‘Banter Ban’ for UK Pubs
The measure I’m most concerned about is clause 18, which will amend the Equality Act to force employers to “take all reasonable steps” to insulate their staff from “harassment” by “third parties”.
Censorship
The Demolition Derby of the USAID
USAID is better in the waste bin and demolition derbies are exciting, but nuance can get lost in the frenzy and targets missed as a result.
Trump Compares Starmer’s Britain to Communist China
If governments can compel tech companies to break encryption, digital privacy risks becoming a privilege reserved for the ideologically compliant – not an inalienable right.
The Scientific Fallacy That Spawned the Absolutism
Science requires us to challenge received ‘truth’ and seek out better evidence. But that questioning challenges our baked-in respect for authority.
The Destruction of the Great Library
All too often important effects are in the hands of people who have no appreciation for the potential importance of what they control.
‘Hate Speech’ Bans Become a Weapon of the Powerful
Germany’s prosecutions of meme-posters provide a chilling example of what happens when governments dictate what counts as ‘hate.’
How Afraid Should We Be? Very
The whole rotten structure needs to be dismantled. We deserve the right to free expression, whether or not it causes offence.
What Is Next? Information Disorder Syndrome
Making information disorder a syndrome affecting the individual allows the state through the medical and insurance industries to step in and force the individual to conform to societal norms.
Resisting Musk’s Social Credit System 𝕏
I refuse to wear that digital face mask, Mr Musk. Impose your social distancing to flatten that AI curve, I’ll simply publish and consume content elsewhere. We must resist the robots.
Why Don’t We Trust Ordinary People?
Whenever I hear the descriptors ‘far right’ and ‘populist’, I hear instead the frustrated lament of the despised and disregarded ordinary citizen.
The Misinformation Bill Is Gone for Now
The Australian government will most probably go back to the drawing board and hope to revive the bill in the new year.
New Laws in Ireland Came Into Force on December 31st
The legislation faced opposition from Sinn Féin and others. It was ultimately passed with 78 votes in favour and 52 against.
When Ideologies Are the Rule
Mainstream media and our institutions continue to undermine themselves with absurd claims, mockery of the public, and censorship.