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“Defending a man who celebrated the death and rape of civilians” is very much a “free-expression issue,” @dinawmengestu. You should know this not only because you led a pro-free-expression organization, but also because your comrades have been doing it daily for nearly 3 years.

Ep. 270: The fight for privacy and free speech in the surveillance age The early internet opened unprecedented avenues for speech, creativity, and connection without traditional gatekeepers. But it also raised civil liberties questions: Do our offline freedoms exist online? And if so, how far do they extend? Today, those questions are more urgent than ever. Advances in AI have given governments powerful new tools to track, monitor, and analyze our behavior, raising fundamental concerns about the future of free expression in the digital age. Today, @TheFIREorg's @NicoPerrino is joined by Cindy Cohn, the executive director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. She has spent thirty years as a civil liberties attorney specializing in digital rights, which she documents in her newly published memoir Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 05:17 Why write this book now? 09:11 Does privacy make free speech possible? 14:52 Code as speech: Bernstein v. United States 33:34 The Patriot Act and government spying 51:09 National security letters and Section 702 57:57 Who is Tony Coppolino? 01:06:06 Why EFF left X 01:11:05 What’s next for Cindy 01:13:56 Outro

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A federal judge blocked the US Military Academy at West Point from enforcing a policy adopted under ‌President Trump that restricted faculty speech, in a case that raised broader questions about free expression in military education

The Zambian government’s decision to postpone RightsCon 2026, effectively canceling the summit, raises concerns about the authorities’ commitment to free expression and assembly and about possible Chinese government interference.

Elon Musk’s posts average around 14 million impressions each. That’s more reach than most commercial TV networks deliver in an entire prime-time night. On X, hundreds of millions of people can see reality in real time — no gatekeepers, no filters, no permission needed. Legacy media lost all credibility. For decades they controlled the world’s narrative and shaped public consciousness through the monopoly of broadcast. Then Elon showed up and paid $44 billion — not only in money, but in his mental health, personal security, and peace of mind — so that free expression could exist again on this platform. Elon is the defender of humanity. Everyone who hates him hates justice, truth, and humanity itself. Don’t be confused. Thank you, Elon Musk. Forever. ❤️

X received an order to restrict access in Türkiye to the official Presidential Candidacy Office account of the now-detained Mayor of Istanbul. Although Türkiye’s laws force us to comply with the order, we are challenging the order in court and, in the spirit of full transparency, are sharing the court order. This follows the similar order we received and complied with in May 2025 restricting access in Türkiye to a related account belonging to the Mayor. At that time we also issued a public statement via this account, expressed our strong disagreement, challenged the order in court, and shared the court order. Our challenge against this order remains pending before the Constitutional Court, awaiting a decision following our recent legal filings. These orders require X to block content in Türkiye that is available in the rest of the world. Not complying with these orders can trigger severe sanctions, including throttling of the entire platform in Türkiye. X challenges these orders in court because we believe keeping the platform accessible in Türkiye is vital to supporting freedom of expression and access to information. X will continue legally challenging requests to remove content in Türkiye and around the world when those requests do not align with principles of free expression, due process, or other local laws. Istanbul 8th Criminal Judgeship of Peace 2026/6804