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Cultural rights under growing attack amid continuing repression, Special Rapporteur says: Belarus
What 20 million bans reveal about the strain on Wikipedia’s volunteers
Family First vows to repeal abortion buffer zones in NSW and Victoria
Acclaimed lawyer and author Josh Bornstein to join The Australia Institute to tackle corporate power
Social insecurity: cohesion, outrage economics and national resilience in Australia
UN expert warns space for freedom of expression is shrinking amidst growing threats: Germany
Premier Malinauskas must apologise to save the Adelaide Festival
Palestinian writer’s cancellation from Adelaide Writers Festival
Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher convicted of sedition, in major blow to press freedom
4 in 5 Australian adults support social media ban for kids
Proposed ‘LGBT Propaganda’ law risks institutionalising discrimination, warn UN experts: Kazakhstan
Slurs have replaced swearwords as Australia’s strongest taboos
Australian premiere of?Cairo-based artist Ibrahim Ahmed explores presence, memory and identity. Amidst the Absence a Present is Felt
Tackling Misinformation Must Not Silence Debate
Politics Gets Personal For China Scholar
Deadly Nepal protests reflect a wider pattern of Gen Z political activism across Asia
SCHOOL APPS RISK TO CHILDREN
Censorship From Other Side Of Aisle
Trigger warnings fall flat, but safe spaces build trust in the classroom
Millions of US children have parents with substance use disorder, and the consequences are staggering − new research
Why Beatrice Faust’s Views Still Resonate In Australia
Why deregulating online platforms is actually bad for free speech
What would happen if Section 230 went away? A legal expert explains the consequences of repealing ‘the law that built the internet’
Greens slam Coalition’s Trump-style crackdown on universities
NTEU warns against Dutton’s proposed “unprecedented level of ministerial intervention” into learning
Women’s sexual pleasure is still taboo – but the Kamasutra tells a different story
The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfalls
Universities thinly veiled attempt to shut down criticism of Israel is nothing short of shameful
Explainer: New National And NSW Hate Crime Laws
Urgent inquiry needed into political interference at Creative Australia
People’s Inquiry into Campus Free Speech on Palestine launches today
Putting DeepSeek to the test: how its performance compares against other AI tools
What Meta’s move to community moderation could mean for misinformation
Cancel Both Liberal And Labor With Third Force: Palmer
Ukraine war: 10% of Chinese people are willing to boycott Russian goods over invasion – new study
UN urges Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to protect media freedom
UN Group of Experts alarmed by far-reaching change to the Constitution: Nicaragua
UN Special Committee finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war
Parents and teens prefer conversations over porn-blocking technology
AI international solidarity approach urgently needed to unite humanity, says Independent Expert
‘My novels explore human suffering’: Nobel Prize winner Han Kang writes with empathy for vulnerable lives
Wind phones help the bereaved deal with death, loss and grief − a clinical social worker explains the vital role of the…
Alex Greenwich’s defamation win against Mark Latham shows political spite is not above the law
Venezuela must stop human rights violations following elections, say experts
Musicians’ Union Rejects MSO Ban On Political Comment
What is the Online Safety Act and why have riots reopened debates about it?
MSO Must Take Full Responsibility For Its Over-reach
MEAA statement on the sanctioning of a musician by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra