Federal government censorship – key nodes, and rabbit holes
February 17, 2025Many claim to have found the censor’s secret lair, but it's more complicatedOver the past three weeks, anyone interested in…
The USAID demolition derby
February 9, 2025Breaking up a key censorship node and some first-hand insights from working on an Internews project funded by USAIDLast week,…
For UnHerd: Australia has shown the way on free speech
November 26, 2024Has it thrown off its penchant for technocracy?I’ve just written a piece for UnHerd about Australia’s rather miraculous defiance of…
Australia’s misinformation bill is buried
November 19, 2024With every independent senator now coming out against it, the bill has no chance of passing in its current form.…
Australia’s misinformation bill is on the ropes
November 17, 2024It’s not yet officially dead, but it is very closeThe Australian Labor Government says that the proliferation of misinformation and…
Free speech wins the culture war
November 11, 2024Rejection of the censorship regime was a key factor in Trump’s victory“Gradually, then suddenly”, Hemingway’s bankruptcy quote can just as…
Election day in the USA
November 5, 2024No matter the outcome the great reshuffle is here to stayU.S. greetings. After speaking at the recent Brownstone conference in…
Interview with Josh Szeps on Uncomfortable Conversations
September 22, 2024We talked "misinformation", the Twitter Files, and the parallel universe that is AustraliaJosh Szeps hosts possibly the only left-of-center Australian…
The Australian Government Reboots the Misinformation Bill
September 13, 2024Civil liberties under threatThis week Australia’s Labor Party reintroduced its misinformation and disinformation bill. I did a deep dive into…Zuckerberg blames the government, but Facebook staff proactively participated in efforts to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story
August 28, 2024Senior Facebook employees attended the Aspen Institute’s effort to suppress the story, contradicting Zuckerberg's statementOn August 27 Meta CEO Mark…
