Its purpose is to change people's perception of reality so that despite compelling counter-evidence, people will not change their minds. The goal is to make people impervious to facts, scientific proof and common sense.
“They were not able to engage in any kind of critical thinking. There was such a lack of humility and just basic civility to be able to engage with viewpoints they disagreed with.”
"The society has become so incredibly conformist... The spirit of the age is, ‘Well, I don’t want to step outside the herd.’ It’s such a soviet society, now."
Hong Kong citizens gathered in shopping malls across the city Tuesday to call for press freedom, one day after Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy newsroom.
House of Commons Leader argued before Parliament that the “no-platforming” of Franklin Graham may be violating UK religious freedom & freedom of speech laws
Facebooks’s community standards now state that denying the existence of a transgender individual or failing to use a person’s preferred gender identity is “objectionable” and could result in removal from the platform.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, recently made infamous over resurfaced blackface photos, has instructed his ministers to create new legislation aimed at tackling “hate speech” on social media.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has released the first set of updated “morality guidelines” in almost 20 years. The stated goal of the document is instructing citizens in how to maximize “comprehensive social progress and the overall development of people.”
The campaign to ban conservatives from the internet isn’t just about banishing them, but eliminating any opposition to the power of the governments, corporations and non-profits doing the banning.