The Closing of the Internet Mind
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We have traveled a very long way from the vision of John Perry Barlow in 1996, who imagined a cyberworld in which governments were not involved to one in which governments... Read more.
The Vanguard Behind Australia’s Misinformation Bill
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Australia has been out in front in shaping the bureaucratised internet: the eSafety Commissioner is touted as the first online “harm regulator” in the world and as... Read more.
The Face Behind Australia’s Censorship Push
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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... Read more.
Katherine Maher is Worse Than a Leftist
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I don’t remember it being a trait of the Left to work at the World Bank, the National Democratic Institute, and HSBC, intern at the Council of Foreign Relations,... Read more.
The Virality Project’s Censorship Agenda
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Initiated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and led by the Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO),... Read more.
The Virality Project was a Government Front
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It is now completely clear that the Virality Project, an initiative partnered with Big Tech to combat “anti-vaccine disinformation” and led by former CIA fellow... Read more.
The Post-Cold War Origins of the Surveillance State
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Those who have grounded themselves in politics rather than principles have created a great unmooring that has left us vulnerable to the latest political huckster... Read more.
Atlantic Council Takes Up the Censorship Sword
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Why would such a group all gather specifically around the question of “disinformation”? Is disinformation truly at such a level that it requires bringing together... Read more.
The Covid Censorship Requests of Australia’s Department of Home Affairs
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The Australian stereotype of mocking self-important authorities was tepid at best during the crisis, and what questioning of authority did take place appears to... Read more.
The Censorship Industrial Complex
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Big Media and Big Tech fell completely out of sync with material reality, smearing criticism that had previously been normal, and explicitly banning topics from... Read more.
Censorship Masquerades and Disinformation Control
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The Virality Project however is just part of a broader cultural shift that reverses long standing liberal/left commitments to free expression and allows censorship... Read more.