The Trump administration’s December 2025 policy actions—targeting content moderation workers through visa restrictions, attacking European digital regulation, and endorsing nationalist movements abroad, reveal a coordinated strategy reframing “free speech” as a political weapon. These measures undermine platform accountability, restrict international cooperation, and threaten the democratic infrastructure that protects artistic expression and research worldwide.
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I work carefully and imperceptibly below the surface when it comes to freedom of artistic expression. Deep down I stand by those who want to break it but remind them of realities above the surface. At the same time, the water becomes shallower. This is my duty as a producer.
(Faisal Kiwewa, Bayimba, Uganda.)
