As you may know, The BFD and its loyal readership have put a tremendous effort into making New Zealand’s leading source of centre-right news and opinion cancel-proof. As MediaBiasNZ shows, of 15 major media sites in NZ, only The BFD and Kiwiblog provide a centre or right-of-centre perspective. The
Susan Short Secretary Democracy Action A fast-approaching deadline is the opportunity to have a say on the so-called ‘Hate Speech’ discussion document, which will be considered for the yet-to-be drafted Bill. Submissions close Friday 6th August. (The theory is that there is a greater likelihood the public can influence policy
Free Speech Union The Kiwi public has responded loud and clear to the Government’s questions raised in the consultation document on proposed hate speech changes: they don’t want the Government policing their speech, says Jonathan Ayling, Campaign Manager for the Free Speech Union. “More than 10,000 kiwis
Autumn Johnson newsbusters.org Autumn is a practicing attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. When not working, Autumn enjoys reading, writing, playing video games, and spending time with her cats. Sky News Australia is banned from uploading content to YouTube for seven days after
Free Speech Union Responding to the video posted on TikTok by jesuspreachingNZ, the Free Speech Union says the video shows everything that is wrong with the Government’s vague and dangerous hate speech proposals. “New hate speech laws haven’t even been written yet but police are already out on
Dr Stuart Lange On behalf of the New Zealand Christian Network Dr Stuart Lange is the National Director of the NZCN and is a Senior Research Fellow at Laidlaw College, where he was formerly Vice Principal. Stuart wrote and presented the historical DVD documentary Te Rongopai: 200 years of the
Jonathan Turley ronpaulinstitute.org Just yesterday, we discussed the censoring of a commentator by Twitter for merely expressing an opinion over the need for a “pause” on any federal mandates on Covid-19 as new research is studied. Now, a former New York Times science reporter, Alex Berenson, has been suspended
Christian Toto newsbusters.org Cancel Culture grandfathered in a few pop culture touchstones between outrage cycles. One example? Blazing Saddles. The 1974 western couldn’t be made today, as creator Mel Brooks repeatedly reminds us. Yet there’s been no concentrated effort to cancel the satire and its liberal use
Eliora By the end of this year Faafoi and Ardern want to prevent “ordinary conversations around sexuality.” NZ Herald July 30th Douglas Murray, the author of The Madness of Crowds, Gender, Race and Identity, sees hardware trying to be software, in a gender dysphoria frenzy. The claim (that sex is
familyfirst.org.nz “Free-speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear” – George Orwell You can view and download the full Hate Speech fact sheet here. MAKE A SUBMISSION TO THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE by 6 August 2021 Necessary for Social Reforms Freedom of Speech has
familyfirst.org.nz “Free-speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear” – George Orwell You can view and download the full Hate Speech fact sheet here. MAKE A SUBMISSION TO THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE by 6 August 2021 There are many things we are not free
Karl D. Stephan mercatornet.com Karl D. Stephan received the B. S. in Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1976, a Master of Engineering degree in 1977 and was employed by Motorola, Inc. and Scientific-Atlanta as an RF development engineer. Suppose you went to a party with a
Jonathan Ayling Free Speech Union www.fsu.nz Time is running out – and the groups who want these anti-speech laws are mobilising support for the hate speech laws. I’m writing to ask for your help to get the message out and recruit like-minded New Zealanders who believe in free
Free Speech Union The Free Speech Union is backing a University Lecturer’s fight for academic freedom, against University of Waikato attempts to stop him from describing people as “cranks”, who claim on religious authority that the earth is flat, and that people lived alongside dinosaurs. Dr Raymond Richards who
Imagine if the police were allowed to open all your letters, or listen in on all your telephone calls, without a warrant. Imagine if the police were allowed to eavesdrop on all your conversations with your friends. Imagine if the state was keeping track of everyone you dated, slept with,
familyfirst.org.nz “Free-speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear” – George Orwell You can view and download the full Hate Speech fact sheet here. MAKE A SUBMISSION TO THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE by 6 August 2021 In a free and open society, distasteful opinions
