Censorship
China’s censors are letting Kanye West perform there. His fans are amazed
Why would the notoriously prickly Chinese government let in the notoriously provocative Ye? The answer may lie in China’s struggling economy.
- by Vivian Wang
Latest
When art and politics collide: The battles tearing our cultural bodies apart
Sackings, boycotts, sponsorship withdrawals: arts organisations across the country are in turmoil. So who has the right to say what?
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Opinion
Freedom of speech
What surprises about the Middle East culture wars? The left and right have swapped sides
Culture wars have many fronts but the Israel/Hamas conflict has supercharged unlikely battles over free speech, discrimination and the nature of protest.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Opinion
Social media
The free-speech billionaires are losing the war
Elon Musk and Pavel Durov have been asking for trouble. It has found them.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Opinion
Elon Musk saying civil war is inevitable is not inciting violence. Here’s why
Beware the online-harm brigade, or we’ll have police on our doorsteps as fast as we can say boo online.
- by Josh Szeps
‘Copycat’ book bans: How US activists are impacting Australian libraries
Best-selling Australian author Amie Kaufman, whose books have been banned in the US, is warning against importing a culture war over literature.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Opinion
Sydney councils
Book ban uncovers uncomfortable truths for Labor in Sydney’s west
The decision of a Labor councillor to vote in favour of a motion to ban books about same-sex parenting has created a headache for the ALP in western Sydney.
- by Alexandra Smith
We’ve been worried about kids on the internet for 30 years. Is it time to toughen up on tech?
The alleged stabbing of a Sydney bishop by a teenager has reignited Australian alarm at the realities of online harm, reopening a debate about how to protect children.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion
Social media
Musk puts seat belts in cybertrucks. Now he must put them in cyberspace
What Elon Musk is doing is rogue even in an industry of rogues. He needs to be strapped in, or it will be maximum drama and maximum Musk.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Social media
This X-rated man-child is so powerful, he got our politicians to agree on something
Social inequality keeps growing, bombs keep landing, and our planet keeps burning. Yet, our leaders can find common ground only about a social media platform that’s close to its putrid end.
- by Malcolm Knox
This university newspaper is ‘censored’ by a marketing team. Now, students are fighting back
UNSW’s student publication has barely published in months and a staff for 2024 has not been appointed.
- by Daniella White
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