Nik Sunil Williams
@nikwilliams.bsky.social
Policy wonk at Index on Censorship and co-chair of the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition. Works on FoEx, Anti-SLAPP and digital rights. Loves Joan Didion, Dinosaurs 🦕 & My Bloody Valentine. He/Him @indexoncensorship.org
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Stop the rich and powerful ruining the lives of those who speak up
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are abusive legal threats and lawsuits filed to silence critical speech. They are used by oligarchs, public officials, sexual abusers, wa...
www.megaphone.org.uk
Abusive legal threats can weaponise the British courts against anyone who dares raise their voice. Following yesterday's debate, the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition has launched this petition calling on the public to join the call to #stopSLAPPs
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Sauchiehall Street has lots of vacant or closing shops. If we were to follow Trump's authoritarian logic should we be expecting the military to be called in?
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Sauchiehall Street has lots of vacant or closing shops. If we were to follow Trump's authoritarian logic should we be expecting the military to be called in?
I think Kim's work really demonstrated Teen Vogue at its best. Non-patronising or condescending. The writers treated their audience with respect and as autonomous individuals. It will be missed and we will definitely feel it's absence
“Since 2018, labor columnist Kim Kelly brought the labor beat to teenage readers through her “No Class” column, covering everything from wildcat strikes to general strikes, the Gilded Age labor organizer Mother Jones to contemporary Amazon warehouse conditions.” 💔 thisislaborwise.com/teen-vogues-...
Teen Vogue's Closure and the Quiet Defunding of Worker Consciousness
Teen Vogue’s shutdown marks more than a media loss. This is a warning about how profit-driven consolidation quietly dismantles worker awareness and voice.
thisislaborwise.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I think Kim's work really demonstrated Teen Vogue at its best. Non-patronising or condescending. The writers treated their audience with respect and as autonomous individuals. It will be missed and we will definitely feel it's absence
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YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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An important demonstration of the gaping chasm in protection without universal or federal anti-SLAPP laws.
@lukelebrun.ca and @pressprogress.ca are at risk cause they are in Alberta. Free speech protections shouldn't be a post code lottery
@lukelebrun.ca and @pressprogress.ca are at risk cause they are in Alberta. Free speech protections shouldn't be a post code lottery
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
An important demonstration of the gaping chasm in protection without universal or federal anti-SLAPP laws.
@lukelebrun.ca and @pressprogress.ca are at risk cause they are in Alberta. Free speech protections shouldn't be a post code lottery
@lukelebrun.ca and @pressprogress.ca are at risk cause they are in Alberta. Free speech protections shouldn't be a post code lottery
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⚖️ UPDATE ⚖️
After journalist Abdalle Mumin faced legal threats, the government has laid down the law to UK firms.
goodlaw.social/x90i
After journalist Abdalle Mumin faced legal threats, the government has laid down the law to UK firms.
goodlaw.social/x90i
UK Government rebukes solicitors who act for ‘improper purposes’ | Good Law Project
After journalist Abdalle Mumin faced legal threats, the government has laid down the law to UK firms.
goodlaw.social
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
⚖️ UPDATE ⚖️
After journalist Abdalle Mumin faced legal threats, the government has laid down the law to UK firms.
goodlaw.social/x90i
After journalist Abdalle Mumin faced legal threats, the government has laid down the law to UK firms.
goodlaw.social/x90i
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
All credit and solidarity with @profpech.bsky.social here.
An important stand to make and one wholly consistent with the rule of law
An important stand to make and one wholly consistent with the rule of law
A senior Irish legal academic has withdrawn from a major EU symposium on the rule of law after organisers proposed to platform “fake judges and pseudo experts” linked to Poland’s rule of law crisis.
Irish academic withdraws from rule of law summit over ‘fake judges’
A senior Irish legal academic has withdrawn from a major EU symposium on the rule of law after organisers proposed to platform “fake judges and pseudo experts” linked to Poland’s rule of law crisis.
www.irishlegal.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
All credit and solidarity with @profpech.bsky.social here.
