Free Speech
Book Review: Cancel Culture and the Left’s Long March
Eliora Cancel Culture and the Left’s Long March, edited by Dr Kevin Donnelly, published by Wilkinson Publishing Pty Ltd, Melbourne 2021. Recently a person posted an article they appreciated from the popular NZ website The BFD on their Facebook page. Immediately the FB account was banned for 30 days,
Is This a Press Release from a Libertarian Party?
The ACT party is supposed to be a party with libertarian values where the rights of the individual trump the collective. It is supposed to be a party that is the standard-bearer for freedom, free speech, freedom to choose and of course freedom to protest. Does this sound like
Free Speech Means Freedom to Communicate in Any Language
Stuart Smith MP for Kaikoura Spokesperson for Climate Change, EQC and Viticulture Information Opinion Last week I wrote about the significance of Te Reo as a language in New Zealand. There is also no doubt that Maori culture should be valued and cherished in New Zealand. But it should come
Censortrack with TR: James O’Keefe Says Big Tech Nuked Project Veritas Vaccination Videos
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg newsbusters.org Tierin-Rose Mandelburg is a Connecticut native with a background in ballet, media, and communications. Graduate from Liberty University class of ’21 It’s Week Five of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week, we talked about how Big Tech firms often
Et Tu, Texas? Lawsuit Filed over New Social Media Regulation Law in the State
Hannah Cox fee.org Hannah Cox is the Content Manager and Brand Ambassador for the Foundation for Economic Education. A new Texas law regulating social media content moderation may prove to be riding off into the sunset, after being challenged by a new lawsuit. In September, Governor Greg Abbott signed
Thought Police Come Calling in VicSoc
Many BFD readers will have seen footage taken by ordinary Kiwis when police turn up on their doorsteps “for a little chat” about their social media posts. “Hold my capsicum spray”, say Victoria police. In footage that has to be seen to be believed, citizens in Australia are sharing with
Rejecting the Government’s ‘Them and Us’ Scenario
The BFD Transcript Kerre McIvor Mornings on Newstalk ZB Monday 27 September 2021 11:15, starts 3:11 minutes in. Cam: I just wanted to make a very quick comment. Umm…I’m a Maori myself, married to a Pakeha. Kerre: Yup. Cam: So, we are two peoples coming together
Angling to Censor? YouTube Bans, Demonetizes Hunting and Fishing Channels
Catherine Salgado newsbusters.org Catherine Salgado is a Staff Writer with Media Research Center’s NewsBusters’ Free Speech America. She also has a column on The Rogue Review and her own SubStack newsletter, Pro Deo et Libertate. Catherine previously wrote for The National Pulse and is a graduate of Christendom
‘Aotearoa’ Petition Highlights Lack of Press Freedom
Hobson’s Pledge Trust Our petition calling on the Prime Minister to delete any reference in official communication to any name for our nation other than New Zealand has drawn a big response and has shown the extent to which the mainstream media blacklists anything other than the approved narrative.
Prime Minister, a Little Less Conversation Please
While the rest of the “Team of $55 million” in Big Media were dribbling over a video of Jacinda Ardern walking in Wellington, claiming it went viral, they missed the real viral explosion all over her Facebook page. Quite why she decided to offer up unsolicited medical advice on Facebook
A Rubber Bullet to the Soul of Melbourne
I was shocked to see paramilitary police firing rubber bullets on the steps of Flinders Street Station. Words cannot describe what I felt at watching marching ranks of heavily-armoured police, rifles cracking fire, smoke from tear gas grenades swirling around them, swarming onto the steps of the Shrine of
Germany Wants to Force Gab to Censor, It’s Not Happening
Andrew Torba CEO, Gab.com Only Jesus Saves This week we received a huge packet of documents with fines and legal threats from the nation state of Germany. Gab is refusing, and has refused for many years, to comply with the German Network Enforcement Act. Gab is a US company
Op-Ed: Protecting Your Data during COVID-19
Melissa Lee National Spokesperson for – Broadcasting & Media| Digital Economy and Communications | Ethnic Communities As I write this column I am thinking about the extra weeks of economic hardship still lying ahead for many Kiwi businesses in the Auckland region during Level 3 and Level 2 in the rest of
Somehow They Still Can’t Understand Why Nobody Trusts the System
Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more