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Wildfires and the Hoary Hoax of a Burning Planet

Wildfires and the Hoary Hoax of a Burning Planet

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The current raging California fires are largely a function of misguided government policies. Officials have essentially curtailed the supply of water available to firefighters, even as they have increased the supply of combustible kindling and vegetation which feeds these wildfires.

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Free Speech Win Down Under as Misinformation Bill Is Officially Binned

Free Speech Win Down Under as Misinformation Bill Is Officially Binned

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In a win for free speech advocates, the Australian Government formally abandoned its misinformation bill. The proposed laws would have forced social media companies to show that they were preventing the spread of misinformation and disinformation on their platforms.

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The Cost of Facebook’s Now-Repudiated Censorship

The Cost of Facebook’s Now-Repudiated Censorship

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Meta’s dismantling of its fact-checking program – announced by Zuckerberg as a “cultural tipping point towards prioritizing speech” – reads like a quiet footnote to what may be one of the most staggering violations of fundamental rights in recent memory.

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