Archive - Network Affects

Finally, Good News: Free Speech Wins Big in Court

Four years after the Twitter Files, the Missouri v. Biden case ends in a consent decree barring government from threatening protected speech - a belated…

Published on Racket News • Mar 26

January 2026

The populist vibe shift makes landfall in Australia

In typical style, we are late to the game but catching up quickly

Jan 30 • Andrew Lowenthal

Chaos as the Australian Liberal Party backflips to pass hate speech laws

The conservative opposition splinters as the populist-Right surges signalling a major political ‘vibe shift’

Jan 23 • Andrew Lowenthal and Rebekah Barnett

Rush Job: Australia’s new hate speech bill set to be scuttled

Free speech concerns have left the legislation in tatters

Jan 16 • Rebekah Barnett and Andrew Lowenthal

Adelaide festival cancellation exposes progressive hypocrisy

A free speech fight has collapsed one of Australia's largest literary festivals

Jan 14 • Andrew Lowenthal

December 2025

Germany's HateAid sanctioned by the U.S. State Department

The organisation is among the most censorious of the more than 300 we profiled

Dec 24, 2025 • Andrew Lowenthal

The Government failed at Bondi, now it punishes the people

Australia's leaders micro-managed the internet instead of focusing on real threats

Dec 19, 2025 • Andrew Lowenthal

Australia’s Adult Internet Identification law takes hold

A dark day for internet freedom as Big Gov goes all in on collective punishment

Dec 12, 2025 • Andrew Lowenthal

Berlin Launch of the German Censorship Network

Video of the launch and some key media coverage.

Dec 2, 2025 • Andrew Lowenthal

November 2025

The Censorship Network: Regulation and Repression in Germany Today

A new initiative exploring the scope, scale and origins of the country’s digital content controls

Nov 24, 2025 • Andrew Lowenthal

August 2025

Australia’s under-16 YouTube ban: another lurch towards censorship

A new piece for UnHerd

Aug 1, 2025 • Andrew Lowenthal

May 2025

Do Your Own Research: Liber-net's Misinfo Grant Database

A conversation with Andrew Lowenthal about what the database shows and its limitations. Plus, one bizarre grant for barbers and hairstylists

Published on Racket News • May 6, 2025