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...
What joyous news for a Boxing Day. Alaa is in the UK and reunited with his family. Hopefully now he can recover, reconnect with his loved ones and continue his courageous work for democracy, human rights and justice
December 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
What joyous news for a Boxing Day. Alaa is in the UK and reunited with his family. Hopefully now he can recover, reconnect with his loved ones and continue his courageous work for democracy, human rights and justice
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Traveling for the holidays? We’ve got your back.
Our December advice column offers travel tips galore:
Our December advice column offers travel tips galore:
Ask a security trainer: Tips for preparing my devices for holiday travel?
Checklists for preparing devices when traveling near and far.
freedom.press
December 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Traveling for the holidays? We’ve got your back.
Our December advice column offers travel tips galore:
Our December advice column offers travel tips galore:
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My god.
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
My god.
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
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An invisible eye is spying on Ugandans. Journalists, political activists, and opposition leaders are targeted; their private information intercepted unlawfully. Watch The Spying State: Big Brother Uganda - a documentary featuring our partner Unwanted Witness: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDhK...
"The Spying State" BIG BROTHER UGANDA - Ukweli Africa Documentary
Can you hide from state surveillance in Uganda? How far can the government go to control its citizens?
The idea of privacy in Uganda is disappearing. The government monitors everyone except…
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December 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
An invisible eye is spying on Ugandans. Journalists, political activists, and opposition leaders are targeted; their private information intercepted unlawfully. Watch The Spying State: Big Brother Uganda - a documentary featuring our partner Unwanted Witness: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDhK...
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The Trump Doctrine is, essentially: “Who’s gonna stop you?”
December 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Trump Doctrine is, essentially: “Who’s gonna stop you?”
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"The government signposts end-to-end encryption as a threat, but what they fail to consider is that breaking it would be a threat to our national security too." Our CEO @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social on the urgent need to protect end-to-end encryption:
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK
www.techradar.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"The government signposts end-to-end encryption as a threat, but what they fail to consider is that breaking it would be a threat to our national security too." Our CEO @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social on the urgent need to protect end-to-end encryption:
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Have we had power that was this petty and pathetic before?
December 18, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Have we had power that was this petty and pathetic before?
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The FCC earlier this year told local broadcasters they could be fined or lose their licenses if they aired “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
FCC Cuts ‘Independent’ From Mission Statement After Chair Refuses To Discuss Trump’s Influence
The FCC earlier this year told local broadcasters they could be fined or lose their licenses if they aired “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
www.forbes.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The FCC earlier this year told local broadcasters they could be fined or lose their licenses if they aired “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
How to describe a hunger strike without using the words hunger strike.
Very interesting choice of words.
Very interesting choice of words.
David Lammy, the justice secretary, has refused to meet lawyers for eight protesters refusing food while they await trials scheduled for months away
Palestine Action hunger strikers ‘set to die unless minister acts’
www.thetimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
How to describe a hunger strike without using the words hunger strike.
Very interesting choice of words.
Very interesting choice of words.
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
December 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
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Rights groups say Mohammadi, who won 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, was detained at ceremony in northeastern city of Mashhad.
Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi arrested in Iran, supporters say
Rights groups say Mohammadi, who won 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, was detained at ceremony in northeastern city of Mashhad.
www.aljazeera.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Rights groups say Mohammadi, who won 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, was detained at ceremony in northeastern city of Mashhad.
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🎧: @wildfranz.bsky.social, editor of the @tbij.bsky.social, joins @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social on Media Confidential to discuss why investigative journalism is more important than ever.
The investigative journalists resisting legal threats
The editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism on receiving menacing letters—and why his work is more important than ever
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🎧: @wildfranz.bsky.social, editor of the @tbij.bsky.social, joins @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social on Media Confidential to discuss why investigative journalism is more important than ever.
Just watched It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi's masterpiece at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social only to learn that Narges Mohammadi has been rearrested.
Call for her release and watch the film. Stand up for the courageous people of #Iran
Call for her release and watch the film. Stand up for the courageous people of #Iran
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Just watched It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi's masterpiece at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social only to learn that Narges Mohammadi has been rearrested.
Call for her release and watch the film. Stand up for the courageous people of #Iran
Call for her release and watch the film. Stand up for the courageous people of #Iran
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Books about “Asian wife sharing” that included detailed descriptions of orgies and scenes involving “ladyboys.”
That’s what our reporter discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official. What came next was even wilder.
That’s what our reporter discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official. What came next was even wilder.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Books about “Asian wife sharing” that included detailed descriptions of orgies and scenes involving “ladyboys.”
That’s what our reporter discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official. What came next was even wilder.
That’s what our reporter discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official. What came next was even wilder.
Keir Starmer's gov spent #HumanRightsDay chumming up with Orban to plot the erosion of human rights protections, I spent it with utterly courageous HRDs from #Algeria, #Palestine and #Belarus in Scottish Parliament.
