Totalitarianism
Greek hunger striker Koufontinas faces immediate death. Costa Gavras appeals to...
By Dimitris Georgopoulos
Greek hunger striker, since 45 days now, Dimitris Koufontinas, 63 years old, has insisted to his doctors to remove the last instruments...
Freemuse condemns Spanish government for jailing of rapper Pablo Hasél
"Laws need to be changed" says Denmark-based organization which advocates for artistic freedom
20 February 2021
Freemuse, an independent international organization advocating for freedom of artistic...
How a rapper’s arrest in Spain sparked riots and fierce debate...
By Luke Hurst
Feb.23, 2021
Every night since last Tuesday, protesters have been taking to the streets of Barcelona and other Spanish cities in their thousands, calling...
Spain risks more riots as free speech crackdown and rapper’s jailing...
By Damian Wilson*
19 Feb, 2021
Millions of Spaniards still remember life under fascism. Now, with lockdown’s limits on freedom compounded by the erosion of...
Latvia goes further than a simple ban on Russian TV news...
18 Feb, 2021
Tens of thousands of Russian-speaking Latvians will be turning down the volume and listening out for neighborhood snoopers after a new law...
Facebook says it will stop people viewing or sharing news in...
Decision comes amid standoff between government and tech companies over whether they should pay for news
By Andrew Griffin
Feb. 18, 2021
Facebook will stop allowing people...
Spanish rapper convicted over tweets arrested after ignoring prison deadline
By Alfonso L. Congostrina
16 Feb 2021
Catalan police on Tuesday arrested a rapper for failing to report to prison by the deadline set by a...
Watch Mark Zuckerberg Trash Trump, Pledge to ‘Work With’ Biden in...
by Ilya Tsukanov
Feb.1, 2021
Last month, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram banned Donald Trump from their platforms, with Google, Apple, and Amazon going on to de-platform...
Old hatreds fuel online misinformation about COVID-19 in South Asia
By Kamya Yadav, Isra Thange,
Julia Ilhardt, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro
November 25, 2020
photo: Credit: ChocolateLr18. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Since COVID-19 spread to South Asia,...
Misinformation market: The money-making tools Facebook hands to Covid cranks
31.01.21
The video opens with a question: “Could this be bio-terrorism?”
Talking directly into the camera, the unshaven young man continues in a sarcastic American drawl:...