"...We write as journalists, artists, authors, activists, technologists, and academics to warn of increasing international censorship that threatens to erode centuries-old democratic norms.
Coming from the left, right, and centre, we are united by our commitment to universal human rights and freedom of speech, and we are all deeply concerned about attempts to label protected speech as ‘misinformation,’ ‘disinformation,’ and other ill-defined terms.
This abuse of these terms has resulted in the censorship of ordinary people, journalists, and dissidents in countries all over the world.
Such interference with the right to free speech suppresses valid discussion about matters of urgent public interest, and undermines the foundational principles of representative democracy...
Signatories- Matt Taibbi, Journalist, US
- Michael Shellenberger, Public, US
- Jonathan Haidt, Social Psychologist, NYU, US
- John McWhorter, Linguist, Columbia, Author, US
- Steven Pinker, Psychologist, Harvard, US
- Julian Assange, Editor, Founder of Wikileaks, Australia
- Tim Robbins, Actor, Filmmaker, US
- Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law, NYLS, US
- Glenn Loury, Economist, USA
- Richard Dawkins, Biologist, UK
- John Cleese, Comedian, Acrobat, UK
- Slavoj Žižek, Philosopher, Author, Slovenia
- Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University, US
- Oliver Stone, Filmmaker, US
- Edward Snowden, Whistleblower, US
- Greg Lukianoff, President and CEO Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, USA
- Stella Assange, Campaigner, UK
- Glenn Greenwald, Journalist, US
- Claire Fox, Founder of the Academy of Ideas, UK
- Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, Psychologist, Author, Canada
- Bari Weiss, Journalist, USA
- Peter Hitchens, Author, Journalist, UK
- Niall Ferguson, Historian, Stanford, UK
- Matt Ridley, Journalist, Author, UK
- Melissa Chen, Journalist, Spectator, Singapore/US
- Yanis Varoufakis, Economist, Greece
- Peter Boghossian, Philosopher, Founding Faculty Fellow, University of Austin, US
- ......"
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