Censorship & Surveillance News

Hungarian prosecutors said Thursday they had dropped charges against organisers of last year's Pride marches, citing a landmark ruling from the EU's top court.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260604-hungary-drops-charges-against-organisers-of-banned-pride-marches

https://www.dexerto.com/twitch/twitch-streamer-hasan-piker-denied-entry-to-uk-over-public-good-concerns-3370294/

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/48908577/after-french-loss-vallejo-critiques-umpire-wanted-man-chair

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-weiwei-warns-worsening-censorship-west-no-longer-defending-very-basic-humanity/

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-beach-german-tourists-lgbtq-bench-antisemitic-graffiti-may-2026/

https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-settlement-fired-ball-state-swierc-fea3b5fd2587a5d5dc2eab2daf44bbff

https://www.tvinsider.com/1265989/cbs-stands-down-outcry-stephen-colbert-only-in-monroe-videos-takedown-notices-after-late-show-ends/

Seattle Shield requests suspicious activity reports from local private companies, which are then circulated within the network as part of a nationwide surveillance apparatus, a Prism investigation found

https://prismreports.org/2026/05/20/seattle-shield-private-companies-surveillance/

https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/james-okeefe-says-the-trump-white-house-is-denying-his-team-press-credentials-legal

Kickstarter has updated its content guidelines to prohibit several forms of NSFW content, and payment processor Stripe may be to blame

https://kotaku.com/kickstarter-is-the-latest-platform-seemingly-forced-to-ban-adult-content-by-payment-processors-2000695648

https://www.engadget.com/2170169/texas-ag-sues-netflix-claiming-the-streaming-service-collects-user-data-without-consent/

https://globalnews.ca/news/11843238/bill-ai-sexual-deepfakes-nearly-nude-images/

https://www.engadget.com/2165805/pornhub-uk-verify-age-apple-ios/