News Round-Up
1 December 2023
Ron DeSantis vs Gavin Newsom is the Debate That Really Matters
30 November 2023
by Will Jones
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?
New research by Thinking Coalition highlights the role of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in a sinister network of global censorship bankrolled by billionaires.
U.S. alternative media has erupted into a civil war between Steven Crowder and The Daily Wire. Whose side are you on? asks Nick Dixon.
An investigation has revealed new evidence that Big Tech collaborates with the US Government to censor social media. The journalists found a Facebook portal where government agents can submit censorship "requests".
“The FSU is going to try to get the law changed so PayPal and other companies can’t deplatform people for expressing political views they disapprove of. I feel like saying to PayPal, ‘You messed with the wrong guy.’”
US journalist Glenn Greenwald has condemned the Government, media and Big Tech for coordinating to censor dissent, blasting those who have exploited a series of 'crises' to suppress their ideological opponents.
Full Fact has been lobbying MPs to include "health misinformation" in the Online Safety Bill, forcing websites to censor content declared misinformation by sites like itself. But such sites are far from infallible.
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