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The Musk-Trump Alliance Is Back as the White House Wields Diplomatic Power to Defend Big Tech Profits
Presented as a defence of free speech, the Trump administration’s visa sanctions on European regulators shield tech platform profits and undermine democratic regulation abroad
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Decent Housing? A Privilege – Especially for the Disabled
‘Every man’s home is his castle’ – but what if you just want the basic human right of shelter?
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Follow the Money: How the Right Weaponises the Costs of Supporting Learning Disabled People
If politicians are worried about the costs of support for the learning disabled, society must become more transparent about where the money is being spent
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‘How to Convert the Success of the No Kings Protests Into a Nationwide Anti-Trump Uprising’
The scale of protests against the President show he can still be beaten, but only if his opponents start offering a coherent alternative, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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We Are Utterly Reliant on Immigrant Workers – But Who Cares About Reality?
Penny Pepper shares her experiences of recruiting migrant care workers, who can find themselves enduring exploitation and abuse for their efforts
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1,500 Pledge to Risk Arrest at ‘Largest Ever’ Protest Against Palestine Action Ban
Major demonstration in Trafalgar Square on Saturday could nearly double total of 1,600 arrested under terrorism laws since ban came into effect in July, organisers claim
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TalkTV Presenter Accused of Assault After Dragging Climate Protester From UK Trump Dinner
EXCLUSIVE: André Walker incident facing police probe over allegations he attempted to punch and kick a protester at a Republicans Overseas event during Trump’s UK visit
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‘Why I’m Now Scared to Live in Trump’s America’
As a proud naturalised US citizen who has been publicly critical of the President, I am becoming increasingly fearful about my future here, writes Alexandra Hall Hall
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Trump Protest Van Highlighting Epstein Links Was Blocked by Police Within Minutes of Approaching Windsor Castle
Officers drove away the advertising van showing an image of the US President with the convicted paedophile as nearby activists and journalists were questioned
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Palestine Action Arrests Condemned as ‘Deeply Alarming’ While British Press Remains Silent
The Liberal Democrats described the arrests of campaigners against the ban on the group as a “dangerous precedent” for free speech, yet the British press remains largely silent about it
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The Trump Administration’s Partisan Global Human Rights Report Will Have ‘Devastating Consequences’
The Trump administration’s attempts to downplay human rights abuses globally suggests they want to make it easier to violate them domestically, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Ofcom Refuses to Investigate GB News Over Call to Shoot Disabled Benefit Claimants
The watchdog also refused to investigate a complaint about a presenter’s use of an anti-trans slur, saying the comments were “in line with audience expectations for this channel”
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UK Gaza Families Urge Starmer to Hold Israel Accountable for Press Killings
A group representing 350 Palestinian families living in Britain have called on the PM to condemn Israel’s ‘systematic assault on the press’ and back an inquiry
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Inside the Hall of Mirrors: The Telegraph’s Dangerous Games Over Online Harms
The paper which acted ‘grossly irresponsibly’ during Covid is now doing the same thing with the Online Safety Act, argues Julian Petley
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European Threats to Free Speech? JD Vance Should Look in the Mirror
While the US Vice President warns about censorship, the CEO of Index on Censorship is again wary of visiting America after writing this piece
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Online Hate and Offline Violence: What We Learnt from the Dan Wootton Saga
Extremist threats are no longer confined to virtual echo chambers but spreading into offline harassment – a phenomenon known as ‘stochastic terrorism’, reports Dan Evans
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Age-Gated: ‘How the Online Safety Act is Distorting Digital Activism’
Some platforms are blocking posts about Gaza and Ukraine, while more innocuous forums have also been restricted as websites ‘over-implement’ the new law
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‘Expect to be Arrested’ Met Police Warns as Hundreds Set to Defy Palestine Action Ban
The Met Police have promised mass arrests as over 500 people are expected to take part in a protest backing the banned direct action group on Saturday
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Why Did the ECHR Deny Us the Right to Know the Full Extent of the Russian Attack on British Democracy?
