As the Western world increases mass surveillance, censorship, and authoritarianism, Sri Lanka is doing the right thing and going in the opposite direction.

https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Online-Safety-Bill-to-be-repealed-this-month/108-342777

#west #western #westerners #surveillance #censorship #authoritianism #fascism #srilanka #freedom #freedomofspeech #internet #web #www #socialmedia

Online Safety Bill to be repealed this month - Breaking News | Daily Mirror

Parliament is to take up the debate on the Online Safety (Repeal) Bill on June 23 as per the decision made by the party leaders, the office of the Leader of the House said. ..

脆弱なエビデンスで加速する「エセ科学的な」若者のソーシャルメディア禁止法

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://p2ptk.org/freedom-of-speech/5624

Staatsräson und Kunstfreiheit: Vortrag von Ralf Michaels / HfG Karlsruhe / 1. OG

Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Karlsruhe, Tuesday, June 16 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

Staatsräson und Kunstfreiheit: Vortrag von Ralf Michaels
Wann & wo: Dienstag, 16. Juni 2026, 19 Uhr, HfG, Reling (1. OG)


Ralf Michaels ist deutscher Jurist, Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht sowie Professor an der Queen Mary University of London und der Universität Hamburg. Er kommt an die HfG Karlsruhe für einen Vortrag über Staatsräson und Kunstfreiheit.

Der Vortrag ist Teil der fortlaufenden Veranstaltungsreihe From A Whisper to A Scream: Voices of Protest and Dissent, Acts of Silencing and Models of Resistance.
Er wird auf Deutsch oder Englisch stattfinden, je nach Bedarf der Audience. Im Anschluss an den Vortrag findet eine Q&A Session statt. Der Eintritt ist frei und es gibt Getränke vom Asta.

Organisiert vom Fachbereich Kunstwissenschaft und Medienphilosophie, sowie dem Community Toolkit Workshop.

 

Talk by Ralf Michaels on Staatsräson and artistic freedom
When/where: Tuesday, June 16th, 2026, 7 pm. HfG, Reling (first floor)


Ralf Michaels is a German legal scholar, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and Professor at Queen Mary University of London and University of Hamburg. He will be coming to HfG Karlsruhe to give a talk on the topics of Staatsräson and artistic freedom.

This talk continues the ongoing event series From A Whisper to A Scream: Voices of Protest and Dissent, Acts of Silencing and Models of Resistance. It will be in German or English, as required by the audience.
The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session.
Entry is free, and there will be drinks.

Organised by the Department of Art Research and Media Philosophy and Community Toolkit Workshop.

https://keepkarlsruheboring.org/event/staatsrason-und-kunstfreiheit-vortrag-von-ralf-michaels-hfg-karlsruhe-1-og

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Anti-government protests continue, but our young people are leaving. Increasingly destitute cultural gatherings have become my places of solace, says Georgian writer Archil Kikodze

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'Health workers say they will keep up Palestine fight after badge ban
Health worker Carrie asks, 'If we allow the government to push through legislation that would restrict symbols of solidarity, where does it stop?''
https://socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-2023/nhs-to-ban-expressions-of-support-for-palestine/?mc_cid=c7cca1f0bf
#uk #zionism #politics #freedomofspeech #palestine

- I witnessed a crime
- What crime, do you have any proof?
- I recorded it on my phone, but it got automatically deleted as being inappropriate
- So, there was no crime then

@Tutanota @protonprivacy @signalapp
#censorship #ai #freedomofspeech #onlinesafetyact #masssurveillance

The Corporate/State Censorship Model

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Those who championed free speech in the UK and US now wage war on it. And here’s why: Palestine | Mehdi Hasan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/08/uk-us-champion-free-speech-war-palestine #FreedomOfSpeech #Gaza #Palestine #WorldNews #Israel #TrumpAdministration
Those who championed free speech in the UK and US now wage war on it. And here’s why: Palestine

It was once an article of faith that even those who speak words we disagree with deserve protection. As regards Palestine, that’s now not true, says Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief and CEO of Zeteo

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