When Censorship’s the Game, Despotism Is the Goal
March 9, 2021 – Annie Holmquist …… Censorship is everywhere and it is having a chilling effect on discourse. Accepting this will only lead to despotism. Continue reading →
YouTube’s Censorship of Dissenting Doctors Will Backfire
May 2, 2020 – Dan Sanchez …… Sheltering the public from ideas, even bad ones, only weakens society’s immunity against error. Continue reading →
YouTube to Ban Content That Contradicts WHO on COVID-19, Despite the UN Agency’s Catastrophic Track Record of Misinformation
April 26, 2020 – Dan Sanchez …… The policy represents a betrayal of the pioneering platform’s founding principles. Continue reading →
10 “Subversive” Jokes That Could’ve Landed You in an East German Prison
January 16, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… Here are 10 jokes that were popular in East Germany, but were almost certainly too hot (or just too honest) for the Stasi. Continue reading →
Without Free Speech, All Speech Becomes Government Speech
January 14, 2020 – Barry Brownstein …… There is no such thing as government regulated free speech. Continue reading →
Candace Owens’s Flag Rhetoric Highlights the Importance of Constitutional Constraints on Government Power
July 4, 2019 – Trace Mitchell …… Candace Owens announced on Twitter that if she were president of the United States, she’d punish flag burners by revoking their citizenship. Continue reading →
Creating a Fairness Doctrine for the Internet Is a Really Bad Idea
June 28, 2019 – Gary Galles …… Any serious consideration of the realities surrounding the Fairness Doctrine makes it clear that extending government regulation to social media in a similar fashion would produce abusive, ham-handed results. Continue reading →
Yes, Julian Assange Is a Journalist — But That Shouldn’t Matter
April 19, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… The Bill of Rights doesn’t mention that freedom of speech is restricted to a special class of establishment journalists. Freedom of speech is a universal property right, regardless of what the establishment-media gatekeepers say. Continue reading →
University of South Carolina: Student Free Speech Rally Violated Campus Speech Codes
February 9, 2019 – Ilya Shapiro, Patrick Moran …… It is the epitome of state censorship for people not to be free to discuss even the very concept of free speech without facing investigation. Continue reading →
Censorship and Gun Control Will Not Make Us Safe
November 13, 2018 – Ron Paul …… Sadly, but not unexpectedly, the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh is being used to justify new infringements on liberty. Continue reading →