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Avon and Somerset Police Drop Case Against Bristol Street Preacher After Months-Long Probe

The decision underscores how UK policing balances hate-speech laws with the right to speak in public.

EC Probes Facebook Takedown of Kerala Opposition Leader’s Interview After Police Notice

Greater Manchester School Used AI to Justify Removing 193 Library Books

Hong Kong Arrests Bookstore Owner Over Jimmy Lai Biography as Security Rules Tighten

Ilker Çatak’s ‘Gelbe Briefe’ Takes Berlinale’s Golden Bear as Reviews Clash Over Politics and Craft

Brazil’s Supreme Court Clears HBO Documentary on Arautos do Evangelho

Russia Opens Criminal Probe Into Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Over Alleged Terrorism Assistance

Police Seize Satirical Posters, Declare Canberra Bar a Crime Scene Under New Hate‑Symbol Law

Roskomnadzor to Impose Progressive Restrictions on Telegram

Sánchez Rebukes Tech Billionaires After Musk’s Attacks Over Spain’s Online Safety Plan

Moscow Postpones Trial of German Satirist Jacques Tilly to January 28

U.S. Blocks Visas for Breton and Four European NGO Figures Over Censorship Accusations

BBC Keeps Editing Rules As Trump Sues for Up to $10 Billion Over Panorama Edit

PEN America Names 'Looking for Alaska' Most-Banned Book as 2024–25 School Bans Climb

Più Libri Più Liberi Closes With Lower Attendance as Far-Right Publisher Spurs 2026 Ban Push

State Department Orders Tougher Visa Screening for Fact-Checkers and Content Moderators Under 'Censorship' Policy

Pakistan Hands UK Extradition Dossiers for Shehzad Akbar and Adil Raja

Indiana School Cancels 'Between the Lines' as Picoult Cites Parent Complaint

West Point Sued by Longtime Professor Over Policy Limiting Faculty Speech

Harvard Rises in 2025 Free-Speech Rankings as Barnard Falls to Last