"The BSA chose, for its precedent-setting foray into digital jurisdiction, the loudest, best-funded, most politically connected antagonist available."

#BryceEdwards, 2026

https://www.democracyproject.org.nz/p/democracy-briefing-the-bsa-is-dead

I'm not sure that's fair to the BSA. As Edwards says, the BSA opened itself up to complaints about digital broadcasts in 2020. I doubt it was their desire that the first actionable one happened to be against The Pratfarm.

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#DemocracyProject #NZPolitics #BSA #ThePlatform

Democracy Briefing: The BSA is dead. Now what?

The announcement was brief: a ministerial press release, mid-afternoon, a few paragraphs.

The Democracy Project

"Dr Bryce Edwards is a transparency campaigner, used to run a thing called the Integrity Institute, which had backing to research these issues, now it's called The Democracy Project ..."

#ColinPeacock, 2026

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=e7df26f7-0add-4051-a4ac-36568ba69994

Really? It's news to me that The Democracy Project is a rebranding of the Integrity Institute. I thought the latter was a newer initiative. Can anyone confirm?

#MediaWatch #IntegrityInstitute #DemocracyProject #RNZ #podcasts

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