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Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

The Pentagon Press Association, whose 101 members represent 56 news outlets, has spoken out against the rules. Organizations from across the media spectrum, from legacy organizations like The Associated Press and The New York Times to outlets like Fox and the conservative Newsmax, told their reporters to leave instead of signing the new rules.

Google Tells All on Biden Admin.’s Digital Censorship Pressures against Conservative Critics

September 26, 2025 2

“The committee’s oversight has revealed that YouTube, a subsidiary of Alphabet, was a direct participant in the federal government’s censorship regime. In particular, the committee obtained documents showing that the federal government successfully pressured YouTube to censor certain lawful content, including content that did not violate YouTube’s content moderation policies. Throughout the previous Congress, the committee expressed concern over YouTube’s censorship of conservatives and political speech, including censorship of FBI whistleblowers who testified before the Committee,” Jordan told Alphabet Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai in the March 6 subpoena cover letter.

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What We Can Learn From the UK’s Disregard for Free Speech

September 23, 2025 1

On Sept. 10, Charlie Kirk was assassinated for exercising that freedom. A week later came Constitution Day, marking the anniversary of our national charter’s completion. Four years after that completion came the Bill of Rights, including the First Amendment and its protection of free speech. We may have separated from Great Britain to prioritize individual liberty but as a recent House Judiciary Committee hearing explored, developments there could still undermine the freedom of speech here.

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Listen: Jay Leno Calls Charlie Kirk’s Assassination ‘The Death of Free Speech’ — ‘This One Really Struck Me’

September 18, 2025 1

“I mean, it’s the death of free speech, to think that you are so illiterate and so stupid you can’t answer verbally, and you have to shoot somebody with a gun to win the argument,” Jay Leno said last week on The Tim Conway Jr. Show on KFI 640 in Los Angeles.

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Trump-Era Task Force Exposes Widespread Anti-Christian Bias Under Biden Administration

September 13, 2025 4

The Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias, chaired by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, outlined in its preliminary report a pattern of federal agencies targeting people of faith, especially Christians, through regulatory overreach, selective enforcement, and outright discrimination. The report is based on investigations and case studies collected over the past several months.

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How US Officials Are Pressuring Europe Over Its Platform Regulations

September 6, 2025 0

Since taking office, the Trump administration has repeatedly called on European leaders to soften or drop enforcement of the DSA in their negotiations over Trump’s proposed tariffs.
In a post on Truth Social late Monday (August 25), US President Donald Trump criticized digital taxes and related regulations, claiming they unfairly target American tech companies. “Digital Taxes, Digital Services Legislation, and Digital Markets Regulations are all designed to harm, or discriminate against, American Technology,” he wrote, warning of “subsequent additional tariffs” if such measures aren’t removed.

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The UK Goes Full Orwell

August 30, 2025 1

Recent court hearings revealed that officials had stated that the real purpose was “not primarily aimed at … the protection of children”, but regulating “services that have a significant influence over public discourse”. There’s only one kind of censorship the British government is really into. Rather than blocking pornography, the Online Safety Act was used to block videos of parliamentary debates about the Muslim sex grooming gang crisis in the UK. Not only wasn’t the Online Safety Act protecting children from being exposed to sexual content, it was being used to censor revelations about the complicity of the authorities in the sexual abuse of children.

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UK Backs Down on Demand for Access to Apple Users’ Data Amid US Pushback

August 27, 2025 1

In addition to Gabbard’s role, according to the report, Vance, who was in Britain last week, “intervened to ensure Britain agreed to withdraw an order that sought to force Apple to break open encrypted data stored in its iCloud system that even the iPhone maker itself is normally unable to access.”

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‘IDENTICAL FACTS’: Loudoun County Punishes Christian Boys While Exonerating Muslim, Lawyer Says

August 23, 2025 1

While the school system brought “identical facts” against all three boys, it eventually dropped the case against the Muslim boy. While the district “didn’t say Muslim,” Hetzler said “that was the only difference we could find.” While the lawyer said exonerating the Muslim boy “was the right thing,” he faulted Loudon County Public Schools for keeping the cases against the two Christian boys.

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Media PSYOP ‘Operation Mockingbird’ Still Targeting Americans: Gabbard

August 16, 2025 3

Today’s propaganda apparatus now includes: Leaked narratives from intel to legacy media–AI-powered censorship tools on social platforms–CDC-funded influencer campaigns targeting youth–Federal surveillance partnerships with tech giants–Coerced public health compliance through fear psychology

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Christian Photographer Wins Free Speech Lawsuit against New York

August 13, 2025 1

“As the Supreme Court reaffirmed in 303 Creative, the government can’t force Americans to say things they don’t believe,” declared ADF Senior Counsel Bryan Neihart. “The U.S. Constitution protects Emilee’s freedom to express her own beliefs as she continues to serve clients of all backgrounds and beliefs. New Yorkers can now enjoy the freedom to create and express themselves, a freedom that protects all Americans regardless of their views.”

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Why Britain Arrests 30 People EVERY DAY For Speech

August 9, 2025 2

Young warns of broader threats to free expression, including over 30 daily arrests for speech offenses and a quarter-million non-crime hate incidents recorded in recent years, often for online posts challenging government narratives on immigration or gender issues.

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UK Gov’t ‘Disinfo’ Unit Shifts From Lockdown Dissenters To Spying On Mass Migration Critics

August 5, 2025 0

A shady government outfit in the UK that was previously tasked with identifying and monitoring COVID lockdown dissenters has been repurposed to spy on critics of mass migration and so called ‘asylum’ hotels, the Telegraph reports.The body, now known as the National Security and Online Information Team (NSOIT) has been lobbying social media companies such as TikTok to take action against users who post what it describes as “concerning narratives” about immigration and ‘two tier policing’. The unit operates within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and was previously known as the ‘Counter Disinformation Unit’ during the pandemic.

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