There’s Nothing Neutral About This
The UK government’s social media ban consultation. Participation in the consultation may still matter, if only to register dissent within a process that is already narrowing its own field of view.
Censorship
Stanford and the Digital ID Backlash
Riley claimed the policy followed what he called a “Commonwealth speech crackdown playbook”, arguing governments often introduce online controls under the justification of “protecting children” before later broadening enforcement powers.
The Creation of an Online State Regulator
History demonstrates that broad censorial powers rarely remain narrowly confined.
The Justice Department Indicts the Ministry of Love
To avoid ending up on the Hate List, people watch their words, meaning they watch their thoughts. If we accept the premise that we want to stamp out hate, we acquiesce in this erosion of our freedom of thought, which is ultimately an erosion of our very humanity.
The Scarf, the Activist & the Media
A critical analysis: why NZ Herald’s keffiyeh story on Davien Gray is NOT what it seems.
So the Media Lawyers Up
The chilling effect is coming from inside the house. I received a legal letter this week too.
The Government Failed and So Now?
They failed at Bondi so they are punishing the people.
This Is Evidence of Control Creep
How the Department of Internal Affairs is building a social media surveillance regime before parliament has spoken.
The Price of Silence
How money, mimicry, and rear are eroding free inquiry worldwide.
A Dumb and Repressive Game Part 3
Banning symbols and slogans. Allowing groups such as neo-Nazis and other extremists to out themselves is the preferred option, so society can be more informed and aware of their presence and numbers.
This Is Another Academic Freedom Case
How exactly I was supposed to incorporate ‘Māori and Pasifika perspectives’ into my courses on ancient Greece is still something of a mystery to me. But the important thing about these expectations is that they seem to fly in the face of academic freedom.
On Rising Above the Parapet
Prefiero morir de pie que vivir de rodillas – Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
The Left Is Clearly a Greater Threat To Free Speech
The evidence from Cambridge, and from Britain as a whole, points in one direction. It is the left – not the right – that poses the greater threat to free expression today.