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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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Would Afroman Have Won In Europe?
Freedom depends on denying public officials the power to punish those who hold them up to scorn.
Mar 27
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Jacob Mchangama
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Jeff Kosseff
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The Psychology of Speech Repression
Why do people across ideologies keep trying to silence dissent — and what does that reveal about the way our minds process threat, loyalty, and truth?
Mar 25
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Antoine Marie PhD
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‘Free Speech’: Now Available in Spanish
Spanish-speaking outlets and commentators engage with my book on free speech history — now available as 'Libertad de expresión: Una historia global…
Mar 18
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Jacob Mchangama
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Revoking Broadcast Licenses in Hungary? How A European Court Decision Emphasizes Media Freedom
Hungary called it administrative enforcement, but the Court of Justice of the European Union recognized a larger issue: a disproportionate crackdown on…
Mar 17
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Natalie Alkiviadou
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License to Chill: The FCC's Unconstitutional Threat to Broadcast News
The First Amendment does not have a "fake news" exception, and it never has.
Mar 16
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Ashkhen Kazaryan
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AI, Mass Surveillance, and The Fight for Democratic Limits
Unchecked AI surveillance is not only a privacy problem; it is a free speech emergency.
Mar 4
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Jordi Calvet-Bademunt
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Isabelle Anzabi
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Faking Free Speech in Putin’s Russia
Inside the Kremlin’s accelerating war on free speech—and its brazen attempt to rebrand repression as “freedom.”
Feb 27
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Beth Kerley
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Freedom.gov Champions Online Speech Abroad While DHS Targets Critics
The Trump administration’s foreign policy rhetoric collides with its growing use of administrative subpoenas against online critics.
Feb 26
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Justin Hayes
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Is Silence a Sin? Why We Demand Influencers Speak After Tragedy
What culture are we actually creating when we demand speech on command — and when we interpret silence as endorsement for a particular viewpoint?
Feb 23
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Ashkhen Kazaryan
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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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