It’s been interesting watching the discussion around ‘misinformation’, ‘disinformation’ and ‘extremist content’ online. In fact, this is a new concept that has only recently entered the public discussion around digital technologies and social media. I think it is remarkable that our political elites consider them such a threat to
What hope is there for freedom of speech, when even members of a party supposedly founded on the ideals of classical liberalism are jumping on the censorship bandwagon? Because, strip away the attempts at emotional blackmail, that’s precisely what former Liberal MP Nicolle Flint is proposing. To an extent,
Right To Life News righttolife.org.uk A priest has been charged for breaching buffer zone rules by praying silently and holding a sign with the words “praying for freedom of speech” near a closed abortion clinic in Birmingham. He also faces a further charge for an “Unborn Lives Matter”
William Spruance brownstone.org William Spruance is a practicing attorney and a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center. The ideas expressed in the article are entirely his own and not necessarily those of his employer. War benefits Leviathan. Abstract opposition allows leaders to seize power amid the fear of the
Jess Gill fee.org Jess Gill is a fellow with FEE’s Henry Hazlitt Project for Educational Journalism. A resident of Manchester in the United Kingdom, she is the host and director of Reasoned UK where she makes daily videos on British politics from a libertarian perspective. She is also
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com As we settle into a new year and new leader, we optimistically look with hope to the horizon of better times ahead, yet already we are once again facing the stronghold of censorship in our lives, as the grip tightens on
Michael Keane Michael Keane is adjunct associate professor, Swinburne University, adjunct senior lecturer, Monash University and a specialist anaesthetist. Kara Thomas Kara Thomas is the secretary of the Australian Medical Professionals Society brownstone.org We genuinely urge doctors involved with medical regulation not to go down with the sinking ship
Harrison Griffiths fee.org Harrison Griffiths is Communications Officer at the Institute of Economic Affairs, a free-market think tank in London. For the past decade, freedom of speech has been at the forefront of America’s culture war, and it should not be controversial to say that both sides
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Further to New Zealand’s concerns about the Federation of State Medical Board’s (FSMB) overarching and unethical domination of medical care, a recent Epoch Times episode of Crossroads with Joshua Philipp discussed the issue from an American perspective. Philipp interviewed
How do you know when you’ve won an argument with a leftist? If it’s online, they block you; if it’s in the real world, they’ll stop talking to you. Probably forever. In between, there’ll be a whole of screaming about “phobia”, “racism”, “fascism” and “Nazis”
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is an American nonprofit organisation conceived in May 2021 in response to the global crisis created by policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. The mission of the Brownstone Institute is to understand
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg Staff Writer/Researcher newsbusters.org Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021
Julian Adorney Fee.org Julian is a former political op-ed writer and current nonprofit marketer. His work has been featured in FEE, National Review, Playboy and Lawrence Reed’s economics anthology Excuse Me, Professor. Free speech used to be held up as one of the core American institutions. It
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. In October last year, the Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern told the United Nations General Assembly that what the world needs is less free speech. Well, not exactly that, but close enough.
Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics,
familyfirst.org.nz Controversial “hate-speech” laws continue to be proposed by the Labour Government under the pretence of ‘the public good’ Let’s dig deeper into this agenda. You can also Download our Fact Sheet which explains all of this in more detail. Controversial “hate-speech” laws continue to
