A collection of 234 posts
Two recent Australian Federal Court judgments illustrate the good things that the rule of law may confer on a society, even when it conflicts with ideals like freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
The current frenzy of right-wing cancel culture recalls the progressive lunacy that followed the murder of George Floyd. But the current iteration is more dangerous because it is backed by state power.
As antisemitism surges online and in the streets, online hate researcher Dr Andre Oboler joins Zoe to examine how conspiracy thinking, political ideology, and institutional complacency are fuelling hate—and what can be done to stop it.
Pamela Paresky speaks with former Quillette editor Toby Young, founder of the Free Speech Union and recently appointed member of the House of Lords, about the current state of free expression in the United Kingdom.
Iona Italia talks to Alan Davison about censorship, self-censorship, the Online Safety Act and other threats to free speech in Australia.
This is not the first time Germany has resorted to censorship in the mistaken belief that the state can contain dangerous ideas. The last time they tried this, it facilitated the rise of the Nazis.
How the battle for the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act was fought, won, and nearly lost again.
Are we going to defend liberty, openness, and democracy, or are we going to allow radical theocrats and their ideological allies to try to crush our hard-won freedoms?
Josh Bornstein appears to view the world as a good Left/bad Right binary. This assumption limits both his diagnosis of the problem and the creativity of his solutions.
“Believe those who seek the truth,” André Gide once wrote, “doubt those who find it.” The same can be said of falsehoods.
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.
A tenured scholar has paid a high price for bluntly expressing uncomfortable truths.
A proposed Australian law aimed at blocking false content would likely be applied selectively—and thereby further erode public trust in mainstream information sources.
How to effectively counter some perennial arguments against free speech.
Jonathan Kay speaks to fellow podcast host Kushal Mehra about the ‘eerie similarities’ between censorship campaigns in India and Canada.