“All EU citizens and their family members have the right to move and reside freely within the EU. This fundamental right is established by Article 21 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union and Article 45 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.”

https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/democracy-eu-citizenship-anti-corruption/free-movement-and-residence_en

Uhh, what we meant was the EU is about the single market. Consume, you plebs, consume! And do it quietly, you ingrates!

#EU #freedomOfSpeech #humanRights #democracy #fascism #austria https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/114321444305676160

In a world drifting toward authoritarianism, the U.K. should protect the right to peaceful protest. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/10/world/britains-free-speech-retreat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #uk #freedomofspeech #censorship

Sweden’s Proposed Law Threatens Encryption Security https://www.byteseu.com/911980/ #cybersecurity #DigitalSurveillance #EndToEndEncryption #FreedomOfSpeech #GlobalEncryptionCoalition #PrivacyAndDataGovernance #Sweden #SwedenEncryptionLaw

https://www.europesays.com/1986478/ Sweden’s Proposed Law Threatens Encryption Security #Cybersecurity #DigitalSurveillance #EndToEndEncryption #FreedomOfSpeech #GlobalEncryptionCoalition #nyheter #PrivacyAndDataGovernance #Sverige #sweden #SwedenEncryptionLaw

#ThoughtProvoker

Our modern society is built on a #technosphere, where #SocialMedia facilitates our communications and how we interact. #FreeSoftware plays a huge and important role in facilitating all this.

Then merely musing, should #SoftwareFreedom not be considered to be just as nuanced as #FreedomOfSpeech? Are the four #FOSS freedoms reasonable, or are they akin to #FreeSpeech absolutism?

"As more and more westerners grow disgusted with Israel and their government’s support for its depravity, the far left is going to talk to the public about the difference between Zionism and Judaism, about the western empire and its interests in the middle east — and meanwhile the far right is going to blame it all on Jews."
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"... this won’t just affect Jews. Immigrants, racial minorities, LGBTQ people and other marginalized communities will all be harmed by the rise of white nationalist factions whose popularity benefits from an increase of anti-Jewish sentiment ..."
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"... it looks like our rulers are bound and determined to drag us into a very dark direction ..."
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-backlash-against-israels-western
@palestine

#Zionism
#Israel
#FreedomOfSpeech

Dark times, America. We may never recover from this.

19 international UT Dallas students have visas revoked

https://www.keranews.org/government/2025-04-09/international-ut-dallas-students-visas-revoked

"Judith Butler and Aziz Rana join Adam Shatz to discuss Donald #Trump’s use of #executiveOrders to target #birthrightCitizenship, #protest, support of Palestinian rights, #academicFreedom, constitutionally protected speech and efforts to ensure inclusion on the basis of race, gender and sexual orientation."

https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/trump-s-war-by-executive-order

#USpol #MAGA #FreedomOfSpeech #politicalSpeech #TransRights #immigrantRights #civilRights #civilLiberties #stateRepression #PalestineSolidarity #Gaza @palestine

"Freedom of speech and of press is accorded aliens residing in this country."

Bridges v. Wixon 326 U.S. 135 (1945)

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/326/135/

To my husband, Mahmoud Khalil: I can’t wait to tell our son of his father’s bravery | Noor Abdalla https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/08/mahmoud-khalil-wife-letter #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Palestinianterritories #Trumpadministration #ColumbiaUniversity #Freedomofspeech #Israel-Gazawar #MahmoudKhalil #USpolitics #Worldnews #USnews #Gaza

CT primary physicians stand for science healthcare   https://www.byteseu.com/896859/ #CDC #connecticut #ct #doctors #EPA #FDA #FreedomFromWantAndFreedomFromFear #FreedomOfReligion #FreedomOfSpeech #Health #HealthCare #HeartDisease #Medicaid #Medicare #NIH #patients #Science #stroke #trump #Vaccines #VeteransAdministration #VOTE

"More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The backlash was immediate and massive. Internet users, free speech advocates, and tech companies flooded lawmakers with protests, culminating in an “Internet Blackout” on January 18, 2012. Turns out, Americans don’t like government-run internet blacklists. The bills were ultimately shelved.

Thirteen years later, as institutional memory fades and appetite for opposition wanes, members of Congress in both parties are ready to try this again.

The Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA), along with at least one other bill still in draft form, would revive this reckless strategy. These new proposals would let rights holders get federal court orders forcing ISPs and DNS providers to block entire websites based on accusations of infringing copyright. Lawmakers claim they’re targeting “pirate” sites—but what they’re really doing is building an internet kill switch.

These bills are an unequivocal and serious threat to a free and open internet. EFF and our supporters are going to fight back against them."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever

"The position of this administration is that the First Amendment does not really apply to criticism of Israel or of Zionism. Trump’s administration is trying to circumvent the Constitution and to criminalize clearly protected speech in the service of a genocidal government whose weapons and political support overwhelmingly come from the U.S.

The tactics employed by the Trump administration are firmly in line with a longstanding German policy of putting support for Israel, no matter how heinous its crimes, above the basic free speech rights of its citizens. In a wide-ranging discussion, Alexander Gorski, a Berlin-based criminal defense and migration lawyer, lays out how Germany has weaponized the concept of anti-semitism to stifle dissent and to suppress speech.

Since October 7 and the launch of the war against Gaza, Germany has targeted residents for deportation and has ignited a campaign of fear among particularly Arab and Muslim residents of Germany. Many German media outlets have joined this frenzy, running tabloid headlines accusing Arab activists of being Hamas propagandists or operatives. More recently Germany has begun trying to deport activists with EU citizenship, people who have a clearly defined right to live in Germany. Among these are citizens of Ireland and Poland. They are also trying to deport a U.S. citizen for participating in protests against Israel’s war. Gorski is one of the lead lawyers representing these activists and many other residents of Germany being targeted for their activism opposing Israel’s war."

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/video-donald-trump-germany-criminalize-pro-palestine-activism