Category: censorship

PREMIERING 2/2 at 7:30PM ET: Mike Benz (Part 1): The West’s Burgeoning Censorship Industry and the Government Funds Pouring in–From DHS to DARPA to National Science Foundation

“Whoever can control the Department of Dirty Tricks is able to use it to remove all opposition.” According to Mike Benz. Benz is the executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online and a former State Department diplomat under the Trump administration. The Twitter Files were just the tip of the iceberg, says Benz, who…


The War on Doctors and Patients

Commentary Whenever I republish my newspaper op-eds on my Substack, I tend to introduce them with some comments on “how I really feel,” instead of the more staid language and arguments used in those pieces. In this one, I essentially argued that the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government should be ground zero…


The Grim Future of Establishment Journalism

Commentary When the failures of legacy journalism during the pandemic period are analysed, as may eventually happen, the concentration will probably be on the failure to expose relevant facts. While obviously important, that is not the main lesson that should be taken out of the debacle. If disinterested journalism is to have any future—and at…


Trustee Criticizes School Board for Handling of Parent With Concerns Over Sexual Material

A Waterloo District School Board (WRDSB) trustee released an open letter on Twitter to parents, students, school staff, and the greater community Monday, criticizing the school board for responding to a parent’s concern with an “insulting tone” in an open letter to the public. Mike Ramsay, a former police officer, raised concerns with the way…


After Cancellations, Kyle Rittenhouse Finally Has His Say at Rare Public Appearance

CONROE, Texas—After being canceled in one of the reddest counties in Texas, Kyle Rittenhouse finally got his chance to speak against what he described as a concerted censorship effort against him and conservatives. In a rare public appearance, Rittenhouse, who has become an icon for Second Amendment advocates, walked onto the stage with AC/DC’s “Back…


California’s COVID-19 Gag Law Is ‘First Effort to Suppress’ Doctors: Lawyer

California’s controversial COVID-19 misinformation law, which bars doctors from providing “misinformation” or “disinformation” related to COVID-19, is an unprecedented effort by those in power to block doctors from sharing their views on COVID-19 topics, including on vaccines, with their patients, an attorney says. And lawmakers had pivoted the initial bill from its true, intended purpose…


Judge Orders Biden Administration to Produce More Evidence in Big Tech Censorship Case

The Biden administration has been ordered by a Louisana court to disclose documents relating to five national security officials that could reveal their possible involvement in the government’s supposed collusion with big tech to suppress election-related social media content deemed to be “misinformation” or “disinformation,” court documents show. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry…


Age of Lies, Age of Truth

Commentary Have you been watching these fools at the World Economic Forum (WEF) go on about how they are going to control the world? It’s embarrassing, and the public in many nations has turned against them. Rightly so. The model people use is very simple: if you attended the WEF, you might enjoy hobnobbing, or…


Twitter Files Prove America Headed for ‘Totalitarian State Territory,’ Expert Warns

Thanks to the revelations in the Twitter Files, there’s evidence that the FBI and other agencies worked to suppress “lawful speech,” and if this type of action is allowed to continue, the United States is headed for “totalitarian state territory,” Matthew Peterson, the cofounder of New Founding, said in an interview with Epoch Times–NTD collaborative program…


INFOGRAPHIC: Key Revelations of the ‘Twitter files’

Documents revealed by Twitter’s new owner, tech billionaire Elon Musk, show the social media company intertwined with a government-private censorship apparatus. Twitter suppressed or removed content on various subjects, including irregularities in the 2020 elections, mail-in voting issues, and various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company was under government pressure to purge such content…