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Orbán's War on Free Speech: The Receipts
If free speech crackdowns in Europe alarm you, you certainly shouldn't praise Viktor Orbán. A timeline on how he has systematically dismantled dissent…
Apr 15
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Jacob Mchangama
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Can Decentralized Content Moderation Tools Re-Balance Governance of Online Speech?
The Future of Free Speech has launched a new prototype to test this idea.
Apr 14
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Natalie Alkiviadou
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The First Amendment Lives in The Library
A Tennessee library director was fired for refusing relocate dozens of children’s books to adult sections. But history and legal precedent suggests she…
Apr 13
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Ashley Haek
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Do Canadians Care About Free Speech?
A brief history of the erosion of freedom of expression in Canada and a warning about new threats on the horizon.
Apr 6
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Josh Dehaas
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Speech Restrictions Justified by Child Safety Rarely Stop There
Australia's social media ban is the latest example of how regulations passed in the name of child safety become a vehicle for controlling political…
Apr 1
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Margaret Chambers
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Court Dismisses Trump's WSJ Lawsuit & India Cracks Down on Political Satirists | The Free Flow 4/16/26
Reddit has been ordered to appear before a grand jury over a users' anti-ICE posts, France debates criminalizing calls for Israel's destruction, and…
Apr 16
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Ashley Haek
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Abigail Pope
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Trump Threatens to Jail Journalists Over Leak of Missing Airman & Greece Plans to Block Social Media for Minors | The Free Flow 4/9/26
Trump threatens to jail journalists who reported on a missing airman following the downing of a U.S. fighter jet in Iran, Greece plans to block social…
Apr 9
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Ashley Haek
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Abigail Pope
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Finnish MP Convicted for Hate Speech & Judge Blocks Pentagon's Anthropic Ban | The Free Flow 4/2/26
The Supreme Court rejects Colorado's conversion therapy ban, Indonesia's social media ban takes effect, censorship spikes in India amid Iran war, and…
Apr 2
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Ashley Haek
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Justin Hayes
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Would Afroman Have Won In Europe?
Freedom depends on denying public officials the power to punish those who hold them up to scorn.
Mar 27
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Jacob Mchangama
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Jeff Kosseff
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Afroman Prevails in Defamation Suit Brought by Police & UK Fines Snapchat $600M | The Free Flow 3/26/26
The Pentagon has plans to remove media offices after a court found its limits on the press unconstitutional, Meta and YouTube are held liable in…
Mar 26
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Ashley Haek
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Ashkhen Kazaryan
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The Psychology of Speech Repression
Why do people across ideologies keep trying to silence dissent — and what does that reveal about the way our minds process threat, loyalty, and truth?
Mar 25
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Antoine Marie PhD
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FCC Threatens Broadcast Licenses Over 'Fake News' & Georgia Targets Foreign Cooperation, Public Criticism | The Free Flow 3/19/26
FCC Chair threatens broadcast licenses over "fake news" on Iran war, a Georgia legislative package threatens foreign cooperation and public criticism…
Mar 19
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Ashley Haek
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Abigail Pope
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