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...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Don't tread on me but please listen when I lecture you on what to wear to the airport
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Don't tread on me but please listen when I lecture you on what to wear to the airport
One of the best things about Scotland qualifying for the World Cup finals are the conversations I am overhearing about how to clear immigration and be allowed in the US.
Many Scots are not quiet about their dislike of Trump so the joy, now mixed with a little terror, is fascinating
Many Scots are not quiet about their dislike of Trump so the joy, now mixed with a little terror, is fascinating
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
One of the best things about Scotland qualifying for the World Cup finals are the conversations I am overhearing about how to clear immigration and be allowed in the US.
Many Scots are not quiet about their dislike of Trump so the joy, now mixed with a little terror, is fascinating
Many Scots are not quiet about their dislike of Trump so the joy, now mixed with a little terror, is fascinating
"I am cutting Luke's hand off now"
"I am being chased by a massive boulder through an old temple"
"I am faking an orgasm in Katz Deli to prove a point"
Netflix exec "I am killing cinema"
"I am being chased by a massive boulder through an old temple"
"I am faking an orgasm in Katz Deli to prove a point"
Netflix exec "I am killing cinema"
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"I am cutting Luke's hand off now"
"I am being chased by a massive boulder through an old temple"
"I am faking an orgasm in Katz Deli to prove a point"
Netflix exec "I am killing cinema"
"I am being chased by a massive boulder through an old temple"
"I am faking an orgasm in Katz Deli to prove a point"
Netflix exec "I am killing cinema"
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Am buzzing about the @indexoncensorship.org awards. Our winners are just the most incredible people. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Saturday Mothers, Carlos Correa & Mohamed Tadjadit - all heroes.
And buzzing that Deputy PM David Lammy called Index "iconic". So that's official now. Index = iconic.
And buzzing that Deputy PM David Lammy called Index "iconic". So that's official now. Index = iconic.
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Am buzzing about the @indexoncensorship.org awards. Our winners are just the most incredible people. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Saturday Mothers, Carlos Correa & Mohamed Tadjadit - all heroes.
And buzzing that Deputy PM David Lammy called Index "iconic". So that's official now. Index = iconic.
And buzzing that Deputy PM David Lammy called Index "iconic". So that's official now. Index = iconic.
In my opinion, AI is only good for shit-talking memes.
Here is the third member of Jedward - Jedgar
Here is the third member of Jedward - Jedgar
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
In my opinion, AI is only good for shit-talking memes.
Here is the third member of Jedward - Jedgar
Here is the third member of Jedward - Jedgar
Look at this #FOI masterpiece. A classic.
A page of a document I received from an English police force when I requested any training documents or guidance regarding the policing response to the protests calling out the proscription of Palestine Action.
A page of a document I received from an English police force when I requested any training documents or guidance regarding the policing response to the protests calling out the proscription of Palestine Action.
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Look at this #FOI masterpiece. A classic.
A page of a document I received from an English police force when I requested any training documents or guidance regarding the policing response to the protests calling out the proscription of Palestine Action.
A page of a document I received from an English police force when I requested any training documents or guidance regarding the policing response to the protests calling out the proscription of Palestine Action.
Of course I am not in Scotland when the national team wins the most gloriously bonkers game to see them qualify for the world cup final for the first time since 1998.
Typical
Typical
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Of course I am not in Scotland when the national team wins the most gloriously bonkers game to see them qualify for the world cup final for the first time since 1998.
Typical
Typical
They must fight this. They must do better than CBS and ABC. Their capitulation emboldened Trump who now sees it as his strongest weapon to censor the press.
If we value a free press and public service broadcaster we must support them in this fight
If we value a free press and public service broadcaster we must support them in this fight
BREAKING: BBC 'determined to fight' any Trump legal action, chairman tells staff
news.sky.com/story/bbc-de...
news.sky.com/story/bbc-de...
BBC 'determined to fight' any Trump legal action, chairman tells staff
BBC chair Samir Shah has said there is "no basis for a defamation case and we are determined to fight this" - after Donald Trump said he would sue the corporation for between $1bn and $5bn.
news.sky.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
They must fight this. They must do better than CBS and ABC. Their capitulation emboldened Trump who now sees it as his strongest weapon to censor the press.
If we value a free press and public service broadcaster we must support them in this fight
If we value a free press and public service broadcaster we must support them in this fight
What is the best way of identifying a fragile regime? When poetry is presented as a form of terrorism.
Mohamed Tadjadit should never have been arrested or imprisoned. He must be free
Mohamed Tadjadit should never have been arrested or imprisoned. He must be free
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
What is the best way of identifying a fragile regime? When poetry is presented as a form of terrorism.
Mohamed Tadjadit should never have been arrested or imprisoned. He must be free
Mohamed Tadjadit should never have been arrested or imprisoned. He must be free
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of all the atrocities these emails likely allude to, it's still amazing that 'elites' write awful things *in emails*. so above the law, so convinced of their rectitude, so conditioned to impunity.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
of all the atrocities these emails likely allude to, it's still amazing that 'elites' write awful things *in emails*. so above the law, so convinced of their rectitude, so conditioned to impunity.
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
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We condemn yesterday's verdict against poet Mohamed Tadjadit, sentencing him to an additional 5 years in prison. Tadjadit is being persecuted for his poetry and peaceful activism. We call for his immediate and unconditional release: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/join...
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We condemn yesterday's verdict against poet Mohamed Tadjadit, sentencing him to an additional 5 years in prison. Tadjadit is being persecuted for his poetry and peaceful activism. We call for his immediate and unconditional release: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/join...
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Reporting on economic crime is, on paper, protected against #SLAPPs. But do the protections work? Dan Neidle is looking to find out. Read more from the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition here: antislapp.uk/2025/11/12/d... @danneidle.bsky.social
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition stands in solidarity with Dan Neidle as he uses the UK’s only anti-SLAPP protections to challenge a legal action brought against him. - UK Anti-Slapp Coalition
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition stands in solidarity with Dan Neidle as he applies to test England and Wales' only anti-SLAPP protections following a legal action brought against him.
antislapp.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Reporting on economic crime is, on paper, protected against #SLAPPs. But do the protections work? Dan Neidle is looking to find out. Read more from the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition here: antislapp.uk/2025/11/12/d... @danneidle.bsky.social
The grotesqueries of our world continue unabated.
Wealthy foreign gun enthusiasts paid Bosnian Serb forces for the chance to shoot residents of Sarajevo during the siege of the city during the 1990s, according to claims being investigated by Italian magistrates ⬇️
Wealthy foreigners ‘paid for chance to shoot civilians in Sarajevo’
An Italian writer says he has uncovered evidence that Italians paid Bosnian Serb forces for ‘human safaris’ during the siege in the Balkan Wars
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The grotesqueries of our world continue unabated.
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Same mission. Fresh look. Landing 13.11.25
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Same mission. Fresh look. Landing 13.11.25
Is anyone else getting logged out of their @bsky.app account more regularly at the moment through the mobile app? I have had to re-sign in like 5 times in the last three days.
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Is anyone else getting logged out of their @bsky.app account more regularly at the moment through the mobile app? I have had to re-sign in like 5 times in the last three days.
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
🚨🚨🚨
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.