Misinformation: A Flawed Concept “Believe those who seek the truth,” André Gide once wrote, “doubt those who find it.” The same can be said of falsehoods. Angel Eduardo / Adam Goldstein 28 Oct 2024 · 6 min read
Feminism and Free Speech Victoria’s proposed hate speech legislation forces feminists to choose which is more important to them: the restriction of misogynistic speech, or the protection of their own political speech. Holly Lawford-Smith 21 Oct 2024 · 5 min read
The Amy Wax Affair A tenured scholar has paid a high price for bluntly expressing uncomfortable truths. Charles Murray 2 Oct 2024 · 7 min read
Misinformation Is Bad. Prohibiting It Is Worse A proposed Australian law aimed at blocking false content would likely be applied selectively—and thereby further erode public trust in mainstream information sources. The Quillette Editorial Board 29 Sep 2024 · 9 min read
Answers to 12 Bad Anti-Free Speech Arguments How to effectively counter some perennial arguments against free speech. Greg Lukianoff 12 Sep 2024 · 14 min read
Podcast #243: The Freedom to Blaspheme Jonathan Kay speaks to fellow podcast host Kushal Mehra about the ‘eerie similarities’ between censorship campaigns in India and Canada. Quillette 17 Jul 2024 · 18 min read
Podcast #239: Justin Trudeau’s Ominous Online Harms Act: ‘Minority Report’ Comes to Canada Jonathan Kay talks to Atlantic Magazine staff writer Conor Friedersdorf about a censorious government bill that would allow officials to investigate Canadians for things they haven’t done yet. Quillette 19 Jun 2024 · 14 min read
Damned in Amsterdam: A Bizarre Deplatforming We wanted to give a talk on how ideological bias hampers science—and were disinvited because of our politics. Jerry A. Coyne / Maarten Boudry 4 Jun 2024 · 9 min read
Fear and the Overton Window The movement to abolish child welfare is endangering children, but professionals are afraid to speak up. Naomi Schaefer Riley 31 May 2024 · 8 min read
Waltzing Down the Road to Hell The unintended consequences of the Sixties’ antiwar protests have become the farce of their 21st-century iteration. Adam Garfinkle 27 May 2024 · 15 min read
What My Soviet Life Taught Me About Censorship Censorship obscures our view of reality and impedes our society’s ability to function. Izabella Tabarovsky 17 May 2024 · 13 min read
Defending Academic Freedom in Higher Education and Medicine The success of the academy requires academic freedom and tolerance for viewpoint diversity. These critical values are under increasing threat. Jeffrey S. Flier 25 Apr 2024 · 12 min read
Stifling Free Speech Online: Australia’s Misinformation Bill Every censorship regime in history has claimed to be protecting the public. But no regime can have prior knowledge of what is true or good. It can only know what the approved narratives are. Toadworrier 23 Apr 2024 · 12 min read
Cuba’s Imprisoned Truth An interview with the father of Cuban political prisoner Walnier Luis Aguilar Rivera. Justo Antonio Triana 11 Apr 2024 · 11 min read
Podcast #233: Creating a Safe Space for ‘Problematic’ Women Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Meghan Daum about The Unspeakeasy, a ‘community for free-thinking women who crave honest conversations’ Quillette / Meghan Daum 15 Mar 2024 · 29 min read