I had a better day.
I had a better day.
December 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Keir Starmer's gov spent #HumanRightsDay chumming up with Orban to plot the erosion of human rights protections, I spent it with utterly courageous HRDs from #Algeria, #Palestine and #Belarus in Scottish Parliament.
I had a better day.
I had a better day.
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The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition condemns the legal threat made against the #BBC by US President #DonaldTrump. We must stand united in supporting the public service broadcaster against a world leader with a record of using the courts to silence criticism: antislapp.uk/2025/12/09/t...
By threatening to sue the BBC, President Trump’s use of legal threats to stifle protected speech has gone global - UK Anti-Slapp Coalition
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition condemns the legal threat brought against the BBC by Donald Trump and calls for everyone who values an independent press to support the public service broadcaster.
antislapp.uk
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition condemns the legal threat made against the #BBC by US President #DonaldTrump. We must stand united in supporting the public service broadcaster against a world leader with a record of using the courts to silence criticism: antislapp.uk/2025/12/09/t...
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“Documents obtained through [FOI] show [Danielle] Smith … met with [Jordan] Peterson “to discuss how his organization can work with the province to have their online training platform accredited.”
Those discussions … would eventually include changing the law if necessary to allow the accreditation”
Those discussions … would eventually include changing the law if necessary to allow the accreditation”
Jordan Peterson’s School Isn’t Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta’s Help | The Tyee
The premier met with the controversial psychologist and tried to help his business, finds a Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
December 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
“Documents obtained through [FOI] show [Danielle] Smith … met with [Jordan] Peterson “to discuss how his organization can work with the province to have their online training platform accredited.”
Those discussions … would eventually include changing the law if necessary to allow the accreditation”
Those discussions … would eventually include changing the law if necessary to allow the accreditation”
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Georgia is jailing journalists for doing their job. Join the discussion on #MziaAmaglobeli’s imprisonment, the wave of arrests since 2024 & how to defend media freedom. Organised by @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social in partnership with us. www.mfrr.eu/jailed-for-d...
#FreeMzia #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
#FreeMzia #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Jailed for dissent: Georgian journalists and writers under crackdown
www.mfrr.eu
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Georgia is jailing journalists for doing their job. Join the discussion on #MziaAmaglobeli’s imprisonment, the wave of arrests since 2024 & how to defend media freedom. Organised by @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social in partnership with us. www.mfrr.eu/jailed-for-d...
#FreeMzia #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
#FreeMzia #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
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#Cameroon 🇨🇲 @hrw.org urges an urgent, impartial investigation into opposition leader Anicet Ekane’s death in custody, amid concerns over political repression and detainee mistreatment.
Cameroon: Prominent Opposition Leader Dies in Custody
The death in custody of a prominent Cameroon opposition leader, Anicet Ekane, should be impartially, promptly, and effectively investigated.
buff.ly
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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#Belarus 🇧🇾 BAJ reports that the authorities have opened an "extremism" case against exiled journalist Iryna Khalip. She only learned of the investigation after police searched her parents' apartment in Minsk. buff.ly/EJSekVY
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
#Belarus 🇧🇾 BAJ reports that the authorities have opened an "extremism" case against exiled journalist Iryna Khalip. She only learned of the investigation after police searched her parents' apartment in Minsk. buff.ly/EJSekVY
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What started 10yrs ago as a bunch of academics investigating how authoritarian rulers reach across borders, now on stage at the European Parliament: little moment of pride for research and advocacy on transnational repression.
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
What started 10yrs ago as a bunch of academics investigating how authoritarian rulers reach across borders, now on stage at the European Parliament: little moment of pride for research and advocacy on transnational repression.
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Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
What a fucking loser. Bilingualism is amazing and we should celebrate the weans who can speak multiple languages - it will probably be them who will allow the UK to thrive globally.
A weak man who sees jealousy and spite as the only forces that can be marshalled for his campaign
A weak man who sees jealousy and spite as the only forces that can be marshalled for his campaign
December 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
What a fucking loser. Bilingualism is amazing and we should celebrate the weans who can speak multiple languages - it will probably be them who will allow the UK to thrive globally.
A weak man who sees jealousy and spite as the only forces that can be marshalled for his campaign
A weak man who sees jealousy and spite as the only forces that can be marshalled for his campaign
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Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide
Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide
Exclusive: Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAE
Warnings of a possible “genocide” in Sudan were removed from a UK risk assessment by Foreign Office officials, according to a whistleblower whose testimony raises fresh concern over British failures to act on the atrocities unfolding in the war-ravaged country.
The threat analyst said they were prevented from warning that genocide could occur in Darfur by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officials in a humanitarian risk assessment collated days after Sudan’s brutal civil war erupted in April 2023. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide