This Bill Is a Trojan Horse
The farmers in that 1989 meeting thought the extreme examples were absurd. They were not. The question now is whether we recognise the same pattern while there is still time to constrain it.
Free Speech
A Law That Can Be Defeated With a Pen
A critique of the Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child Safety Risk Assessment) Bill
True Courage in Hong Kong
Lai is a hero who has put his own life at stake so that others can continue to fight for our shared values of freedom and human dignity.
The BSA’s Digging Its Own Grave
Two decisions highlight the need for its rapid disestablishment.
Freedom of Speech Is Dying in Europe
When people can speak freely across borders, traditional state propaganda loses its grip, making the subjugation of the internet the primary imperative for modern political control.
And a Cyclist Commandeers the Court
Yet another perverse inversion of victimhood and abuse of bad legislation.
Face of the Day
Ani O’Brien said “in desperation or frustration” she made a complaint with NetSafe – which receives and assesses complaints – and then took the case under the Harmful Digital Communications Act.
Foreign Interference Is Very Real Here
I recently gave a speech to MPs, academics, journalists, and the general public on foreign interference in New Zealand, sharing some real and personal stories of mine.