Commentary The great voice of intellectual diversity is John Stuart Mill, who in “On Liberty” (1859) warned that uniformity of opinion in a society damaged free speech and free thought. Mill was a renowned liberal of the Victorian Age who argued for progressive causes throughout his career, but he understood well the complacency and blindness…
Florida Judge Partly Blocks Law Which Targeted Social Media Censorship
July 1, 2021
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A federal judge in Florida on June 30 partly blocked a social media law that would have imposed penalties on big social media companies for deplatforming candidates for public office. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle granted a preliminary injunction sought by the plaintiffs in the case, NetChoice LLC and the Computer & Communications Industry Association. “The legislation…
Florida Judge Partly Blocks Law That Targeted Social Media Censorship
July 1, 2021
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A federal judge in Florida has partially blocked a social media law that would have imposed penalties on big social media companies for deplatforming candidates for public office. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle granted a preliminary injunction on June 30 sought by the plaintiffs in the case, NetChoice LLC and the Computer & Communications Industry Association. “The…
Now More Than Ever, Twitter Isn’t Real Life
Commentary What matters on Twitter … often just stays on Twitter. Those who use the platform to voice opinions on faith, politics, guns, culture, the military, the police, and a whole host of other issues just aren’t representative of popular opinion. They tend to hold positions not just to the left but to the far,…
Able to ‘Accomplish Way More’ as an Independent MP Despite Challenges: Sloan
Derek Sloan says there are pluses and minuses to being an independent MP, but on the whole he has accomplished much more sitting as an independent than when he was part of a political party. “We’ve been able to vote against certain legislation that no one else was willing to. We’ve been able to ask…
Miss New Jersey Contestant Speaks Against ‘Orwellian’ Censorship in American Colleges
A Miss New Jersey contestant took the stage to warn of an “epidemic of censorship and entitlement,” which she said is silencing young Americans on college campuses. Justine Murray, the reigning Miss Northern Highlands, competed last week in the pageant at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. She was asked by the judges to identify…
Boycotting Companies That Engage in Marxism Is a Moral Necessity—Interview With Eric Metaxas
Cancel culture is running amok, and one of the phenomena now emerging is big government working through Big Tech to carry out censorship. Among the voices recently canceled by YouTube is Eric Metaxas, host of The Eric Metaxas Show. To learn more about this, and about how to face the new waves of cancel culture,…
Twitter, California Sued for Cooperating on Censorship
June 20, 2021
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A conservative influencer filed a lawsuit against Twitter and the California secretary of state on June 17, alleging they colluded to censor election-related content, violating the plaintiff’s rights to free speech, equal protection, and due process. The lawsuit (pdf) cites emails and documents from the California Office of Elections Cybersecurity, which show state employees flagging tweets…
Big Tech Only Has Itself to Blame for Rethinking of Antitrust
June 18, 2021
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Commentary There are few, if any, political issues that now generate the breadth and intensity of bipartisan backlash as does the rise of Big Tech. During Donald Trump’s presidency, the major parties largely diverged on their specific grievances against the woke Silicon Valley monopolists who serve as gatekeepers for America’s 21st-century public square. Republicans, by…
Big Tech Is Outsourcing Censorship Through Dishonest ‘Fact Check’ Firms—Interview With Sean Davis
With new online trends around social media “fact check” companies and with new narratives around misinformation and disinformation, there has been criticism that the people pushing for this are engaging in political censorship and oftentimes suppressing legitimate inquiry. To learn more about this trend and what’s behind it, we sat down for an interview with…
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