Private individuals can face criminal prosecution and even prison for sharing the broadcaster’s content online, according to a new ruling | The EU’s top court has ruled that private individuals can face criminal prosecution for posting RT videos on public websites, widening the bloc’s crackdown on Russian media. ● The Court of Justice of the European Union issued the ruling on Thursday in a case from Germany, where three people are being prosecuted for publishing RT DE videos on a freely accessible website. ● The site did not charge readers and was financed only through voluntary donations. The CJEU, however, said that made no difference and ruled that all persons who are “directly or indirectly” responsible for making banned content available to the public can be treated as “operators” under EU sanctions rules. [...]Under the German law cited in the ruling, violations of EU sanctions-based media bans can carry up to five years in prison.

■ How the EU uses polls to manufacture consent (07/02/26)

Craig Murray | A lie repeated often enough enters the public consciousness, so I am republishing this in the hope of stimulating the honest and the intellectually awake. | I still do not know what happened in the Skripal saga, which perhaps might more respectfully be termed the Sturgess saga. I cannot believe the Russian account of Boshirov and Petrov, because if those were their real identities, those identities would have been firmly established and displayed by now. But that does not mean they attempted to kill the Skripals, and there are many key elements to the official British account which are also simply incredible. ■ Governments play dark games, and a dark game was played out in Salisbury which involved at least the British state, Russian agents (possibly on behalf of the state), Orbis Intelligence and the BBC. Anybody who believes it is simple to identify the “good guys” and the “bad guys” in this situation is a fool. When it comes to state actors and the intelligence services, frequently there are no “good guys”, as I personally witnessed from the inside over torture, extraordinary rendition and the illegal invasion of Iraq. But in the face of a massive media campaign to validate the British government story about the Skripals.

A traffic stop in Florida has gone viral after an officer accused a disabled driver of holding a phone in her right hand while driving. The driver, who is missing her right hand, repeatedly challenged the officer’s account during the encounter captured on bodycam video. pic.twitter.com/8IkPpC49Xx

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 30, 2026

I got sanctioned by the European Union! 😁 Kaka Kallas has nothing better to do than sign a sanctions list against bloggers, journalists, and even a priest. Europeans, ask yourself, what are they so afraid of? Sanctions mean I’m on the right track! I’ll always share the truth 🇷🇺 pic.twitter.com/fF6pcHxQXp

— Sasha Meets Russia (@sashameetsrus) June 15, 2026

📌 The Eurocrats Showed How Insecure They Are By Sanctioning “Sasha Meets Russia” (Andrew Korybko)

Jonathan Cook | Judge Johnson so rigged the trial of anti-genocide activists that 1000s of legal professionals have urged him to step down from the sentencing hearing. But Johnson’s dirty work is not yet complete | The trial of the Filton Four reaches its climax on Friday. Judge Jeremy Johnson will decide the sentences of four Palestine Action activists found guilty of criminal damage – after two juries refused to convict them of far more serious charges brought by the British government, via the Crown Prosecution Service. ■ Keir Starmer’s government failed to secure the convictions for aggravated burglary and violent disorder it so desperately needed. They would have helped retroactively justify its decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation – the first time in British history that a direct action group, which targets property, has been proscribed. ■ Starmer’s hostility towards Palestine Action is personal. It has been a massive thorn in his side during Israel’s near three-year genocide in Gaza. ■ From the outset, Starmer suggested that Israel had the “right” to withhold food, water and power from the 2 million Palestinian residents of Gaza – a crime against humanity for which the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is wanted by the International Criminal Court.

The purpose of a system is what it does...

