Vance Says Pope Leo Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology

The vice president, who is Catholic, took issue with Pope Leo XIV’s statement that disciples of Christ are “never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs.”

The New York Times

Australia

Food availability and food prices don't matter so long as the parliament dining rooms have been well stocked.

#auspol #democracy #freespeech

Internet shutdowns are no longer a rare emergency move. They are becoming routine infrastructure for control. Cut the network, and you cut speech, work, protest, safety, and the public record. EFF points to 304 shutdowns across 54 countries in 2024, with 2025 breaking the record again. How much more proof do we need that connectivity is a freedom issue?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/digital-hopes-real-power-rise-network-shutdowns

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #InternetShutdowns #DigitalRights

Digital Hopes, Real Power: The Rise of Network Shutdowns

The number of internet shutdowns in 2025 broke the record set in 2024. Whereas network disruptions were once a rare occurrence, they are now a routine measure, increasingly treated by authorities as a standard response to periods of heightened political sensitivity.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

EFF is right to call for the release of Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. Jailing a journalist over reporting or social posts is an attack on press freedom and the public's right to know.

What happens to free speech when governments treat reporting as a crime?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-calls-kuwait-release-journalist-ahmed-shihab-eldin

#PressFreedom #FreeSpeech #Journalism #HumanRights #Kuwait

EFF Calls on Kuwait to Release Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

EFF calls on the Kuwaiti government to immediately release journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. An award-winning journalist and television host who worked for Al Jazeera for many years, Shihab-Eldin—a dual American-Kuwaiti citizen—was arrested in Kuwait on March 3 while visiting family. The Committee to...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Trying to force Reddit to reveal an ICE critic is a threat to political speech. If governments can use legal pressure to unmask people for criticising state power, the chilling effect extends far beyond a single account.

If criticism of the government can get you singled out, who speaks freely next?
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-04-15/the-trump-administration-is-trying-to-force-reddit-to-reveal-the-identity-of-an-online-ice-critic.html

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #CivilLiberties #Reddit #ICE

@SuffolkLITLab so Motorola makes poor quality products do they? Hadn't heard anything about that until this lawsuit...

#StreislandEffect #Motorola #FreeSpeech

EFF Calls on Kuwait to Release Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-calls-kuwait-release-journalist-ahmed-shihab-eldin

#Offline:ImprisonedBloggersandTechnologists #International #CallToAction #FreeSpeech

EFF Calls on Kuwait to Release Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

EFF calls on the Kuwaiti government to immediately release journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. An award-winning journalist and television host who worked for Al Jazeera for many years, Shihab-Eldin—a dual American-Kuwaiti citizen—was arrested in Kuwait on March 3 while visiting family. The Committee to...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

ANTIFA

See … unlike Facebook and Instagram this post wasn’t taken down because I said ANTIFA.

#censorship #facebook #instagram #mastodon #freespeech #antifa #antisemitism #epstein #republicans #trump #democracy #news

Digital Hopes, Real Power: The Rise of Network Shutdowns

The number of internet shutdowns in 2025 broke the record set in 2024. Whereas network disruptions were once a rare occurrence, they are now a routine measure, increasingly treated by authorities as a standard response to periods of heightened political sensitivity.

Electronic Frontier Foundation