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

A new piece for UnHerd

Aug 1 • Andrew Lowenthal

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

Where the money went: USG funding to counter-mis/disinformation initiatives

The federal government helped build a field that was almost non-existent before 2016.

May 1 • Andrew Lowenthal

Recent posts

The Numbers Behind The Government's Anti-Misinformation Explosion

The Free Press finds that the Biden administration awarded more than 600 grants

Published on Racket News • Apr 19

How the U.S. government built the anti-disinformation field

Launching a database of the U.S. federal government's anti-dis/misinformation funding

Apr 16 • Andrew Lowenthal

Federal government censorship - key nodes, and rabbit holes

Many claim to have found the censor’s secret lair, but it's more complicated

Feb 17 • Andrew Lowenthal

The USAID demolition derby

Breaking up a key censorship node and some first-hand insights from working on an Internews project funded by USAID

Feb 9 • Andrew Lowenthal

For UnHerd: Australia has shown the way on free speech

Has it thrown off its penchant for technocracy?

Nov 27, 2024 • Andrew Lowenthal

Update: Australia’s misinformation bill is buried

With every independent senator now coming out against it, the bill has no chance of passing in its current form.

Nov 19, 2024 • Andrew Lowenthal

Australia’s misinformation bill is on the ropes

It’s not yet officially dead, but it is very close

Nov 17, 2024 • Andrew Lowenthal and Rebekah Barnett