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2 days ago | 
alethonews.com | Cindy Harper |Whitney Webb
Brazilian Comedian Leo Lins Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Stand-Up Routine By Cindy Harper | Reclaim The Net | June 5, 2025A Brazilian comedian has been handed a prison sentence of over eight years for a stand-up routine, setting off a storm over the growing use of state power to penalize speech that challenges cultural taboos.
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5 days ago | 
alethonews.com | Cindy Harper |Jeremy Loffredo |Whitney Webb
Turkey Proposes Law to Censor and Delete Unapproved Quran Translations By Cindy Harper | Reclaim The Net | June 2, 2025A legislative push in Turkey is drawing sharp rebuke over what many view as a direct assault on religious freedom: a proposed law that would empower the state’s top religious institution to confiscate and destroy Quran translations it deems theologically unacceptable.
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1 week ago | 
reclaimthenet.org | Cindy Harper
As the European Union moves aggressively to shape online discourse through the Digital Services Act (DSA), EU Commissioner for Technology Henna Virkkunen has been deflecting scrutiny abroad, pointing fingers at the United States for what she describes as a more extensive censorship regime. Relying on transparency data, she argues that platforms like Meta and X primarily remove content based on their own terms and conditions rather than due to DSA directives.
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1 week ago | 
reclaimthenet.org | Cindy Harper
A rising Canadian YouTube channel that had been pulling major traction has suddenly been banned following an aggressive report from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), which labeled the channel a “content farm” and reached out to YouTube directly. Not long after, the channel was gone.
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1 week ago | 
reclaimthenet.org | Cindy Harper
The o3 Model from OpenAI is drawing renewed attention; not for its capabilities, but for the unexpected ways it responds to shutdown instructions. In a recent series of controlled experiments conducted by Palisade Research, the AI model failed to comply with directives to shut down in several test cases, raising fresh questions about AI behavior and autonomy.
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1 week ago | 
reclaimthenet.org | Cindy Harper
The Anti-Defamation League’s David Goldenberg is demanding a broad overhaul of how speech is governed on the internet, calling for both government intervention and intensified corporate censorship. In a recent appearance, Goldenberg, who heads the ADL’s Midwest operations, expressed frustration over what he sees as declining efforts by tech firms to suppress online content he deems hateful.
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1 week ago | 
americafirstreport.com | Cindy Harper
(Reclaim The Net)—During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing held on May 21, 2025, titled “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: AI-Generated Deepfakes in 2025,” lawmakers and invited speakers rallied behind two highly controversial measures: the newly enacted TAKE IT DOWN Act and the pending NO FAKES Act. Both proposals, under the banner of combatting AI misuse, would significantly expand government and corporate power to unilaterally censor digital content, posing serious risks to free expression.
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1 week ago | 
reclaimthenet.org | Cindy Harper
The London Times editorial board recently delivered a pointed critique of groups like the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), accusing them of acting as “self-appointed censors” who operate “in the shadows” and pose a “threat to free speech.”Yet, in the same breath, the Times reveals its own willingness to endorse a selective approach to censorship, so long as the targets align with its own criteria.
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2 weeks ago | 
reclaimthenet.org | Cindy Harper
Ireland’s refusal to fully adopt the European Union’s “hate speech” directives has ignited tensions in Brussels, with Independent MEP Michael McNamara voicing staunch opposition to what he calls a misguided and authoritarian push to punish noncompliance. He dismissed the EU’s legal threats as deeply flawed, asserting that there is no evidence” that these laws accomplish their stated goals of reducing discord or promoting unity.
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2 weeks ago | 
reclaimthenet.org | Cindy Harper
A new report has uncovered an expansive and quietly orchestrated campaign by the European Commission to shape public discourse through nearly €649 ($735M) million in taxpayer-funded projects aimed at regulating online speech. Titled Manufacturing Misinformation: The EU-Funded Propaganda War Against Free Speech, the document was released by the think tank MCC Brussels and authored by Dr. Norman Lewis, a seasoned analyst of digital communication and regulatory policy.
