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DHS Investigates Online Criticism & Georgia Proposal Threatens NGOs | The Free Flow 2/5/26
ICE is using technology tools to target protesters, DHS has been using administrative subpoenas to investigate online speech, Spain announced sweeping…
Feb 5
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Ashley Haek
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Ashkhen Kazaryan
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Abigail Pope
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Europe’s Maduro Moment
Spain seeks to adopt an illiberal playbook to crackdown on Big Tech.
Feb 5
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Jacob Mchangama
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January 2026
After Minneapolis, Truth Still Has A Fighting Chance
The response to the killing of Alex Pretti shows the internet at its best.
Jan 29
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Jacob Mchangama
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FBI Investigates Minneapolis Protestor Signal Chats & EU Subjects WhatsApp to DSA Requirements | The Free Flow 1/29/26
U.S. Border Patrol fatally shoots an ICU nurse recording an ICE raid in Minneapolis, EU determines WhatsApp is subject to DSA requirements, radio…
Jan 29
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Ashley Haek
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Justin Hayes
, and
Jordi Calvet-Bademunt
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The NFL Is A Speech Referee (And Not A Good One)
The NFL can't claim "neutrality" when it endorses certain political messages over others.
Jan 23
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Ashkhen Kazaryan
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Police Question Miami Resident Over Facebook Post & UK Cancels Visa-Free Entry of Right-Wing Influencer | The Free Flow 1/22/26
Police questioned a Miami Beach resident over a Facebook comment, the UK cancelled a right-wing influencer's visa-free eligibility, protests erupted in…
Jan 22
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Ashley Haek
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Ashkhen Kazaryan
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Battling The Dark: How The Truth Spread About Iran’s Protests
Iranians' defiant display of "fearless speech" and the modern tools of mass communication helped break through the regime's censorship efforts.
Jan 21
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Hirad Marami
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Satire, Nazi Symbols, and Consistency in Strasbourg
Why the European Court of Human Rights' judgement in Mladina d.d. Ljubljana v Slovenia (No. 2) stands out.
Jan 21
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Natalie Alkiviadou
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How Digital Sovereignty Will Lead to The Slow and Fast Erosion of The Internet
Sovereignty is not a synonym for autonomy; it is instead the uncompromising authority to impose a single will upon others.
Jan 16
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Farzaneh Badiei
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FBI Searches WaPo Reporter's Home & Polish President Vetoes DSA | The Free Flow 1/15/26
The death toll in Iranian protests climbs into the thousands amid nationwide internet blackouts, the UK threatens to ban X drawing criticism from the…
Jan 15
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Ashley Haek
and
Justin Hayes
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Free Expression at The Mercy of Foreign Policy? When Disinformation Becomes A Sanctions Category
The European Union’s latest sanctions reveal a structural tension between the logic of foreign policy discretion and the constitutional commitments of a…
Jan 12
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Alexander Hohlfeld
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The Pope on Free Speech
Freedom of expression protects the freedom to argue about truth, not the power to define it.
Jan 9
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Jacob Mchangama
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