Gang Patch Ban Could Spread Further
What we know for sure is that, eventually, it will be defined and enforced by the last people you’d ever want to.
Free Speech
Censorship Attacks the Pursuit of Truth
Just as free markets evolve toward wealth, a free marketplace of ideas will evolve toward truth.
What Is He Doing?
Is Sir Ashley Bloomfield arguing that this nation should be turned into a police state for the ‘next (inevitable)’ pandemic?
Kill Free Speech to Regain Trust
Tedros has discussed trust and how to get it back – by killing free speech, of course.
Fact Aotearoa Springs up as DP Folds
It is clear that their role is to ensure public support for government authority by dismissing and even criminalising those who dare to oppose government policies. Such propaganda should concern anyone who values freedom and democracy.
Now the War Against Hate
State coercion never resolves the problems it sets out to address but only gives rise to new and worse problems.
Should the Govt Restrict Online Speech?
There’s no doubt that certain kinds of online conduct are reprehensible. But that doesn’t mean we should disregard the First Amendment.
Disinformation Is Not the Problem Here
Government coverups and censorship are. We are moving fast down that slippery slope to an authoritarian society.
Freedom of Association and Cancel Culture
The civil rights framework of rules based on ‘protected grounds’, such as race, sex, or religion, violates freedom of association in two ways.
How Foreign Censorship Threatens Free Speech
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.
Give It a Rest, Fella
Tomato Boy, a man who assaulted a woman, is trying to have his conviction over turned. The consequences for his actions would never have occurred if he had chosen not to assault Posie Parker.
The Right to Speak Evil
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.
Do Not Let the ‘Infaux Thugs’ Close down Debate
Infaux thuggery is naked censorship. Everyone should do his or her part to ensure that this endeavour to undo liberal civilisation does not succeed.
Knee-Jerk Laws Are Bad Laws
Flag-ban laws should be repealed immediately, and let sunlight be the best disinfectant
New Hate Speech Laws Scrapped in Ireland
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.