In today’s hypersensitive environment of political correctness, it seems like nobody can even take a joke.
Tag - free speech
California’s Civil Rights Department is instructing residents to report on any hate speech they chance overhear while traversing the hobo-ridden sidewalks.
We think of the McCarthy Era in American politics as one of oppression, paranoia, and unfounded witch hunts that ruined lives and destroyed careers.
Musk didn’t really muck it up until he started tweaking the power symbol that was Twitter’s driving force: the infamous bluetick.
TikTok Ban Empowers Government Speech Police | Guest: Robby Soave | Ep 221
The war against Big Tech is in full swing. Republicans in Congress are attempting to pass the Restrict Act, a dangerous piece of legislation that would not only allow them to ban TikTok, the China-controlled social media app, but would also give them broad powers to regulate Americans’...
The Xmas Eve Files revealed just how hands-on the federal bureaucomplex is with monitoring the Twittersphere.
Shortly before Thanksgiving, Twitter was supposed to go the way of the Butterball tom.
Levi’s President Told to Zip It Over COVID Opinions | Guest: Jennifer Sey | Ep 205
Matt Kibbe talks to Jennifer Sey, former brand president of Levi’s, about how she was pushed out of the company over her views on COVID lockdowns.
Censorship Is a Big Government Problem, Not a Big Tech Problem | Guests: Adam Thierer, Wayne Brough | Ep 204
Matt Kibbe is joined by the R Street Institute’s Adam Thierer and Wayne Brough to discuss the state of free speech on the internet.
The US government has spent years suppressing private speech for their own political ends, violating the US Constitution’s protection of freedom of speech and American civil liberties.