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What the picker changes
  • Top topics digest — the cards score the selected period against the prior 4 weeks.
  • 12-week heatmap & outlet matrix — show the 12 weeks ending at the selected week (they slide back with the picker, they aren’t a fixed snapshot).
  • Per-topic volume / alias drift — same 12-week trailing window, anchored on the selected period.
  • Coverage gap quadrant — scores the selected period against the 12 weeks before it (not including it).
  • Anomaly cards — only show alerts the detector fired during the selected period. Quiet weeks legitimately show none.
What stays as-is
  • Outlet orientation strip / lean colours — context-only, drawn from the last 12 weeks of activity regardless.
  • Co-occurrence graph — recent-activity anchored, not picker-driven.
  • Source & topic profiles — all-time data for the topic; the picker doesn’t affect them.
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Topic · social

Free Speech Protections

184 posts · 15,710 engagement · first seen 1 Jan 2023 · last seen 24 Oct 2026

Debate over the legal and policy boundaries of free expression in New Zealand, encompassing arguments for and against hate speech legislation, censorship powers, and the rights of individuals and organisations to speak without government restriction.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 49 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

65%
27%
8%
Supportive 32 Critical 13 Neutral / explainer 4

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 49 classified posts that reference this topic. Distinct from stance: a post can be supportive of the topic and still negative in tone (an angry supporter) — the two together capture the texture short-form posts compress into very few words.

33%
10%
57%
Positive 16 Neutral 5 Negative 28

Platform mix

Where the conversation is happening. Engagement is volume-weighted (likes + 2×shares + 3×replies); a small number of high-impact posts can outrank a high-volume but low-engagement platform.

  • reddit
    5 posts · 1,903 engagement
    1,903
  • youtube
    36 posts · 1,275 engagement
    1,275
  • twitter
    7 posts · 873 engagement
    873
  • facebook
    1 post · 78 engagement
    78

Top posts by engagement

The most-engaged posts referencing this topic. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies; the order matches the digest ranking on /social.