Freedom of speech

Elon Musk's battle over the Sydney church stabbing video is not about freedom of speech. It’s to titillate his followers | Belinda Barnet

The X owner was always going to turn the video removal request into a glib culture war fought with 4chan-style memes and late-night missives

Belinda Barnet

23, Apr, 2024 @8:44 AM

‘The old days are no more’: Hong Kong goes quiet as security laws tighten their grip

NGOs and bookshops are closing, media organisations are leaving and democracy activists are on trial

Amy Hawkins and Helen Davidson in Taipei

12, Apr, 2024 @12:20 AM

Trans man bullied further after X shares takedown notice over alleged hate speech

Watchdog said post was found to mock his gender identity and equated transgender identity with a psychiatric condition

Josh Taylor

09, Apr, 2024 @1:04 AM

What a surprise! Free speech absolutist Elon Musk doesn’t really love free speech

The X owner is paying legal bills of people ‘unfairly treated’ over their posts while weaponizing the law to shut down his critics

Arwa Mahdawi

06, Apr, 2024 @1:00 PM

A fine line between progressivism and authoritarianism in Scotland | Letters

Letters: Alan Clark, Anne Geraghty and Charles J Corrigan on fears that Scotland’s new hate crime law will stifle debate

05, Apr, 2024 @4:51 PM

Manchester theatre restores cancelled Palestinian event after artists protest

Home theatre apologises for upset caused by cancelling of Voices of Resilience

Robyn Vinter North of England Correspondent

04, Apr, 2024 @4:51 PM

JK Rowling’s posts on X will not be recorded as non-crime hate incident

Author’s comments on Monday relating to trans women were posted as new hate crime law came into force in Scotland

Libby Brooks

03, Apr, 2024 @7:08 PM

JK Rowling will not be arrested under new Scottish hate law, say police

‘No further action’ over posts by author and gender-critical activist despite complaints

Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

02, Apr, 2024 @5:21 PM

Power of Sail review – campus cancel culture drama ripe for a Netflix series

Paul Grellong’s gripping dialogue makes a brisk plot and unlikable characters immensely watchable as a Harvard professor invites a white supremacist for a debate

Arifa Akbar

31, Mar, 2024 @11:00 AM

Sister of beheaded teacher accuses France of failing to protect school staff

Mickaëlle Paty, whose brother Samuel was killed by an extremist, speaks out after Paris head resigns following alleged death threats

Kim Willsher

29, Mar, 2024 @1:06 PM

The Guardian view on Evan Gershkovich’s year behind bars: Moscow should free him now | Editorial

Editorial: The Wall Street Journal correspondent is not a spy. He is a journalist, and should be released immediately from his Russian jail

Editorial

27, Mar, 2024 @6:38 PM

Julian Assange’s temporary reprieve means Australia must now work aggressively to ensure his release | Greg Barns

There is only political upside for Albanese in picking up the phone to Biden, not waiting for an appeal to wend its way through the UK courts

Greg Barns

26, Mar, 2024 @10:54 PM

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