#freedomofinformation — Public Fediverse posts
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«His critics’ accusation was, Said argued, a confession. It was they who were ideologically blinkered by the #UK’s #pseudointellectual class, “the insiders, experts, coteries [and] professionals who … mould public opinion, make it conformist [and] encourage a reliance on a superior little band of all-knowing men in power.”»
Today’s Public #Intellectuals Are More Likely to Serve #Power Than Challenge It | Juliet Jacques
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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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#20yrsago Developing nations shouldn’t respect US #copyright unless farm subsidies end https://www.wired.com/2004/01/a-taste-of-our-own-poison/
#20yrsago Self-parking #Prius https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/look-no-hands-car-parks-itself-1134918.php
#20yrsago #Disney selling off #CelebrationFlorida https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/16/us/disney-is-selling-a-town-it-built-to-reflect-the-past.html
#15yrsago #Zimbabwean $100 trillion note https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/16/zimbawe.currency/index.html
#15yrsago UK MPs to hide their expenses from #FreedomOfInformation requests https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/jan/15/freedom-of-information-expenses
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