"Free speech is the only truly safe space for minorities"
Friday last week, I finished up on a bit of a high. Defeating DIA’s proposed online regulator was a seriously major win; one that many Kiwis might not know about, but impacts them anyway. And now it's...
Full of Sound and Fury: The Christchurch Call and Online Extremism
It's easy for a story to get buried beneath the sheer volume of headlines which churn through the relentless modern news cycle. So, you could be forgiven for missing coverage last week of the startlin...
A huge victory! Proposed internet regulation abandoned!
We have huge news to share with you! Today, there's been a massive free speech victory. In June last year, we broke the story that the Department of Internal Affairs was planning to release a discussi...
It's graduation week for several universities around the country, and many of the graduates will already have a few months of work under their belts.It's worth considering the ripple effect our academ...
What's the point of a university without free speech?
What a couple of days it's been!As you've probably seen, there's a major fight going on right now for free speech at our universities (specifically Victoria).Good thing we have a speaking tour specifi...
What happens if we don't defend free speech at universities?
'Academic freedom' seems like a pretty abstract value for the lucky few who live in an 'ivory tower'. But the right for experts to speak freely is crucial. If those at our universities don't have free...
