Category: censorship

LIVE 10:30 AM ET: ICANN and the Global Censorship Agenda; Senators Push for Digital IDs for All Americans

Authoritarian governments are trying to control people by pushing new censorship programs on the internet, according to a warning from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which controls some key elements on internet rules. The organization used to be under the U.S. government, and under the protection of the U.S. Constitution, before…


LIVE 4/25, at 10:30 AM ET: ICANN and the Global Censorship Agenda; Senators Push for Digital IDs for All Americans

Authoritarian governments are trying to control people by pushing new censorship programs on the internet, according to a warning from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which controls some key elements on internet rules. The organization used to be under the U.S. government, and under the protection of the U.S. Constitution, before…


Scientific Consensus—A Manufactured Construct

Commentary In a recent interview, famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was challenged on his scientific views about COVID-19 and he said “I’m only interested in consensus”—words that would have Nicholas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei rolling in their graves. The appeal to “scientific consensus” is fraught with problems, just like “The science is settled” and “Trust the…


With Dissent Now Criminalized, Free Speech Faces a Big Chill

Commentary Americans’ right to think and speak freely has for years been under heavy assault. The propagators of political correctness slowly but surely chipped away at open discourse, pressuring dissenters from prevailing ruling class orthodoxy to speak in euphemism and self-censor lest they be branded uncouth if not bigoted. Apparently not content with the results…


How Many Democrats Feel Betrayed?

Commentary Interesting conversation with a Massachusetts liberal grandmother of a certain age—a long-time benefactor of many causes—who has real fire in her gut and there was no point in stopping her once she got going. I’m going to paraphrase. “The whole point of being a liberal was to defend the working class and poor against…


Coalition Sues California Attorney General Over Alleged Social Media Censorship

A coalition including satirical website The Babylon Bee, social media company Minds, Inc., and podcaster Tim Pool has sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta for enforcing a state law they claim is unconstitutional on the grounds it violates free speech. The legislation, authored by Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino), regulates social media platforms, requiring them to…


Does Elon Musk Want to Buy Substack?—Bill Ottman on Twitter–Substack Rift and How Censorship Fuels Violence

Why did Twitter recently appear to censor Substack content? What was revealed in the open-source algorithms that Twitter recently published? And what does a truly free and open social media look like? I sit down with Bill Ottman, co-founder and CEO of the Minds social media platform, to discuss a radical new vision for internet…


PREMIERING NOW: Does Elon Musk Want to Buy Substack?—Bill Ottman on Twitter–Substack Rift and How Censorship Fuels Violence

Why did Twitter recently appear to censor Substack content? What was revealed in the open-source algorithms that Twitter recently published? And what does a truly free and open social media look like? I sit down with Bill Ottman, co-founder and CEO of the Minds social media platform, to discuss a radical new vision for internet…


Free Speech Advocacy Group Condemns ‘Mob Censorship’ of Riley Gaines

A constitutional rights legal organization that defends freedom of speech on and off campuses is demanding accountability for the “mob censorship” that took place at San Francisco State University (SFSU), where former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines was attacked by a group of protesters on April 6. In a letter (pdf) addressed to university President Lynn…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Does Elon Musk Want to Buy Substack?—Bill Ottman on Twitter–Substack Rift and How Censorship Fuels Violence

Why did Twitter recently appear to censor Substack content? What was revealed in the open-source algorithms that Twitter recently published? And what does a truly free and open social media look like? I sit down with Bill Ottman, co-founder and CEO of the Minds social media platform, to discuss a radical new vision for internet…