Privacy breaches, politically motivated vandalism, proposed bans on words in Parliament, and yet more signs of foreign interference—it’s been a week.

How do we live together when some words now hold two, sometimes completely opposing, definitions?

Submission by PILLAR to  the Education & Workforce Select Committee.

But behind the sales pitch lies a question not being asked loudly enough:

What is the cost of privacy?

New Zealanders want children to be safer online. At PILLAR, we share that aim, but how we pursue it matters. In a liberal democracy, freedom of expression and privacy are not luxuries; they are foundations.

Killing a man does not kill his words, his ideas, or his values. You may take his life, but in return you establish his legacy.