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FSU’s Sara Gon on how to cool SA’s heat generated by freedom of speech (especially on social media) - BizNews interview
sara@irr.org.za
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Sep 02, 2024

The right to speak freely is foundational to a successful society, but the user bears the responsibility for how the right is exercised. Should social media platforms have to curate content that the whole world is free to publish on? Aren't they really no different from a telephone, a television set or a radio? Rather like a global message board, to be used at your peril.

How Zuckerberg censored Covid on Facebook
sara@irr.org.za
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Aug 29, 2024

Mark Zuckerberg says he shouldn't have caved in to the Biden administration's pressure to censor information about Covid on Facebook and Instagram during Covid. Too right!

School racism: Narratives, the “truth” and truth
Terence Corrigan & Sara Gon
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Aug 12, 2024

Terence Corrigan and Sara Gon say that the Gauteng Department of Education has made it clear that it shares the “presumption” of racism, and the narratives flowing from it

FSU SA joins global free speech campaign
sara@irr.org.za
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Jul 23, 2024

Free speech is under assault in the English speaking world. The UK, New Zealand and Australia are in a fraught position and, although free speech is not as threatened or not in the same way in South Africa, we've joined with the other FSUs to form the International Association of Free Speech Unions to assist aspirant unions to fight for free speech as foundational to healthy democracies.

Is racism in the eye of the powerful only?
sara@irr.org.za
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Jun 30, 2024

The racism alleged against individuals who don't hold power gets a lot of outraged attention, but the casual yet repeated racism intended to undermine the status of minorities by political leaders and their party officials gets little outraged media response. This is of particular concern given the power of the political elites both to wage 'lawfare' against the weak and to stir up racism to undermine societal relations.