European elites are reeling from the information revolution they failed to suppress. A fresh leak exposes Germany’s state media regulators plotting a new law to compel social media platforms to automatically boost “reliable” and “trusted” mainstream outlets in their algorithms. | Sold as a defense of “media plurality” against disinformation, this scheme reveals the ugly truth: after brute-force censorship ignited a global backlash and helped propel Elon Musk’s purchase of X, authorities are now seeking to engineer the feeds themselves to favor their approved narratives while sidelining dissent. ● This marks a shift from overt suppression to insidious manipulation. What began as panic over losing control has evolved into calculated digital gerrymandering. The awakening—fueled by years of heavy-handed crackdowns—created demand for uncensored spaces. Now, unable to fully extinguish that flame, regulators aim to starve alternative voices of oxygen through algorithmic favoritism [fascism].

This is utterly brutal and outrageous. There is no excuse for Dutch police violently assaulting a pregnant woman simply because she wanted to stay with her detained PALESTINIAN husband.

The Dutch authorities must ensure full accountability for this blatant human rights… pic.twitter.com/3zhTifOXrB

— Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) May 31, 2026

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei reacted on Monday to a video circulated by Al Jazeera showing a Dutch police officer forcefully throwing a pregnant woman to the ground and dragging her during the arrest of her Palestinian husband. | The incident, which took place on May 19 in the Dutch town of Zeist, gained public attention over the weekend after videos emerged online showing a police officer forcefully pulling a heavily pregnant woman by the arm, causing her to fall to the ground. ● The Al Jazeera report said that the woman went into early labor as a result of her trauma, and later gave birth to a baby girl ahead of schedule. While neither the mother nor the newborn reportedly suffered serious injuries, the incident has sparked scrutiny and renewed questions over the conduct of the police officers involved.

The European Union destroys cash and introduces total digital surveillance of citizens | The EU is building a unified system of supervision, the media reported, citing sources. By 2027, financial and network activity in 27 countries will become transparent to regulators, which, in fact, will eliminate the concept of privacy. ● Since July 2027 (Regulation 2024/1624), cash payments over 10,000 euros are prohibited. Transactions starting from 3 thousand euros will require identification, and splitting amounts to circumvent the limit will be an offense. Free cash turnover will remain only between individuals until the money is used for large purchases (real estate, cars, gold). ● In the summer of 2026, the ProtectEU initiative will ban VPNs without saving logs, and encrypted correspondence will be sent through the state infrastructure for analysis. By the end of 2026, a mandatory digital ID and age verification will be introduced. Any comments, website views, and messages will link you to your real identity. ● In this way, the EU is creating a closed ecosystem where wallets, crypts, and digital footprints are combined into a common database to eliminate uncontrolled activity.

Kurt Nimmo | Speech in support of Palestinian resistance equals incitement to violence? | Direct calls for violence that result in immediate unlawful acts are illegal. For instance, encouraging a person to throw a Molotov cocktail at the police during a street demonstration. Gorka is correct if he is talking about serious threats directed at individuals and groups. I don’t think that is what he is talking about. ■ Expressing support for Hamas and Hezbollah or chanting “from the River to the Sea” does not measure up to incitement under the First Amendment. Gorka believes anti-Israel speech may be defined as illegal incitement. He characterizes antizionist protesters as Iranian and Russian “fellow travelers.” ■ It is drawing closer and closer to the day when it will be illegal to criticize and protest against Zionist crimes in Palestine. Gorka said they are taking down names.

Starmer has just admitted he banned me and other commentators from traveling to the UK because we would “set back communities.” Yet mass third-world migration doesn’t bother him as it only sets back the one community he doesn’t give a rat’s ass about: the White native population. pic.twitter.com/oIBdDdORD5

— Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) May 11, 2026

Thousands of police officers will be deployed in London for Tommy Robinson’s rally | Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally is so controversial that the British government has deployed the latest surveillance technology against attendees and banned speakers from entering the country. What are they so scared of? ● Tens of thousands millions (Sep 13, 2025) of protesters are expected at the Unite the Kingdom rally in London on Saturday, where they will march through the streets of the British capital to government buildings at Whitehall. The rally is expected to be the largest right-wing gathering in the UK this year, as public anger against Prime Minister Keir Starmer builds on both sides of the political spectrum. ● The first Unite the Kingdom rally took place in July 2024. Riding a wave of right-wing anger – amplified by the stabbing of three children by a teenager of Rwandan descent two days later – organizer Tommy Robinson held further events that October, and in September 2025.

