ACT, NZ First Unite Against Over VPN Concerns
Education Minister Erica Stanford’s office was in damage control on Tuesday afternoon, emailing the Post saying the government was “not looking at restricting or banning VPNs”.
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You Will Own Nothing if They Have Their Way
If you don’t physically own it, you don’t own it at all.
Bill of Rights To Push Back
PILLAR will now begin engaging with members of parliament, legal experts and civil society organisations with the goal of introducing the proposal to parliament. Nathan Seiuli says the choice facing New Zealand is bigger than social media.
Crypto Traders Slammed With Tax Bills
In April, IRD noted it had “identified 355,000 unique crypto-asset users in New Zealand, undertaking around 57 million transactions, with a value of $36 billion”.
AOC on the Warpath
Socialists hope to radically change America – and they just might get the chance. Democrat incumbents and big businesses beware.
Chuck Schumer’s $53 Billion Bat Houses
Here’s the bottom line. Washington won’t cut spending. And it doesn’t look like they’re going to cut regulations either. They won’t even tackle obvious fraud when it smacks them in the face.
The $20,000 Drone That Should Wake up the Pentagon
The Apache that went down over the Strait of Hormuz is not a story about one helicopter. It is a warning about the next war.
The Future of War May Be Underground
For the present, while drones have us looking up, we must not forget to look down as well.
For the First Time in Cell Phone History, You Can Opt Out
Every carrier ran the same plumbing, logged the same records, leaked the same identifiers, and the only way to opt out was to not carry a phone. That is finally changing.
A Regulator’s Impulse and Banning Social Media
Hasten slowly on social media restrictions.
Won’t Somebody Think of the Lanyard Class?
Suddenly, the HR Karens are worried that THEIR jobs are next.
Data Sovereignty? Or Is This Ethnic Patronage?
Brace yourselves as we circle back to 2023, watching the Labour government perform their favourite bureaucratic ritual: Prioritising everything Māori!
They’re Just Computers, You Fatuous Bints
Feminists try to claim what nerds have been doing for decades.