free speech

Musk threatens new lawsuit over hate speech report

Aug 24, 2023

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, on Thursday, threatened a new litigation against those asking for curbs on free speech or related to hate speech claims.

China to drop travel tracing as it relaxes ‘zero COVID’

Dec 12, 2022

China will drop a travel tracing requirement as part of an uncertain exit from its strict “zero-COVID” policies.

Musk takes over Twitter and faces social media crash course

Oct 30, 2022

Twitter’s newly minted owner, the self-described “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk, is about to get a crash course on global content moderation.

Chinese party-state, allied players influencing free speech

Jun 21, 2022

Beijing has long been notorious for its difficult reporting circumstances for international journalists, however, of late the Chinese party-state

Musk’s Twitter ambitions to collide with Europe’s tech rules

Apr 28, 2022

Musk’s plans for Twitter haven’t been fleshed out beyond a few ideas for new features.

What Musk's past tweets reveal about Twitter’s next owner

Apr 27, 2022

Musk’s use of Twitter has also led to problems for his own companies.

Security chief named Hong Kong No 2 official amid clampdown

Jun 25, 2021

China on Friday promoted Hong Kong’s top security official to the territory’s No 2 spot as Beijing continues to clamp down on free speech and political opposition.

Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper says it may shut down

Jun 22, 2021

Apple Daily has been outspoken in defending Hong Kong’s freedoms, and in recent years has often criticized the Chinese and Hong Kong governments for limiting the city’s democratic freedoms