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Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"It’s up to the companies to determine how to handle these demands. I spoke this week to an OpenAI engineer working on model behavior who told me that the company already strives for neutrality. In a technical sense, they said, meeting government standards like being anti-woke shouldn’t be a huge hurdle. But this isn’t a technical dispute: It’s a constitutional one. If companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google decide to try minimizing racial bias in their LLMs, or make a conscious choice to ensure the models’ responses reflect the dangers of climate change, the First Amendment presumably protects those decisions as exercising the “freedom of speech and expression” touted in the AI Action Plan. A government mandate denying government contracts to companies exercising that right is the essence of interference.</p><p>You might think that the companies building AI would fight back, citing their constitutional rights on this issue. But so far no Big Tech company has publicly objected to the Trump administration’s plan. Google celebrated the White House’s support of its pet issues, like boosting infrastructure. Anthropic published a positive blog post about the plan, though it complained about the White House’s sudden seeming abandonment of strong export controls earlier this month. OpenAI says it is already close to achieving objectivity. Nothing about asserting their own freedom of expression."</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/trump-ai-order-bias-openai-google/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/trump-ai-order</span><span class="invisible">-bias-openai-google/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfExpression</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>UNESCO Supports Information Integrity Ahead of Elections in Moldova <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1222158/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1222158/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElectoralSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralSystems</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfExpression</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InformationAndCommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformationAndCommunication</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Moldova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moldova</span></a></p>
HoldMyType<p>Politics and <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> ( read politics) is the most important detail of a location<br>Irrespective of your purpose of visit or residence<br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a> <br>If you don't believe me , look at the political turmoil of the <br>manufacturing hub <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/mumbai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mumbai</span></a> <br>IT hub <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/bangalore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bangalore</span></a><br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/aqi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aqi</span></a> crisis <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/delhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delhi</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/islamophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>islamophobia</span></a> , nearly any tourist hill station <br>No not the crime rate , not the inflation ( take these troubles for granted) , but politics<br>Oh and its not harmless , nay sire , it can get violent.<br>Forget about <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofexpression</span></a></p>
sheislaurence<p>🧵 1/2: Remember this name: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKLFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKLFI</span></a> aka <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lawyers</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>charity</span></a> and limited company that is behind the censorship, lawsuits (incl. on grounds of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a>) &amp; loss of earnings for many bands incl. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kneecap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kneecap</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BobVylan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BobVylan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MassiveAttack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassiveAttack</span></a> &amp; many more artists.</p><p>Today these artists together with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artivism</span></a> collective <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LedByDonkeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LedByDonkeys</span></a> are fighting back</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/17/massive-attack-announce-alliance-of-musicians-speaking-out-over-gaza" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/music/2025/jul</span><span class="invisible">/17/massive-attack-announce-alliance-of-musicians-speaking-out-over-gaza</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofexpression</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>(2/2)</p><p>As a bonus, smoking gun evidence that proprietary platforms don't really care about freedom of expression when it matters, despite their handwaving about "free speech" when it suits them;</p><p>@mysk<br>&gt; Meta insisted it wasn’t a bug. When we published videos demonstrating the issue, they asked YouTube to take them down. YouTube removed one video and gave us a strike</p><p>They don't care about freedom of the press, so we must.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfExpression</span></a></p>
Aaron<p>If we had <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfExpression</span></a> in America, it's possible that we could have prevented the suicide of empire, but because we don't, because popular voices have been either too cowardly or misinformed to actually critique the fact that nation states kept falling into the known traps set by these insurgents, well, those traps worked. Most people have no idea why bin Laden planned 9/11. Do you?</p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>Turkey's new cosmic superpower: banning <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> chatbots for hurt feelings 🤖➡️💔. Meanwhile, the world watches in awe as freedom of expression is buried under a pile of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emojis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emojis</span></a> 📉🇹🇷🥳.<br><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-ban-elon-musk-grok-recep-tayyip-erdogan-insult/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/turkey-ban</span><span class="invisible">-elon-musk-grok-recep-tayyip-erdogan-insult/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ban</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedomOfExpression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2231924/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2231924/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Royal Family Considering Taking Legal Action Over Off-Broadway Play Targeting 11-Year-Old Prince George <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BritishRoyalFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishRoyalFamily</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/catherine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>catherine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CatherineMiddleton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatherineMiddleton</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfExpression</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JordanTannahill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JordanTannahill</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KateMiddleton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KateMiddleton</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrinceGeorge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrinceGeorge</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrinceHarry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrinceHarry</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrinceOfWales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrinceOfWales</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrinceWilliam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrinceWilliam</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrincessOfWales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrincessOfWales</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RoyalFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalFamilies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RoyalFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalFamily</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheNationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheNationalEnquirer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/William" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>William</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>The proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist group starts tomorrow.</p><p>This is a dangerous escalation in the criminalisation of political dissent in the UK.</p><p>It’ll increase surveillance, particularly under the Prevent Duty, and censorship under the Online Safety Act.</p><p>Read our blog ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/banning-palestine-action-how-the-uk-government-is-silencing-dissent/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openrightsgroup.org/blog/banni</span><span class="invisible">ng-palestine-action-how-the-uk-government-is-silencing-dissent/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/palestineaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestineaction</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofexpression</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/preventduty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preventduty</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>At the heart of this decision is the logic of ‘pre-crime’.</p><p>Where the state intervenes not just against unlawful acts, but also against political expression that it considers might become threatening.</p><p>This turns activism into extremism. Legitimate political demands into a national security threat.</p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/palestineaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestineaction</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofexpression</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/preventduty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preventduty</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>As there’s no public evidence of any link to terrorism or support of terrorist groups from Palestine Action, Open Rights Group supports their decision to appeal proscription.</p><p>While we may have differing opinions on their tactics, we stand against this attack on their right to exist and speak out.</p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/palestineaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestineaction</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofexpression</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/preventduty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preventduty</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a></p>
