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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
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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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Australia Expands Hate Speech Restrictions and Venezuela Orders Crackdown on U.S. Supporters | The Free Flow 1/8/26
The DOJ orders "Antifa" intelligence dragnet, the EU sanctions 12 individuals for Russian "propaganda," Australia expands hate speech restrictions to…
Jan 8
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Ashley Haek
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Ashkhen Kazaryan
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Who Invented Free Speech? | Part 2
Spinoza's radical defense of free speech—and why Dabhoiwala buries it in a footnote.
Jan 5
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Jacob Mchangama
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December 2025
.exe-pression: November - December 2025
A newsletter on Freedom of Expression in the Age of AI
Dec 19, 2025
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Isabelle Anzabi
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Hirad Marami
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Jordi Calvet-Bademunt
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Who Invented Free Speech? | Part 1
Fara Dabhoiwala's new book, "What Is Free Speech? The History of a Dangerous Idea," commits a serious chronological error.
Dec 18, 2025
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Jacob Mchangama
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US Executive Order Targets State AI Regulations & Canada Removes Religious Exemption from Hate Speech Laws | The Free Flow 12/18/25
Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai found guilty on national security and sedition charges, U.S. executive order limits state AI regulatory powers, Reddit sues…
Dec 18, 2025
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Ashley Haek
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U.S. to Screen Tourists' Social Media History & Russia Restricts FaceTime | The Free Flow 12/11/25
Australia begins enforcing the first formal social media ban for minors, the EU hits X with a €120M fine for violating digital rulebook, Russia…
Dec 11, 2025
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Ashley Haek
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Reflections on International Human Rights Day
Once the global champion of the fundamental right to free expression, the United States risks undermining that position in both domestic and…
Dec 10, 2025
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Jacob Mchangama
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On Europe’s Mounting Free Speech Crisis
I was recently invited by a center-left German think tank to write about Europe’s free speech recession and spoke about it at the UK’s Battle of Ideas…
Dec 8, 2025
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Jacob Mchangama
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