Category: censorship

How Can We Trust Institutions That Lied?

Commentary Trust the Authorities, trust the Experts, and trust the Science, we were told. Public health messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic was only credible if it originated from government health authorities, the World Health Organization, and pharmaceutical companies, as well as scientists who parroted their lines with little critical thinking. In the name of ‘protecting’…


Facebook Is Dead Unless You Post Something That Does Not Matter

Commentary Since Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, it’s been quite a wild ride. Thousands of doctors and scientists have been unbanned and are now speaking. Same with journalists. Accounts that posted against COVID restrictions and mandates are now unthrottled. Brownstone’s account is now at 31K and my own personal reach is up some 175 percent. Of course, this…


The Censorious Scott Gottlieb Was a Major Influence on Lockdowns

Commentary The latest of the Twitter Files is reported by Alex Berenson, who was granted access to messaging systems from the times before Elon Musk took over. His first round of reporting concerns the role of Scott Gottlieb, who is a perfect example of an influencer who is technically outside of government but might as well be…


Big Tech Adopts Communist China’s Tactics

This column is adapted from Ken Buck’s book, “Crushed: Big Tech’s War on Free Speech,” available January 17. Until recently most Americans probably didn’t think censorship occurred within our borders. They thought it happened in other places—China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Myanmar. These repressive countries limit and monitor speech to frightening degrees The…


COVID Revealed | Documentary

With ever-exploding censorship, “COVID Revealed” exists to daringly bring to light the known facts and needed debate concerning COVID-19 as well as the policies and edicts that surround it. Agendas are being driven, it is no secret. We are taking a stand on transparency as we bring to light, to the entire world, interviews that…


Free Speech Under Threat from Police in Scotland, Says Index on Censorship

Freedom of expression is under threat in Scotland because the police are increasingly recording non-crimes as “hate incidents,” the watchdog Index on Censorship has warned. Guidance from the College of Policing, the professional body for officers in England and Wales, suggests officers should log a non-crime hate incident if it is “perceived to be” motivated by…


Twitter’s COVID-19 Censorship Led to Loss of Life, Says Former White House Adviser Dr. Scott Atlas

When discussing censorship, there are often “vague implications” on the effects of that restriction. But by censoring medical science and health policy, “you are killing people,” Dr. Scott Atlas firmly stated in an interview that aired on Newsmakers by NTD and The Epoch Times on Dec. 28. “Censorship of the correct science and medical information, during this…


The ‘Whole of Society’ Censorship Industry

Commentary The release of internal Twitter documents detailing the company’s recent collaboration with federal agencies to shut down dissident voices sheds new light on the nature of government-sponsored censorship. But the Twitter Files barely scratch the surface, says former State Department official Mike Benz. He says that the government has implemented “a whole of society”…


How an Occupied Twitter Ruined Countless Lives

Commentary From the beginning of the COVID panic, it felt that something was very wrong. Never had a pandemic, much less a seasonal pathogenic wave, been treated as a quasi-military emergency requiring the upending of all freedoms and rights. What made it more bizarre was how alone those of us who objected felt until very…


LIVE NOW: Government Censorship in Big Tech Is the New ‘Operation Mockingbird’; Second War Brews in Europe

The “Twitter Files” have exposed how federal agencies have engaged in censorship and online manipulation to push narratives they want and to eliminate narratives they oppose. The manipulation of Big Tech, alongside similar programs to manipulate journalists, is part of a concerning trend for free speech going back to the controversial “Operation Mockingbird” program to…