Censorship

A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo’s David raises questions about freedom of expression

Entertainment
Laura Davis

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. But in the ...

Julian Assange: UK court orders delay to extradition of WikiLeaks founder to US

World
David Turner

LONDON (AP) — A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless ...

Illinois: Laws banning semi-automatic weapons and library censorship will take effect Monday

U.S.
Amanda Smith

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — With the calendar-page turn to 2024 on Monday comes 320 new state laws that Illinois residents will need ...

Judge blocks most of an Iowa law banning some school library books and discussion of LGBTQ+ issues

U.S.
Amanda Smith

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books ...

Human Rights Watch finds ‘systemic censorship’ of Palestinian content on Meta platforms

World
David Turner

A new report from Human Rights Watch found that Meta’s policies have been “silencing voices” in support of Palestinians on Instagram and ...

Six French teens convicted over their roles in an Islamic extremist’s killing of a teacher

World
David Turner

A French juvenile court has convicted six teenagers for their roles in the beheading of a teacher by an Islamic extremist that ...

COP 28 Summit: Autocratic UAE is now allowing in critics it once kept out

World
David Turner

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Participants at the United Nations’ COP28 climate talks Sunday found themselves greeted by the rarest sights ...

World Press Photo ‘shocked’ at ousting of Hungarian National Museum director in LGBTQ+ exhibition row

World
David Turner

Joumana El Zein Khoury, the executive director of World Press Photo says she is “shocked” at the Hungarian government’s decision to dismiss ...