Britain arrests 12,000 people yearly for online speech, including non-residents like Irish comedian Graham Linehan. Free ...

A new report by the Council of Europe that found hate speech is widespread in Ireland has put fresh pressure on the ...

Ursula von der Leyen’s 2025 State of the Union speech this morning was a case study in bureaucratic newspeak. It was the usual mixture of hollow promises, technocratic jargon, and moral posturing that ...

When he reentered the White House in January, President Donald Trump insisted that protecting free speech was one of his key missions. On his first day back in office, he signed an executive order ...

Hate and beauty have this much in common: Often, they’re in the eye of the beholder. That’s what makes criminalizing hate so fraught, particularly regarding hate speech. One person’s mean and damaging ...

ECB’s rate cut cycle effectively done, as significant downside risks to be needed for additional cuts, say experts, expecting ...

Irish Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan told the lower House of Ireland’s national parliament that he will not reintroduce a hate speech law that failed in the past. Earlier this year, Ireland was ...

The European Union (EU) enacted the Digital Services Act (DSA) in 2022 as part of a broader regulatory package aimed at creating a safer and more transparent digital environment within the EU.

Unlike his last appearance in 2020, when China dominated his speech, his European allies were the focus of some of his harshest criticism, getting mentioned twice as often as Beijing. "Immigration and ...

Protecting free speech' - Meta and TikTok will now be able to access the EU's files and offer commitments that address ...