BBC: Has Covid rolled back democratic rights?
Once democratic freedoms are snatched away, can they be clawed back? David Kaye – Professor of law,…
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The Economist: Censorious governments are abusing “fake news” laws
… Even as free-speech campaigners in rich democracies offer support to those fighting censorship in…
Algorithm Watch: In a quest to optimize welfare management, Denmark built a surveillance behemoth
Udbetaling Danmark was created in 2012 to streamline the payment of welfare benefits. Its fraud…
Deutsche Welle: Africa’s online hate speech laws sound alarm over press freedom
More and more African countries have laws against online hate speech. In practice, however, these…
Cato Institute: Return of the Gatekeepers – Section 230 and the Future of Online Speech
March 10, 2020, 9:00 AM to 3:05 PM EDT, Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW,…
The Economist: Even noxious ideas need airing—censorship only makes them stronger
Restricting free speech in the name of liberty fuels illiberalism, says Jacob Mchangama of Justitia,…
Ayn Rand Institute – New Ideal: An Interview with Free-Speech Advocate Jacob Mchangama
In 2005, editors at the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten were concerned about a seeming climate of self-censorship on…
Battle of Ideas: National identity and belonging – what does it mean to be a citizen?
Are we are seeing a clash between a cosmopolitan view of citizenship and a…
Economist:”Blasphemy bans are struck out in Ireland and reinforced in Austria”
WHEN it comes to basic principles of free speech and freedom of belief, do the…
Spiked: “We must never take free speech for granted”
Jacob Mchangama on Denmark’s blasphemy ban and the right to ridicule religious beliefs. Read more…