The ACT independent senator said he could not support Labor’s proposed misinformation laws in their current form,and urged government to address the free speech concerns raised by legal experts.
Free TV Australia,the peak body for commercial broadcasters,says it is concerned that legitimate broadcast content could be banned by digital platforms under the proposed laws.
It was intended to shock and antagonise the Muslim community,but now it has triggered furious reactions from foreign governments and UN intervention.
American influencer Tierra Young Allen has been stuck in Dubai for months in the latest case showing the limits of speech in the United Arab Emirates.
Fear of being publicly shamed,bullied,cancelled or even fired is stifling sincere dialogue – and there’s nothing left-wing about that.
Senator Pauline Hanson has engaged two of Australia’s top lawyers,who will argue a law banning offence on a racial basis is unconstitutional.
The Iraqi security official said the man who burned the Islamic holy book was an Iraqi Christian who had previously fought in Iraq.
The former PM used a speech to Britain’s Oxford Union to voice concern that digital echo chambers and so-called cancel culture have fuelled enthusiasm for society to disown past transgressions.
The Chinese government is seeking to block the head of Tibet’s government-in-exile from making a scheduled appearance at the National Press Club.
A group of leading Australian academics says universities must do more to create conditions for rigorous,informed discussion of unorthodox ideas.
After inviting a speaker with controversial views on gender,a 200-year-old debating society is fighting for survival.