Joshua TJ Ng 🐘@[email protected] 🐘Sep 23, 2025
A trinity of freedoms at risk. Mod: Marlies Zyp-van der Laan Panelists 1. Louise LaHatte, LIANZA Standing Committee on Freedom of Information 2. Mandy Hager, Author 3. Peter Dowling, Oratia Media #LIANZA2025 #FreedomofInformation #FreedomofExpression #FreedomtoPublish #FreedomtoRead #Censorship
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Q abt legal context for freedom of information LL: Classification Act. Classification office. Strict process to evaluate submissions. But Chief Censor, govt appointed. Be aware, be prepared. Overseas example: Librarian of Congress and NARA chief sacked. #LIANZA2025 #Censorship #BooksBanning
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Show threadJoshua TJ Ng 🐘@[email protected] 🐘Sep 23, 2025
Q abt freedom to publish. PD: key principle is to not be too ideological. Listen. Push authors to present a balanced view. Q: What drove you to publish underrepresented voices? PD: lots of books of different languages translate to English. But not the other way around. #LIANZA2025 #FreedomtoPublish
Show threadJoshua TJ Ng 🐘@[email protected] 🐘Sep 23, 2025
Q abt misinformation disinformation LL: Library's role important. Help people to sieve through information. Education. AI generated books already in our libraries. Help young ppl to understand the need to be approach any info with [critical thinking]. #LIANZA2025 #misinformation #disinformation
Show threadJoshua TJ Ng 🐘@[email protected] 🐘Sep 23, 2025
Example: Bestselling NZ book banned in the US. [Paraphrased] Don't read the book if you don't like it. Not ban it. #LIANZA2025

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Show threadJoshua TJ Ng 🐘@[email protected] 🐘Sep 23, 2025
Worries/concerns - authoritarian regimes around the world limiting publishing to approved govt publishers. Rewriting histories. LIANZA Challenge book register www.lianza.org.nz/introducing-... #LIANZA2025 #FreedomtoPublish

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