SwedenThe ruling parties and the Social Democrats voted in favor of controversial EU mass surveillance legislation.

TechElon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are two notable figures who have publicly called for the Telegram founder's release.

World"We will throw the full force of the law at people. And whether you’re in this country committing crimes on the streets or committing crimes from further afield online, we will come after you", said Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley.

World"When the next pandemic arrives, the world will be better prepared to mount a more effective and more equitable response", says WHO Director-General Tedros.

WorldNo agreement has been negotiated, but Ghebreyesus claims that there is "a common will to get this done".

Sweden"This is serious. Self-censorship is a very dangerous development," comments Mats Persson (L), Minister for Education.

WorldDavid McBride exposed how Australian special forces executed unarmed Afghans - now he has been sentenced to five years in prison.

WorldRussian representatives point to articles about VPN services that can be used to circumvent government censorship.

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.