitler’s & Stalin’s Misuse of Science, comparing the woke pseudoscience of today to the totalitarian pseudoscience of the past, will be published in summer 2023. mercatornet.com Did you know

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Jack Smith, Donald Trump and the Right to Free Speech

Jack Smith, Donald Trump and the Right to Free Speech

Graham J Noble Chief Political Correspondent & Satirist at LibertyNation.com. Raised and inspired by his father, a World War II veteran, Graham learned early in life how to laugh and be a gentleman. After attending college, he decided to join the British Army, where he served for several years

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A Win for Sue Grey and a Win for Freedom of Speech

A Win for Sue Grey and a Win for Freedom of Speech

dailytelegraph.co.nz Late Friday afternoon Sue Grey received news that the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has struck out charges against her and found no case to answer as she had not breached professional standards. The charges had stemmed from complaints instigated by pro-government lobby group FACT Aotearoa,

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