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Yes, Free Speech Depends on A Resilient Culture
A response to Ken White’s polemic against “free speech culture.”
Feb 11
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Jacob Mchangama
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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