liber-net co-organized the Westminster Declaration, a statement opposing the cynical use of “countering disinformation” as a tool for censorship, and the coordination between government, media, NGOs, academics, Big Tech, and philanthropy that is enabling it. The Westminster Declaration was a product of a meeting convened by Michael Shellenberger, Andrew Lowenthal,  and Matt Taibbi in June of 2023.

The statement includes many high-profile signatories from both the “left” and “right” (however much those labels make any sense) including Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Nadine Strossen, Slavoj Žižek, Oliver Stone, Tim Robbins, John Cleese, Jonathan Haidt, John McWhorter, Steven Pinker, Richard Dawkins, Jordan Peterson, Yanis Varoufakis, and many more.

You can read the Westminster Declaration on its website, or view the launch announcement by Public.