Exponentially-growing communications bandwidth and data transparency empowered regular people and helped expose dysfunction among many existing “experts.” A tsunami of social media also generated confusion, not least among the experts themselves, leading to, in Gurri’s words, a “crisis of authority.”
To Outrun the Complacent Class Continue Reading
EACTS is so corrupt that they will not allow me to speak about what this corruption means for the survival of patients. Money comes first, patient survival later, if at all.
A Cancelled Keynote Lecture for Cardiothoracic Surgeons Continue Reading
What seems like victory is exceedingly fragile. Let’s not make this moment a brief pause between one totalitarianism and another. Let’s dream together of a new freedom, one that applies the lessons we’ve all learned.
The Long Knives Are Out for Brownstone Continue Reading
Today, liber-net is launching a searchable database of almost 900 U.S. federal government awards to counter mis-, dis-, and malinformation (MDM) and other content moderation initiatives, covering the period from 2010 to 2025.
How the US Government Built the Anti-Disinformation Field Continue Reading
The paper shows evidence of vaccine-related deaths—from Covid—within two weeks of an injection in people who were previously infected. The evidence is at least as good as the paper’s evidence for vaccine effectiveness against Covid death in fall 2021.
Long Post-Vaccination Censorship Continue Reading
Japan has been evolving into a place where it is difficult to express ideas. In addition to government and media collusion to keep Covid medical realities from the Japanese public, the government passed a law to squelch nonconforming messaging online.
Japan Rides the Censorship Bandwagon Continue Reading
I understand the need to protect national security, but safeguarding it must never become an excuse to silence legitimate scrutiny — or intimidate journalists whose role is to hold the powerful to account — or to punish whistleblowers exposing real wrongdoing.
Trump’s War on Leaks: Is Journalism the Next Casualty? Continue Reading
Last week, my non-profit liber-net unveiled a new database of U.S. government awards to mis-dis-and-malinformation (MDM) and other content control initiatives. A previous Network Affects post broke down where that money came from. This one details where the money went.
Where the Money Went: USG Funding to Counter-Mis/Disinformation Initiatives Continue Reading
By now, nobody should be naive. The real goal is to shut Substack (as we’ve known it) down – which must mean the truth bombs its correspondents are launching every day are starting to hit too close to key targets.
The Assault on Substack Takes Predictable Shape Continue Reading
All it takes for censorship and lies to win is for those who know the truth to stay silent. Fortunately, a few brave souls like Dr. Moon are standing against this tyranny and fighting for truth.
This Pediatrician Is Fighting Back Continue Reading
When reading In Covid’s Wake, it becomes immediately clear that its authors, Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee, have very little curiosity, never mind understanding, of the immense body of superb research produced outside the academy during the past five years.
Academics Reveal That Water Is Transparent Continue Reading
Liber-net has built a database of almost 1000 federal government awards from 2016-2024 that went towards countering “misinformation”. That work looked partly at government funding but focused more on the leading censorship organisations and their often public and private support.
Key Nodes of Federal Government Censorship Continue Reading
