Western democracy, on life support for quite some time, finally died this week when supporters of US President Donald Trump “stormed” the Capitol in Washington, DC. We know it is dead, not because of the actions of President Trump or his supporters, but because reaction against them has finally borne
John Matze Founder/CEO of Parler and iPhone developer. Interested in friendly discourse. Las Vegas | Dad The media tried to claim that “The Insurrection” was organized on Parler. There are quite a few problems with this. 1) Parler has no way to organize anything, Facebook groups were used heavily to
With the latest developments in the U.S. and the willingness of Big Tech to silence conservative voices, we have been forced to have a good long look at the roadmap for the continued development of The BFD. Given Big Tech’s assault on freedom, I’ve selected a few
Donald J. Boudreaux www.aier.org Donald J. Boudreaux is a senior fellow with American Institute for Economic Research and with the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University; a Mercatus Center Board Member; and a professor
You have to hand it to a select group of British comedians: they’re among the few in their industry who’ve had the guts to stand up for free speech. In Australia, which, as Steve Waterson recently observed, has the wittiest people on earth, yet the world’s worst
Hannah Cox fee.org Hannah Cox is a libertarian-conservative writer, commentator, and activist. She’s a Newsmax Insider and a Contributor to The Washington Examiner. Section 230 simply says that only internet users are responsible for what they write, not the private companies whose websites host the commenters. In 2020,
Cassandra Fairbanks thegatewaypundit.com On Friday, Twitter permanently banned hundreds, if not thousands, of Trump supporters and prominent allies — before banning the president himself. Nearly every account that helped to promote the Stop the Steal rallies or challenge the election results were banned, including Ali Alexander, Michael Coudrey, Gen. Mike
‘Trust us, we know what we’re doing’ is, sadly, not a motto that sits comfortably in the perception of NZ Police by the general public; think more, ‘Heavy-handedness is our thing’. So when the NZ Herald announced front-page on the 29th of December that police had set up a
Bob McCoskrie Family First National Director Here’s the result of our second Summer Poll, which again confirms that there’s still a load of common sense amongst Kiwis! (Our first one – released last week – is shown at the bottom ). Views on Marriage & Gender Identity Aren’t ‘Hate Speech’
Last week, the Australian government tabled world-first laws to force tech giants like Google and Facebook to start paying for news content scraped from media outlets and to meet minimum standards, including giving notice of changes to their algorithms. The government says that its mandatory news media bargaining code was
Bruce Logan The Prime Minister, in the wake of the Royal Commission report on the Christchurch terror attack, would have us believe that hate speech legislation will protect Islam and other minorities from racial and religious disharmony. There is a worm at the root. Hate speech law must always have
