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Panamerican Dispatch is new independent journalism project created to help lift reporting from Latin America, within the United States. It is a project of The Real News, in partnership with Global Exchange.

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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 3h
Tadeu Porto, the director of the Unified Federation of Petroleum Workers (FUP), on what’s needed in the final stretch of Brazil’s most contested election. @tadeuporto.bsky.social @revistaforum.com.br www.panamericandispatch.org/p/lula-shows...
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Lula Shows the Power of Workers in the Final Stretch
Building a voter surge in the final stretch cannot depend on naive optimism, but on concrete and continuous work that responds to working class demands.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 3h
Marcelo Zero writes about the choice Brazilians have to make between democracy and fascism on the ballot this Sunday. www.panamericandispatch.org/p/bolsonaros...
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Bolsonaro’s Fascism Cannot be Controlled. It Must be Fought
There is no rational dialogue with fascists. Fascism is a destructive instinct. It is Thanatos. It is hatred.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Future generations will blame us, and rightly so, if we fail and Brazil is handed over to colonizer vultures.” Céli Pinto underscores the importance of Brazil's elections in this article from @sul21.com.br www.panamericandispatch.org/p/the-most-i...
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Among Bolsonaro family allies is a digital influencer pushing right-wing extremist views on women’s suffrage. www.panamericandispatch.org/p/94-years-o...
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94 Years on, Women’s Right to Vote is Still Under Attack in Brazil
Women are the majority of Brazil’s voters, but they still face discrimination when they take part in politics.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🇧🇷 Brazilians are speaking out. U.S. President Donald Trump is attempting to influence the outcome of the Brazilian elections. But voters in Southern #Brazil say they want none of it. @therealnews.com @globalexchange.bsky.social
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Days before Brazil's presidential election, a confidential Brazilian Intelligence Agency report warns that U.S. interference in the electoral process has reached a "critical" level. @therealnews.com @globalexchange.bsky.social www.panamericandispatch.org/p/trump-rubi...
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Trump, Rúbio and the Bolsonaro’s Electoral Fraud and Cyber Attacks
MAGA and Trump’s political strategists continue to work with Eduardo and Flávio Bolsonaro to interfere in Brazil’s elections. Their goal is to annex Latin America to the US.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With 10 days until the elections, Meta pulled down President Lula's Facebook page and blocked his campaign from running political ads. The page is back online, but Lula's coalition says the takedown damaged his campaign.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brazilian Evangelical Christian Pastor and historian Leonardo Rocha provides an analysis of the Aparecida censorship controversy. www.panamericandispatch.org/p/the-real-b...
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The Real Battle Behind the Aparecida Censorship Controversy
What we’re facing is a radical, fundamentalist project of domination, and a completely violent one.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Bolsonaro has signaled that, if he wins, he will adopt a foreign policy consistent with Donald Trump’s plans to control Latin America. He has also signaled that he would offer the U.S. State Department a role on his transition team.” @iclnoticias.com.br www.panamericandispatch.org/p/flavio-bol...
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Flávio Bolsonaro's alliance with Trump puts military on alert
Progressive and nationalist factions fear the armed forces will take orders from abroad and Brazil's defense industry will be dismantled
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Protestant Pastor and Supreme Court Justice Andre Mendonça banned 1,674 social media accounts of priests, Brazil’s most famous living theologian, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida, and the MST. @iclnoticias.com.br www.panamericandispatch.org/p/bolsonaro-...
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Bolsonaro Nominee Bars Information on Plot Against Brazil’s Patron Saint
Protestant Pastor and Supreme Court Justice Andre Mendonça banned 1674 social media accounts of priests, Brazil’s most famous living theologian, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida, and the MST.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brazil is shutting down sports betting houses nationwide, effective immediately. Lula is also expected to send Congress a bill establishing penalties for anyone who operates, runs or promotes betting. bsky.app/profile/bras... www.panamericandispatch.org/p/brazil-ban...
