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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up ofContinue Reading

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Colleagues remember Marcelo Perez as outspoken champion of Indigenous, labour rights in Mexican state of Chiapas., Colleagues remember Marcelo Perez as outspoken champion of Indigenous, labour rights in Mexican state of Chiapas. A priest known for his activism in defence of Indigenous and labour rights in Mexico has been killedContinue Reading

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What does it take to run a free, fair and peaceful election? An air-gapped room to show that tabulation machines aren’t connected to the internet at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center. The Elections Department galvanized security and transparency measures after the election denial movement in 2020. Caitlin O’Hara/forContinue Reading

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EU froze accession talks after Georgia government passed controversial ‘foreign influence law’ earlier this year., The European Union froze accession talks after Georgia’s government passed a controversial ‘foreign influence law’ earlier this year. Tens of thousands of people in Georgia have attended a pro-Europe rally, days before parliamentary elections seenContinue Reading