{"id":1663694,"date":"2022-09-29T07:35:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T11:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1663694"},"modified":"2022-09-29T07:37:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T11:37:30","slug":"new-zealand-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-compares-free-speech-online-to-weapons-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-compares-free-speech-online-to-weapons-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Compares Free Speech Online To \u2018Weapons Of War\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-zealand-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-compares-free-speech-online-to-weapons-of-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1663694&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called for censoring the internet this week during her speech at the United Nations, arguing that unregulated free speech on the internet was a \u201cweapon of war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs leaders, we are rightly concerned that even those most light-touch approaches to disinformation could be misinterpreted as being hostile to the values of free speech that we value so highly,\u201d she claimed. \u201cBut while I cannot tell you today what the answer is to this challenge, I can say with complete certainty that we cannot ignore it. To do so poses an equal threat to the norms we all value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter all, how do you successfully end a war if people are led to believe the reason for its existence is not only legal but noble?\u201d she continued. \u201cHow do you tackle climate change if people do not believe it exists?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe weapons may be different but the goals of those who perpetuate them is often the same: To cause chaos and reduce the ability of others to defend themselves, to disband communities, to collapse the collective strength of countries who work together,\u201d she added. \u201cBut we have an opportunity here to ensure that these particular weapons of war do not become an established part of warfare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PM Jacinda Ardern calls internet freedom a \u201cweapon of war\u201d in most recent UN speech. Calls for a new type of internet with \u201crules and transparency\u201d.<br \/>\u201cHow do you tackle climate change if people don\u2019t believe it exists\u201d.<br \/>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZaBdZq6N0U\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZaBdZq6N0U<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c0V66jEvfG\">pic.twitter.com\/c0V66jEvfG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wittgenstein (@backtolife_2023) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/backtolife_2023\/status\/1575002436808298501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<p><em>JACINDA ARDERN, PRIME MINISTER:\u00a0This week we launched an initiative alongside companies and non-profits to help improve research and understanding of how a person\u2019s online experiences are curated by automated processes. This will also be important in understanding more about mis and disinformation online. A challenge that we must as leaders address.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sadly, I think it\u2019s easy to dismiss this problem as one in the margins. I can certainly understand the desire to leave it to someone else.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As leaders, we are rightly concerned that even those most light-touch approaches to disinformation could be misinterpreted as being hostile to the values of free speech we value so highly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But while I cannot tell you today what the answer is to this challenge, I can say with complete certainty that we cannot ignore it. To do so poses an equal threat to the norms we all value.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>After all, how do you successfully end a war if people are led to believe the reason for its existence is not only legal but noble? How do you tackle climate change if people do not believe it exists? How do you ensure the human rights of others are upheld, when they are subjected to hateful and dangerous rhetoric and ideology?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The weapons may be different but the goals of those who perpetuate them is often the same. To cause chaos and reduce the ability of others to defend themselves. To disband communities. To collapse the collective strength of countries who work together.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But we have an opportunity here to ensure that these particular weapons of war do not become an established part of warfare. \u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In these times, I am acutely aware of how easy it is to feel disheartened. We are facing many battles on many fronts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But there is cause for optimism. Because for every new weapon we face, there is a new tool to overcome it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For every attempt to push the world into chaos, is a collective conviction to bring us back to order.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We have the means; we just need the collective will.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-zealands-prime-minister-on-if-vaccine-certificates-are-about-creating-two-classes-of-people-yep\">New Zealand\u2019s Prime Minister On If Vaccine Certificates Are About Creating Two Classes Of People: \u2018Yep\u2019<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called for censoring the internet this week during her speech at the United Nations, arguing that unregulated free speech on the internet was a \u201cweapon of war.\u201d \u201cAs leaders, we are rightly concerned that even those most light-touch approaches to disinformation could be misinterpreted as being hostile to the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1663699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1663694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1663694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1663699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1663694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1663694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1663694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}