A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
February 13, 2026 at 10:22 AM
A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
My new article, co-authored with @sandraduffy.bsky.social is out today, please read & share:
"Criminalising and eliminating affirmative healthcare: Trans childhood in a moral panic"
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"Criminalising and eliminating affirmative healthcare: Trans childhood in a moral panic"
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Criminalising and eliminating affirmative healthcare: Trans childhood in a moral panic - Cal Horton, Sandra Duffy, 2026
Trans children in the UK are the targets of an escalating moral panic, centred around access to affirmative adolescent healthcare. Combining moral panic theory ...
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September 29, 2026 at 8:15 AM
My new article, co-authored with @sandraduffy.bsky.social is out today, please read & share:
"Criminalising and eliminating affirmative healthcare: Trans childhood in a moral panic"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Criminalising and eliminating affirmative healthcare: Trans childhood in a moral panic"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Absolutely no precedent here for criminalising nationalists to enable loyalists.
None at all.
So who knows how it will all play out, eh.
None at all.
So who knows how it will all play out, eh.
September 27, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Absolutely no precedent here for criminalising nationalists to enable loyalists.
None at all.
So who knows how it will all play out, eh.
None at all.
So who knows how it will all play out, eh.
Sure seems like NSW is criminalising political expression here
Palestine activist charged with a criminal offence, faces 5 years in jail and has driving restrictions on his Uber for pestering his local MP over Gaza with email.
#whatsthescam #auspol #nswpol
michaelwest.com.au/police-prose...
#whatsthescam #auspol #nswpol
michaelwest.com.au/police-prose...
Police social cohesion squad prosecutes man over Gaza emails to his MP - Michael West
A Palestine activist has been charged with a criminal offence for pestering his local MP with emails, and faces 5 years in jail
michaelwest.com.au
August 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Sure seems like NSW is criminalising political expression here
Burkina Faso has passed a law criminalising homosexuality.
September 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Burkina Faso has passed a law criminalising homosexuality.
feels like the USA is criminalising speaking spanish and that's not a joke
April 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
feels like the USA is criminalising speaking spanish and that's not a joke
Arresting Netanyahu and ending the genocide should be Keir Starmer’s priority - not criminalising protestors demanding justice for Palestinians.
August 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Arresting Netanyahu and ending the genocide should be Keir Starmer’s priority - not criminalising protestors demanding justice for Palestinians.
Moreover, pornography tends to be the last available economic option for a Lot of marginalised communities. Even the groups that despise you, will frequently also lust after you.
So criminalising it often also means criminalising everyone who has no other means of survival.
So criminalising it often also means criminalising everyone who has no other means of survival.
January 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Moreover, pornography tends to be the last available economic option for a Lot of marginalised communities. Even the groups that despise you, will frequently also lust after you.
So criminalising it often also means criminalising everyone who has no other means of survival.
So criminalising it often also means criminalising everyone who has no other means of survival.
EU considers criminalising "AI systems enabling the production of child sexual abuse material"
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March 12, 2026 at 10:05 AM
EU considers criminalising "AI systems enabling the production of child sexual abuse material"
data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...
data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...
Why Niger explicitly criminalising asexuality is significant to everyone, regardless of identity 👇
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www.wearequeeraf.com/why-niger-ex...
Why Niger explicitly criminalising asexuality is significant to everyone, regardless of identity
To understand Nigers asexuality criminalisation, we should see this law as part of a bigger – and growing – global trend among conservatives about 'traditional families'
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September 25, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Why Niger explicitly criminalising asexuality is significant to everyone, regardless of identity 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/why-niger-ex...
www.wearequeeraf.com/why-niger-ex...
Criminalising the Fed ft.trib.al/euaaWM0 | opinion
Criminalising the Fed
Plus the employment/growth puzzle
ft.trib.al
January 12, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Criminalising the Fed ft.trib.al/euaaWM0 | opinion
I’m sorry it’s just really clear to me it’s “porn is an addiction” ~> banning porn ~> criminalising + arresting sex workers.
Sex workers are predominantly minorities. The nefarious intentions are hardly even hidden.
Sex workers are predominantly minorities. The nefarious intentions are hardly even hidden.
October 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I’m sorry it’s just really clear to me it’s “porn is an addiction” ~> banning porn ~> criminalising + arresting sex workers.
Sex workers are predominantly minorities. The nefarious intentions are hardly even hidden.
Sex workers are predominantly minorities. The nefarious intentions are hardly even hidden.
i don't know if anyone should ban tiktok but one thing i am absolutely firmly convinced of is that i am generally broadly in favour of criminalising the pivot to video
January 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
i don't know if anyone should ban tiktok but one thing i am absolutely firmly convinced of is that i am generally broadly in favour of criminalising the pivot to video
UK to accelerate law criminalising creation of sexual deepfakes reut.rs/3LbX7wV
UK to accelerate law criminalising creation of sexual deepfakes
Britain will bring into effect a law criminalising the creation of non-consensual intimate images this week, technology minister Liz Kendall told parliament on Monday after regulator Ofcom launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
UK to accelerate law criminalising creation of sexual deepfakes reut.rs/3LbX7wV
Much like pseudofeminist arguments for criminalising abortion, this latest nonsense about legally enforcing monogamy to protect women from abusive men is just an apprortiation of feminist framing for patriarchal ends.
Fun fact: Adultery laws are primarily a thing in heavily patriarchal and explicitly theocratic nations. India only declared its adultery law illegal in 2018.
It's all about retrenching notions of ownership in intimate relations, during a time of ascendat patriarchy. Shit sucks!
