Social Media
What Is a Liberal Democracy?
If we excuse the erosion of these fundamental freedoms, we have learned nothing about history. Empires rise and fall, and so do nation states and their freedoms. They are often hard fought and easily lost.
Making Big Tobacco Look like Angels
Social media companies like Meta are little short of evil.
Some Generations Are More Cynical
Gen X and Gen Z have more in common that what you may think. Here’s why.
Why Is the NZ Herald Giving Paul Thistoll a Platform?
If the New Zealand Herald values its credibility, it must reconsider the platforms it provides and to whom. There is a difference between free speech and enabling harassment under the guise of opinion.
Why Doyle Gets a Free Pass From the Left
If the emoji fits... Protecting children, calling out predatory behaviour, and demanding accountability should never be partisan. The left can, and should, do better.
Elon Musk Sells X – What Now?
Musk’s “digital town square” is likely to become even more powerful.
FSU Defends Teacher Under Investigation for Comment
The Teaching Council has yet to announce whether it will pursue an investigation, but the case has already sparked a broader debate about freedom of expression and professional accountability within the education sector.
‘Hate Speech’ Bans Become a Weapon of the Powerful
Germany’s prosecutions of meme-posters provide a chilling example of what happens when governments dictate what counts as ‘hate.’
What Is Next? Information Disorder Syndrome
Making information disorder a syndrome affecting the individual allows the state through the medical and insurance industries to step in and force the individual to conform to societal norms.
Lacking a Basis, It Is Just ‘Because...’
The problem now is that none of the most pertinent questions directed to TikTok’s American critics are being answered, or even acknowledged. The federal government is limiting its responses to ‘because…’
Resisting Musk’s Social Credit System 𝕏
I refuse to wear that digital face mask, Mr Musk. Impose your social distancing to flatten that AI curve, I’ll simply publish and consume content elsewhere. We must resist the robots.
School Shooters Crossed Paths in Online Communities
A month after a student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School, another killed a classmate at Antioch High School. Both were active in an internet subculture that glorifies mass shooters and encourages young people to commit attacks.
Meta Is Still Fact Checking In NZ
I received a polite email this week from Kiwi journalist George Driver who is an official ‘fact checker’ for Facebook who queried one of my recent posts.
Really? Where Are You Going to Go?
It isn’t Meta or X who need to change: it is corporations and advertising companies who need to realise the world has changed.
Zuckerberg’s Sudden Censorship Thaw Is Not Free Speech
Facebook is trying to realign itself to stay relevant. But will it go beyond paying mere lip service to those demanding freedom?