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Lord Darzi's 'independent' report skates over the NHS's systemic flaws and pushes for a digital band-aid that's likely to be a tasty prize for Big Tech, says the Daily Sceptic's in-house doctor.
The Australian Government is set to ban social media for children and teenagers, amid increasing concern over the effect of social media on mental health, PM Anthony Albanese announced today.
Zuckerberg's confession of censorship under government pressure skips the part where Facebook planned to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story two months before the New York Post broke it, says Andrew Lowenthal.
Politics today is a runaway train driven by emotional 'kitsch' rather than reason, turbocharged by tech's global hype machine. Make sure you're sitting close to the emergency exit, says Dr David McGrogan.
A ban on social media for under-16s is being urged by MPs amid concerns about its detrimental effects on children's well-being.
Lee Taylor exposes Google's pivotal role in the censorship industrial complex and urges freedom-loving retailers to fight back by advertising on sites like Spiked, GB News and the Daily Sceptic.
The rise of 'smart' technology that responds, not to the user but to external commands poses a serious threat to freedom, says Dr R P. However, since all technology is 'hackable', there is hope.
A landmark Supreme Court decision on free speech is on the horizon, after federal judges slammed the Biden administration for pressuring social media platforms during the Covid pandemic.
An FOI reveals that the Australian Government made over 4,000 requests to digital platforms to take down content related to Covid, in the latest example of the Censorship Industrial Complex in action.
The EU has issued its first list of platforms that will be subject to 'content moderation' requirements. Surprisingly, they include Amazon, Apple and Wikipedia. What censorship does the EU have planned for them?
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