Foreign Policy: Germany’s Online Crackdowns Inspire the World’s Dictators
An anti-hate speech law written in Berlin has been copy-pasted by authoritarian regimes from Caracas…
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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…
ABC 3340: Denmark’s anti-Muslim politician Rasmus Paludan and the free speech debate
Jacob Mchangama is a free speech expert at a Copenhagen think tank called Justitia. He…
The Economist: Blasphemy laws are quietly vanishing in liberal democracies
Jacob Mchangama, a Danish lawyer who has chronicled the history of free speech in the…
Quillette: “A Single Global Standard for Internet Content Regulation Is a Recipe for Censorship”
“If governments are to retain a firm hold of authority and not be compelled to…
Foreign Policy: “Freedom of Religion Doesn’t Cut It”
The United States is committed to protecting freedom of expression abroad—but in far too narrow…
Democracy Defender Award 2019
The Democracy Defender Award honors a person or group for exceptional contributions to the promotion…
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…
Foreign Policy: “The Welfare State Is Committing Suicide by Artificial Intelligence”
Denmark is using algorithms to deliver benefits to citizens—and undermining its own democracy in the…
Arc Digital:”The Return of Seditious Libel in the Age of Trump”
A brief tour of American history reveals Trump does not understand the concept—or importance—of the…