Amazing podcast w/Freddie Sayers on Irish Times Podcasts about how Gov funded ‘disinformation’ orgs are leaning more to censorship than regulation of disinformation

When we only hear ‘approved’ arguments, we can’t make informed decisions

Worth a listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/3mJ1qQ…

Why is Greta wearing a Keffiyeh?

Mary Harrington on the deep history of the Omnicause:

unherd.com/2024/05/why-is…

What a thoughtful, robust, and moving conversation! Highly recommended wherever you currently sit on questions of faith & meaning.

Great stuff Freddie Sayers Elizabeth Oldfield Alex O'Connor Justin Brierley 🤌

First Paul Kingsnorth, then Matt Crawford, Nick Cave, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, now Russell Brand... Is this what a Christian revival looks like?

Join Justin Brierley, Elizabeth Oldfield and Alex O'Connor and me, live in 30 min from the UnHerd Club:

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Who is 'we' in this message? Who does Boris Johnson speak for exactly?

The attempt to close down debate, toxify political opponents and to try to keep important matters off limits is now so widespread that public trust is collapsing.

👏 UnHerd - a beacon.

Wow. The Times of London devotes its lead editorial to the pernicious influence of the Global Disinformation Index, saying 'it has helped to stymie valuable and independent-minded journalism on the basis of little more than ideological prejudice.' 🔥

Cameron says government has stopped funding disinformation index - The Times

thetimes.co.uk/article/9c2879…

'Journalism has been cratering for a quarter decade. You know what the growth industry is? Fact checking.'

@FreddieSayers sits down with Jacob Siegel and Michael Shellenberger in NYC to discuss how to combat the disinformation industry. Watch in full here: buff.ly/44EbeA7

Self-appointed monitors can financially harm publications as they choose, @FreddieSayers of @UnHerd writes. wapo.st/44wwFmA

Ok so the latest excrescence from the ‘anti-disinformation’ bureaucracy is so political it’s almost funny…

'Many on the supposedly freedom-loving modern Right apparently have little to say about the violation of the basic right to peaceful speech and assembly...'

Kathleen Stock on campus protest wars at @UnHerd

unherd.com/2024/05/safety…

‘Careful what you wish for’ really is the most reliable piece of advice there is.

Lockdowns to ‘flatten the curve’ ➡️ WFH culture shift celebrated by laptop classes ➡️ kids stop going to school

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🚨 In response to the @UnHerd investigation, the British Govt has confirmed that it will *no longer* be funding the Global Disinformation Index.

Responding to Kemi Badenoch, Foreign Sec David Cameron added that 'protecting free speech is a priority.'🚨

unherd.com/newsroom/david…

Took a moment out from the fantastic Dissident Dialogues festival in New York to talk to Michael Shellenberger and Jacob Siegel about the sprawling anti-disinformation complex and what can be done to keep it in check…

The guide to conspiracy theories just issued to all UK parliamentarians is looking somewhat... conspiratorial 🤔

Full report @UnHerd

unherd.com/newsroom/uk-pa…

It was an absolute privilege to photograph @dissident_dialogues for Winston Marshall and Desh 🇱🇰 in NYC Brooklyn, this debate chaired by Freddie Sayers

These shots mean a great deal to me as it’s very rare one gets to photograph two absolute giants of the modern era…

From @FreddieSayers: How 'fighting disinformation' turns into political censorship wapo.st/3wqF6Dv

“the newest addition to this expanding bureaucracy is an anti-anti-disinformation unit — built to defend the fact-checking fraternity against attacks.”

Paywall-free link for my piece in today's The Washington Post about when combatting disinformation becomes political censorship:

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wapo.st/4bsKdSx