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Germany Is the EU’s Censorship Champion
by Robert Kogon at Brownstone Institute
Note that X, rebranded as a “free speech platform,” provides information on platform users to the governments of EU member states in connection with not just illegal speech …
The Global Assault on Religious Freedom
by Brownstone Institute at Brownstone Institute
Aspiring tyrants are now brazen in their crusade against free speech. John Kerry, Tim Walz, Hillary Clinton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kentanji Brown Jackson, Letitia James, and their allies in …
Save Furniture, Save the Past
by Richard Kelly at Brownstone Institute
I’ve just finished reading Ben Macintyre’s 2022 book Colditz, Prisoners of the Castle. It’s a captivating tale detailing the extraordinary experiences of those WWII prisoners of war who were held there, …
Tedros: Kill Free Speech to Regain Trust
by Meryl Nass at Brownstone Institute
Remember that the Supreme Court threw out Murthy v Biden. This past week Kennedy and CHD were at the 5th Circuit providing oral arguments before 3 judges about why …
Signs of Untruthfulness
by Daniel Klein at Brownstone Institute
Some things signal untruthfulness. One sign of untruthfulness is, of course, the uttering of untrue statements. Sometimes you know about the matter in question, and the statement disagrees with your understanding. …
Cut the Truth Out of Our Heads
by Jeffrey A. Tucker at Brownstone Institute
The censors are losing patience. They have gone from regretting the existence of free speech and gaming the system as best they can to fantasizing about …
Cut the Truth Out of Our Heads
by Jeffrey A. Tucker at Brownstone Institute
The censors are losing patience. They have gone from regretting the existence of free speech and gaming the system as best they can to fantasizing about …
Proposed Hate Speech Laws Abound in Australia
by Rebekah Barnett at Brownstone Institute
Victorians could go to prison for up to five years for hate speech under new anti-vilification laws proposed by the Victorian Government.
Under the proposed laws, it …
The Man Who Shouts Fire in a Crowded Theater
by Daniel Klein at Brownstone Institute
In the Vice-Presidential debate, the Democratic candidate Tim Walz used shouting fire in a crowded theater to justify limitations on free speech. Ironically, he resembles …
Don’t Let the ‘Infaux Thugs’ Close Down Debate
by Daniel Klein at Brownstone Institute
Today’s censors wield cudgels with the word ‘information.’ Content they don’t like they call ‘misinformation’ or ‘disinformation.’ The justification is fake. The protection is faux protection. …
John Kerry and the Circuitous Assault on Free Speech
by Brownstone Institute at Brownstone Institute
Mere words cannot restrain our aspiring censors from weaponizing their power to silence dissent. Enemies of the First Amendment vow to “hammer it out of …
New Hate Speech Laws Scrapped in Ireland
by David Thunder at Brownstone Institute
The Irish Government has announced it is scrapping its plans to introduce significant updates to Ireland’s existing hate speech laws, as there is not enough support for the proposed …
The Right to Speak Evil
by David Bell at Brownstone Institute
Words can harm. The childhood saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” is obviously untrue. Words bring ruin and despair, drive people …
Lockdowns Codified a World of Violence
by Jeffrey A. Tucker at Brownstone Institute
During the misnamed and mostly preposterous debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, a moderator fact-checked Trump’s claim that crime is up. In contrast to his claim, …
German “Citizens Council” Wants to Criminalize Disinformation
by Robert Kogon at Brownstone Institute
A German “Citizens Council” has submitted recommendations to the German Ministry of the Interior calling, among other things, for the potential criminalisation of “disinformation.” The council was …