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Say Only What We Want to Hear, or We Will Take Away Your Livelihood
Say Only What We Want to Hear, or We Will Take Away Your Livelihood The attacks on free and open discussion are becoming more and more widespread. Now, as Toby Young explains in an article this morning, the payment service PayPal has closed the accounts of the Daily Sceptic, which often publishes criticism of the government policy in various […]
Tyranny, Inc.
Tyranny, Inc. What government wants to do but cannot, it can require corporations to do for it If you’ve read the Parable of the Seasteader, you’ll already know that at sufficient scale the public/private distinction collapses — a private entity of sufficient size can have all the power of a public entity. It is certainly arguable […]
Angela Merkel Says Freedom of Speech Must be Curtailed to Keep Society Free
Angela Merkel Says Freedom of Speech Must be Curtailed to Keep Society Free Wait, what? German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that freedom of expression must be curtailed in order to keep society free. Yes, really. “For all those who claim that they can no longer express their opinion, I say this to them; If you […]
A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath, Now Mandatory in Many States — so She Lost Her Job
A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath, Now Mandatory in Many States — so She Lost Her Job A CHILDREN’S SPEECH PATHOLOGIST who has worked for the last nine years with developmentally disabled, autistic, and speech-impaired elementary school students in Austin, Texas, has been told that she can no longer work […]
The World Google Controls and Surveillance Capitalism
The World Google Controls and Surveillance Capitalism I have been following the scandal of the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act(also known as the Snoopers’ Charter) and Holland’s Sleepwet and their relationship to the encroaching government powers over private data, privacy, data collection, surveillance, and free speech for several years now. And very much related to these […]
Mapping The Countries Shutting Down The Internet The Most
Mapping The Countries Shutting Down The Internet The Most With President Trump raising the threat rhetoric over conservative bias among the giant US megatech firms, it is worth remembering that when it comes to curbing dissent and freedom of expression, some governments take the drastic step of shutting down the internet. Across the world, as […]
Media Capture in the Digital Age
Media Capture in the Digital Age NEW YORK – The last couple of years have not been good for freedom of expression. The governments of Poland, Hungary, and Turkey have become increasingly authoritarian and – like leaders in the Balkans, China, and Russia – increasingly eager to control public discourse. In the United States, too, […]
The Death of Free Speech: The West Veils Itself
The Death of Free Speech: The West Veils Itself The West has capitulated on freedom of expression. Nobody in the West launched the motto “Je Suis Avijit Roy,” the name of the first of the several bloggers butchered, flogged or jailed last year for criticizing Islam. Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, sided with the Turks. She […]