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Brazil bans online betting
Nine days before elections, President Lula ignores pressure from private sector and issues decree banning sports betting and online casinos
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The massive turnout for Lula in Recife this Friday seems to signify an intensification of campaign activity in the final stretch before the first round election on October 4.” @brianmier247.bsky.social reports from the ground in Northestern Brazil. www.panamericandispatch.org/p/on-the-gro...
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On the ground at Lula rally in Recife
“A vote for the Bolsonaros is a vote for guys who wrap themselves up in the American flag every night when they go to bed. They are traitors!” said Lula in Recife on Friday
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Bernie Sanders and 30 Democratic lawmakers acuse the Trump administration of waging a pressure campaign against Brazil ahead of its elections. @therealnews.com www.panamericandispatch.org/p/bernie-san...
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Bernie Sanders and US Democrats Accuse Trump of Trying to Interfere in Brazil's Elections
In a letter to Marco Rubio, lawmakers denounced economic and political pressure from the White House ahead of elections in Brazil.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Meta pulled down President Lula’s Facebook page and blocked his campaign from running political ads. @brasil247.bsky.social www.panamericandispatch.org/p/meta-block...
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Meta Blocks President Lula’s Facebook Page and Campaign Ads
The page is now back online, but Lula's electoral coalition says Meta's actions harmed the president’s campaign.
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 24/09/2026
“Brazilian democracy belongs to Brazilians. Brazil will continue to be a sovereign country. No one, no one will take us away from this path,” President Lula said. @padispatch.bsky.social
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President Lula's full speech at the 81st UN General Assembly
"Brazilian democracy belongs to Brazilians. Brazil will continue to be a sovereign country. No one, no one will take us away from this path," President Lula said.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“If it considers it necessary or convenient, the U.S. government will do as it pleases in these 'sad tropics.'” Marcelo Zero on the threat facing Brazil as elections near. www.panamericandispatch.org/p/shield-of-...
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Shield of Americas Nations Back US Attack on Brazil’s Sovereignty
“Trump is capable of anything. He has complete contempt for other countries’ sovereignty and for the most basic rules of international law. Only a fool would doubt it.”
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New records obtained by investigative journalist @opaulomm.bsky.social reveal more about far-right billionaire Peter Thiel's election-year visit to Brazil, amid concerns over illegal support for Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential campaign. www.panamericandispatch.org/p/new-info-c...
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New info cast doubts on Thiel’s election-year Brazil visit
Hotel records obtained by investigative journalist show a large group of highly paid staff lingering in Brazil after Peter Thiel’s visit to local AI start up
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Lula Sends Message to Trump at the UN: 'Brazil Doesn’t Fit in Anyone’s Backyard' The Brazilian President drew applause from the UN General Assembly audience by defending Brazilian sovereignty and criticizing the "neocolonial forays" of U.S. President Donald Trump. @therealnews.com
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Lula's campaign files a lawsuit with Brazil's Electoral Court against presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, while also petitioning the Supreme Federal Court to open an inquiry into possible foreign interference in the elections. @iclnoticias.com.br www.panamericandispatch.org/p/lula-campa...
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Lula Campaign Files Lawsuits Against Bolsonaro for Illegal Support from US Government
Requests include investigation into alleged collaboration with JD Vance’s Rockbridge Network
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Brazil does not fit into anyone's backyard." Read President Lula da Silva's full UN speech in English. www.panamericandispatch.org/p/president-...
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President Lula's Full Speech at the 81st UN General Assembly
"Brazilian democracy belongs to Brazilians. Brazil will continue to be a sovereign country. No one, no one will take us away from this path," President Lula said.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Lula and Trump addressed many of the same issues, but their speeches offered sharply contrasting visions of the global order. @brasilfato.bsky.social www.panamericandispatch.org/p/lula-and-t...
