Articles by Max Thompson via Free Speech Union

Free Speech

The UK Is Coming For Free Speech In America: Can They?

January 3, 2026 Max Thompson via Free Speech Union 2
Earlier this year, VP J.D. Vance carped at UK’s Starmer that free speech violations in the UK are a threat to “American technology companies”; there was no mention of American citizens. The only concern is that the UK wants to levy huge fines against US-based tech giants like X, Google, and Facebook. Tech giants fight against any form of regulation by national governments, especially when it affects their bottom line.

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Censorship

U.S. Sanctions Starmer-Linked ‘Radical Activist’ NGO Boss at Centre of Censorship Scandal Against Breitbart

January 2, 2026 Oliver JJ Lane via Breitbart News 2
Imran Ahmed, a British citizen and the founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), the notorious censorship and deplatforming outfit which defined its central mission as “Kill Musk’s Twitter” and is closely linked to the inner circle of British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, has been sanctioned by the United States government.

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Free Speech

Europe Declares War On Free Speech In The US

December 29, 2025 Jonathan Turley via The Hill 1
Is Europe gone mad? The cesspool of anti-free speech is declaring itself to be the “free world” and the US as its enemy? When I wrote just yesterday that 2026 could be the year when Free Speech dies in America, this is what I meant. Remember Nina Jankowicz who ran the Disinformation Governance Board for Biden? She’s back and she hates America all the more. Now is the time to speak up or forever hold your peace. 

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AI

When the Watchmen Are Silenced, the Gates Are Left Open

December 27, 2025 Martin Mawyer via the Patriot Majority Report 0
The Watchman’s role is moral, not political. He is accountable not for outcomes, but for truth. Every society depends on such Watchmen. They are the ones willing to speak uncomfortable truths before the threat is obvious, before it is too late to respond. Today, many of the most important Watchmen are inside the technology systems that increasingly govern our lives.

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Academia

Letitia James Sued for Threatening School Boards That Permit Free Speech on LGBT Issues

December 23, 2025 Michael Tennant via The New American 1
In other words, the Attorney General and Commissioner of Education … require school board members across New York to self-censor and shut down parent speech that advocates for their core values and for children’s privacy, safety, and opportunity. If school board members and parents disagree with Defendants’ viewpoint, they cannot speak. If they do speak, school board members risk being removed from their elected offices, and school board members and parents alike risk being publicly and falsely branded a bully and harasser of children.

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AI

We Must Resist The Rise Of A Global Censorship Regime

December 14, 2025 Tyler Durden via Zero Hedge 0
Further, citizens in countries outside of the E.U., like the United States, are at risk of facing new levels of censorship, because the DSA applies to large online digital platforms and search engines accessed within the E.U. but that have a global presence. It explicitly states its extraterritorial applicability as it covers platforms used by people “that have their place of establishment or are located in the Union, irrespective of where the providers of those intermediary services [the platforms] have their place of establishment.”

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Academia

School District Pays $650k to Teachers Fired for Opposing Gender Ideology Policy

December 13, 2025 Decision magazine Staff 2
“Educators are free to express opinions on fundamental issues of public concern—like gender identity education policy—that implicate the freedoms of teachers, parents, and students,” ADF Legal Counsel Matthew Hoffmann said. “The Grants Pass School District is taking the right step by acknowledging that teachers don’t give up their First Amendment rights when they set foot on school property. Public schools can’t retaliate against speech simply because they disagree with what’s said.”

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