Speech by Kate Hannah, director, The Disinformation Project, delivered at New Zealand International Science Festival 2022: [Introduction, in Maori of course] At the conclusion of the 23-day occupation of Parliament Grounds in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Prime Minister stated: “One day it will be our job to try and
Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Sunday’s announcement by Justice Minister Kiri Allan about forthcoming legislation on hate speech has sparked concerns that the country is headed for a second round of culture wars over free speech. As one journalist states today, Allan is
When Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter became a firm prospect, the Biden administration threatened to step in and kill the deal. Why would they do that? Because they are terrified of what Musk, lately a convert to the Republican party, might find and make public. We know something
Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. Information Opinion Justice Minister Kiri Allan
Kay O’Lacey wokejoke.nz Warning Satire The new Minister of Justice, Kiri Allan, who has promised to make an announcement on hate speech as soon as by the end of this year, and ‘guaranteed’ that she will have introduced law before the next election, has found surprising new allies
Free Press ACT Party It’s been over three and a half years since our nation’s tragedy in Christchurch, and almost as long since the Government first spooked the public with hate speech laws. Free Speech found an unwitting ally in former Justice Minister Kris Faafoi. Wonderful person, but
Make no mistake, this tyrannical Labour Government has made no secret of its desire to restrict free speech in the most draconian ways possible. Just like Justin Trudeau‘s despotic regime, our own has confirmed that they will be ramming legislation through Parliament before the next election. They want to
A cynic would see this announcement as a way to silence critics of the government before the election. We already know that they are unable to define “hate speech”, and Jacinda Ardern says we will “know it when we see it”, which means that no one can say anything without
Jeff Deist Robert P Murphy mises.org Jeff Deist is president of the Mises Institute, where he serves as a writer, public speaker and advocate for property, markets and civil society. He takes particular interest in private legal systems and private money as tools for radically decentralizing political power. Robert
Robert Malone brownstone.org Robert W Malone is a physician and biochemist. His work focuses on mRNA technology, pharmaceuticals, and drug repurposing research. Welp, it happened. So, a while back I wrote about the idea that Elon Musk’s vision for Twitter wasn’t all about free speech and that
Joseph Vazquez newsbusters.org Joseph is the MRC Associate Editor for Business & Free Speech America. He graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Political Science from The George Washington University in 2018. Another assortment of groups funded with millions of dollars from liberal billionaire George Soros are adding
Caitlin Johnstone ronpaulinstitute.org The Biden administration is reportedly considering opening a national security review of Elon Musk’s business ventures which could see the plutocrat’s purchase of Twitter blocked by the White House, in part because Musk is perceived as having an “increasingly Russia-friendly stance”. Bloomberg reports:
Brian Bradley newsbusters.org Brian Bradley is the Associate Editor for Media Research Center’s Free Speech America and MRC Business. Prior to this position, Brian covered several business topics in our nation’s capital, including education, trade and defense. Facebook is ironically censoring an MRC story that calls out
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. In the latest skirmish in the cancel culture wars, Google is booting apps for fighting porn addiction off its app store. In a little-noticed move last month, the internet behemoth removed Covenant Eyes
Information Opinion When I was in school, bullying was normal. People had different ways of dealing with it. Mine was to simply ignore bullies and not react to them. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t. However, when I got older I found that bullies became much more subtle, if
