Censorship
Making Room for Speech Criminals in Prison
Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has not been shy about his aim to rapidly reduce the prison population by 30 per cent and it is perhaps the only target this Government is actually going to meet. However, Labour’s ‘Hate-Speech’ law changes might put a spanner in the works, National’
Confusion about the Detail of the Hate Speech Proposals
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. There are several news reports that attempt to explain the proposals on hate speech, but these have tended to add to the confusion, rather than
Free Speech Union Welcome Judith Collins as Member
Free Speech Union Dr David Cumin The Free Speech Union is pleased to welcome aboard its newest member, National Party Leader, the Hon Judith Collins, and believe it is the first time a serving leader of the National Party has joined a registered trade union. Free Speech Union spokesman, Dr
How China Could Use the New Hate Speech Legislation
Dark Jester The new hate speech legislation is up for debate with public consultation over the proposal. My concern is how this particular legislation could potentially be weaponised by the Chinese Communist Party to suppress criticism and dissent, because the ambiguity of the ‘incitement to hatred’ clauses means the definition
The Confusing and Concerning Hate Speech Reforms
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Whenever governments attempt to regulate political speech and activity, the results often end up being problematic and potentially harmful to democracy and debate. Regardless of
Calling Out Hate Speech against Karens
Karen Chhour I’m calling on Jacinda Ardern to explain whether she is “stirring up, maintaining or normalising hatred by insulting, threatening or abusive communication” which would be captured under the Government’s hate speech laws. My question is whether the nation’s Karens will be deemed a protected group?
Target of the Day
The vicious, malicious and vindictive social media vigilante mob selected a new target this week and pulled the trigger. Their target was Rachel Stewart a woman so cool that she hunts with a hawk! Unfortunately on this occasion, the person being hunted was Rachel herself and the vigilante mob targeting
YouTube Apologizes, Reverses ‘Permanent Ban’ on Pro-censorship Pressure Group Right Wing Watch
rt.com Hours after banning the account of Right Wing Watch for allegedly violating their terms of service, YouTube has apologized and reinstated the Democrat pressure group arguing for censorship of “dangerous behavior” online. The group, which says it “monitors and exposes the activities of Radical Right political organizations,” found
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Perhaps George Orwell Was Right
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 1984 is the scariest book I’ve ever read. When it was published in 1949, I was far too young to read it, let alone understand it. I
A Tale of Three Estates (With an Apology to Charles Dickens)
If that prince of essayists Charles Dickens were alive in New Zealand today, he might well have written “A Tale of Three Estates”, as a 21st century update of his peerless Tale of Two Cities. In that novel he wrote of a French nobleman escaping from Paris on the brink
Who Decides What My Intent Was?
Hate speech is back on the menu — Tova O’Brien’s interview with Justice Minister Kris Faafoi was eyebrow raising. If I write an opinion piece ‘Jacinda Ardern is a communist or a dictator’, could I be stung for hate speech? Instead of just saying “no”, we’re given a
Jacinda Ardern Won’t Rule Out Political Opinion in Hate Speech Laws
David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern admitted in Parliament yesterday that she hasn’t ruled out including political opinion in her proposed hate speech laws. Ardern is twisting and turning her position on hate speech so much she could almost qualify to represent New Zealand in gymnastics at the Olympics.
Still No Clarity from Our Confused Prime Minister
The Prime Minister did not rule out yesterday that potential hate speech crimes will have a more severe maximum prison sentence than the crime of ‘assault on a child’, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “This is consistent with her Government’s ongoing trend of poor prioritisation and complete
Face of the Day
You know that when even the Prime Minister’s biggest cheerleader Tova O’Brien turns on her, that the wheels may be falling off this government. Is the honeymoon over? The PM is being accused of misleading New Zealanders over the new hate speech legislation being proposed by making inaccurate