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Lula and Trump Defend Opposing World Views at UN General Assembly
The Brazilian leader advocates for international cooperation while the U.S. President clamors for imperial dominance.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At the UN, without directly naming the U.S. president in his speech, Lula asserted that Brazil does not accept external interference. @revistaforum.com.br @therealnews.com @globalexchange.bsky.social www.panamericandispatch.org/p/lula-sends...
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Lula Sends Message to Trump at the UN: 'Brazil Doesn’t Fit in Anyone’s Backyard'
The Brazilian President drew applause from the UN General Assembly audience by defending Brazilian sovereignty and criticizing the "neocolonial forays" of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As Brazil approaches high-stakes elections, Brazilian sociologist Marcelo Zero analyzes U.S. demands on Brazil and looks at how far-right presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro is a proxy for his father, Jair Bolsonaro and U.S. President Donald Trump. www.panamericandispatch.org/p/lula-vs-tr...
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Lula vs Trump: "It’s Geopolitics, Stupid!"
There is no such thing as half sovereignty. A country is sovereign or it isn’t.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Flávio Bolsonaro gave 200,000 reais ($40,800) of public money to a notorious organized crime figure involved in Marielle Franco’s murder. www.panamericandispatch.org/p/flavio-bol...
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Flávio Bolsonaro Dished $40,800 in Pork to Marielle Franco Murder Conspirator
Robson “the Fish” Calixto Fonseca, who personally asked Senator Bolsonaro for pubic funds to help finance a “soccer field”, is currently serving a 9-year prison sentence for organized crime.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Brazil's intelligence agency has raised the risk of U.S. interference in its 2026 elections to "critical level." www.panamericandispatch.org/p/brazils-in...
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Brazil's Intelligence Agency Warns of High Risk of U.S. Interference in Brazilian Elections
The report indicates that Washington seeks to reduce China's influence and expand its control over Latin America.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
U.S. pressure on the Brazilian government is reminiscent of events leading up to the 1964 military coup, writes Roberto Amaral. www.panamericandispatch.org/p/the-coup-w...
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The Coup Was There, and It’s Still Here
There is a serious threat of a democratic rupture. The United State’s pressure on the Brazilian government reminds us of events leading up to the 1964 military coup.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration labeled Brazil a “global cocaine distribution hub,” less than 20 days before the presidential election. www.panamericandispatch.org/p/donald-tru...
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Donald Trump Attacks Lula Government in Brazil Ahead of Elections
The White House says the Brazilian government has failed to confront designated foreign terrorist organizations, transforming “Brazil into a hub for global cocaine flows”.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"There is a coup underway in Brazil. It is not a traditional coup involving tanks in the streets." Rafael R. Ioris provides a recap of what’s been happening. www.panamericandispatch.org/p/the-sociol...
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The Sociology of a Coup
The political manipulation of legal instruments in Brazil is destabilizing the electoral process and threatening the integrity of the rule of law.
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 18/09/2026
With Brazil’s high-stakes elections just around the corner, far-right leaders are weaponizing free speech ‘to erode press freedom,” influence the election results, and “have more control over the public debate and less scrutiny in society.’ New bonus episode of @freespeechbattle.bsky.social podcast
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Trump, Silicon Valley, and the global far right target Brazil’s upcoming elections
With Brazil’s high-stakes elections just around the corner, far-right leaders are weaponizing free speech ‘to erode press freedom,” influence the election results, and “have more control over the publ...
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 04/09/2026
Historian Fara Dabhoiwala on the 18th-century hack who invented free speech absolutism and then sold out to the government—and why that same doctrine now shields Big Tech and the powerful instead of the public: new from @freespeechbattle.bsky.social
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'The most powerful publishers the world has ever seen': Fara Dabhoiwala on the real battle over free speech
Historian Fara Dabhoiwala on the 18th-century hack who invented free speech absolutism and then sold out to the government—and why that same doctrine now shields Big Tech and the powerful instead of t...
