News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Elon Musk has said "freedom of speech is worth fighting for" after Australia's cyber safety regulator dropped its federal court case over X Corp's refusal to globally block footage it deemed harmful.
Elon Musk's endorsement of mRNA technology leaves many of his fans perplexed. What they don't appear to realise is Musk is part of the mRNA project and has a direct commercial stake in it.
Contrary to the X memes, the claim that the WHO is largely funded by private sources is not only false but wildly misleading, says Robert Kogon. In fact, it is around 90% funded by states.
Can Australia’s eSafety Commissioner block content globally on demand? Not today, ruled the Australian Federal Court, in a win for Elon Musk. But the war is far from over.
The future of X in Brazil is under threat after Elon Musk opposed Brazilian court orders aimed at restricting social media accounts amid a Government crackdown on fake news and hate speech.
Meet Kacper Surdy, a 20 year-old British student whose Twitter/X account @Ringwiss has made him an unlikely go-to resource for Washington's top policymakers.
Gary Lineker ought to be an obscure figure, says Dr David McGrogan, but the fact he is central to the national debate symbolises much of what is wrong with the way things are going. He exudes the midwit phenotype.
Why is X making some retweets un-retweetable? Robert Kogon digs into X's censorship policy in an attempt to understand its new visibility filter.
The U.K. Government has stopped advertising on Twitter, adding to Elon Musk's challenge of reversing declining revenues amidst a corporate exodus from the platform.
Paul D. Thacker has written an illuminating exposé of the shadowy workings of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate and its leader Imran Ahmed, and their outsize role in driving online censorship.
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