Network Affects
Andrew Lowenthal, Rebekah BarnettDigital authoritarianism, digital civil liberties, privacy, and free expression.
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The populist vibe shift makes landfall in Australia
I’ve just written for UnHerd about the wild rise of Australia’s Right-populist One Nation party. Largely a backlash against mass-migration, their support has gone into overdrive since the Bondi terrorist attack and grown still further in th...
Chaos as the Australian Liberal Party backflips to pass hate speech laws
Last week we reported that Australia’s opposition had “scuttled” planned hate speech laws, labelling them “unsalevageable” and refusing to provide the votes to pass them in the Senate. It turns out political expediency can salvage just abou...
Rush Job: Australia’s new hate speech bill set to be scuttled
Free speech is not dead yet in Australia if the backlash to proposed hate speech laws stays the course, with condemnation coming from both the Left and the Right.
Following the mass shooting of 15 mostly Jewish civilians at Bondi Beach in...
Adelaide festival cancellation exposes progressive hypocrisy
I’ve written for UnHerd about the implosion of this key elite sense-making event in the wake of the Bondi terrorist attacks. It comes as the Australian government is pushing radical new hate speech laws. These will be presented to parliamen...
Germany's HateAid sanctioned by the U.S. State Department
Last month, my non-profit liber-net released an investigation into the German Censorship Network. Included in that work is a database of more than 300 organisations, each with its own unique profile. Among those is HateAid, since June 2025,...
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I focus on digital authoritarianism and censorship and direct the digital civil liberties initiative https://liber-net.org
Independent journalist reporting from Western Australia. BA Communications, Hons, University of Western Australia.
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