Tag: free speech

Muzzling Medical Free Speech

Commentary On Oct. 12, 2022, the Queensland Parliament, with bipartisan support, passed the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 (pdf). Among other changes, this legislation confers new discretionary powers on bureaucrats to pressure medical practitioners into supporting government’s views on health. Specifically, if the health ombudsman reasonably believes that a…


Durham Police Constable Who Voiced Support for Freedom Convoy Demoted for Three Months

Durham Regional Police Constable Erin Howard has been demoted for three months after facing six disciplinary charges for voicing her support of the Ottawa Freedom Convoy protest and speaking out against pandemic-related mandates while in uniform. At a hearing on Dec. 6 before retired Superintendent Greg Walton, Howard plead guilty to one charge of dishonourable…


Most Americans Support Elon Musk’s Efforts to Make Twitter ‘More Free and Transparent’: Poll

A significant portion of American citizens are supportive of industrialist Elon Musk’s efforts to ensure freedom of speech on Twitter, according to a poll by Trafalgar Group. The poll asked respondents whether they support Musk seeking to make Twitter a “more free and transparent platform.” According to the survey, 52.3 percent responded positively, while 31.3…


Elon Musk Says Some Twitter Bans Violated First Amendment

Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk said that internal company correspondence points to possible First Amendment violations, with his remarks coming hot on the heels of the release of a trove of documents that lift the lid on some of the social media platform’s censorship machinations around the 2020 presidential election. “Twitter acting by itself to…


Musk Says Twitter Suppressed Free Speech Under Orders From Government

Elon Musk suggested that Twitter was acting under government orders to suppress free speech, with his remarks coming hot on the heels of the release of a trove of documents that lift the lid on some of the social media platform’s censorship machinations around the 2020 presidential election. “Twitter acting by itself to suppress free…


Concerns Government Is Backtracking Over University Free Speech Bill

Cancel culture and free speech experts worry that a government Bill designed to protect speakers at universities has been watered down. The government has been accused of making concessions to universities over a new law it had drawn up to enable academics and students to take institutions to court for breaching free speech violations. The…


Elon Musk Should Tell EU Censors to Bugger Off

Commentary If Elon Musk truly believes that Twitter is a front in the “battle for the future of civilization,” he has a chance to prove it. The Biden administration has already threatened to investigate Musk on multiple occasions, which isn’t surprising considering its unprecedented antagonizing toward free expression. Democrats like Sen. Elizabeth Warren have promised…


Louisiana Attorney General Alleges Fauci and Big Tech Part of Push to Censor Americans’ Speech

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Missouri’s Attorney General Eric Schmitt in May sued Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the FBI, alleging they censored American’s free speech on social media platforms. Pointedly, Landry stated in an interview that aired on Newsmakers by…


Musk Versus the Bullies: Who Will Win?

Commentary I wonder what odds the bookies are offering for the great fight? In this corner we have Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, the chap behind Tesla, SpaceX, Solar City, The Boring Company, and—as of October—Twitter. In that corner we have “the left,” a catch-all, imprecise, and probably misleading category. Even in aggregate, it…


Elon Musk Says Exposé of Twitter’s ‘Free Speech Suppression’ Coming ‘Soon,’ Could Include Hunter Biden Laptop Censorship Revelations

Elon Musk said Monday that Twitter’s internal files on the company’s “free speech suppression” will be revealed “soon,” raising expectations that light will be shed on the circumstances around Twitter’s censorship of the New York Post’s explosive story that exposed information on a laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden. “The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon…