DIA Should Not Become New Zealand’s Online Gatekeeper
For Immediate Release 17th June 2026 DIA Should Not Become New Zealand’s Online Gatekeeper. The Free Speech Union is warning that the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is becoming a one-stop sho...
Free Speech Union welcomes ACT's professional regulator neutrality policy - and calls on every party to back it.
The Free Speech Union has welcomed ACT's commitment to stop professional regulators policing the lawful opinions of the people they license, and is calling on every party in Parliament to support the ...
The 'high bar' against censoring radio just got lower
On 5 September last year, Barry Soper stumbled over a departing Green MP’s pronouns on Newstalk ZB. His co-host pulled him up on air within seconds: “You are literally just being a boomer right now.” ...
Huffer threatens model with legal action it has no right to take, says Free Speech Union
MEDIA RELEASE11 June 2026FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Free Speech Union has written to fashion brand Huffer after the company blocked Auckland model Elijah Timmins-Scanlon on social media and threatened t...
$30.7 million committed to enforce a law that does not exist
$30.7 million committed to enforce a law that does not existThis morning the Children's Commissioner and a cross-sector coalition called on the Government to build an independent online-safety regulat...
Free Speech Union backs bid to lift child abuse suppression
The Free Speech Union has backed the Crown's bid to lift the permanent name suppression of a member of a wealthy New Zealand family convicted of possessing and importing more than 11,000 files of chil...
