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The populist vibe shift makes landfall in Australia
In typical style, we are late to the game but catching up quickly
Jan 30
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Andrew Lowenthal
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Chaos as the Australian Liberal Party backflips to pass hate speech laws
The conservative opposition splinters as the populist-Right surges signalling a major political ‘vibe shift’
Jan 23
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Andrew Lowenthal
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Rebekah Barnett
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Rush Job: Australia’s new hate speech bill set to be scuttled
Free speech concerns have left the legislation in tatters
Jan 16
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Rebekah Barnett
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Andrew Lowenthal
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Australia’s misinformation bill is on the ropes
Nov 17, 2024
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Andrew Lowenthal
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Rebekah Barnett
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“Fact-checkers” and “anti-disinformation” “experts” spread misinformation to protect Biden
Jul 22, 2024
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Andrew Lowenthal
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Julie Inman Grant has made Australia a key player in the global censorship push
Apr 24, 2024
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Rebekah Barnett
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Andrew Lowenthal
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Federal government censorship - key nodes, and rabbit holes
Feb 17, 2025
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Andrew Lowenthal
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The Twitter Files and the new censorship regime
Mar 17, 2023
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Andrew Lowenthal
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Australia’s misinformation bill was seeded by the global censorship vanguard
May 1, 2024
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Andrew Lowenthal
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Adelaide festival cancellation exposes progressive hypocrisy
A free speech fight has collapsed one of Australia's largest literary festivals
Jan 14
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Andrew Lowenthal
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Germany's HateAid sanctioned by the U.S. State Department
The organisation is among the most censorious of the more than 300 we profiled
Dec 24, 2025
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Andrew Lowenthal
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The Government failed at Bondi, now it punishes the people
Australia's leaders micro-managed the internet instead of focusing on real threats
Dec 19, 2025
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Andrew Lowenthal
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Australia’s Adult Internet Identification law takes hold
A dark day for internet freedom as Big Gov goes all in on collective punishment
Dec 12, 2025
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Andrew Lowenthal
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Berlin Launch of the German Censorship Network
Video of the launch and some key media coverage.
Dec 2, 2025
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Andrew Lowenthal
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The Censorship Network: Regulation and Repression in Germany Today
A new initiative exploring the scope, scale and origins of the country’s digital content controls
Nov 24, 2025
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Andrew Lowenthal
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Australia’s under-16 YouTube ban: another lurch towards censorship
A new piece for UnHerd
Aug 1, 2025
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Andrew Lowenthal
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