oatmeal<p>Noa Limona details in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Haaretz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haaretz</span></a> how the Shin Bet intelligence service summoned a Palestinian student from Haifa University for interrogation regarding his activities with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hadash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hadash</span></a> (left) party’s university branch.</p><p>The student underwent body searches twice - upon arrival and before entering the interrogation room. When he asked if this was a formal investigation, the Shin Bet operative said no, adding cryptically that “the investigation will be underground, without light.”</p><p>The operatives explicitly warned the student not to “cross red lines” or “even come close to them.” They allegedly threatened that if he did, they would raid his parents’ house at 4 AM and destroy it.</p><p>[…] Haaretz has learned that another Arab student who belongs to the Haifa University Hadash branch was summoned for a similar warning talk. The second student said he preferred not to talk to Haaretz for fear of the consequences.</p><p><a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-07-02/ty-article/.premium/shin-bet-summoned-arab-student-for-warning-talk-over-activities-at-local-hadash-branch/00000197-c803-df44-a9f7-eccb13620000" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-0</span><span class="invisible">7-02/ty-article/.premium/shin-bet-summoned-arab-student-for-warning-talk-over-activities-at-local-hadash-branch/00000197-c803-df44-a9f7-eccb13620000</span></a> or <a href="https://archive.is/8voyE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/8voyE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShinBet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShinBet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofexpression</span></a></p>
almale :mastodon:<p>Digital Freedom Charter in the Age of Social Media and Artificial Intelligence 24/24</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechForGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechForGood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SovereignTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovereignTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightToDisconnect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToDisconnect</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlgorithmicJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlgorithmicJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechEquity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfExpression</span></a></p>
Philip Proefrock, architect<p>Apt for <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/TsundokuSaturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TsundokuSaturday</span></a> :</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@LordWoolamaloo/114717160847578937" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.scot/@LordWoolamaloo/</span><span class="invisible">114717160847578937</span></a><br>LordWoolamaloo@mastodon.scot - "I'm with the banned"</p><p>New, and sadly highly relevant, t-shirt and pun rolled into one. Of course I wore it in the bookshop.</p><p><a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/livres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livres</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/BannedBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedBooks</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/Tshirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tshirt</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfExpression</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
LordWoolamaloo<p>"I'm with the banned"</p><p>New, and sadly highly relevant, t-shirt and pun rolled into one. Of course I wore it in the bookshop.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/livres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livres</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BannedBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedBooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tshirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tshirt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfExpression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Susan Ville<p>📢 The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> Michael O’Flaherty on Thursday called on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> to respect <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofexpression</span></a> and peaceful assembly amid ongoing restrictions on pro-Palestinian demonstrations</p><p>In a letter addressed to German Interior Minister Dobrindt, O’Flaherty expressed concern over measures that reportedly restrict the use of Arabic language at protests in Berlin, as well as increased surveillance of demonstrators since FEB-2025</p><p>📰 MEMO 👇🏽</p><p><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250619-council-of-europe-urges-germany-to-uphold-freedom-of-expression-amid-gaza-protests/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">middleeastmonitor.com/20250619</span><span class="invisible">-council-of-europe-urges-germany-to-uphold-freedom-of-expression-amid-gaza-protests/</span></a></p>
Commissioner for Human Rights<p>I have just published a letter to the Federal Minister of Interior of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> in which I ask the authorities to uphold <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfExpression</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Peaceful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Peaceful</span></a> Assembly in the context of the conflict in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>. Read the letter ⬇️<br><a href="https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/the-commissioner-asks-the-german-authorities-to-uphold-freedom-of-expression-and-peaceful-assembly-in-the-context-of-the-conflict-in-gaza" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/</span><span class="invisible">the-commissioner-asks-the-german-authorities-to-uphold-freedom-of-expression-and-peaceful-assembly-in-the-context-of-the-conflict-in-gaza</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>The first half of this made more sympathetic to ZuckerBorg's position. Which made me puke into the back of my mouth as soon as I noticed it, but that's how unimpressive I found their discussion.</p><p>"Legacy media" is DOGE phrase. Huh? This was already a descriptive term for pre-digital media during Occupy.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/podcasts/hardfork-meta-zuck-o3.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/01/10/podcast</span><span class="invisible">s/hardfork-meta-zuck-o3.html</span></a></p><p>(1/3)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NYTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYTimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Platforner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Platforner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HardFork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HardFork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfExpression</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>So Kneecap have employed an absolute dream team of top Irish/human rights lawyers to represent them in the terrorist prosecution against Mo Chara. I'm not sure that the British government were expecting this. 😂</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Kneecap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kneecap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FreedomofExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomofExpression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"But there's also this weird reality where 20-30 years ago everybody on the left were the free speech absolutists. We wanted to democratise speech, and we did. And we empowered everybody to participate in stuff.</p><p>Then a bunch of people who we didn't realise were also being silenced by mainstream corporate media, used the tools we were creating, and started saying stuff, and doing stuff. And that ... is super complicated."</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rabble" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rabble</span></a></span>, 2025</p><p><a href="https://decentered.co.uk/building-participatory-media-with-evan-henshaw-plath-aka-rabble/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">decentered.co.uk/building-part</span><span class="invisible">icipatory-media-with-evan-henshaw-plath-aka-rabble/</span></a></p><p>(1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfExpression</span></a></p>
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