Exclusive: The French government could ban right-wing and conservative parties using ‘preventive’ censorship method, warns Journalism Observatory founder (Part 1)
Claude Chollet, who is the founder and managing editor of the Observatoire du Journalisme, explains to Remix News that a new regime of preventive censorship, unique in its kind within the EU, marks a new stage in the authoritarian drift of the liberal left in France in the face of popular discontent and dissent over key issues like immigration and freedom of speech
Facebook censors Poland’s patriotic March of Independence in latest attack on European conservatives
Facebook turns its censorship efforts towards Poland
After migrant rape wave in Austria, Twitter suspends conservative politician who criticizes police and mass migration
Where is Elon Musk? An Austrian politician who pointed out foreigners were responsible for three rapes in less than a week was hit with a Twitter suspension
Chief editor of Polish TV channel blocked by YouTube: Big Tech realizing communist dream
The incident proves that conservative and right-wing media outlets are being targeted, according to PCh24’s chief editor
TikTok suspends Remix News over video showcasing racist anti-White slurs during Denmark protest
TikTok suspends Remix News for the third time in three months, this time for over a week
Poland’s right-wing Confederation party censored on YouTube after already being removed from Facebook
Poland’s Confederation party has experienced incredible censorship, with Facebook having already banned the party’s page with 700,000 followers
Remix News confronts Big Tech censorship once again, this time on TikTok
On top of the Twitter ban last year, Remix News is now threatened with “restrictions” on TikTok
Freedom of speech victory: German court rules Facebook deleted ‘hate speech’ content ‘without legal basis’
“According to the Hamburg Higher Regional Court, Facebook is a deliberate, serial breacher of the law,” said free speech lawyer Joachim Steinhöfel after his court victory
Russian founder of Telegram promises to protect Ukrainian users’ privacy
Pavel Durov says he will do everything to protect all users’ data
Poland readies new law to penalize social media censorship, will create Freedom of Speech Council
The Ministry of Justice is finalizing a draft bill meant to protect freedom of speech online, and one of its key points is the establishment of a Freedom of Speech Council
Facebook bans page of Polish right-wing Confederation party with nearly 700,000 followers
The right-wing Confederation’s representatives warned that the ban was an attempt to interfere with democracy in Poland
Facebook censors Catholic charity’s anti-violence campaign for women
The tech giant claimed the charity’s campaign violated its guidelines
TVN, US-owned channel in Poland, censors minister’s press conference
It was only a matter of time before tried-and-true practices in the liberal Left American media found their way to Poland, writes Michał Karnowski for portal wPolityce.pl
German Court rejects Facebook’s censorship in midst of refugee crisis
Blocking two users for comments on Facebook about the 2018 migration wave was illegal and violated freedom of speech
Facebook initiates censorship commissioned by the US government
Social media and federal government make for strange, suppressing bedfellows
Wikipedia co-founder laments site’s ever-growing bias
Biden entry reads like “defense council brief”
Russia blocks access to Czech Radio broadcast
Russia’s Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare blocked the Russian website of Czech Radio because of an article about Czech martyr Jan Palach from 2001
‘I refuse to become a minority in my own country’ – Exclusive interview with spokeswoman of disbanded Generation Identity
Even North Korea is not this crazy, says a refugee about the situation at a US university
Spanish conservative professor suspended on Twitter for stating: “Men cannot get pregnant”
Professor of law and deputy of the Vox party Francisco José Contreras has been censored for 12 hours by Twitter for affirming a biological fact
YouTube restores Polish monastery’s censored livestream of Catholic service
The church service reportedly violated copyright despite having all the rights to the music featured in the video
Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. donates €25 million to throttle free speech in Europe
Conservative PM of Slovenia censored in European Parliament
“We have had enough censorship in former socialist Yugoslavia, and we don’t want to repeat history,” wrote PM Janša
Mohammed removed from new Dutch translation of Dante’s Inferno
Macron tries to silence non-conformist media in France, but French MSM only worries about lack of media pluralism in Hungary
‘Freedom ceased to exist in France a long time ago,’ says French left-wing philosopher Michel Onfray