An important stand to make and one wholly consistent with the rule of law
An important stand to make and one wholly consistent with the rule of law
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🚨 BREAKING: The government has tabled their plan to restrict repeat protests.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
Government's repeat protest restrictions worse than feared - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨 BREAKING: The government has tabled their plan to restrict repeat protests.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
Happy Birthday ECHR!
Your footing may be fragile right now and your legacy may be contested but my god you are needed now more than ever!
What a day to be in Strasbourg
Your footing may be fragile right now and your legacy may be contested but my god you are needed now more than ever!
What a day to be in Strasbourg
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Happy Birthday ECHR!
Your footing may be fragile right now and your legacy may be contested but my god you are needed now more than ever!
What a day to be in Strasbourg
Your footing may be fragile right now and your legacy may be contested but my god you are needed now more than ever!
What a day to be in Strasbourg
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🚨 1 in 3 law firms are not compliant with anti-money laundering rules.
📈 But, the government has recently taken steps to address this issue.
💷 If implemented correctly, this move could be transformational for the UK's dirty money problem.
Learn more: ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/work/release...
📈 But, the government has recently taken steps to address this issue.
💷 If implemented correctly, this move could be transformational for the UK's dirty money problem.
Learn more: ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/work/release...
November 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🚨 1 in 3 law firms are not compliant with anti-money laundering rules.
📈 But, the government has recently taken steps to address this issue.
💷 If implemented correctly, this move could be transformational for the UK's dirty money problem.
Learn more: ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/work/release...
📈 But, the government has recently taken steps to address this issue.
💷 If implemented correctly, this move could be transformational for the UK's dirty money problem.
Learn more: ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/work/release...
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Personally, I blame woke
Reform UK 5% Council Tax Hikes confirmed in:
➡️ Durham
➡️ Kent
➡️ Warwickshire
➡️ Worcestershire
➡️ Leicestershire
➡️ Lincolnshire
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
➡️ Durham
➡️ Kent
➡️ Warwickshire
➡️ Worcestershire
➡️ Leicestershire
➡️ Lincolnshire
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Personally, I blame woke
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Digital technology, which should help to concentrate and centralize information to prevent losses, offers no guarantee against the threats of hacking and theft of personal data by cyber-criminals.
How encryption protects journalists and human rights defenders in West Africa
Digital technology, which should help to concentrate and centralize information to prevent losses, offers no guarantee against the threats of hacking and theft of personal data by cyber-criminals.
globalvoices.org
November 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Digital technology, which should help to concentrate and centralize information to prevent losses, offers no guarantee against the threats of hacking and theft of personal data by cyber-criminals.
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a national movement of "I'm telling daddy"
NCGOP spokesman appears to be threatening @propublica.org's @dougbockclark.bsky.social with retaliation by the Trump administration for reporting on a state Supreme Court justice www.propublica.org/article/paul...
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
a national movement of "I'm telling daddy"
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📣To mark the anniversary of the tragedy in Novi Sad, we will discuss how the govt's efforts to stifle protests and control information fuel growing attacks on the media in 🇷🇸 #Serbia.
🗓️4.11 ⏰14:00 CET
Register now: www.mfrr.eu/one-year-on-...
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social
🗓️4.11 ⏰14:00 CET
Register now: www.mfrr.eu/one-year-on-...
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social
One year on: Media freedom and journalist safety in Serbia
Join the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) webinar on 4 November marking one year since Serbia’s Novi Sad tragedy and nationwide protests.
www.mfrr.eu
October 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
📣To mark the anniversary of the tragedy in Novi Sad, we will discuss how the govt's efforts to stifle protests and control information fuel growing attacks on the media in 🇷🇸 #Serbia.
🗓️4.11 ⏰14:00 CET
Register now: www.mfrr.eu/one-year-on-...