Whistleblower Sergei Cristo argues that the recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights serves to protect Kremlin meddling
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Reform Council Accused of ‘Trump-Like’ Behaviour Over Pride Flag Ban
EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage’s party accused of dodging accountability after removing LGBT+ and Ukraine flags in one of their newly won councils without any formal decision or paper trail
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The Online Safety Act is Forcing Brits to Hand Over Personal Data to ‘Unregulated’ Overseas Corporations With Questionable Privacy Records
The age verification services used by social media platforms include a company funded by a Trump-supporting billionaire and a firm set up by former Israeli intelligence officers
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Palestine Campaign Group Says It Has Been ‘De-Banked’ by Virgin Money With ‘£10,000 Trapped’
EXCLUSIVE: Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine says their account was frozen without explanation days after Palestine Action was proscribed, preventing aid donations from reaching Gaza
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‘MPs and the Media Cast Benefit-Claimants as Freeloaders – This Discrimination Is What Keeps Them Out of Work’
The media has gone on the attack after the welfare U-Turn, but they’re not telling the real story, argues Mathilda Mallinson
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Worth Reduced to Work: A Disabled Person’s Experience of the Welfare Cuts Debacle
Penny Pepper explores the impact of the watered-down Welfare Bill and questions the very notion of ‘work’ as a marker of human value
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Reform UK’s ‘Children’s Book Bans’ Could Open the Floodgates for Censorship
The party that claims to champion “free speech” is now trying to crack down on books whose messages they disagree with, reports Katie Dancey-Downs
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Leading Lawyers Back Open Letter to Home Secretary Opposing Ban on Palestine Action
Senior barristers and campaigners warn Keir Starmer’s Government is ‘conflating peaceful protest with genuine terrorism’
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The Law That Will Allow the UK Government to Ban Palestine Action
The ban will make it illegal to support the civil disobedience group, with penalties of up to 10 years in prison
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Budapest Fights Back and Defies Orban’s Pride Ban With Largest Ever March
Viktor Orbán’s Government humiliated as more than 180,000 protesters defy his decision to ban Budapest Pride
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Claims that Online Misinformation Fears Are Overblown ‘Radically Understates’ the Scale of the Threat
Entire communities are now becoming locked into dangerous belief systems that are almost impossible to challenge, argues Eliot Higgins
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Misinformation on ECHR Fuels ‘Hostility, Mistrust, and Bad Law’ Warns Human Rights Group
Amnesty argues successive UK Governments ‘created the system they now condemn’
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Repression Without Borders: How Putin Targets Russian Opposition Figures Abroad
The Kremlin has successfully launched a campaign to export Russia’s repressive state machinery into the global sphere, reports Denis Mikhailov
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No Kings! Trump’s Military Parade Couldn’t Drown Out America’s Tradition of Protest
The anti-Trump protesters have done a far better job than the President of honouring what Americans have fought and died for, reports Adam Barnett
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Cambridge University Takes Own Professor to Court for Joining Pro-Palestine Protests
Protesters accuse university colleges of being “complicit in Israeli genocide” due to their investments in arms companies
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‘Traditional Gender Norms Are the Exact Opposite’ of What UK Economy Needs, New Report Finds
A study shows that gender inequality is worsening financial hardship in deprived regions
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Non-Disabled People’s Delusions That Disability ‘Is Nothing To Do With Them’ Only Harm Disabled People
As Government cuts to disabled people’s benefits lead to more dehumanising rhetoric, Penny Pepper reminds us that disability is an embedded reality of human experience as much as it always has been
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‘When Hate Spreads Faster Than Truth, Should We Fight Fascism With Censorship?’
Censorship is dangerous, but I am struggling to see how we fight the rising tide of hate and fear without it, writes Mathilda Mallinson
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Police to Get Powers to Ban Masks at Protests as Starmer’s Government Accused of ‘Copy and Pasting’ Conservative Plans
Human rights groups fear those wearing masks for health or religious reasons, and dissidents seeking to protect themselves from hostile foreign states, will be swept into the criminal justice system
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‘My Partner Turned Out to Be an Undercover Cop – Now I’m Exposing the Truth’
The activist who helped expose Britain’s ‘spy cop’ scandal discusses her new book on state-sanctioned betrayal, and why she thinks politicised policing still continues today
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‘The Draconian Anti-Protest Laws That Are the Real Threat to Free Speech in the UK’
A new report calls on the Government to ‘look again’ at repealing laws passed under the last Conservative Government
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The UK Is Failing to Tackle Violence Against Women Amid Rise of Misogynistic Influencers
Reduced budgets, rising online hate and the lack of an effective national strategy, are deepening the threat faced by women and girls, warn MPs
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Piss and Pity: A Disabled Person’s Eternal Search for an Accessible Convenience
Why is it acceptable for disabled people to live without a dignified way to go to the toilet? asks Penny Pepper
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‘America Is Ignoring the Warning Signs of Giving Up Its Commitment to Fighting Human Rights Abuses – At Home and Abroad’
The Trump administration appears concerned that it would be hypocritical to criticise governments abroad for doing things which it would like to do in the US, writes Washington-based Alexandra Hall Hall
