Category Archives: Censorship

When Did Intellectuals Stop Supporting The Free Market Of Ideas?

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Luke Ford

I just read the famous Ronald Coase 1974 essay on the free market of ideas. I was struck that this economist takes for granted that intellectuals support the free market of ideas. When did this de facto intellectual support for … Continue reading →

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Resilience to Online Censorship

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Luke Ford

Political Science professor Margaret E. Roberts writes in 2020: * While the Internet has long been touted as a technology that is difficult to censor, regimes around the world have adopted a wide variety of censorship technologies and online propaganda … Continue reading →

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Facebook & Twitter Censor New York Post Story On The Bidens

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Luke Ford

Here are some of the comments at Steve Sailer: * “Why was it a good idea to set up a handful of zillionaire monopolists as the intermediaries between individuals and web content they want to access?” The problem got its … Continue reading →

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Deplatforming Won’t Work

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Luke Ford

Nathan Cofnas writes for Quillette: Last year Robert Bowers shot up a synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing eleven people. Before committing this atrocity he wrote on Gab: “HIAS [Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society] likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. … Continue reading →

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From Blogosphere to Vlogosphere

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Luke Ford

Anatoly Karlin writes: times the views as writing out a more labor intensive and K-selected blog post. The Alt Right child prodigy “soph” – recently profiled by Mr. Bernstein – is currently just shy of a million subscribers on YouTube. … Continue reading →

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