It's all about retrenching notions of ownership in intimate relations, during a time of ascendat patriarchy. Shit sucks!
I’ll never forget when I saw a TikTok of a zoomer saying there should be laws against cheating that send people to jail and all the comments were agreeing and I was like what the hell is going on
December 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Much like pseudofeminist arguments for criminalising abortion, this latest nonsense about legally enforcing monogamy to protect women from abusive men is just an apprortiation of feminist framing for patriarchal ends.
Instead it’s spent protecting arms manufacturers and criminalising people opposing Israel’s genocide.
Shame on them.
Shame on them.
February 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Instead it’s spent protecting arms manufacturers and criminalising people opposing Israel’s genocide.
Shame on them.
Shame on them.
The thing about their politics is that if you actually expel immigrants at the levels they desire then the only way to sustain a long term workforce is criminalising leaving and criminalising birth control, so
July 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The thing about their politics is that if you actually expel immigrants at the levels they desire then the only way to sustain a long term workforce is criminalising leaving and criminalising birth control, so
Making it illegal to buy sex hurts sex workers the most. Criminalising the client forces sex work further underground, increases stigma, and raises the risk of harm
inews.co.uk/opinion/maki...
inews.co.uk/opinion/maki...
Making it illegal to buy sex hurts sex workers the most
Criminalising the client forces sex work further underground, increases stigma, and raises the risk of harm
inews.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Making it illegal to buy sex hurts sex workers the most. Criminalising the client forces sex work further underground, increases stigma, and raises the risk of harm
inews.co.uk/opinion/maki...
inews.co.uk/opinion/maki...
But he has been diligent in prosecuting climate activists and criminalising pensioners who hold up placards in defence of Palestinians.
June 12, 2026 at 2:13 PM
But he has been diligent in prosecuting climate activists and criminalising pensioners who hold up placards in defence of Palestinians.
criminalising art and going after the creators of 'degenerate' art... gosh, where have I heard that before
Rep. Mark Alford (R-TX) revealed that House Republicans are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show because they suspect it was "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction.
House GOP launches Bad Bunny probe: 'Worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction'
Rep. Mark Alford (R-TX) revealed that House Republicans are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show because they suspect it was "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction."During a Tuesday interview on Real America's Voice, Alford told the hosts that he and other House Repu...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
criminalising art and going after the creators of 'degenerate' art... gosh, where have I heard that before
I am pleased the Government has done another u turn.
Attempting to cancel elections, on top of scrapping jury trials, mandatory ID cards, criminalising peaceful protest and harassment of journalists is part of a disturbing authoritarian trend of this caretaker Prime Minister.
Attempting to cancel elections, on top of scrapping jury trials, mandatory ID cards, criminalising peaceful protest and harassment of journalists is part of a disturbing authoritarian trend of this caretaker Prime Minister.
Breaking: UK government is confirming it’s dropped plans to delay local elections at 30 English councils
February 16, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I am pleased the Government has done another u turn.
Attempting to cancel elections, on top of scrapping jury trials, mandatory ID cards, criminalising peaceful protest and harassment of journalists is part of a disturbing authoritarian trend of this caretaker Prime Minister.
Attempting to cancel elections, on top of scrapping jury trials, mandatory ID cards, criminalising peaceful protest and harassment of journalists is part of a disturbing authoritarian trend of this caretaker Prime Minister.
I’m personally told young irish people in a London pub to shut up when they’ve sung this
But criminalising it is very, very silly
But criminalising it is very, very silly
The House of Lords has passed an amendment to the UK Crime and Policing Bill proposed by former DUP leader Arlene Foster that would criminalise saying “Up the Ra”.
The amendment would remove the “emulation requirement” when it comes to the crime of “glorification of terrorism”.
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The amendment would remove the “emulation requirement” when it comes to the crime of “glorification of terrorism”.
jrnl.ie/6990270
House of Lords pass proposal by former DUP leader that would criminalise saying ‘Up the Ra’
‘This is not about the past; this is about the future and our young people,” said the former DUP leader in the House of Lords earlier this week.
jrnl.ie
March 20, 2026 at 12:16 PM
I’m personally told young irish people in a London pub to shut up when they’ve sung this
But criminalising it is very, very silly
But criminalising it is very, very silly
The Labour Government are protecting our citizens by changing laws which by default protect our democracy. So we can never become like America.
Examples:
Workers Rights
Renters Rights
Criminalising lying in public office
Criminalising taking foreign money into our politics
Examples:
Workers Rights
Renters Rights
Criminalising lying in public office
Criminalising taking foreign money into our politics
October 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The Labour Government are protecting our citizens by changing laws which by default protect our democracy. So we can never become like America.
Examples:
Workers Rights
Renters Rights
Criminalising lying in public office
Criminalising taking foreign money into our politics
Examples:
Workers Rights
Renters Rights
Criminalising lying in public office
Criminalising taking foreign money into our politics
Criminalising activism, another reason ro #VoteIndependent
From the US to Uganda, how #climate #activism has been criminalised in 2024
The global crackdown against climate activists and groups is clearly part of the #fossil_fuel industry’s strategy to crush dissent and keep burning the planet
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The global crackdown against climate activists and groups is clearly part of the #fossil_fuel industry’s strategy to crush dissent and keep burning the planet
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
From the US to Uganda, how climate activism has been criminalised in 2024
In this week’s Down To Earth newsletter: The global crackdown against climate activists and groups is clearly part of the fossil fuel industry’s strategy to crush dissent and keep burning the planet• ...
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Criminalising activism, another reason ro #VoteIndependent