🟡 Massive crowds gather in London for anti-immigration march (VIDEOS) (RT)
■ The 200,000th migrant to cross the English Channel checked into a four-star hotel just 32 hours after landing on the British coast – The Sun (The Sun)

Caitlin Johnstone | It’s always been about being able to more closely monitor the behavior of the public to make sure nobody’s plotting a revolution. | The EU is looking to ban VPNs, arguing that the ban is necessary to police recent online age verification laws. Critics have been warning for years that these age restriction laws are being rolled out around the world to erase online anonymity and enable greater surveillance of the entire population, and they are looking more vindicated than ever today. This isn’t about protecting children from social media addiction and porn, it’s about expanding the western empire’s surveillance network. This happens as the FCC moves to require ID verification for every phone activation in the United States, claiming the push is about stopping robocalls but effectively ending another form of anonymous communication.

Caitlin Johnstone | Laws aimed at pro-Palestine protests should always be looked at as efforts to ban criticism of Israel. That’s what we’re seeing in the UK as the prime minister encourages the prosecution of anyone who says “globalise the intifada”. | I have said it before and I will say it again: there is no greater threat to free speech in the western world than Israel and its supporters. The whole of western society must resist tooth and claw the mad push to stomp out our right to oppose war, genocide, apartheid, and injustice.

A major U.S. technology company ignited controversy after urging the federal government to adopt a system of universal national service, a move that critics say edges toward endorsing a military draft. | In the post on X Sunday, Palantir shared a number of rules, including one that read: "National service should be a universal duty. We should, as a society, seriously consider moving away from an all-volunteer force and only fight the next war if everyone shares in the risk and the cost." The call from Palantir Technologies drew attention online after its post was reposted, prompting debate about the role of private defense‑tech firms in shaping national policy.

■ Over 200,000 demand UK gov. cut ties with Palantir over data fears (04/24/26)
■ What’s in Palantir’s ‘Technofascist’ manifesto? (04/22/26)
■ What the Palantir Technologies data leak revealed (02/17/26)

Campaigners and politicians are calling for the UK to cut ties with Palantir, as petitions against its NHS and public sector contracts gain widespread support. | More than 200,000 people have signed petitions urging the UK government to terminate its contracts with US data firm Palantir Technologies, amid mounting concerns over its role in handling sensitive public data. ● The petitions, which have gathered a combined 229,000 signatures, call for a full withdrawal from agreements with the firm, including a £330 million contract with the National Health Service (NHS). Critics argue that the company’s involvement in sectors such as healthcare, policing, and defense raises serious privacy and ethical concerns. ● Campaigners have pointed to Palantir’s reported work with US immigration enforcement and the Israeli military as a key source of alarm, warning against granting the company access to sensitive UK data systems. ● The backlash intensified following reports that the Metropolitan Police is in discussions to expand its use of Palantir’s artificial intelligence tools for intelligence analysis, a move that would significantly deepen the company’s footprint in UK law enforcement. ● At the same time, a recently published manifesto by the company’s US arm, emphasizing the need for “hard power” in democratic societies, has drawn criticism, with one lawmaker describing it as deeply concerning.

