freedom

Israel launches Covid-tracking ‘FREEDOM BRACELET’ as alternative to quarantine, as court reins in spy agency’s contact tracing

A pilot program for the tracking bracelet kicked off at the Ben Gurion airport on Monday, where 100 devices were…

3 years ago

Trump calls for breaking up Big Tech, says failure to restore freedom of speech would doom Republican Party

"The time has come to break up Big Tech monopolies and restore fair competition," Trump said Sunday at the CPAC…

3 years ago

Boris Johnson’s cautious Covid plan is not a roadmap to freedom, but a never-ending path to permanent restrictions on our liberty

A ‘one way road to freedom’. That is how Boris Johnson described his much-anticipated plan to lift lockdown. But yesterday’s…

3 years ago

Putin says freedom of speech online must be defended against social media companies intent on making ‘profit at any cost’

Addressing the winners of the Russia-wide Teacher of the Year competition on Tuesday, Vladimir Putin said that “these platforms are,…

3 years ago

CNN proves the left doesn’t believe in freedom of speech, only ‘freedom of reach’ as media targeted in wake of Capitol riot

After noting that words like “censorship” were spewed on right-wing news networks like Fox News and Newsmax hundreds of times…

3 years ago

Merkel says Trump Twitter ban ‘problematic’ due to ‘fundamental right’ to freedom of opinion – spokesperson

Steffan Seibert said on Monday that it was right for social media companies not to “stand back” when content inciting…

3 years ago

Tech guru Durov warns Apple & Google pose threat to freedom, as Russian Senator says Trump Twitter ban a challenge to sovereignty

Alexey Pushkov, a prominent Senator and Chairman of the Federation Council on Information Policy and Media Relations warned on Sunday…

3 years ago

Sacrificing freedom for the environment? German MP suggests restrictions ‘similar’ to Covid-19 lockdowns to fight climate change

Germany had barely started its coronavirus vaccination campaign when a Social Democratic MP, Karl Lauterbach, warned that his compatriots need…

3 years ago

Freedom’s now a dirty word, safety trumps liberty, & we can’t have civilised debates: 6 ways that Covid has changed us entirely

In my 50-odd years on the planet, the hopeful greeting ‘Happy New Year!’ will never mean so much as it…

3 years ago

UK ‘exploring’ digital ‘freedom passport’ app proving Covid-19 negative status for right to visit public places – report

The companies, Netcompany UK and The Hub Company, have been given contracts worth £42,000 and £36,000 respectively (over $100,000 in…

3 years ago