Censorship
Project Veritas: Facebook Exec Admits Technology Can Be Weaponized against Conservatives
Alexander Hall papundits.wordpress.com Alexander Hall contributes posts at the NewsBusters site, and he is a staff writer for MRC TechWatch. Facebook executive Benny Thomas was caught by guerrilla journalism outlet Project Veritas explaining how Facebook’s algorithms can be weaponized against conservatives. Thomas, the Global Planning Lead at
A Slippery Slide to Totalitarianism
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com There is no right in the world not to be offended. That right simply doesn’t exist. In a free society, an open society, people have strong opinions, and these opinions very often clash. In a democracy, we have to learn to deal with this.
Weaponising Censorship
With a rushed Covid vaccination, politicians around the world are concerned that people may be worried that the vaccine may not be completely ‘safe’. Who to blame? Those peddling ‘misinformation’ of course. ReclaimTheNet explains: […] However, some people, particularly in Europe, for obvious reasons, clearly still feel uncomfortable about advocating any
So This Conservative Comic Goes on Social Media and …
Christian Toto realclearinvestigations.com It’s a situation so funny that a growing number of ostracized comics forgot to laugh: Conservative-leaning material, they say, is increasingly subject to arbitrary online censorship by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media giants — treatment that appears to have no other explanation except the
The Dr Seuss Delistings: Cancellation or Cleaning House?
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com 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
Open Letter to the NZ Herald
Administrator bassettbrashandhide.com Good Afternoon With regard to Michael Bassett’s deleted column, “Racism on a grand scale,” I note that you have persisted in displaying a response to it from Kelly Jensen. He or she claims: “To begin with, Dr Bassett takes issue with the new Aotearoa New Zealand
Labour MP Louisa Wall Introduces Legislation to Create ‘Censorship Zones’ around Abortion Clinics
Right to Life News righttolife.org.uk A New Zealand MP is seeking to introduce censorship zones of 150 metres surrounding abortion clinics in the country. Labour MP, Louisa Wall, has put forward legislation that is expected to be debated this week, which would prevent people from offering help and
Can Delivery Contractors Now Burn Your Mail?
The Ponderer Stuff ran an article yesterday about a woman who was disgusted her 11-year-old daughter was asked to deliver an “extreme religious publication” on her paper round. Because they disagreed with the publication, rather than delivering it (as her daughter is legally and contractually obliged to do, and the
Open Letter to the Leader of the Opposition
John Rofe Dear Leader of The Opposition, I favour the use of technology and a re-emphasis on renewable energy as the best means to a sustainable future for New Zealand’s children and grandchildren. I deplore the conspiracies of those who are party to the UN IPCC climate fraud, together
Free Speech & the NZ Herald
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com I have always believed strongly in free speech. So did my university teachers. I recall my professor saying to me: “I might disagree fundamentally with what you say, but I fought in the War for your right to be able to say it”. About a month
Dr Seuss Cancelled
It took them a while but the social justice warriors have finally tweaked that Dr Seuss books are raaacist. /sarc Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive