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

The case tests how police and platforms handle online speech during an election.

Meta Oversight Board Urges Caution on Global Community Notes Rollout

Greater Manchester School Used AI to Justify Removing 193 Library Books

Germany’s First Permanent Kant Exhibition Opens in Lüneburg With Free Entry Through March 15

Three Bookstores Plan Lawsuits After German Culture Minister Pulls Them From National Prize

Calls Mount To Halt London Al Quds March As Counter‑Protest Organised

Prosecutor Seeks €5,000 Fine in Verdun Trial Over Pétain Remarks With Ruling Set for May 20

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

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

New French Press-Freedom Monitor Logs 91 Attacks in 2024, Citing State Actors and Far Right

Roskomnadzor to Impose Progressive Restrictions on Telegram

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

Paris Court Acquits MP Louis Boyard in Cyril Hanouna Defamation Case

Rue89Lyon Cleared in Aulas Defamation Case, Aulas to Appeal

Turkish Airlines Bars Journalist From Flights for Six Months

Watchdogs Report Sharp 2025 Press-Freedom Declines in Pakistan and Nepal

Moscow Postpones Trial of German Satirist Jacques Tilly to January 28

High Court Freezes Government Plan to Close Army Radio

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

EU Fines X €120 Million Under DSA as Probe Widens and U.S. Criticism Escalates