Censorship
Trump Defence outfit pulls Julianne Moore’s picture book embracing freckles
The Oscar-winning actor says her book is semi-autobiographical and has been banned from more than 160 schools run by the Department of Defence Education Activity for military families.
- Nell Geraets
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- Opinion
- Opinion
When cancel culture goes this far, our democracy is in peril
An Australian human rights lawyer is the latest victim of a campaign to shut down Jewish people who dare to criticise Israel.
- Josh Bornstein
- Opinion
- Body image
Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move
Blue Mountains City Council has banned G-string bikinis at its pools, causing online outrage. But not everyone wants to see your bare bum.
- Cherie Gilmour
No compromise: Labor targets Greens in election on up to 20 bills
Labor has pulled its misinformation crackdown and won’t put forward gambling reform this week but is pushing the Greens to accept its agenda on up to 20 other bills unchanged.
- David Crowe
- Opinion
- Competition
Big Tech didn’t like Biden. Trump won’t be any better for Google & Co
The Biden administration has used antitrust legislation to target the technology giants, even seeking to break up Google. Trump’s nominees to key posts overseeing the tech sector won’t be much friendlier.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Exclusive
- Albany
WA’s most senior librarian gears up to fight censorship
In the wake of a campaign by a conservative advocacy group to restrict access to two sexual education books to over-16s, the State Library said it would continue to support and defend intellectual freedoms.
- Hamish Hastie
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.
- Vivian Wang
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?
- 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.
- 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.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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