Iran's Judiciary sentenced Iranian blogger Hossein Shanbehzadeh to 𝟭𝟮 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 after he posted a single dot ( . ) in response to a tweet of Khamenei on X and received more likes than the supreme leader himself.
HERE ARE SOME ATTACKS ON FREE SPEECH THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN AUGUST:
1. BRAZIL ANNOUNCES ANYONE USING A VPN TO ACCESS X WILL BE FINED UP TO $8,874 A DAY. 2. GERMAN PODCAST HOSTS OF 'HOSS AND HOPF' FACE A €250,000 FINE AND JAIL TIME IN GERMANY AFTER THEY "MISGENDERED" A BALD TRANSGENDER PERSON. 3. TELEGRAM FOUNDER PAVEL DUROV IS ARRESTED IN FRANCE FOR NOT CENSORING USERS. 4. UK ARRESTS A 55-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FOR SHARING "MISINFORMATION" ONLINE. 5. UK LOOKS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NEW LEGISLATION THAT WOULD LABEL MISOGYNY AS A FORM OF EXTREMISM. 6. EU COMMISSIONER THIERRY BRETON SENT ELON MUSK A LETTER, DEMANDING THAT HE COMPLY WITH THEIR CENSORSHIP LAWS. 7. RUMBLE CEO CHRIS PAVLOVSKI FLED EUROPE, CITING THREATS FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. 8. META CEO MARK ZUCKERBERG RELEASED A LETTER, DETAILING HOW THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE FBI WORKED TO CENSOR CONTENT ON META PLATFORMS.
