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One might wistfully hope that the rise of a Trump or Milei to power would somehow spark far-reaching reforms that ultimately returned power to the people. But that does not seem at all likely, given that the path to political reform in both cases is not grassroots change but sweeping uses of executive power.

When the government's expert panel on Australia's Covid response delivered its report, the verdict was damning. The media gleefully jumped on this finding. Noticeably missing, however, was any self-awareness of the media’s collective failure to hold maniacal governments to account.

President Trump used his first week in office to withdraw the United States from the scandal-ridden World Health Organization and reverse key Covid-era abuses.

In his inaugural speech, President Trump vowed 'we will not forget our God'. On retaking the White House, Trump has already acted on his promise to stand for Christian values. Check out his day one reforms here and learn how you can pray for the incoming administration.

YouTube (YT) is back to burying content in the name of community standards. The company roadblocked the reach of Jordan Peterson’s July 2024 interview with UK political prisoner Tommy Robinson in January.

Depending on which echo chamber you get your news from, last week Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took steps to either save democracy, or to end it. Zuckerberg announced several changes to Meta’s moderation approach, including replacing third-party fact-checkers with a user-driven Community Notes model.

Mark Zuckerberg is renouncing the regime, and righting the ship. Or so he says. The Meta magnate wants his platforms to re-acquaint themselves with a passion for promoting freedom of speech. Zuckerberg promises to end Meta’s “fact”-checking war on free speech.

I think we all believe that we have a neural pathway in our brain that can detect truth from lies. However, it seems to me that there are a series of filters that we consciously or subconsciously apply to the inputs of information that obscure or cancel some or all of the data.

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) is back to attacking Dr William Bay. Renewing their investigation of Bay, APHRA’s apparent bureaucratic bullies are, once again, pursuing complaints against his social media posts.

During its four years in office, the Biden-Harris administration conducted a whole-of-government attempt to surveil, censor, and possibly imprison conservative Christians — and the FBI acted as “a witting participant” in their harassment campaign, a massive new government report details.

Thinking you are a good person so you have nothing to fear about our growing surveillance state is both naive and reckless. In truth, we are all at risk.

After Trump won, I expected Democrats to be sad and MAGA people to be happy — but non-MAGA people feeling relieved?

Despite relentless propaganda, excessive police brutality, and growing economic hardships, the French people continued to resist in the streets. One after another, there were sustained nationwide protests, ultimately thwarting Macron’s attempt at total control.

On 24 November, Parliament abandoned the Misinformation Bill. Just two weeks later, Zoe Daniel MP re-introduced it under a different name. Here is an initial brief analysis of the Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care Bill) 2024 and its implications.

The last report from the United States oversight committee into COVID-19 is damning. Issued on 2 December, the select committee’s two-year investigation summary condemned lockdowns, social distancing, as well as mask and vaccine mandates as unscientific.

Information Warfare is an integral – and largely misunderstood – part of conflict. The use of terms like “misinformation” by politicians and pundits does nothing to help dispel this misunderstanding.

Australia is the first country to set the minimum age of social media access to 16, after a landmark bill passed in the Senate late into the evening on the final sitting day of the year.

The US has really been in a state of civil war for the past ten years, but much like the Cold War, it's been without a shot fired directly between the two adversaries.

While the Canberra Declaration agrees that social media can cause harm to children, we don't believe the government usurping the role of parents is the solution. Read our submission to the social media minimum age bill inquiry.

The Federal Labor Government has officially withdrawn its Misinformation Bill in a massive victory for free speech. The bill's defeat represents the power of ordinary people to make a very real difference.