Articles from ‘Free Speech Union (New Zealand)’ in ‘Media’

The Free Speech Union has criticised Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown after an email emerged in which he allegedly warned the editor of Ponsonby News that "your paper will die" if it continued publishing criticism of him. The Union argues the message amounts to an attempt to intimidate a community newspaper and says elected officials should respond to criticism through public debate rather than private pressure, describing the incident as a threat to…

The Free Speech Union says newly released Official Information Act documents raise serious questions about the Government's direction on digital identity and online age verification. The organisation argues New Zealanders deserve an open parliamentary debate before any system requiring adults to verify their identity online is introduced. Community Voice: Media Release from the Free Speech Union. · Documents released to the Free Speech Union…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE · On 5 September last year, Barry Soper stumbled over a departing Green MP’s pronouns on Newstalk ZB. His co-host pulled him up on air within seconds: “You are literally just being a boomer right now.” Later in the segment, Soper described the MP’s successor as “quite a normal fellow”. · Nine months on, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has ruled the segment breached broadcasting standards and ordered NZME to broadcast…