Marshall Sutherland

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 12:35:50 -0400

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

Russell Brand’s Demonetization Is Not a Bug of the Emerging Financial Order, but a Feature

Mr. Brand’s case shows that mere accusations are all it takes to leave someone suddenly demonetized.

“This is the informal social credit system that I talked about in ‘You Will Own Nothing’, coming after your sources of income at their discretion,” Ms. Roth wrote on X following Mr. Brand’s demonetization. “You are not ‘innocent until proven guilty’ in the big tech sphere or the court of public opinion.”

#free_speech #cancel_culture

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Sun, 01 Oct 2023 10:29:07 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

Trudeau Government moves to regulate podcasts

The Trudeau government’s recently passed Online Streaming Act is moving into its next phase of regulation by requiring podcasters to register with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

What is next? Registering web sites viewable by Canadians?

#free_speech #regulation

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Sat, 30 Sep 2023 14:58:11 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

Months ago, one of you posted about this. I finally finished it today. I wasn't sure what to expect. I learned more about about positions on both sides of multiple issues. I'm not sure that "enjoy" seems like an appropriate word for such material, but I did look forward to continuing the journey as I progressed through the episodes.

The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling

The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling is an audio documentary that examines some of the most contentious conflicts of our time through the life and career of the world’s most successful author. In conversation with host Megan Phelps-Roper, J.K. Rowling speaks with unprecedented candor and depth about the controversies surrounding her—from book bans to debates on gender and sex.

The series also examines the forces propelling this moment in history, through interviews with Rowling’s supporters and critics, journalists, historians, clinicians, and more.

#podcast #free_speech #cancel_culture #outrage

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Sun, 17 Sep 2023 16:39:21 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

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#free_speech #war #video

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Tue, 29 Aug 2023 18:39:33 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

Official Trailer | Free To Speak
by Free To Choose Network on YouTube

Ideas are the cornerstone of everything we call civilization. The question is not, "What is a good idea or a bad idea?" The question is, "Who decides and how?"

#free_speech

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Sun, 20 Aug 2023 14:17:34 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9nrlw5OLx4

Streamed live on Aug 17, 2023
Join Reason's Zach Weissmueller this Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Eastern for a live discussion of the Missouri v. Biden case with Jay Bhattacharya, professor of medicine, economics, and health research policy at Stanford University and a named plaintiff in the lawsuit, and John Vecchione of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, an activist law firm that joined the suit on behalf of Bhattacharya and several other plaintiffs who allege the federal government illegally suppressed their speech throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 presidential election.

"The freedom of speech in the United States now faces one of its greatest assaults by federal government officials in the Nation's history," reads a line in the opening paragraph of the plaintiff's complaint in Missouri v. Biden, a lawsuit naming the president, the DOJ, the FBI, and nearly the entire federal public health apparatus as defendants.

Attorneys general for the states of Missouri and Louisiana brought the case against the federal government in May 2022 for what they describe as "open collusion with social media companies to suppress disfavored speakers, viewpoints, and content."

On July 4 of this year, U.S. District Court judge Terry A. Doughty issued a preliminary injunction ordering the federal agencies to cease from meeting with social media companies for the purpose of "inducing in any manner the removal of content containing protected free speech posted on social-media platforms." Last week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in a challenge to that injunction.

They'll talk about the state of the lawsuit, what a victory or loss in court would mean for free speech online, the legal limits of government-social media "partnerships," and the ways in which the government blurred the line between private content moderation and outright censorship to suppress or mislabel factual information or opinion as "misinformation" during the COVID-19 pandemic.

#video #law #free_speech #free_press

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Sun, 06 Aug 2023 16:24:26 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

I feel conflicted about posting the youtube version of this, as youtube is part of the censorship industrial complex.
Censorship Industrial Complex: Bret Speaks with Michael Shellenberger on the Darkhorse Podcast
by Bret Weinstein on YouTube

Bret Speaks with Michael Shellenberger for the second time on the DarkHorse Podcast. They discuss censorship, the intelligence apparatus, and political disagreement with decency.

#free_speech #free_press

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Sun, 23 Jul 2023 17:09:24 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

Even ignoring the 1st Amendment implications, this is the way to madness. Who gets to decide what is true and what is false? Does it change depending on who wins an election? Does it change from one tech companies platform to another? If so, true and false are a meaningless concepts.

Most Americans favor restrictions on false information, violent content online

Most Americans say the U.S. government and technology companies should each take steps to restrict false information and extremely violent content online. However, there is more support for tech companies moderating these types of content than for the federal government doing so, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

#free_speech #free_press

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Sun, 23 Jul 2023 19:07:06 -0400

Shimriez

shimriez@zotum.net

Oh dear, don't they see where they're heading?

Sun, 23 Jul 2023 19:18:13 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

Sun, 23 Jul 2023 19:20:32 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

Based on the other survey I posted about recently, I wonder how many would support making it a crime to post "false" information online.

Sun, 23 Jul 2023 19:25:48 -0400

Shimriez

shimriez@zotum.net

Yeah, it's worrying.

Sun, 23 Jul 2023 19:28:39 -0400

Mike Macgirvin

mike@macgirvin.com

And who gets to determine what is false? The government? (Proven liars). The tech industry? (Proven exaggerators - and also liars).

Sun, 23 Jul 2023 20:00:15 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

Who gets to decide? People who agree with whomever is answering the question, obviously! (excluding those of us who say "no one")

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 20:21:00 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

A liberal and a conservative walk into a bar... No, wait, that's not it. A liberal and a conservative have an actual conversation and agree on many things. While they, no doubt, disagree about much of political policy, they don't spend much time about talking about that. They speak of values, the state of politics in the USA, the political establishment, free speech, and many other things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRACu3udEGw

Bret Speaks with 2024 Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. They discuss the characteristics that define a proper person for the role of US president, the values necessary to lead the country, and the unique position this election occupies.

#politics #free_speech

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Mon, 03 Jul 2023 20:23:02 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

The Hidden Tribes report mentioned many times during the conversation.

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 19:18:39 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

Excerpt from a longer interview.
Kat Timpf: In defense of comedy and free speech
by ReasonTV on YouTube

Today's guest is the "Gutfeld!" show and Fox News contributor Kat Timpf, whose new book, "You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All In This Together," is a massive bestseller. It's also a full-throated defense of free speech and a compelling argument for humor as the best possible coping mechanism.

#video #free_speech #humor #cancel_culture

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