Source: Persuasion
by Leonora Barclay

“Over the last 18 months, the grip of the [Online Safety Act] has become more apparent to internet users with each click. The law was passed by the British parliament in October 2023 but came into effect in stages, the last of which was in July 2025. Among other things, it requires tech companies to take action against illegal content on their platforms, such as child sexual abuse, revenge porn, and fraud. Concerningly, however, the OSA also requires tech companies to protect children from content that is not illegal, but which is nevertheless deemed ‘harmful.'” (01/22/26)

https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-uk-is-allergic-to-free-speech

Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton

“Most people would consider it a civic duty, and even an act of Christian love, to call 9-1-1 when they see an accident, someone injured, a car off the road, or other emergency. For some people, this would of course be in addition to offering to render help immediately. But should it be a crime to decide NOT to call 9-1-1? … Under Wyoming House Bill 47, people who knowingly ignore emergency situations could face fines and misdemeanor charges, with steeper penalties if inaction contributes to a fatal outcome. … Is it possible to legislate civic virtue? We all applaud the kindness of the Good Samaritan, but is the necessary other side of that coin taking legal action against the priest and the Levite who left the mugged man laying on the path?” (01/22/26)

https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/01/22/is-it-right-enforcing-civic-action/

Source: OtherWords
by Mitchell Zimmerman

“In the mid-1960s, I joined the freedom movement in the South as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Georgia, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Those were heady years, and I am proud of my small role in the great achievements of that time. Our movement breathed new life into American democracy, inspiring and teaching people who led many of the other liberation movements of the 1960s and ‘70s. It opened up schools, education, jobs, public accommodations, voting power, electoral office, and judgeships to people of color in the South and throughout the country. But there is also a fight for history.” (01/22/25)

https://otherwords.org/dr-king-would-be-standing-beside-those-standing-up-for-our-democracy/

Source: Independent Institute
by K Lloyd Billingsley

“Redistricting measures in Texas and California have all eyes on the Nov. 3 midterm election. That contest also marks 30 years since the people of California won a victory for civil rights, now ignored by the ruling class in the Golden State and across the nation. … The California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), Proposition 209 on the November 1996 ballot, was the project of California State Hayward (now Cal State East Bay) professors Glynn Custred and Thomas Wood, backed by University of California regent Ward Connerly. CCRI ended racial and ethnic preferences in state education, employment, and state contracting. … Long after the people approved CCRI, the University of California built a vast DEI bureaucracy, with UCLA paying a vice chancellor for ‘equity, diversity, and inclusion,’ a salary of $440,000.” (01/22/26)

https://www.independent.org/article/2026/01/22/a-different-midterm-milestone/