Category: censorship

Epoch TV Review: The Expansion of the Unelected Surveillance State and the Dangerous Power it Holds

Commentary In an insightful episode of “Truth Over News” entitled “Unelected Intelligence Community Bureaucrats Are in Charge and They Don’t Really Bother to Hide It,” Jeff Carlson and Hans Mahncke dive into the increasing power of the intelligence community and how it has stripped “We the People” of our say in this country. Calling this…


Are Freedom Charters Worth the Paper They’re Printed On?

Commentary Some of us are old enough to recall a time when freedom of speech was regarded as essential to the maintenance of a functional democracy. In democratic nations like Canada and the United States, we once understood that in contests of cultural or political will, all citizens, especially candidates for political office and other…


Epoch TV Review: How Americans Can Wield Their Rights to Fight Censorship and Bring Down Big Tech

Commentary The latest episode of “Counterculture” with Danielle D’Souza Gill entitled “Unfree Speech” dives into the current state of censorship in America, the disturbing leftist ideologies behind it, and how Americans can fight back. It’s no secret that Democrats have been having a hay day with censorship for quite some time now, and many now…


Hong Kong to Amend Law to Step Up Film Censorship

Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday said they plan to amend a film censorship law to forbid screenings of movies deemed contrary to national security. The proposed changes to Hong Kong’s Film Censorship Ordinance would step up censorship of movies in the city, expanding an ongoing offensive on political dissent that has led to the closure…


Books-Banning, Censorship, and the Stifling of Free Expression

Commentary The American Booksellers Association (ABA) is a trade organization for America’s dwindling number of independent, non-chain bookstores. Those community-based stores “serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas” the ABA’s website declares. Unless, it would seem, the “ideas” are deemed objectionable by the progressive powers that be. Then, the ABA switches…


Twitter Tests New Feature for Users to Flag ‘Misleading’ Posts

Twitter has announced it is testing a feature that lets people report tweets they think are misleading, with the company saying it’s looking for the input thus received to help it scale up and accelerate its “broader misinformation work.” The new feature is being tested in the United States, South Korea, and Australia starting Aug….


The Assault on Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity

There’s a lot happening in the world today that is worrying for anyone who still holds the concepts of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness near and dear. “Liberty vs. Vaccine Mandates in Europe; Public School Exodus; Race-Based School Discipline” deals with two of the biggest issues facing the United States today, namely the…


Imprisoned Chinese Citizen Journalist Not Well, Lawyer Says

TAIPEI, Taiwan—A Chinese citizen journalist serving a four-year sentence after reporting on the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Wuhan is in ill health after staging a long-running hunger strike, according to a lawyer who spoke with her family. Zhang Zhan was hospitalized on July 31 and now weighs less than…


China to Release 2 Coders Who Built Virus News Archive

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Two amateur Chinese computer coders who were jailed after archiving deleted news articles about the pandemic’s initial outbreak are set to be released next week after more than a year behind bars, one of their relatives said Saturday. The two men, Chen Mei and Cai Wei, are set to be released Sunday, said Chen’s…


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