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Another Year On and Another Fact Checker

Another Year On and Another Fact Checker

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com It is almost exactly one year since we first published our article Fundamentals of Fifth Generation Warfare (reproduced below). At that time we had been approached by John Gregory, health editor at “fact-check” service Newsguard. One year on, we have again

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Bill to Protect Kids or Outlaw Political Opponents?

Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young adult pastor.

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Highlights and Milestones over past Two Years

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com We are thrilled to present our annual Milestones & Highlights report for 2022–23! This year marked significant progress and crucial breakthroughs, reinforcing our unwavering dedication to medical freedom. In our report, we reassess our goals, vision, and strategy moving forward.

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France: You May Not Speak Out

Sonia Elijah Sonia Elijah has a background in Economics. She’s a former BBC researcher and now works as an investigative journalist. brownstone.org On Wednesday, February 14, a highly controversial law was pushed through the National Assembly in France, potentially turning a critic of mRNA treatment into a criminal.

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Soros and His Media Influence

Soros and His Media Influence

Tom Olohan Tom Olohan joined the Media Research Center as a staff writer for MRC Free Speech America and MRC Business in April 2023. Previously Tom worked for America Rising as a field researcher and media monitoring associate and interned with Heritage Action and AIPAC. He graduated from the University

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New Media Sues the State Department over Censorship

Robert Malone Robert W. Malone is a physician and biochemist. His work focuses on mRNA technology, pharmaceuticals, and drug repurposing research. brownstone.org The State Department is censoring and limiting the circulation of disfavoured press outlets. According to a new lawsuit filed in December on behalf of two media organizations,

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How Biden and Amazon Censored Free Speech

How Biden and Amazon Censored Free Speech

Joseph Vazquez Joseph is the MRC Associate Editor for Business & Free Speech America. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science from The George Washington University in 2018. In June, 2019, he completed an exclusive fellowship with the Hertog Foundation, where he participated in their

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No Jokes in XI’s World

No Jokes in XI’s World

The most effective censorship is one where the authorities don’t have to do anything at all: everyone pre-emptively censors themselves. Which, as George Orwell pointed out, was the whole reason for NewSpeak: anti-Party thought would be literally unsayable, and thus un-thinkable. In a remarkable but lesser-known Swedish novel, Kallocain,

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My Letter to Te Papa

hobsonspledge.nz Many New Zealanders were angry at the news of an attack on the display depicting the English version of the Treaty of Waitangi at Te Papa this week. The disrespect shown by the vandals to our national museum and the Treaty is utterly unacceptable. Since the incident, the

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How Digital Platforms Can Help China Censor Better

How Digital Platforms Can Help China Censor Better

Ge Chen Assistant Professor in Global Media & Information Law Durham University China’s drive to expand its influence through soft power mechanisms like censorship is coming into sharper focus, especially under Xi Jinping’s leadership. Recently, the social media app TikTok has become a prominent symbol of this global

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The Hypnotic Rhythm of the Pandemic

Thomas Buckley Thomas Buckley is the former mayor of Lake Elsinore, Cal. and a former newspaper reporter. He is currently the operator of a small communications and planning consultancy. brownstone.org “I remember when Friday used to mean something,” said the dishevelled man on the bus. Dependent poverty has a

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Massive Social Change Brings Repression

Joe Schaeffer libertynation.com There are two essential takeaways from the rioting in Ireland triggered by the stabbings of three children by an Algerian-born immigrant. First, the escalating violence that is a feature, not a bug, of rapid massive demographic upheaval in Western nations will be used as a pretext

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In Praise of Semantic Warfare

In Praise of Semantic Warfare

Thomas Harrington Thomas Harrington, Senior Brownstone Scholar and 2023 Brownstone Fellow, is Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, where he taught for 24 years. His research is on Iberian movements of national identity and contemporary Catalan culture. His essays are published at Words in The

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They Want to Cancel Linehan

They Want to Cancel Linehan

Steven Tucker Steven Tucker is a UK-based writer with over 10 books to his name. His next, Hitler’s & Stalin’s Misuse of Science, comparing the woke pseudoscience of today to the totalitarian pseudoscience of the past, will be published in summer 2023. mercatornet.com Tough Crowd: How I

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You Can’t Justify Censorship Like That

You Can’t Justify Censorship Like That

Ron Paul ronpaulinstitute.org Some libertarians dismiss concerns over social media companies’ suppression of news and opinions that contradict select agendas by pointing out that these platforms are private companies, not part of the government. There are two problems with this argument. First, there is nothing unlibertarian about criticizing private

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