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Reframing The Future of Free Speech in The Online Era
Can free expression survive if we’ve lost the freedom to choose what we hear?
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Richard Reisman
Two Competing Histories of Free Speech
Fara Dabhoiwala’s new book tells one story of America’s “dangerous idea.” My own reading of history—and the record—tells another.
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Jacob Mchangama
Punishment Before Trial? 'Hate Speech' Raids in Germany
German “hate speech” laws are already troubling, but their enforcement has become alarmingly disproportionate, unconstitutional, and incompatible with a…
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Alexander Hohlfeld
My Opening Remarks from The 2025 Global Free Speech Summit
A weekend of bold ideas, fearless voices, and a shared belief that free expression remains the foundation of every free society.
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Jacob Mchangama
20 Years Later: Reflecting on Cartoons, Free Speech, and The Rise of The 'Jihadist's Veto'
Twenty years ago today, a small Danish newspaper dared to publish 12 cartoons. Not bullets, not bombs. Just ink on paper. But those cartoons detonated a…
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Jacob Mchangama
Why You Should Care about Algorithms, Free Speech, and Section 230
"I built this algo brick by brick" is more than just a comedic online expression.
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Ashkhen Kazaryan
Blurred Lines: Death Threats, Hate Speech, and the European Court of Human Rights
A recent judgment from the European Court of Human Rights further stretches the boundaries of hate speech under European human rights law.
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Natalie Alkiviadou
This Is How You Kill The First Amendment
What Brendan Carr just taught the next generation about free speech.
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Ashkhen Kazaryan
The First Amendment Was Built for Moments Like This
Attorney General Pam Bondi's recent comments on hate speech highlight the danger of letting government decide which words cross the line.
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Ashkhen Kazaryan
More Reflections on Right-Wing Cancel Culture
What began as a tragedy has become another test of whether free speech culture can withstand calls for vengeance and censorship.
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Jacob Mchangama
Criminalizing Flag Burning: A Secular Blasphemy Ban
When the Trump administration defends the flag as “sacred,” it borrows the same logic Europe uses to outlaw Quran burnings — all to the detriment of…
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Jacob Mchangama
From Safety Valve to Pressure Cooker: When Silencing Speech Fuels Extremism
My contribution to the UK’s Commission for Countering Extremism essay collection: “Countering extremism: defending free speech.”
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Jacob Mchangama
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