Push for Censorship on Campus Hit Record Levels in 2025
A true commitment to academic freedom means defending expression even when it’s unpopular or offensive. That’s the price of intellectual integrity in a free society.
Censorship
Setting up a Carnival of Politics
With just over a month to go, I feel like film director Mike Leigh trying to justify his improvisational technique. There’s a basic idea, a few actors, a location and the outline of a script. That’s it.
Trump Is Going To War Against Censorship
Authoritarians across the Atlantic are taking aim at Americans’ First Amendment right.
Why We Refuse To Name the Ideology
Societies that lose the courage to speak plainly about violent ideologies become more brittle, more divided and more vulnerable to manipulation. History does not judge kindly those who chose euphemism over truth, especially when the warning signs are impossible to miss.
Trump Bars Global Censorship Agents
The State Department will not tolerate “extraterritorial overreach by foreign censors targeting American speech,” the document said.
Offence Can Only Be Taken, Not Given
When we forget that offence is taken, not given, we trade our emotional autonomy for a fragile comfort – and in doing so, we risk silencing not only those we disagree with, but ultimately, ourselves.
Do as I Say, Not as I Do
How did we reach a moment where a prime minister saying she wanted to punch another MP in the face is seen as acceptable by many?
The Global Rise of Online Speech Policing
Governments are tightening control over what citizens can say online. The worldwide slide toward punishing speech has profound consequences for open societies.
This Matters for All Whistleblowers
The Barry Young hearing on 11 December. If the court rules that only those with specialised expertise can have “reasonable grounds” to raise concerns, it effectively nullifies whistleblower protection for most New Zealand workers.
Trying to Trademark in New Zealand
Why do we even have a committee like this deciding what words are acceptable for a trademark? Wasn’t this government supposed to be tidying up separatist rubbish like this?
A Visit by the German Thought Police
This new investigation, the search of my home, and confiscation of my computer are blatantly unconstitutional, a brazen violation of my rights as an author and publisher under Germany’s Basic Law.
The UK and Canada Lead the Descent
Both nations are exporting their digital control frameworks through the Five Eyes alliance, a covert intelligence-sharing network uniting the UK, Canada, US, Australia, and New Zealand.
Our Free Speech Is Under Fire
Former judge David Harvey forecasts fresh online regulation push.
Censorship and Your Creative Work: You Can Say No!
The purpose of this strategy isn’t just to make censorship obvious, but to mock it.
How I Got Here
I remember talking to American philosopher Peter Boghossian about what to do about captured universities. He said it was best to abandon them and start again. I feel the same about the MSM. I’m waiting for the whole shooting box to collapse and for new media to arise from the ashes.