The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has joined the American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Fight for the Future calling on the House Energy and Commerce Committee to oppose
H.R. 7521, the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act”.

This bill would functionally ban the distribution of TikTok in the United States, and would grant the President broad new powers to ban other social media platforms based on their country of origin.

#cdt #ACLU #eff #SocialMedia
#FreedomOfExpession

https://cdt.org/insights/cdt-joins-others-in-letter-opposing-the-protecting-americans-from-foreign-adversary-controlled-applications-act/

www.declassifieduk.org/uk-extremism-adviser-has-been-funded-by-israel-lobby/

Unelected peer opposes electorate's right to lobby their constituencies' representatives, and peacefully dissent to dehumanisation, human rights violations, and indiscriminate use of profitable military technology ...
... but happily accepts the influence of powerful lobbies and funders...

Who is perpetrating
Political Violence and Disruption ?

#illiberalism #lobbying #FreedomOfExpession #RightToDissent #Democracy

"Tutti hanno diritto di manifestare liberamente il proprio pensiero con la parola, lo scritto e ogni altro mezzo di diffusione"

"Everyone has the right to freely express their thoughts in speech, in writing, and any other means of dissemination."

#CostituzioneDellaRepubblicaItaliana #ItalianConstitution #FreedomOfExpession
#FreedomOfSpeech #FreeSpeech
#Articolo21 #Italy #Italia

#Bligh noted that several fundamental #civilrights, such as the right to #equality, #FreedomOfExpession & others, are not delineated in any of #Israel’s quasi-constitutional Basic Laws, but have become inherent facts of #Israeli legal landscape owing to rulings by the High Court. The court derives such rights interpretively from those Basic Laws, he noted, and primarily Basic Law: #HumanDignity & #Liberty." #palastine #apartheidisrael #onelawforall #israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-legal-adviser-overhaul-leaves-equality-freedom-of-expression-unprotected/

Censored on Facebook for "sexual content" - this video was censored and, in any case, is not sexual. Facebook/Meta block non-sexual freedom of expression and they don't enforce their own rules in a consistent way.

#censorship #FreeTheNipple #CensoredOnMeta #FacebookCensorship #NonSexualNudity #FreedomOfExpession

Body hair. There has clearly been a huge shift in behaviour over the last few decades and it seems to be very common for people to shave all of their pubic hair.

It's absolutely fine, of course, for people to shave or not, but what I think is unhealthy is when there is social pressure to do so. That clearly is what is expected, and that impacts on choice when the choice not to shave is shamed.

I'm pleased to hear from you younger friends that many are rejecting the practice.

#bodyPositivity #PubicHair #StopTellingWomenWhatToWear #FreedomOfExpession #Nude #Skin #Texture #FuckThePatriarchy

Journalists across the globe are already under threat every day - many of them literally risk their lives to provide the rest of us with factual information that is crucial to understand what is happening in the world and to hold authority to account.

Independent media and journalists are a pillar of democracy and also key to fight #disinformation and #fimi.

I'm glad to see that the community here is speaking our against attempts to restrict #mediafreedom and #FreedomOfExpession!

Also, as reuters reports, high level politicians are condemning #twitter and #elonmusk for his recent actions.

《Officials from France, Germany, the U.K. and the European Union condemned the suspensions, with some saying the platform was jeopardizing press freedom.》

《Melissa Fleming, head of communications for the United Nations, tweeted she was "deeply disturbed" by the suspensions and "media freedom is not a toy."》

https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musks-twitter-suspension-journalists-draws-global-backlash-2022-12-16/