✅ Mein AI – Palantir’s Alex Karp wants us to know he has big plans (Tarik Cyril Amar)
■ What’s in Palantir’s ‘Technofascist’ manifesto? (04/22/26 )
■ What the Palantir Technologies data leak revealed (02/17/26)
■ Execs from Palantir, Meta, OpenAI being brought into U.S. Army as colonels (06/27/25 )
■ Trump’s Palantir-Powered Surveillance Is Turning America Into a Digital Prison (06/08/25)

The defense tech behemoth has set the internet on fire with a tweet likened to the ‘ramblings of a comic book villain’ | American surveillance tech contractor Palantir released a 22-point manifesto over the weekend, calling for a “new era” of AI-enabled US military supremacy. The internet went wild, with the text being labeled a blueprint for “technofascism.” ● Posted on X on Saturday, the document goes far beyond the typical mission statement of a Silicon Valley tech company. It outlines Palantir’s positions on the role of technology and military power in the 21st century, stating:

To understand how a private corporation can feel empowered to demand such far-reaching policy changes from the state, it’s important to understand what Palantir is, and how enmeshed with the ‘deep state’ it really is.

✅ Palantir’s Technological Republic is a blueprint for digital tyranny (Constantin von Hoffmeister)

Charles Michel has become the latest EU figure to criticize the Commission president’s leadership style | Under EU treaties, the 27 commissioners collectively propose laws, enforce treaties, and manage the EU budget, while the president sets political guidelines and allocates portfolios. Von der Leyen has been accused of concentrating power in her own office, reducing commissioners to little more than administrators. ● Michel, a former Belgian prime minister, said his inability to work with von der Leyen was unprecedented. “Never in the past had I faced this level of difficulty in terms of collaboration with a colleague. Never,” he said. ● Former and current EU officials have levelled similar complaints against von der Leyen. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas reportedly described her as a “dictator.” Kallas’ predecessor Josep Borrell said she “systematically exceeded” her powers in shaping foreign policy. Former Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton accused her of “questionable governance” and of going behind his back to force him out.

London police say they have arrested 523 people at ‌a protest opposing Britain's ban on Palestine Action. | In a post published on X on Saturday, London's Metropolitan Police said they had arrested people at ‌a protest in London's Trafalgar Square for ⁠showing support for a "proscribed organization." The gathering was the first since London's High Court ruled in February that a ban designating the pro-Palestinian group as a terrorist organization was unlawful.

Experts noted that social media platforms are turning a blind eye to the way the opposition circumvents platform rules, gaining millions of views, while content of the conservatives is subject to the strictest moderation | The European Union has introduced mechanisms of digital censorship ahead of elections in Hungary, handing media platforms control over their outcome, according to a report by the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN).

Kit Klarenberg and William Evans | Documents obtained by The Grayzone reveal how British soldiers and spies censor news reporting on ‘national security,’ coercing reporters into silence. The files show the Committee boasting of a “90% + success rate” in enforcing the official British line on any controversial story – or disappearing reports entirely. | A new trove of documents obtained by The Grayzone through freedom of information (FOI) requests provide unprecedented insight into Britain’s little-known military and intelligence censorship board. The contents lay bare how the secretive Defence and Security Media Advisory (DSMA) Committee censors the output of British journalists, while categorizing independent media as “extremist” for publishing “embarrassing” stories. The body imposes what are known as D-Notices, gag-orders systematically suppressing information available to the public. ■ The files provide the clearest view to date of the inner workings of the opaque committee, exposing which news items the British national security state has sought to shape or keep from public view. These include the bizarre 2010 death of a GCHQ codebreaker, MI6 and British special forces activity in the Middle East and Africa, the sexual abuse of children by government officials, and the death of Princess Diana.

✅ Revealed: The internal police guidance on chanting ‘death to the IDF’ (John McEvoy and Amaar Chowdhury)

Donald Trump has threatened to charge reporters with treason for spreading false information about the war in Iran in a lengthy post on Truth Social on Sunday evening. | In the 401-word post, the president claimed that Iran is a 'master of media manipulation' and has been feeding false information and AI-generated videos to the 'very appreciative fake news media.' ● He also thanked Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), for looking into revoking the broadcast licenses of 'Corrupt and Highly Unpatriotic “News” Organizations.' ● Trump said that videos showing buildings and ships on fire had been generated by AI, including a video of the USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier on fire in the ocean.

