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Facebook ‘supreme court’ admits ‘frustrations’ in 5 years of work

Paris, France—An oversight board created by Facebook to review content-moderation decisions trumpeted improved transparency and respect for people's rights in a survey of their first...

No violation of vloggers’ rights in fake news probe

The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday ruled that a congressional inquiry into the spread of fake news online does not violate vloggers’ right to...

Tulfo to world leaders: Protect free speech, punish liars

Senator Erwin Tulfo led the Philippine delegation to the 151st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, where he called for stronger accountability measures...

Jimmy Kimmel show to return Tuesday—Disney 

Los Angeles, United States—Jimmy Kimmel's late night talk show, which was abruptly pulled from the air last week after the US government threatened broadcasters, will...

New Banksy artwork challenges UK’s protest crackdown

London, United Kingdom—British street artist Banksy on Monday took aim at the UK's crackdown on protesters with a new work outside the Royal Courts of...

Not the same thing

This is an AI-generated cartoon with the prompt: Generate a political cartoon in a horizontal format of a pristine banner labeled “Free Speech” covering...

Barbers: Tri Comm probe on fake news not against free speech

Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers on Tuesday said the House of Representatives Tri Committee inquiry on the dissemination of fake news and...

‘Draconian’ Vietnam internet law heightens free speech fears

Bangkok, Thailand—Social media users in Vietnam on platforms including Facebook and TikTok will need to verify their identities as part of strict new internet regulations...

Trump taps big tech critic Carr to lead US communications agency

US President-elect Donald Trump tapped Republican Brendan Carr, an Elon Musk-backed critic of big tech, to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), calling him...

Comelec says socmed rules won’t cover personal accounts endorsing candidates

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will amend its regulations on the use of social media to exempt from registration privately owned accounts that endorse...

Musk’s fury as judge shuts down X in Brazil

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's X social media network in the country, after a months-long standoff...

Social media platform X to shutter local operations in Brazil

Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, will shutter its local operations in Brazil following a bitter legal tussle over the platform's rights and responsibilities,...

Maria Ressa, free speech and the politics of academe

"In this era of increasing polarization, we must remember that the true test of free speech lies not in protecting the uncontroversial but in...

Twitter suspends blue tick accounts for impersonation

LOS ANGELES, United States—Verified Twitter accounts with millions of followers have been suspended after their user name was changed to Elon Musk, as the...
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