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social
🗓️4.11 ⏰14:00 CET
Register now: www.mfrr.eu/one-year-on-...
@mediafreedomeu.bsky.social
There are FAR more damaging impacts of AI on society, but I am currently raging at the near total conquest of funny animals videos.
My refuge from the darkness of work has been ransacked by slop.
Long live the dog falling off the sofa, the cat spooked by a cucumber or the wholesome rescue story
My refuge from the darkness of work has been ransacked by slop.
Long live the dog falling off the sofa, the cat spooked by a cucumber or the wholesome rescue story
October 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
There are FAR more damaging impacts of AI on society, but I am currently raging at the near total conquest of funny animals videos.
My refuge from the darkness of work has been ransacked by slop.
Long live the dog falling off the sofa, the cat spooked by a cucumber or the wholesome rescue story
My refuge from the darkness of work has been ransacked by slop.
Long live the dog falling off the sofa, the cat spooked by a cucumber or the wholesome rescue story
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Seven extraordinary journalists have been named the 2025 IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Heroes for their courage and resilience:
- Mzia Amaglobeli
- Martin Baron
- Mariam Abu Dagga (posthumous)
- Gustavo Gorriti
- Jimmy Lai
- Victoria Roshchyna (posthumous)
- Tesfalem Waldyes
#Journalism #IPIWoCo25
- Mzia Amaglobeli
- Martin Baron
- Mariam Abu Dagga (posthumous)
- Gustavo Gorriti
- Jimmy Lai
- Victoria Roshchyna (posthumous)
- Tesfalem Waldyes
#Journalism #IPIWoCo25
October 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Seven extraordinary journalists have been named the 2025 IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Heroes for their courage and resilience:
- Mzia Amaglobeli
- Martin Baron
- Mariam Abu Dagga (posthumous)
- Gustavo Gorriti
- Jimmy Lai
- Victoria Roshchyna (posthumous)
- Tesfalem Waldyes
#Journalism #IPIWoCo25
- Mzia Amaglobeli
- Martin Baron
- Mariam Abu Dagga (posthumous)
- Gustavo Gorriti
- Jimmy Lai
- Victoria Roshchyna (posthumous)
- Tesfalem Waldyes
#Journalism #IPIWoCo25
Always nice to stumble across a bit of personal film history when you are on a work trip.
The record shop from one of my favourite films, Before Sunrise where Hawke and Deply listen to Kath Bloom
The record shop from one of my favourite films, Before Sunrise where Hawke and Deply listen to Kath Bloom
October 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Always nice to stumble across a bit of personal film history when you are on a work trip.
The record shop from one of my favourite films, Before Sunrise where Hawke and Deply listen to Kath Bloom
The record shop from one of my favourite films, Before Sunrise where Hawke and Deply listen to Kath Bloom
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Reading every day now abt US murders of supposed drug traffickers, I think of the Philippines’ Duterte, famous for such extra judicial violence…He is in jail now. But first he cemented power and ruined/ended many lives. If US violence at sea continues, it will come home. And jail may or may not come
ICC charges ex-Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte with murder
The former president of the Philippines is accused of being involved in the deaths of dozens of people.
www.bbc.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Reading every day now abt US murders of supposed drug traffickers, I think of the Philippines’ Duterte, famous for such extra judicial violence…He is in jail now. But first he cemented power and ruined/ended many lives. If US violence at sea continues, it will come home. And jail may or may not come
Should be - if it was ever needed - the clearest sign that these fuckers are propagandists not journalists
No journalist would agree to work under these restrictions. Period.
No journalist would agree to work under these restrictions. Period.
Here's who's in the Pentagon's new "press corps," covering world's most powerful military:
Out: New York Times, Washington Post.
In: Tim Pool's Timcast, Gateway Pundit, the MyPillow guy's LindellTV.
wapo.st/49iiXbn @scottnover.bsky.social
Out: New York Times, Washington Post.
