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John Kerry wants to end free speech

The worst assault on free speech by the climate change lobby has just come from John Kerry, unsuccesful presidential candidate in 2004 election, Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017 and US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate from 2021 to March 2024. Addressing a world audience at the World Economic Forum, he attacked the First Amendment of the American Constitution as a "major block" to "hammer it [disinformation] out of existence".

Webinar: The war in free speech goes global

The first online meeting of the International Associations of Free Speech Unions - UK, New Zealand and Australia discuss the threats to free speech across the English-speaking world.

FSU’s Sara Gon on how to cool SA’s heat generated by freedom of speech (especially on social media) - BizNews interview

The right to speak freely is foundational to a successful society, but the user bears the responsibility for how the right is exercised. Should social media platforms have to curate content that the whole world is free to publish on? Aren't they really no different from a telephone, a television set or a radio? Rather like a global message board, to be used at your peril.

How Zuckerberg censored Covid on Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg says he shouldn't have caved in to the Biden administration's pressure to censor information about Covid on Facebook and Instagram during Covid. Too right!

School racism: Narratives, the “truth” and truth

Terence Corrigan and Sara Gon say that the Gauteng Department of Education has made it clear that it shares the “presumption” of racism, and the narratives flowing from it

Free Speech Matters Episode 4: Why classical liberals now represent UCT's alumni on Council

Welcome to the FSU SA's podcast series on free speech and everything pertinent to it good, bad or perplexing. The series will deal with local and international issues that either have a bearing on South Africa or could provide valuable lessons or insights for South Africans.

FSU SA joins global free speech campaign

Free speech is under assault in the English speaking world. The UK, New Zealand and Australia are in a fraught position and, although free speech is not as threatened or not in the same way in South Africa, we've joined with the other FSUs to form the International Association of Free Speech Unions to assist aspirant unions to fight for free speech as foundational to healthy democracies.

Free Speech Matters Episode 3: ‘Lawfare’ - the powerful prosecuting the powerless for criminal hate speech

Welcome to the FSU SA's podcast series on free speech and everything pertinent to it good, bad or perplexing. The series will deal with local and international issues that either have a bearing on South Africa or could provide valuable lessons or insights for South Africans.