Articles from ‘Independent News Roundup’ in ‘Freedom of Speech’

The draft law was criticized for allegedly conflating legitimate criticism of Israel with anti-Jewish sentiment · A cartoon placard showing a pro-Palestinian protester being silenced at a rally against the Yadan bill, Paris, France, April 16, 2026. © Getty Images / Adnan Farzat/NurPhoto · French lawmakers linked to President Emmanuel Macron have withdrawn a controversial bill aimed at expanding anti-Semitism laws in the…

Photo credit: AI-generated image (ChatGPT/OpenAI) · The FCC chair, Brendan Carr, threatened broadcasters over their coverage of the war with Iran. · Carr suggested broadcasters could face consequences — including license issues — if their war coverage spreads what the administration considers distortions. · This is a chilling precedent. · The media is attempting to cover a rapidly unfolding war while operating under massive information gaps…

Sharing footage of attacks can lead to a prison term, hefty fines or deportation under the Gulf state’s laws · FILE PHOTO: Police cars in Abu Dhabi, UAE. © Getty Images / Cedric Ribeiro · Forty-five people of various nationalities have been arrested for sharing videos of Iranian missile and drone strikes on the UAE, police in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi have confirmed. · Iran has extensively targeted American bases and…

The tech giant could be “punishing” the outlets over warnings about escalation, according to a local media association · FILE PHOTO. ©  Global Look Press / Anna Ross · [RT] Facebook has blocked the social media pages of three Hungarian media outlets, citing violations of community principles. The move comes mere weeks before elections in the Central European nation and has been condemned by the Hungarian National Media…

As the world gets deeper in dramatic structural changes, the one universal tool – the internet – has become a new kind of trench warfare · https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/matthieu-buge/ By Matthieu Buge, who has worked on Russia for the magazine l’Histoire, the Russian film magazine Séance, and as a columnist for Le Courrier de Russie. He is the author of the book Le Cauchemar russe (‘The Russian…

The French president has demanded transparency from social media platforms on how their algorithms operate · French President Emmanuel Macron. © Getty Images / Johannes Simon · [RT] French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed the arguments of social media platforms in favor of free speech as “pure bulls\\t,” calling for total transparency in how algorithms shape online discourse. · Speaking in New Delhi on Wednesday, Macron…

The US journalist had arrived in the country to interview the American ambassador, Mike Huckabee · Journalist Tucker Carlson attends an event in the White House on January 9, 2026 in Washington, DC. ©  Al Drago / Getty Images · [RT] US journalist and podcaster Tucker Carlson has said he was briefly detained at Ben Gurion International Airport on Wednesday after taping an interview with the US ambassador to Israel. ·…

Alex Krainer · The philosophy we embraced under I-System Trend Following is that a lifelong success at investment management entails four essential elements: truth, strategy, discipline and patience. Truth might be the most difficult and the most important of the four, because we couldn’t hope to forge effective investment strategies without discerning the truth about the world we live in and about the systems within which we must…

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, · Graham Linehan, the Irish comedy writer, testified before the US House Judiciary Committee, detailing how Britain’s authorities hounded him over online posts challenging trans ideology—exposing the chilling grip of censorship under Keir Starmer’s government. · His appearance underscores America’s growing scrutiny of Europe’s speech-stifling laws, with Linehan urging lawmakers to push back against…

The Russian tech mogul has accused Paris of a broader crackdown on digital privacy and media freedom · Pavel Durov ©  AOP.Press / Corbis via Getty Images · [RT] Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov has condemned France, saying it is “not a free country” after a raid on Elon Musk's X offices in Paris. · The search was part of a probe into the social media platform’s Grok AI and its alleged generation of sexualized deepfake images…