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 11/09/2026
Professor Mary Anne Franks analyzes the persistent myths surrounding the history of free speech in the United States. New episode of @freespeechbattle.bsky.social
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Fearless Speech: Examining myths around the First Amendment
Professor Mary Anne Franks analyzes the persistent myths surrounding the history of free speech in the United States.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Big win in defense of free speech & immigrant rights. A federal court has ruled that the provisions Secretary of State Marco Rubio used in an attempt to deport legal immigrants for their speech are unconstitutional & violate the 1st Amendment. www.fire.org/news/breakin...
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BREAKING: Federal court rules the statutes the Trump admin used in its speech-based deportation scheme are unconstitutional
A federal court ruled that the provisions Secretary of State Marco Rubio used in an attempt to deport legal immigrants for their speech are unconstitutional.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Trump & his allies are trying to redefine what we understand as Free Speech. "You can say what you want online, but that doesn't mean anyone is going to hear it." An interview on Guerrilla History about #TheBattleForFreeSpeech podcast @therealnews.com guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/the-battle-f...
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Under the Shadow podcast @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A terrifying sign of the lengths the US gov it taking to keep watch over its own citizens US prosecutors are charging a man returning to the US w/ obstruction because he gave them a passcode erasing the data on his smartphone. @adeelhassan.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
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A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge.
Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 23/07/2026
“I think we're politically facing the most dangerous moment in my lifetime. The Battle for Free Speech is more critical than ever.” In this episode of @freespeechbattle.bsky.social civil rights activist & radio host Marc Steiner discusses community organizing, underground newspapers & journalism
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Marc Steiner: A life standing for free speech | Ep. 8
From civil rights activism to community organizing, from theater and education to radio, Marc has been standing for free speech since the late 1950s. Today, we talk with Marc about his extraordinary l...
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 21/07/2026
A former Google worker describes the #DropDialog movement and organizing against Big Tech in Ireland: by @undertheshadow.bsky.social
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Peter Thiel’s Dialog conference in Ireland shut down by grassroots action
A former Google worker describes the #DropDialog movement and organizing against Big Tech in Ireland.
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ArtReview @artreview.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A shockingly revisionist script; questionably sourced funding; backing from the US MAGA faction – and all building up to Brazil’s October elections. Euan Marshall tries to take this thing seriously.
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‘Dark Horse’: The Bolsonaro Biopic You Have to See to Believe
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 16/07/2026
Elon Musk has interfered in local politics and Big Tech is throwing its weight around, but Europeans are responding. This is Episode 7 of the Battle for Free Speech Podcast from @freespeechbattle.bsky.social
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Media education, regulation, and organizing against Big Tech in Europe | Ep. 7
Elon Musk has interfered in local politics and Big Tech is throwing its weight around, but Europeans are responding. This is Episode 7 of the Battle for Free Speech Podcast.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Trump doesn't like @nytimes.com's reporting about his new plane. He orders the FBI—a supposed independent agency—to investigate. Director Kash Patel does so from the White House (not his office) Times reporters are subpoenaed (at their homes) Where is #FreeSpeech? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...
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White House Directed Patel to Oversee Investigation Involving Times Reporting
The F.B.I. director spent about eight hours at the White House Friday focused on the effort, which led to the subpoenaing of several Times reporters who wrote about the security of Air Force One.
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ChrisInParis @chrisinparis.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Fewer people are posting on social media, for understandable reasons. Most sites are algorithm-focused, pushing garbage into your feed instead of what you want to see. Social media companies only have themselves to blame for this boring, toxic mess. ca.pcmag.com/social-media...
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The Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media
If scrolling feels more exhausting than entertaining, you're not alone. I feel the same way, and a recent study backs up the sentiment: Social media is losing its fun factor.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 10/07/2026
EFF's @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy joined Trevor Noah's What Now? podcast to discuss enshittification, Big Tech, and the hope we have for fighting back. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK8...
