Trump Bars 5 Europeans From the U.S. Over Their Censorship Efforts Creeping authoritarianism in the European Union gets pushback from an administration that has its own rocky relationship with free speech. Reason · Dec 31, 2025
British online campaigner vows to fight US deportation threat Imran Ahmed, who leads the Centre for Countering Digital Hate and has close links to the Labour Party, has been hit by US sanctions. Evening Standard · Dec 25, 2025
‘Undermines free speech’: Labour MP hits back at US government over visa ban on UK campaigners Chi Onwurah speaks out after Marco Rubio accused five Europeans, including two Britons, of ‘seeking to suppress American viewpoints they oppose’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2025
Trump administration bars Europeans from U.S. for pressuring tech firms to ‘censor’ American speech The move targets architects of the EU’s Digital Services Act and anti-disinformation advocates—triggering diplomatic condemnation from Europe’s leaders. Fortune · Dec 24, 2025
UK politics: Government says it is ‘fully committed to free speech’ after campaigners’ US visa ban – as it happened Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford among five Europeans hit with visa bans over claims they wish to ‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2025
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation The Guardian - AU · Dec 24, 2025
How the Taliban’s propaganda empire consumed Afghan media In four years, the Taliban have annihilated Afghanistan’s independent media sector and supplanted it with their own propaganda empire and sophisticated digital bots that flood social media with pro-Taliban content. Newslaundry · Aug 18, 2025
Marco Rubio Brags About Defending Freedom of Speech While Eagerly Undermining It The secretary of state, who aims to "liberate American speech," nevertheless wants to deport U.S. residents for expressing opinions that offend him. Reason · Apr 18, 2025
Nina Jankowicz's Defense of Government Censors Is Based on Misinformation "Everything looks like a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works," said Jankowicz. Reason · Apr 2, 2025
Holiday Spending Spree Plus: More funding for the "disinformation" censors, more fines for cashless businesses, the link between pandemic shutdowns and murder rates, and more... Reason · Dec 18, 2024
Help Fight Disinformation About Disinformation: Donate to Reason Your support makes some of the "riskiest" journalism on the internet possible. Reason · Dec 4, 2023
Xi Jinping’s wants a ‘multipolar world’, as China accelerates its shift away from the west In the face of increasingly strained relations with the west, Beijing is attempting to build its influence in the global south The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2023
G20 in Delhi, US ties, Global South leadership: Decoding Beijing worldview through Chinese press China’s responses to the recently-concluded G20 Summit in New Delhi merits scrutiny given the tensions in bilateral relations, but also because it is a major regional and global player that has the ability to influence matters even in absentia. And it was the absence of Chinese President Xi Jinping from… Newslaundry · Oct 3, 2023
This mod mashes up five factions from Command and Conquer's past into one giant brawl Command & Conquer: Combined Arms is a free mod based on the OpenRA engine. PC Gamer · Jun 26, 2023
Daily Record · Jun 26, 2023 Momentum gathers behind project for all-weather sports pitch at Gatehouse primary The multi-use games area could be an important addition to the town - but some locals are strongly opposed to its location
Daily Record · Jun 21, 2023 Hopes rising over long-awaited new rented housing in Gatehouse Up to eight homes are being proposed on the former Woodside Garage site at the eastern entrance to town
Reason · Apr 14, 2023 U.S. Intelligence Leak Suspect Identified as 21-Year-Old Jack Teixeira Plus: More secrecy from the Global Disinformation Index, the public awaits another big Supreme Court abortion decision, and more...
Insider UK · Apr 13, 2023 ETZ's £2 million challenge fund opens Grants of up to £250,000 are being made available to help the energy supply chain realise low carbon sector opportunities
The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2023 Taliban holding three British men in detention in Afghanistan Charity medic, hotelier and ‘danger tourist’ reportedly arrested by Taliban’s secret police in January
Reason · Feb 28, 2023 Global Disinformation Index, Inform Thyself Time and time again, so-called disinformation watchdogs fail their own tests—the lab leak is just the latest example.
Reason · Feb 27, 2023 U.S. Energy Department Endorses Lab Leak Theory of COVID-19's Origins The push to label the lab leak thesis a racist conspiracy theory now looks even more foolish.
Reason · Feb 21, 2023 During Surprise Trip to Kyiv, Biden Promises Endless Support for Ukraine War Plus: The National Endowment for Democracy ends funding of conservative media blacklist, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear major internet free speech case, and more...
Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 15, 2023 It’s risky to curtail ‘disinformation’ when there’s no clear definition of it The Global Disinformation Index’s controversial ratings illustrate the challenge of deciding which speech belongs in that category.
Reason · Feb 15, 2023 "U.S. State Department Funds a Disinformation Index That Warns Advertisers To Avoid Reason" Reason's Robby Soave has the details; an excerpt: The Global Disinformation Index (GDI) is a British organization that evaluates news outlets' susceptibility to disinformation. The ultimate aim is to persuade online advertisers to blacklist dangerous publications and websites. One such publication, according to GDI's extremely dubious criteria, is Reason…. The…
Reason · Feb 15, 2023 The Perils of Trying To Curtail Hazily Defined 'Disinformation' A government-supported organization's controversial ratings of online news sources illustrate the challenge of deciding what qualifies as disinformation.