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May 13, 2024
An Australian federal judge has swooped in to defend free speech by siding with Elon Musk in the tech billionaire’s latest spat with Australia’s Ministry of Truth.
On May 13, Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett blocked the application for the…
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April 23, 2024
Elon Musk has been targeted by yet another authoritarian government for his company X’s reluctance to censor political content.
In an April 23 interview with Sky News, Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie appeared to threaten Elon Musk over his…
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February 16, 2024
Australia’s Communications Minister threatened that X (formerly Twitter) will be in “big trouble” if it does not comply with the country’s proposed new censorship laws.
The Australian Financial Review reported February 12 that Australian…
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January 24, 2024
A Republican senator called on the Supreme Court to finally address the rampant censorship targeting Americans’ speech on Big Tech platforms.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Tuesday filed a brief to the Court supporting Texas and Florida’s laws…
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September 29, 2023
After years of delay, the notoriously risk-averse Supreme Court will finally decide whether states have the right to protect free speech from Big Tech’s authoritarian censors.
In a Friday morning order, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it…
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February 7, 2023
Don’t mess with Texas. Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced Monday that his state is implementing a plan to enforce its TikTok ban on state-owned devices.
Abbott cited increased security risks due to the app’s troubling ties with the…
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December 9, 2022
Texas has joined four other states in banning or partially blocking the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-tied TikTok for state agencies.
South Dakota, South Carolina, Nebraska and Maryland had already moved to ban TikTok for state agencies, The…
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May 24, 2022
Australian eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant called for a “recalibration” of “freedom of speech” online during the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland on Monday. BusinessWorld contributing editor Pranjal Sharma also claimed…
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October 23, 2021
On Friday, a federal judge ruled that Texas can seek files on content moderation from Facebook and Twitter.
According to Bloomberg, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) can seek limited discovery from the Big Tech giants regarding their…
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September 23, 2021
NetChoice, a prominent tech trade group, is suing Texas over its anti-censorship law.
NetChoice alleges that the Texas law violates the First Amendment because it allows the government to compel platforms to host speech it doesn’t agree with.
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