The French government is trying to silence popular conservative commentator Éric Zemmour
Éric Zemmour, a critic of French President Emmanuel Macron, is being attacked by the Macron-backed Journalistic Ethics Council
Twitter censors police data on African migrant violence in Catalonia
The suspension of the Twitter account of Spanish conservative party Vox shows that the Left does not want to debate on equal terms, writes Małgorzata Wołczyk for Polish portal dorzeczy.pl
World Leaders slam US President Donald Trump’s social media ban
Trump has been outplayed by Big Tech along with the rest of us, says Polish expert
Politicians, including Polish ones, have been outplayed by tech lobbyists, believes media expert and head of the New Media Institute Eryk Mistewicz
Hundub: Hungary’s new social media network wants to counter left-wing Twitter and Facebook
Is this the new Hungarian Facebook? Hundub debuts to counter censorship and provide an open forum for free speech
New Polish law could fine social media companies up to €2.2 million for censoring lawful speech
If passed, the new law will allow Poles to appeal to court in the case of unjust bans and censorship related to the removal of posts on social media
France’s unique laws strangle press freedom and target conservatives
The left in France has openly used laws in the country to censor conservatives in the press and threaten journalists with fines and jail time, writes Oliver Bault
‘Twitter threatens national security,’ warns head of US Department of Homeland Security
Social network deleted a post regarding the US border wall last week
US: Google employee admits company manipulates search results in favor of Democrats in Project Veritas video
Videos from Project Veritas are revealing the extent of Big Tech censorship in the run-up to the Nov. 3 United States elections
Big tech censorship: Twitter suspends US Senate candidate Lauren Witzke over anti-mass migration comment
In another case of censorship, Twitter banned a US Senate candidate for her criticizing mass migration in Europe despite data supporting her assertion
Twitter and Facebook block explosive revelations about Joe Biden and Burisma energy company, Republicans demand tech CEOs testify over censorship
Biden met with an executive of a Ukrainian energy company despite denying ever doing so
Facebook censors Poland Forever page owner, company won’t comment on ban
Facebook has silenced a pro-Poland page with 70,000 followers which posted content on Polish history, politics and culture
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo: I would happily provide video commentary as capitalists are lined up against a wall and shot
Twitter suspends official Hungarian government account
Twitter ramps up censorship of conservative voices
Remix News suspended from Twitter as censorship of Central European media outlets grows
Remix News has been suspended, which follows months after state media outlet Poland Daily was taken offline by Twitter
Polish newspaper self-censors after publishing article criticizing LGBT movement
Leading liberal Polish newspaper removes article criticizing Bart Staszewski for putting up fake “LGBT-free zone” signs after backlash from the LGBT activist himself
Feared Facebook Oversight Board set to launch before US elections, will have powerful tools to censor conservatives
There are fears that Facebook could implement mass censorship both before and after the US presidential election
Czechs fight social media censorship with petition signed by well-known musicians, game developers, writers, and academics
“Restriction of freedom is distorting political competition “
Jarosław Kaczyński criticizes a court ban on writing about Polish Football Association (PZPN) head Zbigniew Boniek
The leader of Law and Justice (PiS) stressed that the court verdict bested communist censorship
Twitter censors news outlet Poland Daily and conservative commentator @BasedPoland
The suspension of the Poland Daily account has been associated with the anti-right and anti-PiS article published by leftist portal Oko.press
YouTube censors video on 1944 Warsaw Uprising
Poles created a short film which showed the tragic history of young Poles during the fateful struggle for Warsaw
YouTube bans Czech politician over videos criticizing mass migration and the EU
“We are witnessing rigid censorship,” warns Tomio Okamura
YouTube removes video criticizing LGBT ideology
LGBT censorship is becoming increasingly more effective
Parler defies censorship introduced by major social media platforms
Social network Parler attracts users as Trump promotes it
Voice of Europe closes down following Big Tech censorship and ad service ban
Blacklisted: Movies criticized for racism, including Oscar-winning film ‘Gone With The Wind’, are disappearing from the Internet
EUobserver censors Hungarian government letter
Big Tech censorship: YouTube blocks Polish conservatives
“We are dealing with an attack on freedom of speech in Poland”