Robin Koerner brownstone.org This is the most censorious time of my life. Considering how old I am, that’s saying something – but not anything that will surprise anyone who isn’t rooting for the censors. But now, returning to an age of “just censorship” seems like a return to
Autumn Johnson newsbusters.org Autumn is a practicing attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. When not working, Autumn enjoys reading, writing, playing video games, and spending time with her cats. YouTube blocked all Russian media outlets globally. Previously, YouTube only blocked RT and Sputnik’
A BFD Transcript Leighton Smith: Rodney Hide, ex-politician in parliament for 15 years, leader of the ACT party for a number of those. He falls into the group of people with whom I love to have conversation. Rebellion or protest, call it what you want, support or otherwise, it makes
There are some things you’re just not allowed to do on Facebook, no matter what your intentions. Posting images of certain German leaders from the 1930s, for instance, will immediately bring down the Hammer of the Bots. Even if your intention was purely editorial. Using certain words is strictly
A new survey has found two thirds of Kiwis are worried about the extent of misinformation being peddled online. Is it time for Parliament to stop pretending deliberate and provably wrong disinformation is legitimate free speech and instead recognise it as harmful and take action against it? Stuff ** The below
righttolife.org.uk Spanish legislators in the Congress of Deputies have approved legislation that will make offers of assistance, practical support and prayer outside abortion clinics punishable by imprisonment. The Congress of Deputies voted by 204 to 144 in favour of an amendment to the country’s penal code. The
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. He was formerly a senior manager
As I wrote recently for Insight, the online blog-and-Twit ecology have been working themselves into a fury that “right-wing religious nuts” are banning Holocaust classic Maus from schools. Book burning! Nazis! Censorship! Reeeeee! There was just one problem: not a word of it was true. Sure, the story suckered even
Information Opinion At the Wellington protest that was forcibly ended by the Labour Government and its enablers on Wednesday, there were a variety of voices. Some people were there because they were against mask or vaccine mandates. Others were there because they had lost their jobs or their businesses. Some
Annelise Butler papundits.wordpress.com Annelise Butler is a research associate in the Center for Technology Policy at The Heritage Foundation . Canada’s Trudeau administration said it will punish the truckers who participated in the anti-vaccine mandate “Freedom Convoy” by freezing their bank accounts. Although the United States government isn’
David Thunder mercatornet.com David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture and Society. The concept of “misinformation,” or “misleading, false and/or harmful information,” has been repeatedly invoked by Big Tech media companies and governments to justify the suppression and invalidation
Science denier! It’s perhaps the left’s most go-to phrase after racist! In the case of Joe Rogan, the left got in a two-fer. But the one is as false and stupid as the other. And just as destructive. The left might call themselves “progressive”, but the grim truth
Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and ten books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of
Matt Hampton fee.org Matt Hampton is the Digital Marketing Associate for the Foundation for Economic Education. People have been accusing Joe Rogan, a comedian and host of the most popular podcast in the world, of spreading misinformation while interviewing guests who disagree with public health authorities about COVID-19 and
Jillian Becker has spent decades studying terrorists. Not, like media-left darling Waleed Aly, by sitting on a pile of taxpayer funding and writing furrowed-browed Jeremiads about how awful white people are to Muslims. No, the South African Jewish journalist actually risked her neck, gaining the trust of the likes of
Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and Computation.
