Category: Censorship

Iran Blasts YouTube Ban on Lego Mockery Videos

While Explosive Media’s content can no longer be viewed on YouTube — which is owned by Google — it appears unaffected on other major platforms such as Instagram, X and TikTok, where it has garnered millions of views.

WATCH: Media, Power & Manipulation

Is the West still a democracy – or already a declining empire? German journalist Patrik Baab interviews CN Editor Joe Lauria about the U.S. roles in Ukraine, Gaza and the suppression of free speech in the West.

Truth, Media & the War on Iran

We reject war. But for wars to end, journalists must work without fear or intimidation, and media ownership can’t become a means of control, writes Ramzy Baroud.

Crushing the Right to Conscientiously Object

Elizabeth Vos on the social-media suppression of information that could help U.S service people refuse to join the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran as fears grow that Trump will send ground troops into the conflict.

Hate Crime Laws Can Chill Free Speech

What is the impact that the Albanese government’s Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Act 2026 will have on the ability of ordinary Australians to protest? Anne Twomey examines the provisions.

Support CN For Coverage of the Crisis of Free Speech

Consortium News’ reporting has stood out since the 2012 arbitrary detention and later imprisonment of Julian Assange; the U.S. using social media firms to curb speech after 2016; and the vast crackdown against criticism of Israel in Gaza.