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Brazilian Universities Have a Free Speech Problem
A new manifesto from Brazilian professors confronts an uncomfortable reality: academic freedom on the country's campuses is eroding, and democracy will…
May 20
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Sara Clem
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Protecting Children or Restricting Speech? The CJEU’s Judgment on Hungary’s Anti-LGBTQ Law
In striking down Hungary's anti-LGBTQ law, the Court of Justice of the European Union drew a line between protecting children and suppressing…
May 4
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Natalie Alkiviadou
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Why Free Expression Must Anchor Global AI Governance
In our submission to the UN's Global Dialogue on AI Governance, we argue that freedom of expression must be at the heart of global AI governance, not an…
May 1
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Isabelle Anzabi
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When Hate Speech Law Becomes Political Speech Law: The Tale of Armenian Church and State
When a government cracks down on its loudest institutional critic and simultaneously drafts a law against speech that "humiliates" political opinions…
Apr 28
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Ashkhen Kazaryan
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Even Revolutionary AI Is Protected by The First Amendment
The First Amendment has weathered anarchists, communists, and panic-driven precedent; it can weather the chatbots, too.
Apr 27
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Corbin K. Barthold
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Addressing False Claims about Our Work
A response to the charge that we've been "silent" on free speech issues related to Israel-Palestine — and a tour through the published record the…
Apr 24
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Justin Hayes
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Why It’s So Easy to Talk Past Each Other about Platform Moderation and Online Speech
The TL;DR: Platforms have a legal right to moderate content; that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t criticize them when they go too far.
Apr 21
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Justin Hayes
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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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