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The Face Behind Australia’s Censorship Push

Andrew Lowenthal / April 27, 2024 / Censorship, Law, Technology / 9 minute read

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To some, Inman Grant is a hero, protecting children from online abuse, ridding the internet of revenge porn, and breaking new ground in leading a globally coordinated response to the problem of online hate. To others she is an e-Karen, a Censorship Commissar with a personal vendetta against Elon Musk, cynically exploiting multiple tragedies to lead a bureaucratic power grab and censor the speech of everyday citizens, both in Australia and globally. Both may be true.

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Censors Failed to Cancel NatCon

David Thunder / April 25, 2024 / Government, Law, Society / 3 minute read

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This bizarre saga leaves one wondering: where is the looming threat of authoritarianism in Europe – in right-wing conservatives who gather in hotels to talk about the future of Europe, or in leftist activists and mayors who want their political adversaries silenced and “cancelled” before they even open their mouth?

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What is Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)?

Debbie Lerman / April 25, 2024 / Government, Law, Public Health / 10 minute read

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During the Covid pandemic, the U.S. government spent billions of dollars on nearly 400 products intended to protect, diagnose, and treat hundreds of millions of people – all with the label “EUA” or “Emergency Use Authorization.” But what does EUA actually mean?

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We’ve Forgotten Kant’s Moral Lesson

Bert Olivier / April 19, 2024 / Law, Pharma, Philosophy / 11 minute read

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In sum: the conspicuous absence of moral justifiability of the actions by the globalist neo-fascists is a saddening indication that human society has significantly deteriorated in moral terms. Fortunately, that is not true of the human species in its entirety.

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EPA Threatens Locally Produced Beef

Robert Malone / April 13, 2024 / Government, Law, Technology / 7 minute read

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The new rule involves a major shift in the technology-based effluent limitations guidelines and standards (ELGs) for the meat and poultry industry, threatening their livelihoods by forcing them to add water filtration systems to their facilities.

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Chevron, Murthy, and ‘Supreme’ Hypocrisy

Thomas Buckley / April 6, 2024 / Censorship, Government, Law / 10 minute read

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The majority of the court appeared to favor eliminating Chevron. It would be the height of hypocrisy – and one the most culturally devastating decisions since Dred Scott – to not see the parallels and to rule any other way than against the government in Murthy. With that ruling, we can begin to gather in the tentacles of the censorship monster.

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Censorship on Trial at the Supreme Court

Maryanne Demasi / April 3, 2024 / Censorship, Law, Technology / 7 minute read

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Billed as one of the most consequential lawsuits of the last century, Murthy v. Missouri (formerly Missouri v Biden) is a legal battle that stands at the intersection of free speech protections and social media companies.

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Supreme Court Divided on Censorship

Aaron Kheriaty / April 3, 2024 / Censorship, Government, Law / 11 minute read

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If I’m a betting man, I’ll place my money (though not much money) that we’ll get a 5-4 or 6-3 decision upholding some kind of injunction. And while I hate to admit it, things could also go the other way. I think it will be close. Supreme Court decisions are notoriously difficult to predict, and it appears there are enemies of free speech on the bench even in the highest Court in the land.

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The EU is the Real Culprit of Censorship

Robert Kogon / March 26, 2024 / Censorship, Law, Technology / 7 minute read

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It was thus the European Commission which was the driving force behind the wave of censorship which struck Covid-19 dissent from 2020 to 2022, certainly not the Biden administration, whose role was limited to making informal, essentially toothless requests. There was indeed coercion, there was indeed a threat. But it was coming from a different source: it was the looming threat of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).

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The Era of Informed Consent is Over

Victor Dalziel / March 24, 2024 / Government, Law, Pharma / 4 minute read

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This ruling, to be actioned by potentially corrupt scientists, health bureaucrats, and captured health and drug regulators, is another step toward a dystopian future unimaginable just five years ago. No doubt the infrastructure to implement this decree is already being constructed by the same groupthink cultists responsible for the nightmarish pandemic lockdowns, continuing to place the pursuit of profit and the greater good above individual choice, bodily autonomy, and informed consent.

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Journalistic Malpractice at The New York Times

Brownstone Institute / March 23, 2024 / Censorship, Law, Media / 6 minute read

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Justice Jackson, the Biden Administration, Katie Starbird, and their allies in the media may believe they have a divine mission to censor alleged misinformation, that the Devil’s reincarnation has taken multiple forms in the bodies of RFK Jr., Alex Berenson, Jay Bhattacharya, and others; under our Constitution, however, the self-professed nobility of their missions does not excuse violations of the First Amendment. Let us hope the Court realizes the graveness of the threat.

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The WHO Wants to Rule the World

Ramesh Thakur / March 22, 2024 / Government, Law, Public Health / 13 minute read

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) will present two new texts for adoption by its governing body, the World Health Assembly comprising delegates from 194 member states, in Geneva on 27 May–1 June. The new pandemic treaty needs a two-thirds majority for approval and, if and once adopted, will come into effect after 40 ratifications.

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