In: Tim Pool's Timcast, Gateway Pundit, the MyPillow guy's LindellTV.
wapo.st/49iiXbn @scottnover.bsky.social
Pentagon announces a new right-wing press corps after mass walkout
A new crop of conservative media and influencers signed an agreement with the Pentagon, including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events and the National Pulse.
wapo.st
October 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Should be - if it was ever needed - the clearest sign that these fuckers are propagandists not journalists
No journalist would agree to work under these restrictions. Period.
No journalist would agree to work under these restrictions. Period.
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Imprisoned journalists Andrzej Poczobut from Belarus and Mzia Amaglobeli from Georgia have been awarded the European Parliament's 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Imprisoned journalists Andrzej Poczobut from Belarus and Mzia Amaglobeli from Georgia have been awarded the European Parliament's 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
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You may have heard about UK ministers' plan to double to 10 years the time needed to reached settled status in the UK. But did you realise that it threatened access to pensions for the 180,000 people who came from Hong Kong on the UK government's visa scheme? My dispatch: www.ft.com/content/8b91...
UK Hongkongers rue the rockiness of their ‘lifeboat’ after threatened visa changes
People who fled Chinese territory are angry after London looks at doubling length of time required to gain citizenship
www.ft.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:21 AM
You may have heard about UK ministers' plan to double to 10 years the time needed to reached settled status in the UK. But did you realise that it threatened access to pensions for the 180,000 people who came from Hong Kong on the UK government's visa scheme? My dispatch: www.ft.com/content/8b91...
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Today's AWS outage, which affected a range of websites and applications—from Signal to Fortnite to key UK government services—reveals the dangers of relying on a handful of Big Tech firms, write Article 19's Corinne Cath and Don Le. These are not glitches; they are democratic failures, they say.
Amazon Cloud Outage Reveals Democratic Deficit in Relying on Big Tech | TechPolicy.Press
The AWS outage demonstrates the need for a fundamental shift in how we think about digital infrastructure, write Corinne Cath and Don Le.
www.techpolicy.press
October 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Today's AWS outage, which affected a range of websites and applications—from Signal to Fortnite to key UK government services—reveals the dangers of relying on a handful of Big Tech firms, write Article 19's Corinne Cath and Don Le. These are not glitches; they are democratic failures, they say.
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In Togo, the authorities have restated their intentions to regulate online speech, restricting the use of social media amid heightened political tensions.
Togolese authorities threaten greater online speech censorship
In Togo, the authorities have restated their intentions to regulate online speech, restricting the use of social media amid heightened political tensions.
globalvoices.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In Togo, the authorities have restated their intentions to regulate online speech, restricting the use of social media amid heightened political tensions.
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#UK and #Ireland 🌐 Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence are being silenced by the very people accused of committing the abuse. Read the new report from @indexoncensorship.org revealing how abusive legal actions are silencing those who speak out.
The legal system is being weaponised to silence survivors of sexual and gender-based violence - Index on Censorship
Index has published a new report showing how survivors are facing abusive strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs)
buff.ly
October 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#UK and #Ireland 🌐 Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence are being silenced by the very people accused of committing the abuse. Read the new report from @indexoncensorship.org revealing how abusive legal actions are silencing those who speak out.
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⚠️ Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence are being silenced by the very people accused of committing the abuse.
A new report from @indexoncensorship.org reveals how abusive legal actions in the UK & Ireland are silencing those who speak out ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
A new report from @indexoncensorship.org reveals how abusive legal actions in the UK & Ireland are silencing those who speak out ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
The legal system is being weaponised to silence survivors of sexual and gender-based violence - Index on Censorship
Index has published a new report showing how survivors are facing abusive strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs)
www.indexoncensorship.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
⚠️ Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence are being silenced by the very people accused of committing the abuse.
A new report from @indexoncensorship.org reveals how abusive legal actions in the UK & Ireland are silencing those who speak out ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
A new report from @indexoncensorship.org reveals how abusive legal actions in the UK & Ireland are silencing those who speak out ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...