Plantation?
During covid, people were not just banned for vaccine conspiracy theories. They were also banned for reasonable questions.
“We are becoming much more proactive.”
“Traditional methods aren’t enough.”
BEN SCALLAN: The Greens want a commission to shut down so-called “misinformation” during elections & referenda. But make no mistake: this will be abused, & will further erode our rapidly vanishing right to freedom of speech.
Bound to end in tears.
Probably the last thing you want to do as an anti-misinformation think-tank.
On ‘terfs’ and other things
21 Western countries, including Ireland, have issued a well-deserved condemnation of China’s recent crackdown on free speech and the press in Hong Kong. In a statement released by the US Department of State, members of the Media Freedom Coalition expressed their “deep concern” at the Chinese authorities’ “attacks on freedom of the press and their […]
German interior minister Nancy Faeser has accused Apple and Google of being “socially irresponsible” for failing to censor privacy-based messaging app Telegram from their app stores. “We remind Apple and Google of their social responsibility,” Faesar tweeted. “As long as they offer apps like #Telegram in their stores, they are also fuel the fire of […]
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from this pandemic, it’s that many ideas initially written off as “conspiracy theories” were actually just spoilers. Now, in 2022, Europe is facing growing calls from governments and health authorities for legal vaccine mandates. Recently EU President Ursula Von Der Leyen called for the bloc to move towards such […]
Let’s face it – there’s a lot of total and utter crap on the internet. We’ve all seen it; from genuinely insane conspiracy theories, to blatant propaganda, to outright lies from malicious activists. The web is chock-full and overflowing with tripe of the highest order, on just about every subject you could imagine. In fact, […]