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There Are Already Limits on Our Speech

There Are Already Limits on Our Speech

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

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Facebook Is Watching Your Friends

Facebook Is Watching Your Friends

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

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Hate Speech Laws: Let’s Get the Message Out

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

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FSU Backs Academic Freedom to Call Out Flat-Earthers

FSU Backs Academic Freedom to Call Out Flat-Earthers

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

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Police Spying on Your Facebook, or Tinder?

Police Spying on Your Facebook, or Tinder?

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,

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Hate Speech Law vs Free Speech: Part One

Hate Speech Law vs Free Speech: Part One

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

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A Stab in the Face to Freedom

A Stab in the Face to Freedom

Contrary to the lunatic gibberings of the climate alarmists and pandemic panickers, neither climate change nor the Wuhan virus are the defining issues of our times. The great issue of our times is free speech. Free speech is the fundamental value of liberal democracy. Civil rights, women’s rights, voting

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Clown Face of the Day

Clown Face of the Day

We truly live in Clown World when an academic is forced to resign from his job because he pointed out that a stone-age people who didn’t even have cooking pots let alone the wheel or a written language did not have any form of science. Did he tell the

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What Do Matt Mccarten and David Seymour Have in Common?

What Do Matt Mccarten and David Seymour Have in Common?

Jordan Williams General Secretary Free Speech Union Our movement is becoming more diverse. Recently, National Party leader Judith Collins joined the Free Speech Union – the first National Party leader we’re aware of to join a trade union while in office. ACT’s David Seymour is on board too. And

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Why the Threat to Free Speech Suddenly Looks Much Bigger

Adam Johnston fee.org Adam Johnston is a libertarian-conservative writer and contributor to freethepeople.org (@FreeThePeople) What do Donald Trump winning the presidency in 2016, the Capitol Protests on January 6, and Joe Biden missing his July 4th Covid-19 vaccination target all have in common? According to many of today’

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‘Hate Speech’ – What You Need to Know…

‘Hate Speech’ – What You Need to Know…

Bob McCoskrie National Director Family First With the government releasing for public consultation its plan for laws governing ‘hate speech’, it is vital that families and faith communities understand what is really at stake with these proposals. That’s why you need to read our FACT SHEET – hot off the

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