N-gated Hacker News1d ago
📚🎭 Oh look, Meta's adding "silencing authors" to its list of questionable achievements! đŸš«đŸ—Łïž Who knew censoring critics could be the new cutting-edge tech strategy? 😂🔇
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/sarah-wynn-williams-careless-people-meta-nrffdfpmf #Meta #Silencing #Authors #Censorship #TechCritique #FreeSpeech #HackerNews #ngated
Meta stole Sarah Wynn-Williams’s voice. It couldn’t stop her exposĂ©

The author was gagged by the firm after her book, Careless People, alleged sex harassment and censorship. Its actions prove her point, says her publisher

The Sunday Times
Protyus A. GendherMar 26

#Loveland #silencing

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/03/25/%f0%9f%8f%9b%ef%b8%8f-all-the-indicators-that-the-public-is-being-moved-from-participants-to-observers-loveland-co/

đŸ›ïž All the Indicators That the Public Is Being Moved From Participants to Observers – Loveland, CO

1. Substantive Deliberation Migrates to Executive Session More issues are routed into closed‑door meetings, and those sessions are getting longer. Key questions, disagreements, and alignment happen


Survivor Literacy
Protyus A. GendherMar 24

#centerra #silencing

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/03/24/what-happens-next-predicting-the-tactics-loveland-officials-will-use-as-the-centerra-audit-tightens/

What Happens Next: Predicting the Tactics Loveland Officials Will Use as the Centerra Audit Tightens

The Centerra audit reveals predictable tactical responses from those benefiting from the status quo as irregularities surface. Initially, minimization and discrediting occur, followed by procedural


Survivor Literacy
Protyus A. GendherMar 24

#silencing #procedure #council

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/03/24/loveland-when-procedure-becomes-silencing-how-agenda-design-and-microaggressions-shape-public-comment/

Loveland: When Procedure Becomes Silencing: How Agenda Design and Microaggressions Shape Public Comment

Public comment in city council meetings is often portrayed as accessible, yet structural barriers inhibit genuine participation. These include agenda fragmentation, restrictive time limits, topic p


Survivor Literacy
BellingenNSWMar 23

Social cohesion and gritted-teeth tolerance

"In 2022, for the first time in decades, the government commissioned a review of multiculturalism, Towards Fairness. It found Australia had muddled on, but squandered its world-leading status and recommended the government create a minister, a permanent commission and department for multiculturalism. Labor MP Dr Anne Aly was appointed multicultural affairs minister in 2025."

She delivered a powerful speech last November:

"Aly declared it was time to end “the conditional form of multiculturalism, that kind of gritted-teeth tolerance that,

'You are welcome here as long as your food tastes good,

your celebrations are colourful, and

your music is present to the ears.’"

"But any questioning, any speaking out, any disruptive participation in any practice of citizenship will not be tolerated. Instead, acts of citizenship afforded to the broader community are viewed as acts of defiance when performed by the other and are met with cries of, ‘Go back to where you came from,’ and ‘Love Australia or leave it.’ " >>
https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2026/mar/23/social-cohesion-meaning-has-lost-feelgood-vibe

Full speech: Reimagining Multiculturalism in Australia, The Hon Dr Anne Aly MP, Minister for Small Business, Minister for International Development, and Minister for Multicultural Affairs 2025 >>
https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/anne-aly-2025

#SocialCohesion #ethnonationalism #Anglosphere #SettlerSociety #mainstream #belonging #diversity #IndigenousPeoples #CALD #hate #racism #silencing #culture #entertainment #SongAndDance #ScarilyDiverse #representation #participation #Australia #culture

Social cohesion has lost its feelgood vibe. What will it take to offer a fair go for all?

The phrase should evoke optimism, positive expectations about the future, trust and belonging. That seems almost out of reach in a chaotic world

The Guardian
Show threadDr. Michael BlumeMar 6

@PetraBF

Der Umzug ist schon passiert, ich bin jetzt auf #Digitalcourage 🙌

Ein bissel ironisch ist es schon, dass diese wilden Löschungen ausgerechnet an dem Tag passierten, als ich gegen das #Silencing gebloggt habe... https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/blume-ince-52-gegen-das-silencing-kurdischer-anderer-minderheiten-fuer-eine-neue-dialog-medienkultur/

Blume & Ince: Gegen Silencing kurdischer & anderer Minderheiten

In Folge 52 von "Blume & Ince" diskutieren Prof. Dr. Inan Ince und Dr. Michael Blume vor Publikum mit OB Christoph Traub & Dilnaz Alhan.

Natur des Glaubens
Michael BlumeMar 6

Aus mir völlig unerfindlichen GrĂŒnden wurden von mir heute mehrere, völlig demokratische Posts gelöscht & mein Einspruch dagegen ohne jede BegrĂŒndung abgewiesen.

Dies sinnigerweise am Tag, an dem ich gegen jedes #Silencing bloggte 👇. Ich ziehe also hiermit auf @BlumeEvolution um und werde diesen Account aufgeben.

Ich respektiere die Arbeit von Instanzen-Admins, aber gebe meinen guten Namen nicht fĂŒr WillkĂŒr her.

Danke allen, die mir hier fĂŒr mehr #Dialog folgten! https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/blume-ince-52-gegen-das-silencing-kurdischer-anderer-minderheiten-fuer-eine-neue-dialog-medienkultur/

Blume & Ince: Gegen Silencing kurdischer & anderer Minderheiten

In Folge 52 von "Blume & Ince" diskutieren Prof. Dr. Inan Ince und Dr. Michael Blume vor Publikum mit OB Christoph Traub & Dilnaz Alhan.

Natur des Glaubens
Show threadTilmann Schneider Mar 6

@BlumeEvolution

Wirklich Ă€rgerlich, #Silencing der ĂŒbelsten Art.â˜č

WIST QuotationsMar 2

A quotation from Henry Commager

We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday Review

More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel


#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom

Commager, Henry Steele - Essay (1965-12-18), "The Problem of Dissent," Saturday Review | WIST Quotations

We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political


WIST Quotations
Michael BlumeMar 5

Das deutsche Zum-Schweigen-Bringen nennt sich im Englischen #Silencing. Und leider sind davon immer wieder auch Angehörige ethnischer & religiöser Minderheiten wie das Kurdentum & Judentum betroffen.

In Folge 52 von #BlumeundInce diskutieren Prof. @Teh_Doc_Inan , der FilderstĂ€dter OB Christoph Traub und die deutsch-kurdische Menschenrechtsaktivistin Dilnaz Alhan genau darĂŒber: #Kurdentum #Judentum #Dialog #Videocast #Podcast https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/blume-ince-52-gegen-das-silencing-kurdischer-anderer-minderheiten-fuer-eine-neue-dialog-medienkultur/

Blume & Ince: Gegen Silencing kurdischer & anderer Minderheiten

In Folge 52 von "Blume & Ince" diskutieren Prof. Dr. Inan Ince und Dr. Michael Blume vor Publikum mit OB Christoph Traub & Dilnaz Alhan.

Natur des Glaubens