✅ ‘Serious Threat to the First Amendment’ as Trump Admin Wins First Antifa Terror Charge (Conor Gallagher)

Caitlin Johnstone | Australian authorities were fully aware that inviting Israel’s president for a visit was going to ignite unrest and furious opposition. They invited him anyway, and sent in the police to assault the protesters.

🔺 I saw a video of two cops pinning a kid in a keffiyeh face down on the ground and proceeding to punch him over and over again long after he’d been subdued.
🔺 I saw another video of police repeatedly punching a middle-aged man who was holding his hands in the air until he fell to the ground.
🔺 I saw another video of police repeatedly pepper spraying a demonstrator directly in the face as he was visibly complying with their demands to move and providing no resistance whatsoever.
🔺 I saw another video of police manhandling Muslim men who were literally on their knees praying, presenting no possible threat of any kind.

Leo Hohman | The two-party system has all but shredded the First Amendment, which protects the rights of all Americans to speak out against their government without fear of censorship or political retribution. | Remember how Donald Trump prattled on about the evils of the Biden administration censoring Americans’ online activity and how he was going to restore free speech? ● He said he was going to make the internet free again for conservatives to express their views and opinions without fear of being censored or shadow banned like they were under Biden. ● That now seems like a distant memory. While X and Meta have marginally eased their censorship of conservative voices, the administration is taking a note from the Biden playbook and pressuring them to crack down on those who speak out against Trump policies. ● Like Biden before him, Trump apparently thinks the First Amendment only applies to those who support him politically. ● This week we found out that the Trump administration is working quietly behind the scenes to force online social-media platforms to turn over lists of people who post content critical of Trump.

BREAKING: Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez is attacking Elon Musk for the crime of sharing news of his decision to legalize 500k illegals to win elections and change the face of Europe. He’s now calling for censorship of X to silence criticism of his policies. pic.twitter.com/0toFoav1vN

— Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) February 3, 2026

First he regularized half a million illegal immigrants, now Spanish PM Sánchez wants to regulate Big Tech to stop people from talking about it | Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is facing mounting criticism after unveiling plans to tighten regulation of major social media platforms just days after his government pushed through a mass regularization program expected to benefit around half a million illegal immigrants. ● The announcement, made on Tuesday at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, saw Sánchez present what he called a package of measures to combat online disinformation, hate speech, and algorithmic amplification of “illegal” content. However, opponents argue the timing is no coincidence, accusing the government of attempting to curb public debate just as backlash grows over its migration policies. ● The irony is that the socialist Spanish prime minister was speaking from a region that has no free speech, and does not offer a single democratic institution.

✅ European control networks: The “digital dictatorship” knows no small details (Strategic Culture Foundation (Editorial))

A criminal court in Nice has sentenced pro-Palestine activist and mother Amira Zaiter to 15 months in prison for social media posts denouncing Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, as part of a broader effort to suppress anti-genocide speech and silence voices supporting Palestine. | The ruling, delivered on Friday by the Nice criminal court, stands among the harshest penalties imposed in France in recent years for online political expression. ● Human rights advocates warn that the sentence reflects a dangerous shift toward criminalizing dissent when it challenges Israeli policies. ● Zaiter appeared before the court on January 23 after spending nearly two months in pretrial detention, a period during which authorities separated her from her young daughter and severely limited her contact with the outside world.

The core claim of Russian interference was false and exemplified Brussels’ use of political censorship, the document said | The European Commission used unproven claims of Russian interference to overturn the results of Romania’s 2024 presidential election, a US House report has suggested. ● Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the election’s first round after intelligence services alleged anti-establishment candidate Calin Georgescu’s lead resulted from foreign meddling. A House Judiciary Committee report cited the case on Tuesday, calling it the “most aggressive censorship steps” taken by the EU executive in recent years.