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Reporters Without Borders’ Stance on US-Brazil Policy Undermines Press Freedom
The U.S. might be taking an unprincipled and hypocritical stance on free speech, but that doesn't mean we should endorse what's happening in Brazil.
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Jacob Mchangama
How Civil Rights Groups Defeated Hate Speech Laws
For most of the 20th century, America’s civil rights leaders opposed hate speech laws— because they knew who would be silenced first.
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Samantha Barbas
The Anti-"Woke" AI Agenda: Free Speech or State Speech?
The Trump Administration’s AI Action Plan demands “neutral” models—but neutrality defined by the government risks silencing dissent.
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Isabelle Anzabi
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Jordi Calvet-Bademunt
Romania’s New Hate Speech Law is Harsh — But Perfectly European
The real story isn’t Romania’s law or the president's challenge—it’s how European courts and institutions have paved the way for it.
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Natalie Alkiviadou
Liability Laundering by Algorithm
With California's SB 771, lawmakers attempt to find a new, constitutionally dubious backdoor to regulate social media content moderation.
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Ashkhen Kazaryan
Adding More Context to The Wall Street Journal’s Reporting on Europe’s Free Speech Crackdown
Major outlets are catching on to a reality we've warned about for years: Europe's model of speech regulation is fueling a dangerous decline in free…
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Jacob Mchangama
Online Platforms' Speech Rights According to the European Court of Human Rights: Google v. Russia
If content moderation is protected expression, as the recent ECtHR ruling suggests, what could this mean for the DSA?
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Joan Barata
People Want AI Regulation — But They Don’t Trust The Regulators
We don't need AI to protect us from ideas. We need it to empower us to think.
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Jacob Mchangama
Who Decides What's Good for Society? AI, the DSA, and the Future of Expression in Europe
Why the EU’s efforts to regulate AI may have unintended consequences for free expression.
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Jordi Calvet-Bademunt
What Latin America’s Legislative Trends Can Teach Us about The Future of Free Speech
As Latin America races to implement European-style digital regulations, vital human rights safeguards are being left behind.
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Juan Martin Marinangeli
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Matias Gonzalez Mama
Europe Cannot Protect Democracy by Distrusting Its Citizens
The Future of Free Speech submitted feedback in response to the Call for Evidence for the "European Democracy Shield." Here's why we are concerned.
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Alexander Hohlfeld
Germany Banning The AfD Would Be A Dangerous Mistake
Can democracy safeguard itself by banning extremist parties, or does prohibition plant deeper seeds of grievance that erode its own foundations?
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Natalie Alkiviadou
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Justin Hayes
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