So I have been indicted by the Berlin District Prosecutor for authoring, publishing, and advertising a book. I’m not joking. The District Prosecutor is actually going to prosecute me...

Left, then right. Right, then left. That’s the way these days. First, they pitch their solution to an imaginary or exaggerated problem from the left-wing perspective, then pitch the...

Just hours ago, it was reported that UK’s Labour government plans to announce a new social media curfew, adding yet another wrinkle to the country’s increasingly labyrinthine and totally...

Yesterday, the US House of Representatives quietly passed a bundle of “digital protections” collectively labelled the Kids Internet ​and Digital Safety Act (KIDS Act). You might not have heard,...

So I’ve got some good news and some bad news. I’ll give you that news in just a minute, but, first, I need to do a recap for any...

It started with “adult content” in the UK and US, and social media bans for children in Australia, France…and many others. The UK just passed their own social media...

So the German Supreme Court has ruled on my case. Their ruling is that they will not rule on my case. They sent my attorney a letter to that...

“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech.” Benjamin Franklin Everything this nation once stood for is being turned on its...

Facing an authoritarian bombast in the White House, the Left has suddenly rediscovered the value of free speech. After years of supporting clampdowns through the preposterous phenomenon of ‘hate...

We’re only ten days into 2026, and we’ve already got a war, a revolution and now an incipient social media ban. Allegedly. Apparently, X’s GrokAI is editing photos to...

Three armed Berlin police officers arrived at my door this morning with a warrant to search my apartment. They conducted the search, interrogated me and my wife, and confiscated...

We don’t get much engagement on Twitter (X, whatever). At ~63,000 followers we’re hardly a huge account, but an engagement rate of around 0.07% is incredibly low. Our content...

Since the assassination of Charlie Kirk last week the theories have been flying thick and fast. The alleged shooter has been identified as a pro-transgender campaigner into furry internet...

Based on the original article I published in 2022, in light of the subsequent shift away from “representative democracy,” we need to be clear about what democracy really is. Otherwise,...

I read it right, the first time. An ‘elite police division’ has been assembled by the Home Office to monitor remarks made by social media users on immigration, at...

We covered the UK’s Online Safety Act Age Verification clause going live earlier this week. We’ve also covered the fact the UK is far from alone in this. Australia...

On Friday, the “Age Verification” clause of the UK’s Online Safety Act officially came into force. The result was a sudden surge in discussion, and a lot of people...

Dr Norman Lewis is a writer, speaker and consultant on innovation and technology and a visiting research fellow for MCC Brussels. He joins James Corbett to discuss his new...

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the...

How do we stop dystopian science-fiction movies coming true? Are we destined to be ruled by robots, and to relinquish our free will and creativity to artificial intelligence? Such...