Sometimes the speaker connives for his adversaries to be censored. It is like when a business gets the government to shut down competing businesses. It is a form of protectionism or what economists call ‘rent-seeking.’
State coercion never resolves the problems it sets out to address but only gives rise to new and worse problems.
In the end, the Disinformation Project imploded under the weight of its own hypocrisy. New Zealanders have moved on and so should Kate Hannah.
There’s no doubt that certain kinds of online conduct are reprehensible. But that doesn’t mean we should disregard the First Amendment.
Government coverups and censorship are. We are moving fast down that slippery slope to an authoritarian society.
With the Biden-Harris administration silent in the face of the targeting of American platforms, Republicans are bringing forth legislation to combat foreign threats to domestic speech.
Whether Team Trump achieves their goal depends on two things: the level of Trump support where public awareness of the facts is crucial; and a fair election free from political interference. Fighting the government and MSM is asking a lot.
We are now reaping the ill harvest of this madness. Enough is enough.
The major pogroms and mass murders of the past century were nearly all under the guidance of governments who controlled narratives, not undirected mobs. History is clear where the greater risk lies.
Infaux thuggery is naked censorship. Everyone should do his or her part to ensure that this endeavour to undo liberal civilisation does not succeed.
To find out, we need research – but it’s being manipulated by big tech itself.
Albanese govt appoints a sharia-compliant ‘Islamophobia’ censor
The president, his vice president and other government officials are creating an atmosphere where an assassination becomes more and more likely.
A small but powerful coalition of voices and organisations, including Senator McDowell, Free Speech Ireland, Elon Musk and ADF International, were able to make enough of an intelligent ‘ruckus’ about the Hate Offences Bill to sink it.
