I have to say that I am a bit proud of this: I appear to be the author most demonetized by Big Tech here at HotAir. Guess who comes in second? My good friend Beege. I wish I could say that this is down solely to our presenting a grave political threat to the regime, […]
First, it’s a conspiracy theory. Then, it’s something to be used only on rare occasions. Then it is a great thing that should be mandatory. Then they put you in jail for opposing it. MUST-WATCH: @CTV pundit and @mcgillu prof Raphaël Melançon said that he wants an Interpol-like agency to police the “truth” online. Canada’s […]
For some reason this is Canada Day here at Hot Air. At least for me it is. You know I am deeply concerned with the fate of the Anglosphere, and that I fear that this cultural bloc which has been at the vanguard of promoting freedom is on the verge of becoming a haven for […]
Last March, Matt Taibbi testified before congress about the investigation that was widely known as the Twitter Files. Here’s a bit of what he had to say. The original promise of the Internet was that it might democratize the exchange of information globally. A free internet would overwhelm all attempts to control information flow, its […]
Image Credit: Franklin Tennessee / YouTube & Canva The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – This week, The City of Franklin BOMA (Board of Mayor and Alderman) voted unanimously to grant a permit to Franklin Pride for them to hold their annual Pride Festival in Harlinsdale Park, a public park owned and managed by […]
THE digital era exposes citizens to a dizzying range of sources of information and evidence. The old days when public information was vetted by a few prominent newspapers and TV and radio stations are over. Under these circumstances, censorship and expert control can seem like an efficient way to bring order, coherence, and predictability into […]
On Tuesday I wrote about how the White House pressured Amazon to censor its book selections based on the argument that the company was spreading misinformation. Amazon, after some grumbling, complied with many of the demands made upon them. This tidbit was released by Jim Jordan and the House Weaponization of Government Committee. What I […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – Representative Dennis Powers (R-Jacksboro-District 36) requested that a bill addressing social media censorship be deferred after it was scheduled to be heard in the House Business & Utilities Subcommittee on Tuesday. The Chair of the subcommittee, Representative Clark Boyd, said that because the bill was […]
Image Credit: OZinOH / CC & Public Domain The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A bill dealing with social media censorship that was deferred last year is on the move again and on the schedule for one of the Tennessee General Assembly’s subcommittees. Rep. Dennis Powers’ (R-Jacksboro-District 36) proposed legislation aims to stymie censorship from […]
We are all familiar with the standard form of censorship–simply preventing the dissemination of ideas that are not approved. But that is only one of several forms that censorship can take. I have occasionally been outright censored online–on Twitter 1.0, I was temporarily suspended because the censors didn’t like what I said, and I was […]
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