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Why Google, Apple & Big Tech Keep Making Everything Worse | Cory Doctorow and Trevor Noah
This week, Trevor and Eugene sit down with science fiction author a...
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 09/07/2026
Few countries in the world have fought disinformation as actively as #Brazil. Now, the US is pushing to roll it back in the name of US-style “free speech.” New episode from @freespeechbattle.bsky.social
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Brazil’s battle against fake news and the US war to undermine it | Ep. 6
Few countries in the world have fought disinformation as actively as Brazil. Now, the United States is pushing to roll it back in the name of US-style “free speech.”
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
1 yr into Jeff Bezos' decision to censor alternate viewpoints in the Washington Post's Opinion pages, the paper has backed Trump's demolition of the White House's East Wing, his kidnapping of the Venezuelan president & unprecedented gerrymandering @fairmediawatch.bsky.social fair.org/home/one-yea...
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One Year Into Clampdown, WaPo Opinion Cheers for MAGA, Billionaires and AI
The Washington Post editorial page has backed Trump in the destruction of the East Wing, the kidnapping of Venezuela's president and the military takeover of DC.
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Center for Countering Digital Hate @counterhate.com · 06/07/2026
Meta is making it easier to spread hate as violence rises. We found violent threats against Members of Congress QUADRUPLED on Facebook after Meta rolled back key safety protections in January 2025. Call on Mark Zuckerberg to curb this abuse: act.counterhate.com/page/193469/...
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Ricki Coughlan @rickicoughlan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Free speech is pretty easy . . . one's words should not be detrimental to the freedom or safety of another and, in Nelson Mandela's words, "The purpose of freedom is to create it for others". #auspol #speech #freespeech #NelsonMandela
Image of Nelson Mandela with a quote: "For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains but live in a way that respects and enhancers the freedom of others" Nelson Mandela
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Scary times for the 1st amendment. When US citizen David Streever wrote an angry letter to ICE officials denouncing their violent actions in Minneapolis, he never imagined they'd show up at his home & then track him across the state @washingtonpost.com @thefireorg.bsky.social @jtmorristx.bsky.social
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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Democratic erosion is everywhere. Free speech is attacked day one & consistently by authoritarians. Trump brought his typical, longstanding ethos of retaliation for "critics" (ie ANYONE who disagrees w/ him) to the WH. I'm proud of my CHOKEHOLD report analyzing: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...
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Chokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance
This Free Press report examines the Trump administration’s hostile relationship with dissent and free expression in 2025. It analyzes how Trump and his political enablers have sought to undermine and ...
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 02/07/2026
“There’s a kind of narcotic effect of those words — free speech,” says legal scholar Mary Anne Franks. “It’s because we think we know it so well that we don’t know anything about it.” New The Battle For Free Speech episode from @undertheshadow.bsky.social
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What is free speech? America at 250
"There's a kind of narcotic effect of those words — free speech," says legal scholar Mary Anne Franks. "It's because we think we know it so well that we don't know anything about it."
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Supreme Court just effectively gutted two key laws for suing tech over human rights abuses, says Tech Justice Law's Madeline Batt. The result in Doe v. Cisco leaves companies and executives "less constrained by liability fears"—and victims with fewer pathways to redress.
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Supreme Court Decimates Key Remedies for Tech Complicity in Human Rights Abuse
Following the ruling in Doe v. Cisco, victims are left searching for new pathways to redress, writes Tech Justice Law legal fellow Madeline Batt.
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Panamerican Dispatch @padispatch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Manipulative reporting @nytimes.com. They painted Colorado's 1st District Democratic primary winner as a radical leftist who had taken up arms. @melatkirosco.bsky.social is a PHD candidate & former lawyer who has stood up for Palestine. She is the latest in the @demsocialists.bsky.social wave!
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