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YouTube Admits to Broad Censorship Program, Vows Reform
Amid the uproar over comic Jimmy Kimmel’s brief Cancellation over comments about the Charlie Kirk slaying, this much bigger story slid by unnoticed
Sabine Hossenfelder Gets Canceled. A Physicist Responds
Experimental physicist Rob Sheldon offers some further thoughts on the theoretical physicist’s ejection from the Munich Center
Monkey Wrenched: Science & the Specter of Private Truth
The landscape in which science flourishes has greatly changed. A rising power threatens even popular science staples like Darwinism. I call that new power “private truth.”
Science Cancellation Continues: Meet the Latest Victim
Marty Rowland, an editor at the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, has been fired for publishing an article arguing the carbon dioxide and a warming climate are not problems
Wanted: Comedian Who is Actually Funny
First Colbert, now Kimmel.
If China Wins the Blockchain Derby, a Global Chill Will Follow
COSM 2025: While the West fusses about cryptocurrencies, China aims at building a blockchain to control the global internet. And few pay attention…
Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Gets Canceled by the Munich Center
Her parting words: “A lot of research [in] the foundations of physics is now pseudocience. It hasn't followed the scientific method for decades.”
What Do Government Efforts to Control the Internet Look Like?
The Canadian government’s efforts — aimed at benefiting Canadian media — offer a look at some current strategies
Campus Civil Rights Advocate: Free Speech Makes Us Safer
Greg Lukianoff stresses the importance of listening to people to know what they think
Why Public Funding Cuts the Heart out of Media
To be proper critics of government, media like NPR must be financially independent. Otherwise, they have no place to stand that gives them a clear view
Science Dilemma: Bucking the Trend and Searching for Truth
Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor tells host Allan CP about the risks scientists face if they say that human beings have souls
Book Ban in San Fran
Bookstore states it won't sell Harry Potter anymore based on Rowling's views on gender
What Are My Recommendations for Reining in/Reforming Google?
Part 10: Here’s one thing: If Google claims Section 230 and DMCA protections but actively moderates or curates content, it is a publisher, not a neutral platform
Pulling the Strands Together to Chart Life After Google
In Part 9, we begin by looking at how the manipulation directly affects you when you search for information
What Public Policies Can Help Us Achieve a Less Biased Internet?
Part 8: Robert Epstein proposes a number of changes worth considering
How Google Can Control and Manipulate Public Opinion
In Part 7, Robert Epstein, former editor of Psychology Today, offers some disturbing information on how search engines can be manipulated for political purposes
How Google Search Rank Disrupted the Alternative Health Industry
Part 6: Google’s bias is as real as ever, but the firm has deflected it to an impersonal policy that gives an air of objectivity
The Wrong Tool to Fix Woke Science Journals
The government has no business pressuring medical journals about their content — even if their bias is ruining historic reputations