NZCPR Podcast
Weekly podcast of current affairs in New Zealand by Dr Muriel Newman, founding director of the New Zealand Centre for Political Research.
NZCPR Podcast
Media Muzzle
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Muriel Newman
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Season 2023
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Episode 8
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The government is proposing major changes to the control of free speech.
All media will be affected, everything from social media channels like Facebook and Twitter, to the mainstream media that have until now self-regulated their content.
A new government regulator will have the power to remove content, close down sites, and impose fines of up to $200,000.
Is this the Big Brother the George Orwell warned about in his book 1984?