EuropeNigel Farage was one of the invited speakers and compared the repression to "the old Soviet Union".

Sweden– I think this violates the European Convention on Human Rights, says the journalists's lawyer.

World– Banning the media is a very dangerous path to take. It is convenient to silence critics, warns Erik Larsson, chairman of Reporters Without Borders Sweden.

World– This is a shame for every democracy [and] a signal to all of you that if you expose the interests that drive war, they will come after you, they will put you in jail and they will try to kill you.

ColumnsDan Ahlmark: Chat Control 2.0 is a serious threat to European freedom.

EuropeWants to broaden the definition to make it easier to ban Muslim and "far-right" groups.

WorldHas been criticized as part of liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau's authoritarian woke agenda.

EuropeIncludes making it easier to fire civil servants for political reasons.

EuropeAccording to German interior minister Nancy Faeser, the nationalist "Young Alternative" has "massive contempt for humanity".

EuropeBritish police secretly conducted 300 facial recognition searches using a database of 46 million passport holders.

WorldVaccine critics and religious people are labeled as "disloyal to the US", according to testimonies.

Sweden"The situation is so serious that I don't think we can rule out any measures", says Christer Gardell.

WorldBritish actor and Reclaim Party leader, Laurence Fox, was arrested for "incitement to criminal damage".

SwedenAI technology for facial recognition is being widely launched, cited as a response to gang violence.

WorldDutch MEP Sophie in 't Veld accused member states of using the Israeli spyware program Pegasus to monitor foreign journalists.

WorldWarns of a "sharp and sustained outcry in Australia" if the Wikileaks journalist is extradited to the US.

SwedenSupposed to combat "information bias" linked to the Koran burnings.

WorldAlternative for Germany is accused of being "right-wing extremists" and "enemies of the constitution".

WorldPeaceful protests were forcefully suppressed by the use of martial law in Canada last year.

SwedenIndependent media, bloggers and artists listed by the authority as "anti-democratic extremists".

WorldThe mere possession of "hateful" material on one's computer will be a criminal offense.

WorldPeople seem to have started a campaign to stop a new British surveillance project.

SwedenHigh tone in the agency's annual situation report - expressing strong concern about faltering trust in society's institutions.