#Free speech

Articles (12)

• 🇺🇸 When universities punish faculty speech, everyone loses — 15/03/2026 [USA]

  Universities exist to pursue ideas wherever they may lead. That mission cannot survive if professors must fear, as many now do, that a lecture, research project or public statement that someone in pow...

  Related: #Academic freedom, #Higher education
• 🇺🇸 Rock band Radiohead urges US ICE to take down video using its song — 28/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Music rights and copyright, #Immigration enforcement, #Human rights, #Political activism
• 🇺🇸 German Culture Ministry to Decide Fate of Berlinale Boss Tricia Tuttle — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Berlinale staff have come out in support of Tuttle, who is under fire for pro-Palestinian statements made by filmmakers at this year's fest: "Discussions about the direction of the Berlinale will cont...

  Related: #Cultural politics, #Artistic integrity
• 🇺🇸 Pro-Palestine Activists At ‘Scream 7’ Premiere Call For Film’s Boycott After Melissa Barrera Firing — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Protestors took to the streets to show their support for Palestine amid the Scream 7 premiere at Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles. “Paramount has a BLACKLIST of actors who criticize Israel,” ...

  Related: #Hollywood politics, #Israel-Palestine conflict, #Entertainment industry activism
• 🇺🇸 BBC Cuts “Free Palestine” From BAFTA Film Awards Winner’s Speech — 23/02/2026 [USA]

  My Father’s Shadow filmmakers Wale Davies and Akinola Davies Jr. won the BAFTA Film Award for outstanding British debut on Sunday, but the BBC cut a section of their acceptance speech. Davies Jr.’s cl...

  Related: #Media editing, #Cultural representation
• 🇬🇧 Israeli journalist who said 100,000 Gazans should have been killed after 7 October could be denied Australia visa — 23/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Tony Burke says he is still considering whether to deny visa application from TV journalist Zvi Yehezkeli</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/feb/23/australi...

  Related: #Visa policy, #International relations
• 🇺🇸 Trump says Netflix will face ‘consequences’ if it doesn’t fire board member Susan Rice — 22/02/2026 [USA]

  Netflix board member Susan Rice had predicted that corporations that “take a knee” to Trump will be “held accountable” when Democrats return to power.

  Related: #Corporate-political relations, #Regulatory oversight
• 🇺🇸 Berlinale Tried to Avoid Politics. Its Winners Made That Impossible. — 21/02/2026 [USA]

  Acceptance speeches condemning Israel and supporting Palestine dominated the ceremony, forcing the festival to confront the controversy it spent days trying to contain.

  Related: #Politics in cinema, #Israel-Palestine conflict, #Art as activism
• 🇺🇸 Olympic freeskier Hunter Hess flashes 'L' sign, says he stands by his statement and loves the USA — 20/02/2026 [USA]

  The 27-year-old American freeskier who received the "loser" label from President Donald Trump at the start of the Olympics — leading to threats to his family and setting off the first major political ...

  Related: #Politics in sports, #National representation
• 🇺🇸 Skier called loser by Trump flashes "L" sign after successful qualifier — 20/02/2026 [USA]

  After a successful halfpipe qualifier, Team USA's Hunter Hess flashed an "L" and referenced insults from President Donald Trump.

  Related: #Olympic politics, #Sports motivation
• 🇬🇧 Joyce says he’s not aware of crime reports after Hanson comments – as it happened — 20/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>This blog is now closed</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/20/pauline-hanson-afp-federal-police-muslim-comments-ntwnfb">Federal police ‘received reports of a...

  Related: #Politics, #Religious relations
• 🇺🇸 Judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist who led protests at Columbia — 17/02/2026 [USA]

  An immigration judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student who led protests at Columbia University against Israel and the war in Gaza.

  Related: #Immigration enforcement, #Political activism