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eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/cong

This bill mandates a notice-and- #takedown system that threatens #freeexpression, #userprivacy, and #dueprocess, without meaningfully addressing the problem it claims to solve. The “takedown” provision applies to a much broader category of content…contains no protections against frivolous or bad-faith takedown requests. Lawful content—including #satire, #journalism, and #politicalspeech—could be wrongly censored.

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Congress Takes Another Step Toward Enabling Broad Internet CensorshipFast tracking a censorship bill is always troubling. TAKE IT DOWN is the wrong approach to helping people whose intimate images are shared without their consent. We can help victims of online harassment without embracing a new regime of online censorship.
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STOPDISINFORMATION

#Censorship under the guise of #internetregulation

@netzpolitik.org: How did your focus shift?

*Nighat Dad: We’ve seen governments in our region introduce #regulations under the guise of addressing online harms such as #disinformation, terrorism, and #cybercrime. But when we looked more closely, it became clear that these #laws were often being used to suppress dissent and curtail #freeexpression online

netzpolitik.org/2025/global-ma

netzpolitik.org · Global Majority House: How activists want to bring Global Majority perspectives into EU tech policyA coalition of global NGOs wants to engage in discussions about EU tech regulation. We spoke with Pakistani activist Nighat Dad about the initiative and the challenges of platform regulation. She says that now more than ever, the EU must take greater global responsibility for digital rights.
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Nonilex

“Across our history, there have been dark chapters where state #power has been #weaponized & #dissent suppressed, including the crackdown during & after WWI, the #RedScare of the 1950s, & President Richard #Nixon’s ‘enemies list.’ These episodes are now seen as shameful deviations from the fundamental American principles of #FreeExpression & impartial #justice. The April 9 presidential memoranda are an appalling rejection of those bedrock democratic values.“
#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #Trump

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#RepublicOfGeorgia: New legislation directly threatens people's right to #protest and #FreeExpression

In a troubling shift toward #authoritarian governance, Georgia’s ruling party has enacted legislative reforms that drastically restrict freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, and proposed changes to restrict #media, public participation.

February 10, 2025

"The key changes obstructing people’s right to protest include:

- Expanded organisers' liability;
- Restrictions on spontaneous protests;
- Limitations on protests in enclosed spaces: Protests in closed spaces or buildings now require written consent from the property owner, significantly restricting #student and #workplace #demonstrations. This provision appears to be a direct response to recent protests on #UniversityCampuses;
- Expanded penalties for protest-related offenses: Petty #hooliganism fines have risen from GEL 500-1,000 to GEL 500-2,000 (from maximum approximately 350-700 EUR) , with imprisonment now up to 20 days instead of 15. Verbal insults towards #PoliceOfficers now carry fines of GEL 2,000 5,000 (approx. 700-1750 EUR) or up to 60 days’ imprisonment. Repeat offenses can result in a GEL 3,500-6,000 ( 1200–2100 EUR) fine and extended jail terms. Additionally, individuals accused of "disrupting public order" face severe criminal penalties, including up to 3 years in prison;
- New restrictions on symbolic protest actions: Covering one's face, possessing a laser or light-emitting device, or wearing clothing resembling police or military uniforms during assemblies are now punishable by fines of GEL 2,000 ( 700 EUR) or imprisonment up to 7 days. Such measures are expected to disproportionately impact younger protesters and student-led movements;
- #Broadened law enforcement powers: The Ministry of Internal Affairs now holds increased authority over protest regulation, including the power to block protests that allegedly threaten public order or constitutional stability. Authorities can now use '#EmergencyMeasures' to disperse gatherings, including mass #arrests and prolonged #detentions;
- Increased state control over protest logistics: Protesters are now required to ensure that demonstrations do not obstruct transportation routes. Organisers must take action within 15 minutes of a warning to remove roadblocks or temporary structures, failing which they will face criminal liability;
- Participation in protests previously dispersed by law enforcement is now classified as an offense, subjecting #demonstrators to legal consequences.

"Given that the median salary in Georgia in 2023 was GEL 1,238 (approximately 400 EUR), these fines represent a disproportionate financial burden on protesters, effectively discouraging civic engagement and public demonstrations."

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csometer.info/updates/georgia-

#RightToProtest #AntiProtestLaws
#GeorgianLaws #CriminalizingDissent #CriminalizingProtest #HumanRights #RepublicOfGeorgia #GeorgianDream #FaceMasks #AntiMaskLaws #ProtestSponsors #ACAB #ExpandedPolicePowers #PoliceState #Authoritarianism #Fascism

CSOMETERGeorgia: New legislation directly threatens people's right to protest and free expressionIn a troubling shift toward authoritarian governance, Georgia’s ruling party has enacted legislative reforms that drastically restrict freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, and proposed changes to restrict media, public participation.
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N-gated Hacker News

🎓📚 In an epic battle against the forces of cowardice, a university president delivers a groundbreaking revelation: schools don't have to submit to every political whim. Who knew? 😱 Apparently, free thought is still a thing – shocking! 😂
newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/a-u #universityreform #freeexpression #politicalindependence #highereducation #courageinleadership #HackerNews #ngated

The New Yorker · A University President Makes a Case Against CowardiceBy Molly Fischer
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Center Online Safety & Liberty

🎙️ Beyond the Filter Ep. 1 is live!
Hosts Jeremy Malcolm & Brandy Brightman unpack how censorship (driven by moral panic around safety & sexuality) often causes more harm than good.

🎧 Listen: c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-pi

In this ep:
🔍 The problem with age verification laws
🛡️ How we can have safety and freedom
📢 Why COSL was created: to protect marginalized voices without giving up rights or privacy (1/2)
#Podcast #DigitalRights #FreeExpression #OnlineSafety

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DoomsdaysCW

#CharacteristicsOfFascism

11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
"#Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and #academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. #FreeExpression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts."

Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine.

voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23
#USPol #DepartmentOfEducation #DEI #DumbingUsDown

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PrivacyDigest

The Senate Passed The TAKE IT DOWN Act, Threatening #FreeExpression and #DueProcess

The bill is meant to speed up the removal of non-consensual intimate imagery, or NCII, including videos that imitate real people, a technology sometimes called “deepfakes.”

Protecting victims of these heinous #privacy invasions is a legitimate goal. But good intentions alone are not enough to make good policy.
#deepfake #security

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/sena

Electronic Frontier Foundation · The Senate Passed The TAKE IT DOWN Act, Threatening Free Expression and Due ProcessEarlier this month, the Senate passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146), by a voice vote. The bill is meant to speed up the removal of non-consensual intimate imagery, or NCII, including videos that imitate real people, a technology sometimes called “deepfakes.” Protecting victims of these heinous...
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DoomsdaysCW

From Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism (2003)

11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
"Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and #academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. #FreeExpression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts."

House Republicans mull taxes on #scholarships and changes to #StudentLoan programs

February 8, 2025

apnews.com/article/trump-admin
#USPol #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #SignsOfFascism #ResistFascism #Education

AP News · House Republicans mull taxes on scholarships and changes to student loan programsBy CHEYANNE MUMPHREY
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