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Been watching with interest the Elon Musk saga over at Twitter, and reflecting on the way people are trying (and struggling) to conceptualise the platform. There is much talk about it being a kind of town square or public square. This is wrong and misleading. [...]

Free speech is the lifeblood of a healthy society. But there are some legitimate constraints on free speech, in my view. 1) Defamation: the injury that can be done to individuals as a consequence of making false accusations in a digital age are so severe [...]

Considering the billionaire Musk, his acquisition of Twitter, and his Christian critics. Just because we do not share the same theology or anthropology does not mean we cannot support the good things that someone does. It seems to happen every time. You get some well-known [...]

This new volume by Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. deserves a very wide reading. It is a slim book containing a wealth of information and sound truths about how the coronavirus scare was mishandled. Back in May, I posted an article examining 21 of the [...]

How poor healthcare regulation can harm citizens. In recent weeks, we have seen an increasing number of Australian healthcare professionals speak out about the silencing and regulation of medical professionals. The Australian Medical Professionals’ Society (AMPS) has recently shed light on serious restrictions placed on healthcare professionals [...]

Incoming UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has an encouraging (albeit mixed) record on issues that matter to Christians. Notably, she is a strong opponent of radical gender theory and cancel culture and a diligent supporter of free speech. The ABC has described her as “the [...]

Transgender orthodoxy is stifling free speech. On a Zoom call in November 2020, Cathy Boardman showed her cultural studies class two pictures: one of a white performer appearing in “blackface”; the other of a drag queen, with a caption asking, “What about ‘womanface’?” There was [...]

Australia’s rank in the World Press Freedom Index has plummeted from 25 to 39 this year. Reasons given for the decline include “ultra-concentrated media ownership” and “growing official pressure”. The World Press Freedom Index is compiled yearly by the media watchdog organisation, Reporters Without Borders. [...]

TO: The Australian Colleges and Associations of Medicine, Health, and Science, and All Australian Federal, State, and Territory Senators and Members of Parliament Dear Colleagues, It is with great pleasure that I introduce you and your respective organisations to the Australian Medical Professionals Society. This [...]

Medical practitioners and healthcare workers are under pressure to conform to the government narrative on public health, especially regarding COVID-19 vaccination. Their freedom of conscience and freedom of speech have been heavily compromised, affecting standards of care for patients. No one wants to believe that [...]

The social media regime Meta has banned Caldron Pool from Instagram and permanently suspended the personal Facebook and Instagram accounts of the website’s founder and editor. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, disabled the accounts yesterday without warning, noting a violation of the [...]

Will banning the swastika really help eliminate antisemitism and fascism? Or will it simply encourage those who subscribe to such hateful views to dig in their heels? Furthermore, what's to stop the government in future from censoring other symbols, which may not currently fit the [...]

Putin moves to squelch any murmurs of dissent against his invasion of Ukraine, trampling on religious freedom and free speech. Biden is not far behind. Any and all in-country criticism of Putin’s aggression in Ukraine is now branded unlawful. A new article under 20.3.3 of [...]

Biden’s new “Disinformation Governance Board” is the stuff of dystopian novels. How will his partisan government be able to provide objective "fact-checking" facilities? It is just a means to control the flow of information in accordance with the Democrats' agenda. When much of the media [...]

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has struck a deal to buy Twitter for $61.4 billion dollars in what could be a positive development for free speech on social media. This morning, the social media world awoke to the news that Elon Musk, a tech [...]

Is cancel culture under threat? Billionaire Elon Musk and the New York Times have both spoken out on the necessity of free speech in a democracy. Unless you live under a rock, you must have heard the big news: Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, [...]

George Christensen: I've left the Liberal National Party because they didn't stand up for your freedoms -- throughout the pandemic and beyond. Last week I bade farewell to my membership of the Liberal National Party with this blunt letter to the party’s state secretary: Dear State [...]

Finally, a win for freedom of conscience and religion in Finland, in the long-drawn-out case of principled politician Päivi Räsänen. Prosecuted for a hate crime after stating Biblical views about marriage on social media, Räsänen has at long last been vindicated in a court of [...]

Facebook is ready to police online debate in the lead-up to our democratic elections. Why do we need Big Tech paternalism interfering with civil discourse in the exercise of our democratic rights? Self-regulating, technocratic leviathan Meta has announced the rollout of a massive “fact-checking” campaign [...]

Who gets to define 'misinformation'? The Australian Government, that's who — if new laws make it through parliament later this year. Here's why that's terrible news for all of us. Earlier this week, The Age reported the federal government’s plans to introduce new laws “to [...]