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On Censorship by Ai Weiwei review – are we losing the battle for free speech?

The Guardian 22 Jan 2026
China isn’t the only country imposing limits on creative expression, argues the provocative artist. ‘Chinese culture is the opposite of provocation,” Ai Weiwei once told an interviewer ... Provocation though? In spades.
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Right-Wing Parties Must Stop Indulging the Proponents of Censorship

The Daily Sceptic 22 Jan 2026
The writer is in Australia. Anthony Albanese’s malignant tumour of a proposed law, his mooted hate speech law bill, has been withdrawn by the Prime Minister ... By the way, this proposed Bill would have done nada, nothing, zero to get at that problem ... 3.
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How I Accidentally Sparked the Pepys ‘Cancellation’ Furore

The Daily Sceptic 22 Jan 2026
One of the catalysts has been has been my book The Confessions of Samuel Pepys ... Paradoxically this was precisely why he was subjected to censorship by editors who in part feared how the truth might reflect on them and their choice of subject ... Tags ... 0. 0.
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Banned, Censored, Hacked, Demonised and Suppressed

The Exposé 22 Jan 2026
Please share our story!. A few days ago, Dr ... The censorship is clearly hotting up, he says.
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Five decades of Iranian protest

X Index 22 Jan 2026
Protests, often violent, have punctuated life in Iran over the past five decades, and Index on Censorship has borne witness to these demonstrations over that entire ...
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The strange tale of a silenced female Russian rapper

X Index 22 Jan 2026
This article first appeared in the Winter 2025 issue of Index on Censorship, Gen Z is revolting ... The censorship of women musicians in Russia is not, it should be said, a recent phenomenon ... censorship.
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Bold new censorship of news reporting | Warren Lerude

Reno Gazette Journal 21 Jan 2026
In a bold new and shocking form of censorship in America, government agents have invaded the personal home of a news reporter in the early hours of the morning, a time usually reserved for drug dealers and others committing secret felonies.
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5 news stories, including EU to share biometrics with US and launch of UK’s mass ...

The Exposé 21 Jan 2026
Please share our story!. 5 important stories from this week that might have been overlooked.
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What Iran’s Internet Blackout and the Patagonia Fires Revealed About Global Disinformation

The Algemeiner 21 Jan 2026
Opinion. Cars burn in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency’s value, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 8, 2026. Photo. Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ... It was revealing ... The language was familiar ... Two continents ... origin ... .
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“Hate speech” laws aren’t about safety; they’re about control

The Exposé 21 Jan 2026
Please share our story!. Lucy Connolly, who was previously jailed for an offensive Twitter post, is being threatened with a return to prison for reposting a joke about Donald Trump coming for the UK Prime Minister.
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NymVPN fixes bugs and boosts censorship resistance with latest update

TechRadar 20 Jan 2026
The privacy-first VPN smoothes out the rough edges on Android and macOS in its first update of the year. Here's all you need to know ... .
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VPN.com CEO Urges ICANN to Review ccTLD Policy After Censorship

PR Newswire 20 Jan 2026
"But that responsibility should consider government-coordinated censorship and violence on that nation's citizens ... If a government chooses censorship and large-scale human rights violations, they ...
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Hearing for High Court case to compel New Zealand government to release the Pfizer covid ...

The Exposé 20 Jan 2026
Please share our story! ... Whittome’s court case aims to bring transparency and accountability to the government’s dealings with Pfizer.
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