With #Section230 Repeal, Dems and #Media Offer #Trump New #Censorship Tools

source: fair.org/home/with-section-230…

Dissolving the provision would reassign legal responsibility to websites and third parties, empowering a Trump-helmed federal #government to force #online platforms to stifle, or promote, certain speech. While the ostensible purpose of the repeal, according to Durbin, is to “protect kids online,” it’s far more likely to give the Trump #WhiteHouse carte blanche to advance its ultra-reactionary political #agenda.

#usa #politics #freedom #freespeech #democracy #future #internet #problem #press #journalism #news

With Section 230 Repeal, Dems and Media Offer Trump New Censorship Tools 

Dissolving Section 230 would empower a Trump-helmed federal government to force online platforms to stifle, or promote, certain speech.

^FAIR

Berlin is deporting four foreign residents after their participation in protests against Israel’s war on Gaza. Three are EU citizens, including two from Ireland.

The deportation orders are unlawful, but Berlin’s senate is going ahead anyway.

@hahauenstein #Germany #Gaza #Israel #freespeech #fascism

theintercept.com/2025/03/31/ge…

Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters

Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations despite objections from an immigration official that none were convicted of crimes.

^{Hanno Hauenstein (The Intercept)}

Elon #Musk pressured #Reddit’s CEO on content #moderation

source: theverge.com/command-line-news…

It's all about free speech, isnt it Elon? (But only the way you want it ...)

#censorship #freespeech #freedom #usa #politics #doge #news #internet

Elon Musk pressured Reddit’s CEO on content moderation

While Elon Musk was publicly calling out Reddit users for banning X links and threatening DOGE employees, he was also privately pressuring CEO Steve Huffman.

^{Alex Heath (The Verge)}

Elon Musk, Freeze Peach warrior...

politico.eu/article/musks-x-su…

#ElonMusk #censorship #freespeech

Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest

Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.

^{Eliza Gkritsi (POLITICO)}

"A Statement by Members of the Teachers College, #Columbia #University Faculty

The Attack on American #Education, ..

The intention of the Trump administration is clear. By gutting important systems of education, they can shape our thoughts and words, creating a new generation without the skills required to actively participate in our #democracy ...

We call on university leaders, on our #campus and beyond, to use all of the tools at their disposal, including collective efforts across the sector and litigation, to stand for academic #freedom, and for First Amendment rights of #freespeech, inquiry, and debate, and thus to stand for our democracy."

docs.google.com/document/d/1ZH…

A Statement by Teachers College, Columbia University Faculty

A Statement by Members of the Teachers College, Columbia University Faculty The Attack on American Education, from our Perspective as Teachers College Faculty March 19, 2025 We are a group of Teachers College faculty with expertise in the areas of ed…

^{Google Docs}

In der #DDR hat man uns immer gesagt, dass #RadioFreeEurope schlimme Propaganda sei. Nun haben die Menschen, die immer von #freeSpeech reden, die Radiosender weltweit geschlossen.

Es ist irre. Ich wünsche mir manchmal, ganz kurz in einer Parallelwelten-DDR zu sein, die die Wende nicht erlebt hat und zu sehen, welche öffentlichen Verlautbarungen es zu Themen wie #Trump gibt.

Ganz kurz nur, aber interessant wäre es schon.

Wenn mir einer vor 40 Jahren erzählt hätte, dass die USA die Nato auflöst, die Mediennetze abschafft, versucht internationalen Handel zu beenden, ich hätte es nicht geglaubt.

Wenn mir einer vor 30 Jahren erzählt hätte, dass die USA mal kritische Student*innen ausweist, dass Student*innen nach Kanada fliehen, ich hätte es nicht geglaubt.

taz.de/Mittel-gekuerzt-Mitarbe…

Mittel gekürzt, Mitarbeiter beurlaubt: Trump wickelt US-Auslandssender ab

Die US-Regierung unter Donald Trump hat US-Auslandssendern Mittel gekürzt. Darunter leidet auch die Pressefreiheit in vielen Ländern.

^{Marina Mai (taz)}

This is beyond…

#LeMonde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to #US after a #search of his #phone & #computer revealed messages critical of #Trump's #science cuts, "which [says #CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated.

#law #geopolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #Nazis #ViewpointDiscrimination
lemonde.fr/international/artic…

Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »

Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines.

^{Le Monde avec AFP (Le Monde)}

Donald #Trump Threatens to Sue People Using #Anonymous Sources

Source: newsweek.com/donald-trump-thre…

President Donald Trump on Truth Social: "As a #President who is being given credit for having the Best Opening Month of any President in #history, quite naturally, here come the Fake books and stories with the so-called 'anonymous,' or 'off the record,' quotes. At some point I am going to sue some of these dishonest authors and book publishers, or even media in general, to find out whether or not these "anonymous sources" even exist, which they largely do not."

**Write about me what I like or don't write about me! <- that's free speech Trump style... ** 😐

#news #freedom #freespeech #usa #WhiteHouse #government #media #justice #humanrights #Press #journalism

Donald Trump Threatens to Sue People Using Anonymous Sources

The president threatened to sue authors, publishers and the media in a post on Truth Social.

^{Marni Rose McFall (Newsweek)}

Companies should follow the law, right?

If so, then #ActivityPub is better than #ATproto (and other platforms) for #FreeSpeech. The structure of #bluesky requires the relay be able to block stuff like CSAM but the govt where the relay is located could force whoever is running it to use this capacity to block anything. The entire network would be unable to access whatever that govt decided, no matter the locations of the people who posted the content or those who want to see it. #SocialWeb